attract-and-kill strategies in the laboratory. Pest Manag Sci
73:1921–1926. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.4558
Das CK, Srivastava G, Dubey A et al (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. Nanotechnol Environ Eng 1.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s41204-016-0002-7
Dasgupta N, Ranjan S, Mundekkad D et al (2015) Nanotechnology in
agro-food: from field to plate. Food Res Int 69:381–400. https://doi.
org/10.1016/j.foodres.2015.01.005
Davarpanah S, Tehranifar A, Davarynejad G et al (2016) Effects of
foliar applications of zinc and boron nano-fertilizers on pomegranate (Punica granatum cv. Ardestani) fruit yield and quality. Sci
Hortic (Amsterdam) 210:57–64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.
2016.07.003
De La Torre-Roche R, Hawthorne J, Deng Y et al (2013) Multiwalled
carbon nanotubes and C60 fullerenes differentially impact the
accumulation of weathered pesticides in four agricultural plants.
Environ Sci Technol 47:12539–12547. https://doi.org/10.1021/
es4034809
Debnath N, Das S, Seth D et al (2011) Entomotoxic effect of silica
nanoparticles against Sitophilus oryzae (L.). J Pest Sci (2004)
84:99–105. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-010-0332-3
Derosa MC, Monreal C, Schnitzer M et al (2010) Nanotechnology in
fertilizers. Nat Nanotechnol 5:91. https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.
2010.2
Ding WK, Shah NP (2009) Effect of various encapsulating materials on
the stability of probiotic bacteria. J Food Sci 74:M100–M107.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1750-3841.2009.01067.x
Ditta A (2012) How helpful is nanotechnology in agriculture? Adv Nat
Sci Nanosci Nanotechnol 3:33002. https://doi.org/10.1088/20436262/3/3/033002
Dufresne A, Dupeyre D, Vignon MR (2000) Cellulose microfibrils
from potato tuber cells: processing and characterization of starchcellulose microfibril composites. J Appl Polym Sci 76:2080–2092.
https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-4628(20000628)76:14%3c2080::
AID-APP12%3e3.0.CO;2-U
Dwivedi S, Saquib Q, Al-Khedhairy AA, Musarrat J (2016) Understanding the role of nanomaterials in agriculture. In: Microbial
inoculants in sustainable agricultural productivity. Functional
Applications, vol 2, pp 271–288
Eichert T, Goldbach HE (2008) Equivalent pore radii of hydrophilic
foliar uptake routes in stomatous and astomatous leaf surfaces—
further evidence for a stomatal pathway. Physiol Plant 132:491–
502. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-3054.2007.01023.x
El Beyrouthya M (2014) Nanotechnologies: novel solutions for
sustainable agriculture. Adv Crop Sci Technol 02: https://doi.org/
10.4172/2329-8863.1000e118
Elfeky SA, Mohammed MA, Khater MS, Osman YAH (2013) Effect of
magnetite nano-fertilizer on growth and yield of Ocimum basilicum
L. Int J Indig Med Plants 64:1286–1293
Elmer WH, White JC (2016) The use of metallic oxide nanoparticles to
enhance growth of tomatoes and eggplants in disease infested soil or
soilless medium. Environ Sci Nano 3:1072–1079. https://doi.org/
10.1039/c6en00146g
Espinosa E, Tarrés Q, Delgado-Aguilar M et al (2016) Suitability of
wheat straw semichemical pulp for the fabrication of lignocellulosic
nanofibres and their application to papermaking slurries. Cellulose
23:837–852. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-015-0807-8
Evans JR (2013) Improving photosynthesis. Plant Physiol 162:1780–
1793. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.113.219006
Ganeshkumar R, Sopiha KV, Wu P et al (2016) Ferroelectric KNbO 3
nanofibers: Synthesis, characterization and their application as a
humidity nanosensor. Nanotechnology 27:395607. https://doi.org/
10.1088/0957-4484/27/39/395607
Gao F, Hong F, Liu C et al (2006) Mechanism of nano-anatase TiO 2 on
promoting photosynthetic carbon reaction of spinach: inducing
complex of Rubisco-Rubisco activase. Biol Trace Elem Res
111:239–253. https://doi.org/10.1385/BTER:111:1:239
Gao F, Liu C, Qu C et al (2008) Was improvement of spinach growth
by nano-TiO 2 treatment related to the changes of Rubisco activase?
