with soil and plants, (2) to explore the role of microorganisms on transformation of ENPs at interface of plants, (3) to
unravel the interconnections with soil quality and climate
change, (4) long-term studies should be conducted for
impact assessment of ENPs on plants soil properties, and
(5) majority of studies are basically laboratory scale studies
in controlled environment which needs to be conducted in
field.
References
Abu-Elsaad NI, Abdel Hameed RE (2019) Copper ferrite nanoparticles
as nutritive supplement for cucumber plants grown under hydroponic system. J Plant Nutr 42(14):1645–1659
Adams J, Wright M, Wagner H, Valiente J, Britt D, Anderson A (2017)
Cu from dissolution of CuO nanoparticles signals changes in root
morphology. Plant Physiol Biochem 110:108–117
Arnon DI (1965) Ferredoxin and photosynthesis. Science 149
(3691):1460–1470
Arruda SCC, Silva ALD, Galazzi RM, Azevedo RA, Arruda MAZ
(2015) Nanoparticles applied to plant science: a review. Talanta
131:693–705
Asadishad B, Chahal S, Cianciarelli V, Zhou K, Tufenkji N (2017)
Effect of gold nanoparticles on extracellular nutrient-cycling
enzyme activity and bacterial community in soil slurries: role of
nanoparticle size and surface coating. Environ Sci Nano 4(4):907–
918
Asli S, Neumann PM (2009) Colloidal suspensions of clay or titanium
dioxide nanoparticles can inhibit leaf growth and transpiration via
physical effects on root water transport. Plant Cell Environ 32
(5):577–584
Bao D, Oh ZG, Chen Z (2016) Characterization of silver nanoparticles
internalized by Arabidopsis plants using single particle ICP-MS
analysis. Front Plant Sci 7:32
Beddow J, Stolpe B, Cole P, Lead JR, Sapp M, Lyons BP, Colbeck I,
Whitby C (2014) Effects of engineered silver nanoparticles on the
growth and activity of ecologically important microbes. Environ
Microbiol Rep 6(5):448–458
Bondarenko O, Juganson K, Ivask A, Kasemets K, Mortimer M,
Kahru A (2013) Toxicity of Ag, CuO and ZnO nanoparticles to
selected environmentally relevant test organisms and mammalian
cells in vitro: a critical review. Arch Toxicol 87(7):1181–1200
Briat JF, Dubos C, Gaymard F (2015) Iron nutrition, biomass
production, and plant product quality. Trends Plant Sci 20(1):33–40
Burns RG, DeForest JL, Marxsen J, Sinsabaugh RL, Stromberger ME,
Wallenstein MD, Weintraub MN, Zoppini A (2013) Soil enzymes
in a changing environment: current knowledge and future directions. Soil Biol Biochem 58:216–234
Cecchin I, Reddy KR, Thomé A, Tessaro EF, Schnaid F (2017)
Nanobioremediation: Integration of nanoparticles and bioremediation for sustainable remediation of chlorinated organic contaminants
in soils. Int Biodeterior Biodegrad 119:419–428
Chen G, Ma C, Mukherjee A, Musante C, Zhang J, White JC,
Dhankher OP, Xing B (2016) Tannic acid alleviates bulk and
nanoparticle Nd2O3 toxicity in pumpkin: a physiological and
molecular response. Nanotoxicology 10(9):1243–1253
Chiang HH, Dandekar A (1995) Regulation of proline accumulation in
Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh during development and in
response to desiccation. Plant Cell Environ 18(11):1280–1290
Conesa J (1995) Computer modeling of surfaces and defects on cerium
dioxide. Surf Sci 339(3):337–352
Conway JR, Beaulieu AL, Beaulieu NL, Mazer SJ, Keller AA (2015)
Environmental stresses increase photosynthetic disruption by metal
oxide nanomaterials in a soil-grown plant. ACS Nano 9(12):11737–
11749
Courtois P, Rorat A, Lemiere S, Guyoneaud R, Attard E, Levard C,
Vandenbulcke F (2019) Ecotoxicology of silver nanoparticles and
