Nanoagroparticles emerging trends and future prospect in modern agriculture system

Publication date: Available online 23 April 2017 Source:Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology Author(s): Syed Baker, Tatiana Volova, Svetlana V. Prudnikova, S. Satish, Nagendra Prasad Increment of technical knowledge has remarkably uplifted logical thinking among scientific communities to shape the theoretical concepts into near product-oriented research. The concept of nanotechnology has overwhelmed almost all forms of lives and has traded its applications in myriad fields. Despite rapid expansion of nanotechnology, sustainable competitions still do exist in the field of agriculture. In current scenario, agriculture is a manifestation demand to provide adequate nutrition for relentless growing global population. It is estimated that nearly one-third of the global crop production is destroyed annually. The loss owes to various stresses such as pest infestation, microbial pathogens, weeds, natural calamities, lack of soil fertility and much more. In order to overcome these limitations, various technological strategies are implemented but a majority of these have their own repercussions. Hence there is a scrawling progress on the evaluation of nanoparticles into agriculture sector which can reform the modern agricultural system. Applications of these nanomaterials can add tremendous value based on the current scenario of a global crisis of food scarcity. Nanotechnology can address the adverse effect posed by the abundant use of pesticides which are reported to cause ...
Source: Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology - Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research