TY - JOUR
T1 - Recent progress in bio-mediated synthesis and applications of engineered nanomaterials for sustainable agriculture
AU - Bora, Kainat Amin
AU - Hashmi, Saud
AU - Zulfiqar, Faisal
AU - Abideen, Zainul
AU - Ali, Haibat
AU - Siddiqui, Zamin Shaheed
AU - Siddique, Kadambot H.M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2022 Bora, Hashmi, Zulfiqar, Abideen, Ali, Siddiqui and Siddique.
PY - 2022/10/3
Y1 - 2022/10/3
N2 - The ever-increasing demand for agricultural food products, medicine, and other commercial sectors requires new technologies for agricultural practices and promoting the optimum utilization of natural resources. The application of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) enhance the biomass production and yield of food crop while resisting harmful environmental stresses. Bio-mediated synthesis of ENMs are time-efficient, low-cost, environmentally friendly, green technology. The precedence of using a bio-mediated route over conventional precursors for ENM synthesis is non-toxic and readily available. It possesses many active agents that can facilitate the reduction and stabilization processes during nanoparticle formation. This review presents recent developments in bio-mediated ENMs and green synthesis techniques using plants, algae, fungi, and bacteria, including significant contributions to identifying major ENM applications in agriculture with potential impacts on sustainability, such as the role of different ENMs in agriculture and their impact on different plant species. The review also covers the advantages and disadvantages of different ENMs and potential future research in this field.
AB - The ever-increasing demand for agricultural food products, medicine, and other commercial sectors requires new technologies for agricultural practices and promoting the optimum utilization of natural resources. The application of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) enhance the biomass production and yield of food crop while resisting harmful environmental stresses. Bio-mediated synthesis of ENMs are time-efficient, low-cost, environmentally friendly, green technology. The precedence of using a bio-mediated route over conventional precursors for ENM synthesis is non-toxic and readily available. It possesses many active agents that can facilitate the reduction and stabilization processes during nanoparticle formation. This review presents recent developments in bio-mediated ENMs and green synthesis techniques using plants, algae, fungi, and bacteria, including significant contributions to identifying major ENM applications in agriculture with potential impacts on sustainability, such as the role of different ENMs in agriculture and their impact on different plant species. The review also covers the advantages and disadvantages of different ENMs and potential future research in this field.
KW - agriculture
KW - bio-mediated
KW - engineered nanomaterials (ENMs)
KW - plant growth
KW - seed germination
KW - sustainable
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85139939992&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3389/fpls.2022.999505
DO - 10.3389/fpls.2022.999505
M3 - Review article
C2 - 36262650
AN - SCOPUS:85139939992
VL - 13
JO - Frontiers in Plant Science
JF - Frontiers in Plant Science
SN - 1664-462X
M1 - 999505
ER -
