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ClearThe challenge of nanotechnology in the field of agricultural applications: Nanofertilizers as an emerging technology
This systematic review covers the development and applications of nanofertilizers — nano-scale nutrient delivery systems for agriculture — as an emerging and more efficient alternative to conventional fertilizers. Precision agriculture using nanotechnology could reduce the reliance on plastic-coated slow-release fertilizers that contribute microplastics to soil.
Nano-Enable Materials Promoting Sustainability and Resilience in Modern Agriculture
This review examines how nanomaterials are being developed to promote more sustainable agriculture, including smart delivery systems for fertilizers and pesticides that reduce waste and environmental contamination. Researchers found that nano-enabled formulations can improve crop productivity while minimizing the release of harmful chemicals into soil and water. The study highlights the potential of nanotechnology to help address both food security and environmental pollution challenges in modern farming.
A Review on Crop Responses to Nanofertilizers for Mitigation of Multiple Environmental Stresses
This review examines how nanoscale fertilizers can help crops survive environmental stresses like drought, salt, and pollution by improving nutrient delivery at the cellular level. While focused on agricultural benefits, the research is relevant to microplastics because nanofertilizers may help plants cope with microplastic-contaminated soil. However, the authors caution that widespread use of nanoparticles in farming raises its own questions about potential effects on the environment and human health.
Recent Advances and Perspectives of Nanomaterials in Agricultural Management and Associated Environmental Risk: A Review
This review covers recent advances in using nanomaterials for agricultural applications, including nanopesticides, nanofertilizers, and nanosensors for crop management. Researchers found that these technologies can improve plant growth and stress tolerance while reducing the overall quantity of chemicals needed. However, the study also notes that the long-term environmental fate and potential ecological risks of agricultural nanomaterials still require thorough investigation.
Nanotechnology-based controlled release of sustainable fertilizers. A review
This review examines nanotechnology-based controlled-release fertilizers using zinc oxide nanoparticle encapsulation, highlighting how nanofertilizers can improve nutrient use efficiency beyond the 40-60% typical of conventional fertilizers while reducing environmental pollution.
Emerging Frontiers in Nanotechnology for Precision Agriculture: Advancements, Hurdles and Prospects
This review explores how nanotechnology is being used in precision agriculture, from nano-based fertilizers and pesticides to tiny sensors that monitor soil quality and plant health. While promising for reducing chemical use in farming, the paper notes that the environmental, health, and safety risks of nanomaterials -- similar to concerns about nanoplastics -- need thorough evaluation before widespread adoption.
Potencial de los nanomateriales en la agricultura: retos y oportunidades
This review examines the potential of nanomaterials in agriculture, discussing how nanoscience and nanotechnology can improve practices from seed germination and crop cultivation through to harvest and storage, with a focus on sustainable applications. The authors highlight both opportunities and challenges of integrating nanomaterials into agricultural systems under the pressures of climate change and growing food demand.
Nanoparticles as catalysts of agricultural revolution: enhancing crop tolerance to abiotic stress: a review
This review looks at how nanoparticles can help crops withstand environmental stresses like drought, salt, and heavy metal contamination. While not directly about microplastics, the research is relevant because nanoparticles and microplastics share similar size ranges and behaviors in soil, and understanding how tiny particles interact with plants helps scientists assess both the risks and potential benefits of nanoscale materials in agriculture.
Comparative Study on the Use of Traditional, Conventional and Advanced Methodologies for Sustainable Agriculture – a Review
Not relevant to microplastics — this is a review comparing traditional, conventional, and nano-technology-based fertilisation methods in agriculture.
Nanofarming: Promising Solutions for the Future of the Global Agricultural Industry
This review covers how nanotechnology is being applied to improve agriculture through nanofertilizers, nanopesticides, and nanosensors that can boost crop yields while reducing environmental impact. While not directly about microplastics, the research is relevant because nano-based agricultural solutions could reduce reliance on plastic-intensive farming practices like plastic mulch films. Smarter farming technology may help decrease the amount of plastic entering agricultural soils.
Nanoparticles in Agriculture: Enhancing Crop Resilience and Productivity against Abiotic Stresses
This review examines how engineered nanoparticles can help crops withstand environmental stresses like drought, salinity, and heavy metal contamination. While not focused on microplastics directly, it discusses how nanotechnology interacts with similar biological pathways that microplastics disrupt in plants. The review also raises important concerns about the potential toxicity and environmental impact of adding more nanoparticles to agricultural systems.
