Large-scale chemical fertilizer application causes irreparable
damage to soil structure, mineral cycles, soil microbial flora,
plants, and other food chains across ecosystems, culminating in
heritable mutations in future generations of consumers. A better
way forward is the use of nanofertilizers to focus on macro
elements (N, P, K), as switching to nanofertilizers may result in
large environmental benefits by replacing the majority of these
nutrients. Furthermore, the biosynthesis of nanomaterials using
bacteria, algae, yeast, fungus, actinomycetes, and plants has
opened up a new avenue of research in the production of inorganic
nanoparticles as ecologically friendly fertilizers. Nanofertilizers
should also attain increased efficiency because of a several-fold
increase in the surface-to-volume ratio of nano-forms of nutrients
and their suitability for foliar application, where environmental
losses are further reduced. Nanostructured fertilizers can also
improve nutrient use efficiency through strategies such as targeted
distribution and progressive or controlled-release as they can
precisely release their active molecules in response to
environmental cues and biological demands. Recent research shows
nanofertilizers can increase agricultural productivity by speeding
up seed germination, seedling growth, photosynthetic activity,
nitrogen metabolism, and carbohydrate and protein synthesis. The
potential agricultural benefits of nanofertilizers, their modes of
action, and the fate of nanomaterials in soil are all discussed in
this book. It also covers nanofertilizer formulation and delivery,
applications, uptake, translocation, and their fate in plants, as
well as their impact on plant physiology and metabolism. Nutrient
nanoformulation is a valuable method that has the potential to
alter the agricultural sector and provide solutions to current and
future concerns for sustainable and climate-sensitive crops
General
Imprint: |
Springer International Publishing AG
|
Country of origin: |
Switzerland |
Series: |
Nanotechnology in the Life Sciences |
Release date: |
November 2023 |
First published: |
2023 |
Editors: |
Kamel A. Abd-Elsalam
• Mousa A. Alghuthaymi
|
Dimensions: |
235 x 155mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
290 |
Edition: |
1st ed. 2023 |
ISBN-13: |
978-3-03-141328-5 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
3-03-141328-8 |
Barcode: |
9783031413285 |
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