Nanoparticles as novel plant growth promoters

Crop plants are prone to infection by several pathogens which cause diseases that affect the production and economy of these crops. Farmers tend to use traditional control methods such as; chemical pesticides and bioagents which are non-ecofriendly and not easily produced/ applied, respectively...

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Main Author: Adel K. Madbouly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: ResearchersLinks, Ltd 2018-08-01
Series:Novel Research in Microbiology Journal
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Online Access:https://nrmj.journals.ekb.eg/article_12548_04033ca20f8ddbbd527076aa7f85e354.pdf
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description Crop plants are prone to infection by several pathogens which cause diseases that affect the production and economy of these crops. Farmers tend to use traditional control methods such as; chemical pesticides and bioagents which are non-ecofriendly and not easily produced/ applied, respectively. Nanoparticles (NPs) have sizes less than 100 nm and are considered for several applications including; agriculture, food technology, pharmaceuticals in addition to protection of environment (Chakravarty et al., 2015). Availability, low-cost and nonphytotoxicity of NPs are the main prerequisites for their application in the field of agriculture. Shankramma et al., (2016) added that crop production can be considerably enhanced by the use of suitable growth promoting substances such as nanofertilizers. Recently, Liu et al., (2016) suggested that engineered nanofertilizers can be manipulated for effective utilization of some soil nutrients by the plant such as inorganic phosphorous (P) and water to increase crop productivity.
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spelling doaj-art-0109018763584da49cad4021e5c31fe52025-08-20T03:22:31ZengResearchersLinks, LtdNovel Research in Microbiology Journal2537-02862537-02942018-08-0124616410.21608/NRMJ.2018.12547Nanoparticles as novel plant growth promotersAdel K. Madbouly0Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, University of Ain Shams, Cairo, EgyptCrop plants are prone to infection by several pathogens which cause diseases that affect the production and economy of these crops. Farmers tend to use traditional control methods such as; chemical pesticides and bioagents which are non-ecofriendly and not easily produced/ applied, respectively. Nanoparticles (NPs) have sizes less than 100 nm and are considered for several applications including; agriculture, food technology, pharmaceuticals in addition to protection of environment (Chakravarty et al., 2015). Availability, low-cost and nonphytotoxicity of NPs are the main prerequisites for their application in the field of agriculture. Shankramma et al., (2016) added that crop production can be considerably enhanced by the use of suitable growth promoting substances such as nanofertilizers. Recently, Liu et al., (2016) suggested that engineered nanofertilizers can be manipulated for effective utilization of some soil nutrients by the plant such as inorganic phosphorous (P) and water to increase crop productivity.https://nrmj.journals.ekb.eg/article_12548_04033ca20f8ddbbd527076aa7f85e354.pdfnanoparticlesplantpathogenscontrolgrowth promotion
spellingShingle Adel K. Madbouly
Nanoparticles as novel plant growth promoters
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title Nanoparticles as novel plant growth promoters
title_full Nanoparticles as novel plant growth promoters
title_fullStr Nanoparticles as novel plant growth promoters
title_full_unstemmed Nanoparticles as novel plant growth promoters
title_short Nanoparticles as novel plant growth promoters
title_sort nanoparticles as novel plant growth promoters
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plant
pathogens
control
growth promotion
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