Biopolymer-based nanocarriers for sustained release of agrochemicals: A review on materials and social science perspectives for a sustainable future of agri- and horticulture
This review examines how biopolymer-based nanocarriers can deliver fertilizers and pesticides more efficiently in agriculture, reducing the need for excessive chemical applications. Unlike conventional plastic-based delivery systems, these biodegradable carriers do not generate persistent microplastic pollution in farmland. The study also considers the social and economic factors that influence whether these environmentally friendly alternatives can successfully compete with conventional approaches.
Advanced applications of sustainable and biological nano-polymers in agricultural production
This review examines how sustainable and biological nano-polymers can improve agricultural practices through controlled agrochemical release, soil enhancement, and gene editing, while addressing environmental concerns about nanomaterial accumulation.
NCs-Delivered Pesticides: A Promising Candidate in Smart Agriculture
This review examines nanocapsule-delivered pesticides as a smart agriculture approach, finding that nanoencapsulation improves pesticide stability, enables controlled release, reduces off-target environmental contamination, and helps address resistance development in pest species.
The potential contribution of nanocarbon to fostering sustainable agriculture for future generations
This paper is not about microplastics — it reviews how nanocarbon materials can be applied in agriculture to improve soil structure, enable controlled nutrient release, purify water, and monitor crop health, while noting safety concerns around their broader adoption.
Review of Crop Response to Soil Salinity Stress: Possible Approaches from Leaching to Nano-Management
This review covers approaches to managing soil salinity, a problem that threatens global food production, using methods ranging from traditional leaching to newer nanotechnology-based solutions. While not directly about microplastics, soil health is connected to microplastic contamination because plastic mulch films used in agriculture are a major source of microplastic pollution in farmland soils.
Employment of nanoparticles for improvement of plant growth and development
This review examined how nanoparticles can improve plant growth and development, finding that nanotechnology applications in agriculture — including nanoparticle-based nutrient delivery — offer potential benefits but require careful consideration of risks in contaminated soils.
Soil Degradation under a Changing Climate: Management from Traditional to Nano-Approaches
This review examines how climate change accelerates soil degradation through erosion, salinization, and contamination from pollutants like microplastics. Researchers surveyed management approaches ranging from traditional conservation practices to cutting-edge nanotechnology-based solutions for soil restoration. The study highlights that combining conventional methods with emerging nano-approaches may offer the most effective path to protecting soil health under changing environmental conditions.
Multifunctional Roles and Ecological Implications of Nano-Enabled Technologies in Oryza sativa Production Systems: A Comprehensive Review
This review examined the use of nano-enabled technologies in rice farming, covering their roles in boosting plant resilience, nutrient uptake, and the efficiency of fertilizers and pesticides. Researchers identified nanoplastic pollution as an emerging concern within agricultural systems alongside more established issues like heavy metal stress. The study calls for standardized environmental risk assessments before these technologies can be widely adopted in food production.
Advances in Controlled Release Fertilizers: Cost‐Effective Coating Techniques and Smart Stimuli‐Responsive Hydrogels
This review examines advances in controlled release fertilizer technology, focusing on cost-effective coating techniques and smart hydrogels that release nutrients in response to environmental conditions. Researchers found that while these technologies improve nutrient efficiency and reduce environmental pollution from fertilizer runoff, the coatings themselves can introduce microplastic contamination into soils. The study calls for development of fully biodegradable coating materials that deliver the benefits of controlled release without adding to plastic pollution in agricultural lands.
Eco-designing of nano-materials to enhance crop productivity and improve soil remediation
This review examines how eco-designed nanomaterials can enhance crop productivity and improve soil remediation, evaluating the dual role of nanomaterials as agricultural inputs and potential environmental contaminants.
Exploring the nano-wonders: unveiling the role of Nanoparticles in enhancing salinity and drought tolerance in plants
This review explores how nanoparticles can help plants survive drought and high-salt conditions by protecting cell membranes, boosting photosynthesis, and strengthening antioxidant defenses. While promising for agriculture, the effects of nanoparticles vary depending on their size, shape, and concentration, and their potential toxicity to plants needs further study.
How to improve crop photosynthesis more efficiently using nanomaterials: Lessons from a meta-analysis
Researchers analyzed dozens of studies and found that applying nanomaterials to crops can boost photosynthesis — the process plants use to grow — especially under drought and salt stress conditions, though they caution that lab results may not always translate to real farm fields and that nanoplastics in the soil can reduce these benefits.
Recent Advances in Nano-Enabled Seed Treatment Strategies for Sustainable Agriculture: Challenges, Risk Assessment, and Future Perspectives
Researchers reviewed how nano-sized agrochemicals (chemicals smaller than 100 nanometers) can improve seed germination and reduce the toxic doses needed in farming, while also raising safety concerns for people and ecosystems. The review calls for stronger regulations and risk assessments before these nano-based seed treatments are widely commercialized.