Biometals 21:211–217. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10534-007-9110-y
Gao J, Wang Y, Folta KM et al (2011) Polyhydroxy fullerenes
(fullerols or fullerenols): Beneficial effects on growth and lifespan
in diverse biological models. PLoS ONE 6:e19976. https://doi.org/
10.1371/journal.pone.0019976
Ghormade V, Deshpande MV, Paknikar KM (2011) Perspectives for
nano-biotechnology enabled protection and nutrition of plants.
Biotechnol Adv 29:792–803. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biotechadv.
2011.06.007
Giannousi K, Avramidis I, Dendrinou-Samara C (2013) Synthesis,
characterization and evaluation of copper based nanoparticles as
agrochemicals against Phytophthora infestans. RSC Adv 3:21743–
21752. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ra42118j
Gillman GP (2006) A simple technology for arsenic removal from
drinking water using hydrotalcite. Sci Total Environ 366:926–931.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.01.036
Giongo AMM, Vendramim JD, Forim MR (2016) Evaluation of
neem-based nanoformulations as alternative to control fall armyworm. Cienc E Agrotecnologia 40:26–36. https://doi.org/10.1590/
S1413-70542016000100002
Giraldo JP, Landry MP, Faltermeier SM et al (2014) Plant nanobionics
approach to augment photosynthesis and biochemical sensing. Nat
Mater 13:400–408. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3890
Gleick PH (1993) Water and Conflict: Fresh Water Resources and
International Security. Int Secur 18:79. https://doi.org/10.2307/
2539033
Gogos A, Knauer K, Bucheli TD (2012) Nanomaterials in plant
protection and fertilization: Current state, foreseen applications, and
research priorities. J Agric Food Chem 60:9781–9792. https://doi.
org/10.1021/jf302154y
González-Fernández R, Prats E, Jorrín-Novo JV (2010) Proteomics of
plant pathogenic fungi. J Biomed Biotechnol 2010:1–36. https://doi.
org/10.1155/2010/932527
Gottschalk F, Lassen C, Kjoelholt J et al (2015) Modeling flows and
concentrations of nine engineered nanomaterials in the Danish
environment. Int J Environ Res Public Health 12:5581–5602.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph120505581
Gubbins EJ, Batty LC, Lead JR (2011) Phytotoxicity of silver
nanoparticles to Lemna minor L. Environ Pollut 159:1551–1559.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2011.03.002
Habibi Y, Vignon MR (2008) Optimization of cellouronic acid
synthesis by TEMPO-mediated oxidation of cellulose III from
sugar beet pulp. Cellulose 15:177–185. https://doi.org/10.1007/
s10570-007-9179-z
Haghighi M, Afifipour Z, Mozafarian M (2012) The alleviation effect of
silicon on seed germination and seedling growth of tomato under
salinity stress. Veg Crop Res Bull 76:119–126. https://doi.org/10.
2478/v10032-012-0008-z
He X, Deng H, Hwang H, min, (2019) The current application of
nanotechnology in food and agriculture. J Food Drug Anal 27:1–21.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfda.2018.12.002
Hibberd JM, Whitbread R, Farrar JF (1996) Effect of elevated
concentrations of CO 2 on infection of barley by Erysiphe graminis.
Physiol Mol Plant Pathol 48:37–53. https://doi.org/10.1006/pmpp.
