Loyal, A and Pahuja, S K and Sharma, P and Malik, A and Srivastava, R K and Mehta, S (2022) Potential environmental and human health implications of nanomaterials used in sustainable agriculture and soil improvement. In: Engineered Nanomaterials for Sustainable Agricultural Production, Soil Improvement and Stress Management Plant Biology, sustainability and climate change. Plant Biology, sustainability and climate change . Nikki Levy, United Kingdom, pp. 387-412. ISBN 978-0-323-91933-3
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Agriculture is an important component of the ecosystem, and every human being is directly or indirectly associated with it. The use of tools and technology in agriculture has improved over time and has also contributed to increasing food production. However, the bulge in a global population at a frightening rate and the yield plateau in most of the crops has added more concern to the subject. Nanomaterials might play a remarkable role in breaking the yield plateau and have proved to be significant in enhancing the shelf life of processed foods. Although the history of nanotechnological interventions can be traced back to the previous few decades, the employment of nanomaterials is still restricted in agricultural systems. The research in the field of agricultural nanotechnology is growing at a very faster pace, but there still exists a significant difference in the research and its practical applications. A plethora of reports are available that claim the several beneficial effects of introducing nanomaterials in agroecosystems; however, several few reports have also warned about their postapplication effects in the soil, human, and environment. This provokes a dire need for evaluation of interactions existing between nanomaterials concerning soil, plants, soil microflora, and the environment before their field applications. The present chapter, therefore, highlights the fate, advantages, and issues related to nanomaterials and their interaction with the components of agroecosystems.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Divisions: | Global Research Program - Accelerated Crop Improvement |
| CRP: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Series Name: | Plant Biology, sustainability and climate change |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | sustainable agriculture, soil improvement, nanomaterials |
| Subjects: | Others > Sustainable Agriculture Others > Soil |
| Depositing User: | Mr Nagaraju T |
| Date Deposited: | 02 May 2024 11:10 |
| Last Modified: | 02 May 2024 11:10 |
| URI: | http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/12654 |
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