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    Agro-Nanotechnology: A Way Towards Sustainable Agriculture
    (Bentham Science, 2024) Aquib Khan, Faria Fatima
    Addressing the global population's dietary needs is crucial amid crop damage issues like insect infestations and adverse weather affecting one-third of conventionally farmed crops. Nanotechnology, recognized for its efficacy and environmental benefits, has gained attention in the past decade. While it has transformed medicine, its applications in agriculture are underexplored. Current research investigates the use of nanomaterials in agriculture for targeted delivery of genes, insecticides, fertilizers, and growth regulators. Nanotechnology shows promise in mitigating abiotic stress in plants by mimicking antioxidative enzymes. This chapter assesses nanoparticles' roles in plant research, highlighting their effectiveness as growth regulators, nanopesticides, nanofertilizers, antimicrobial agents, and targeted transporters. Understanding plant-nanomaterial interactions opens new avenues for enhancing agricultural practices, improving disease resistance, and crop productivity, and optimizing fertilizer use.
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    Carbon-Based Nanomaterials in Crop Plant Disease Management
    (Springer Nature, 2025) Tahmeena Khan, Kulsum Hashmi, Sabeeha Jabeen, Seema Joshi, Abdul Rahman Khan, Mohammad Imran Ahmad
    Nanomaterials are being increasingly explored for their utility in modern agricultural practices. Nanomaterials are characterized by their nanoscale dimensions, offering a diverse array of benefits in the agricultural sector. Nanoparticles (NPs) can be used for biosensor designing in the diagnosis of plant diseases and as agrichemicals. They are also being explored in phytopathology and plant disease management. This chapter presents an overview of the applications of nanotechnology in plant disease management, particularly the role of carbon-based nanomaterials (CNMs) which have been shown to improve plant stress tolerance and agricultural production. Some specific applications of CNMs such as nano pesticides, herbicides, growth stimulators, and nano biosensors are being disseminated. CNMs such as carbon nanotubes, graphene, reduced graphene oxide etc. have found extensive use as special sorbents for the removal of heavy metals owing to their unique physical and chemical properties. Because of the increasing demand for food production in response to climate change, nanotechnology can mitigate several challenges related to plant health and disease management. Henceforth, the regulation of nanomaterials in agriculture is a topic of increasing importance which also requires responsible oversight to ensure the welfare of both farmers and the environment and the impact of NPs on the environment requires thorough investigation.