1996.0004
Hong F, Yang F, Liu C et al (2005) Influences of nano-TiO2 on the
chloroplast aging of spinach under light. Biol Trace Elem Res
104:249–260. https://doi.org/10.1385/BTER:104:3:249
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73:1921–1926. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.4558
Das CK, Srivastava G, Dubey A et al (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. Nanotechnol Environ Eng 1.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s41204-016-0002-7
Dasgupta N, Ranjan S, Mundekkad D et al (2015) Nanotechnology in
agro-food: from field to plate. Food Res Int 69:381–400. https://doi.
org/10.1016/j.foodres.2015.01.005
Davarpanah S, Tehranifar A, Davarynejad G et al (2016) Effects of
foliar applications of zinc and boron nano-fertilizers on pomegranate (Punica granatum cv. Ardestani) fruit yield and quality. Sci
Hortic (Amsterdam) 210:57–64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.
2016.07.003
De La Torre-Roche R, Hawthorne J, Deng Y et al (2013) Multiwalled
carbon nanotubes and C60 fullerenes differentially impact the
accumulation of weathered pesticides in four agricultural plants.
Environ Sci Technol 47:12539–12547. https://doi.org/10.1021/
es4034809
Debnath N, Das S, Seth D et al (2011) Entomotoxic effect of silica
nanoparticles against Sitophilus oryzae (L.). J Pest Sci (2004)
84:99–105. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-010-0332-3
Derosa MC, Monreal C, Schnitzer M et al (2010) Nanotechnology in
fertilizers. Nat Nanotechnol 5:91. https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.
2010.2
Ding WK, Shah NP (2009) Effect of various encapsulating materials on
the stability of probiotic bacteria. J Food Sci 74:M100–M107.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1750-3841.2009.01067.x
Ditta A (2012) How helpful is nanotechnology in agriculture? Adv Nat
Sci Nanosci Nanotechnol 3:33002. https://doi.org/10.1088/20436262/3/3/033002
Dufresne A, Dupeyre D, Vignon MR (2000) Cellulose microfibrils
from potato tuber cells: processing and characterization of starchcellulose microfibril composites. J Appl Polym Sci 76:2080–2092.
https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-4628(20000628)76:14%3c2080::
AID-APP12%3e3.0.CO;2-U
Dwivedi S, Saquib Q, Al-Khedhairy AA, Musarrat J (2016) Understanding the role of nanomaterials in agriculture. In: Microbial
inoculants in sustainable agricultural productivity. Functional
Applications, vol 2, pp 271–288
Eichert T, Goldbach HE (2008) Equivalent pore radii of hydrophilic
foliar uptake routes in stomatous and astomatous leaf surfaces—
further evidence for a stomatal pathway. Physiol Plant 132:491–
502. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-3054.2007.01023.x
El Beyrouthya M (2014) Nanotechnologies: novel solutions for
sustainable agriculture. Adv Crop Sci Technol 02: https://doi.org/
10.4172/2329-8863.1000e118
Elfeky SA, Mohammed MA, Khater MS, Osman YAH (2013) Effect of
magnetite nano-fertilizer on growth and yield of Ocimum basilicum
L. Int J Indig Med Plants 64:1286–1293
Elmer WH, White JC (2016) The use of metallic oxide nanoparticles to
enhance growth of tomatoes and eggplants in disease infested soil or
soilless medium. Environ Sci Nano 3:1072–1079. https://doi.org/
10.1039/c6en00146g
Espinosa E, Tarrés Q, Delgado-Aguilar M et al (2016) Suitability of
wheat straw semichemical pulp for the fabrication of lignocellulosic
nanofibres and their application to papermaking slurries. Cellulose
23:837–852. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-015-0807-8
Evans JR (2013) Improving photosynthesis. Plant Physiol 162:1780–
1793. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.113.219006
Ganeshkumar R, Sopiha KV, Wu P et al (2016) Ferroelectric KNbO 3
nanofibers: Synthesis, characterization and their application as a
humidity nanosensor. Nanotechnology 27:395607. https://doi.org/
10.1088/0957-4484/27/39/395607
Gao F, Hong F, Liu C et al (2006) Mechanism of nano-anatase TiO 2 on
promoting photosynthetic carbon reaction of spinach: inducing
complex of Rubisco-Rubisco activase. Biol Trace Elem Res
111:239–253. https://doi.org/10.1385/BTER:111:1:239
Gao F, Liu C, Qu C et al (2008) Was improvement of spinach growth
by nano-TiO 2 treatment related to the changes of Rubisco activase?