their derivatives introduced in soil with or without sewage sludge: A
review of effects on microorganisms, plants and animals. Environ
Pollut
Da Costa M, Sharma P (2016) Effect of copper oxide nanoparticles on
growth, morphology, photosynthesis, and antioxidant response in
Oryza sativa. Photosynthetica 54(1):110–119
Darlington TK, Neigh AM, Spencer MT, Guyen OT, Oldenburg SJ
(2009) Nanoparticle characteristics affecting environmental fate
and transport through soil. Environ Toxicol Chem 28(6):1191–
1199
Das CK, Srivastava G, Dubey A, Roy M, Jain S, Sethy NK, Saxena M,
Harke S, Sarkar S, Misra K (2016) Nano-iron pyrite seed dressing: a
sustainable intervention to reduce fertilizer consumption in vegetable (beetroot, carrot), spice (fenugreek), fodder (alfalfa), and
oilseed (mustard, sesamum) crops. Nanotech Environ Eng 1(1):2
Debnath P, Mondal A, Sen K, Mishra D, Mondal NK (2020)
Genotoxicity study of nano Al 2 O 3 , TiO 2 and ZnO along with
UV-B exposure: an Allium cepa root tip assay. Sci Total Environ
713:136592
DeRosa MC, Monreal C, Schnitzer M, Walsh R, Sultan Y (2010)
Nanotechnology in fertilizers. Nat Nanotechnol 5(2):91
Dhankher OP, Li Y, Rosen BP, Shi J, Salt D, Senecoff JF, Sashti NA,
Meagher RB (2002) Engineering tolerance and hyperaccumulation
of arsenic in plants by combining arsenate reductase and
c-glutamylcysteine synthetase expression. Nat Biotechnol 20
(11):1140
Dietz K-J, Herth S (2011) Plant nanotoxicology. Trends Plant Sci 16
(11):582–589
Dimkpa CO, McLean JE, Latta DE, Manangón E, Britt DW,
Johnson WP, Maxim IB, Anderson AJ (2012) CuO and ZnO
nanoparticles: phytotoxicity, metal speciation, and induction of
oxidative stress in sand-grown wheat. J Nanopart Res 14(9):1125
Dimkpa CO, Singh U, Bindraban PS, Elmer WH, Gardea-Torresdey
JL, White JC (2018) Exposure to weathered and fresh nanoparticle
and ionic Zn in soil promotes grain yield and modulates nutrient
acquisition in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). J Agric Food Chem 66
(37):9645–9656
Dimkpa CO, White JC, Elmer WH, Gardea-Torresdey J (2017)
Nanoparticle and ionic Zn promote nutrient loading of sorghum
grain under low NPK fertilization. J Agric Food Chem 65
(39):8552–8559
Djanaguiraman M, Nair R, Giraldo JP, Prasad PVV (2018) Cerium
oxide nanoparticles decrease drought-induced oxidative damage in
sorghum leading to higher photosynthesis and grain yield. ACS
Omega 3(10):14406–14416
Du W, Gardea-Torresdey JL, Xie Y, Yin Y, Zhu J, Zhang X, Ji R,
Gu K, Peralta-Videa JR, Guo H (2017) Elevated CO 2 levels modify
TiO 2 nanoparticle effects on rice and soil microbial communities.
Sci Total Environ 578:408–416
Du W, Yang J, Peng Q, Liang X, Mao H (2019) Comparison study of
zinc nanoparticles and zinc sulphate on wheat growth: from toxicity
and zinc biofortification. Chemosphere 227:109–116
Duran NdM, Savassa SM, Lima RGd, de Almeida E, Linhares FS, van
Gestel CA, Pereira de Carvalho HW (2017) X-ray spectroscopy
uncovering the effects of Cu based nanoparticle concentration and
structure on Phaseolus vulgaris germination and seedling development. J Agric Food Chem 65(36):7874–7884
Feizi H, Moghaddam PR, Shahtahmassebi N, Fotovat A (2013)
Assessment of concentrations of nano and bulk iron oxide particles
212
A. Kumar et al.
unravel the interconnections with soil quality and climate
change, (4) long-term studies should be conducted for
impact assessment of ENPs on plants soil properties, and
(5) majority of studies are basically laboratory scale studies
in controlled environment which needs to be conducted in
field.
