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ClearNanophytoremediation: advancing phytoremediation efficiency through nanotechnology integration
This review examines how combining nanotechnology with plants that naturally absorb pollutants (phytoremediation) could speed up environmental cleanup efforts. Nanoparticles can help plants take up contaminants more efficiently and survive in polluted conditions, offering a potential strategy for addressing soil and water contamination from various pollutants including plastics.
Mechanistic understanding on the uptake of micro-nano plastics by plants and its phytoremediation.
This review summarized the mechanisms by which micro-nano plastics are taken up by plants through roots and leaves, and evaluated the potential for phytoremediation as a strategy to reduce plastic contamination in soil, identifying key plant species and genetic factors that influence uptake.
Micro- and nano-plastics pollution and its potential remediation pathway by phytoremediation.
This review proposed phytoremediation as a viable approach for removing micro- and nano-plastics from contaminated environments, reviewing evidence that plants can take up particles through roots and translocate them to shoots, and discussing the potential for hyperaccumulating species to be used in soil and water decontamination.
Nano-Technological Bioremediation: Revolutionizing Environmental Cleanup
This review explores how combining nanotechnology with bioremediation improves the ability to clean up environmental pollutants including microplastics, heavy metals, and organic chemicals. Nano-enabled bioremediation systems can enhance the efficiency of microbial degradation and contaminant capture in polluted soils and water.
Effects of micro and nanoplastics on plant-assisted bioremediation for contaminated soil recovery: A review
This review examines how the growing presence of micro- and nanoplastics in contaminated soils affects plant-assisted bioremediation, finding that microplastics disrupt the plant-microbe rhizosphere interactions that make phytoremediation effective for removing heavy metals and degrading organic pollutants.
Phytoremediation for water quality improvement: current advances and future prospects
This review examines recent advances in phytoremediation, the use of plants to remove contaminants including microplastics from polluted water. Researchers highlight how emerging technologies like nanotechnology, microbial partnerships, and genetic engineering tools such as CRISPR are being integrated to improve plant-based cleanup efficiency. The study notes that while results from controlled studies are promising, significant challenges remain in scaling these approaches to real-world applications.
Nanotechnology for the bioremediation of heavy metals and metalloids
This review examines the application of nanotechnology for bioremediation of heavy metals and metalloids from contaminated soil and water, highlighting how nanobioremediation approaches overcome limitations of conventional cleanup methods.
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.
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.
Developments in the Application of Nanomaterials for Water Treatment and Their Impact on the Environment
This review covers the application of nanomaterials for water treatment and remediation, evaluating how nanomaterial properties enable removal of pollutants including heavy metals, organic contaminants, and microplastics. It surveys the current state of research and discusses practical challenges for scaling up nanomaterial-based water treatment.
Mechanistic and recent updates in nano-bioremediation for developing green technology to alleviate agricultural contaminants
Researchers reviewed nano-bioremediation — the combination of nanoparticles with microbial processes — as a promising strategy for removing heavy metals, pesticides, and other agricultural contaminants from soil and water, highlighting improved catalytic activity and adsorption capacity compared to conventional remediation methods.
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.
Decontamination of pollutants present in water, air, and soil through phytoremediation: a critical review
This critical review examines phytoremediation — the use of plants to remove contaminants from soil, water, and air — covering mechanisms such as phytoextraction, phytodegradation, and rhizofiltration, and assessing their effectiveness for heavy metals, organic pollutants, and microplastics.
Agro-Pollutants and their Nano-Remediation from Soil and Water: A Mini-Review
This mini-review examines nano-remediation technologies for removing agricultural pollutants including pesticides, heavy metals, and fertilizers from soil and water. Nanomaterials are also being explored as tools for detecting and removing microplastics from the environment, making this research relevant to plastic pollution management.
Evaluation on the Biological Aspect of Plant, Contaminant Types and Application of Phytoremediation for Environmental and Economical Sustainability
This review assessed how different types of plants can be used to clean up environmental contaminants, including microplastics, from soil, water, and sediments. Researchers found that various plant species can effectively remove or stabilize pollutants through natural biological processes, and that newer technologies like genetic engineering and nanotechnology can further enhance these capabilities. The study suggests that plant-based remediation offers a cost-effective and environmentally friendly approach to addressing pollution while also supporting carbon sequestration and soil health.
Nanoremediation approaches for the mitigation of heavy metal contamination in vegetables: An overview
This review examined nanoremediation approaches for mitigating heavy metal contamination in vegetables, evaluating how nanomaterials can reduce the uptake of harmful metals from contaminated soil and wastewater irrigation into food crops.
Nanomaterials for microplastic remediation from aquatic environment: Why nano matters?
This review examines how nanomaterials such as photocatalysts, adsorbents, and membrane filters can be used to remove microplastics from aquatic environments, highlighting why nanoscale properties offer advantages over conventional remediation approaches.
Microplastic pollution: Phytotoxicity, environmental risks, and phytoremediation strategies
This review examines how microplastics harm plants through oxidative stress, interference with photosynthesis, and DNA damage, and explores whether plants could be used to clean up microplastic pollution. Plants can absorb tiny microplastics through their roots and leaves, and the plastics accumulate along the food chain, making health risk assessment difficult. The authors discuss phytoremediation strategies where specific plants could help remove microplastics from contaminated soil.
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.
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.
Plant Stress Management Mitigating Micro/Nano Plastics Pollution
This review covers how microplastics and nanoplastics enter agricultural soils via mulching, compost, and atmospheric deposition, disrupt plant nutrient uptake and cause oxidative stress, and examines mitigation strategies including bioaugmentation, nanomaterials, and phytoremediation.
The power of green: Harnessing phytoremediation to combat micro/nanoplastics
This review explores how plants and plant-based systems can be used to capture and remove micro- and nanoplastics from contaminated soil and water environments. Researchers found that certain plant species can absorb, trap, or break down plastic particles through their root systems and associated microorganisms. The study suggests that phytoremediation, or using plants to clean up pollution, could become a scalable and environmentally friendly strategy for tackling plastic contamination.
Aquatic Plants in phytoremediation of contaminated water: Recent knowledge and future prospects
This paper is not about microplastics; it reviews phytoremediation — the use of aquatic plants to remove heavy metals from contaminated water — covering sources of heavy metal pollution, remediation techniques, and factors affecting plant uptake efficiency.
Advanced Nanotechnology in Wastewater Treatment: Investigating the Role of Nanoparticles in Pollutant Removal, Water Recovery, and Environmental Sustainability
This review examines how nanotechnology-based approaches — including nanoparticle adsorbents, nanofiltration membranes, and photocatalysts — can address persistent water pollutants including pharmaceuticals, microplastics, and heavy metals more effectively than conventional treatment methods.