Biometals 21:211–217. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10534-007-9110-y
Gao J, Wang Y, Folta KM et al (2011) Polyhydroxy fullerenes
(fullerols or fullerenols): Beneficial effects on growth and lifespan
in diverse biological models. PLoS ONE 6:e19976. https://doi.org/
10.1371/journal.pone.0019976
Ghormade V, Deshpande MV, Paknikar KM (2011) Perspectives for
nano-biotechnology enabled protection and nutrition of plants.
Biotechnol Adv 29:792–803. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biotechadv.
2011.06.007
Giannousi K, Avramidis I, Dendrinou-Samara C (2013) Synthesis,
characterization and evaluation of copper based nanoparticles as
agrochemicals against Phytophthora infestans. RSC Adv 3:21743–
21752. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ra42118j
Gillman GP (2006) A simple technology for arsenic removal from
drinking water using hydrotalcite. Sci Total Environ 366:926–931.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.01.036
Giongo AMM, Vendramim JD, Forim MR (2016) Evaluation of
neem-based nanoformulations as alternative to control fall armyworm. Cienc E Agrotecnologia 40:26–36. https://doi.org/10.1590/
S1413-70542016000100002
Giraldo JP, Landry MP, Faltermeier SM et al (2014) Plant nanobionics
approach to augment photosynthesis and biochemical sensing. Nat
Mater 13:400–408. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3890
Gleick PH (1993) Water and Conflict: Fresh Water Resources and
International Security. Int Secur 18:79. https://doi.org/10.2307/
2539033
Gogos A, Knauer K, Bucheli TD (2012) Nanomaterials in plant
protection and fertilization: Current state, foreseen applications, and
research priorities. J Agric Food Chem 60:9781–9792. https://doi.
org/10.1021/jf302154y
González-Fernández R, Prats E, Jorrín-Novo JV (2010) Proteomics of
plant pathogenic fungi. J Biomed Biotechnol 2010:1–36. https://doi.
org/10.1155/2010/932527
Gottschalk F, Lassen C, Kjoelholt J et al (2015) Modeling flows and
concentrations of nine engineered nanomaterials in the Danish
environment. Int J Environ Res Public Health 12:5581–5602.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph120505581
Gubbins EJ, Batty LC, Lead JR (2011) Phytotoxicity of silver
nanoparticles to Lemna minor L. Environ Pollut 159:1551–1559.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2011.03.002
Habibi Y, Vignon MR (2008) Optimization of cellouronic acid
synthesis by TEMPO-mediated oxidation of cellulose III from
sugar beet pulp. Cellulose 15:177–185. https://doi.org/10.1007/
s10570-007-9179-z
Haghighi M, Afifipour Z, Mozafarian M (2012) The alleviation effect of
silicon on seed germination and seedling growth of tomato under
salinity stress. Veg Crop Res Bull 76:119–126. https://doi.org/10.
2478/v10032-012-0008-z
He X, Deng H, Hwang H, min, (2019) The current application of
nanotechnology in food and agriculture. J Food Drug Anal 27:1–21.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfda.2018.12.002
Hibberd JM, Whitbread R, Farrar JF (1996) Effect of elevated
concentrations of CO 2 on infection of barley by Erysiphe graminis.
Physiol Mol Plant Pathol 48:37–53. https://doi.org/10.1006/pmpp.
1996.0004
Hong F, Yang F, Liu C et al (2005) Influences of nano-TiO2 on the
chloroplast aging of spinach under light. Biol Trace Elem Res
104:249–260. https://doi.org/10.1385/BTER:104:3:249
Nanotechnology for Sustainable Crop Production …
43