References
Abu-Elsaad NI, Abdel Hameed RE (2019) Copper ferrite nanoparticles
as nutritive supplement for cucumber plants grown under hydroponic system. J Plant Nutr 42(14):1645–1659
Adams J, Wright M, Wagner H, Valiente J, Britt D, Anderson A (2017)
Cu from dissolution of CuO nanoparticles signals changes in root
morphology. Plant Physiol Biochem 110:108–117
Arnon DI (1965) Ferredoxin and photosynthesis. Science 149
(3691):1460–1470
Arruda SCC, Silva ALD, Galazzi RM, Azevedo RA, Arruda MAZ
(2015) Nanoparticles applied to plant science: a review. Talanta
131:693–705
Asadishad B, Chahal S, Cianciarelli V, Zhou K, Tufenkji N (2017)
Effect of gold nanoparticles on extracellular nutrient-cycling
enzyme activity and bacterial community in soil slurries: role of
nanoparticle size and surface coating. Environ Sci Nano 4(4):907–
918
Asli S, Neumann PM (2009) Colloidal suspensions of clay or titanium
dioxide nanoparticles can inhibit leaf growth and transpiration via
physical effects on root water transport. Plant Cell Environ 32
(5):577–584
Bao D, Oh ZG, Chen Z (2016) Characterization of silver nanoparticles
internalized by Arabidopsis plants using single particle ICP-MS
analysis. Front Plant Sci 7:32
Beddow J, Stolpe B, Cole P, Lead JR, Sapp M, Lyons BP, Colbeck I,
Whitby C (2014) Effects of engineered silver nanoparticles on the
growth and activity of ecologically important microbes. Environ
Microbiol Rep 6(5):448–458
Bondarenko O, Juganson K, Ivask A, Kasemets K, Mortimer M,
Kahru A (2013) Toxicity of Ag, CuO and ZnO nanoparticles to
selected environmentally relevant test organisms and mammalian
cells in vitro: a critical review. Arch Toxicol 87(7):1181–1200
Briat JF, Dubos C, Gaymard F (2015) Iron nutrition, biomass
production, and plant product quality. Trends Plant Sci 20(1):33–40
Burns RG, DeForest JL, Marxsen J, Sinsabaugh RL, Stromberger ME,
Wallenstein MD, Weintraub MN, Zoppini A (2013) Soil enzymes
in a changing environment: current knowledge and future directions. Soil Biol Biochem 58:216–234
Cecchin I, Reddy KR, Thomé A, Tessaro EF, Schnaid F (2017)
Nanobioremediation: Integration of nanoparticles and bioremediation for sustainable remediation of chlorinated organic contaminants
in soils. Int Biodeterior Biodegrad 119:419–428
Chen G, Ma C, Mukherjee A, Musante C, Zhang J, White JC,
Dhankher OP, Xing B (2016) Tannic acid alleviates bulk and
nanoparticle Nd2O3 toxicity in pumpkin: a physiological and
molecular response. Nanotoxicology 10(9):1243–1253
Chiang HH, Dandekar A (1995) Regulation of proline accumulation in
Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh during development and in
response to desiccation. Plant Cell Environ 18(11):1280–1290
Conesa J (1995) Computer modeling of surfaces and defects on cerium
dioxide. Surf Sci 339(3):337–352
Conway JR, Beaulieu AL, Beaulieu NL, Mazer SJ, Keller AA (2015)
Environmental stresses increase photosynthetic disruption by metal
oxide nanomaterials in a soil-grown plant. ACS Nano 9(12):11737–
11749
Courtois P, Rorat A, Lemiere S, Guyoneaud R, Attard E, Levard C,
Vandenbulcke F (2019) Ecotoxicology of silver nanoparticles and
their derivatives introduced in soil with or without sewage sludge: A
review of effects on microorganisms, plants and animals. Environ
Pollut
Da Costa M, Sharma P (2016) Effect of copper oxide nanoparticles on
growth, morphology, photosynthesis, and antioxidant response in
Oryza sativa. Photosynthetica 54(1):110–119
Darlington TK, Neigh AM, Spencer MT, Guyen OT, Oldenburg SJ
(2009) Nanoparticle characteristics affecting environmental fate
and transport through soil. Environ Toxicol Chem 28(6):1191–
1199
Das CK, Srivastava G, Dubey A, Roy M, Jain S, Sethy NK, Saxena M,
Harke S, Sarkar S, Misra K (2016) Nano-iron pyrite seed dressing: a
sustainable intervention to reduce fertilizer consumption in vegetable (beetroot, carrot), spice (fenugreek), fodder (alfalfa), and
oilseed (mustard, sesamum) crops. Nanotech Environ Eng 1(1):2
Debnath P, Mondal A, Sen K, Mishra D, Mondal NK (2020)
Genotoxicity study of nano Al 2 O 3 , TiO 2 and ZnO along with
UV-B exposure: an Allium cepa root tip assay. Sci Total Environ
713:136592
DeRosa MC, Monreal C, Schnitzer M, Walsh R, Sultan Y (2010)
Nanotechnology in fertilizers. Nat Nanotechnol 5(2):91
Dhankher OP, Li Y, Rosen BP, Shi J, Salt D, Senecoff JF, Sashti NA,
Meagher RB (2002) Engineering tolerance and hyperaccumulation
of arsenic in plants by combining arsenate reductase and
c-glutamylcysteine synthetase expression. Nat Biotechnol 20
(11):1140
Dietz K-J, Herth S (2011) Plant nanotoxicology. Trends Plant Sci 16
(11):582–589
Dimkpa CO, McLean JE, Latta DE, Manangón E, Britt DW,
Johnson WP, Maxim IB, Anderson AJ (2012) CuO and ZnO
nanoparticles: phytotoxicity, metal speciation, and induction of
oxidative stress in sand-grown wheat. J Nanopart Res 14(9):1125
Dimkpa CO, Singh U, Bindraban PS, Elmer WH, Gardea-Torresdey
JL, White JC (2018) Exposure to weathered and fresh nanoparticle
and ionic Zn in soil promotes grain yield and modulates nutrient
acquisition in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). J Agric Food Chem 66
(37):9645–9656
Dimkpa CO, White JC, Elmer WH, Gardea-Torresdey J (2017)
Nanoparticle and ionic Zn promote nutrient loading of sorghum
grain under low NPK fertilization. J Agric Food Chem 65
(39):8552–8559
Djanaguiraman M, Nair R, Giraldo JP, Prasad PVV (2018) Cerium
oxide nanoparticles decrease drought-induced oxidative damage in
sorghum leading to higher photosynthesis and grain yield. ACS
Omega 3(10):14406–14416
Du W, Gardea-Torresdey JL, Xie Y, Yin Y, Zhu J, Zhang X, Ji R,
Gu K, Peralta-Videa JR, Guo H (2017) Elevated CO 2 levels modify
TiO 2 nanoparticle effects on rice and soil microbial communities.
Sci Total Environ 578:408–416
Du W, Yang J, Peng Q, Liang X, Mao H (2019) Comparison study of
zinc nanoparticles and zinc sulphate on wheat growth: from toxicity
and zinc biofortification. Chemosphere 227:109–116
Duran NdM, Savassa SM, Lima RGd, de Almeida E, Linhares FS, van
Gestel CA, Pereira de Carvalho HW (2017) X-ray spectroscopy
uncovering the effects of Cu based nanoparticle concentration and
structure on Phaseolus vulgaris germination and seedling development. J Agric Food Chem 65(36):7874–7884
Feizi H, Moghaddam PR, Shahtahmassebi N, Fotovat A (2013)
Assessment of concentrations of nano and bulk iron oxide particles
212
A. Kumar et al.