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Nanobiotechnology Approach for Sustainable Agriculture

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 December 2021) | Viewed by 3114

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Honghong Wu

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College of Plant Science & Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
Interests: nanobiotechnology-enabled plant stress tolerance; nanobiotechnology-enabled smart plant; nanobiotechnology-enabled crop transgenic events
Prof. Dr. Chuanxin Ma

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Key Laboratory for City Cluster Environmental Safety and Green Development of the Ministry of Education, School of Ecology, Environment and Resources, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
Interests: engineered nanoparticles; heavy metals; biochar; plant stress physiology; nano-enabled agriculture; biogeochemistry; nanotoxicity; phytoremediation; environmental soil chemistry
Dr. Jingtao Hou

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College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
Interests: environmentally friendly nanomaterials for soil remediation in agriculture; interface reaction behaviors (e.g., catalysis, redox, and adsorption) between active components (e.g., minerals and organic matter) and pollutants in soil
Dr. Jiangjiang Gu

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College of Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
Interests: environmental analysis; resistance control of Bt toxins; design and modification of zero-dimensional nanomaterials (novel quantum dots, etc.) and their composites for environmental analysis, agriculture, and biological medicine
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Dear Colleagues,

Agricultural production needs to be increased to feed the projected 9.3 billion population in 2050. Sustainable agriculture is one way to address the possible food shortage in future. The possibility of using nanobiotechnology to enable high efficacy of nanopesticides and nanofertilizers has already been demonstrated. Additionally, nano-improved plant stress tolerance, nano-enabled transgenic events, and nanosensors for engineering smart plants have been attracting increasing attention from the research community and public. Nano-enabled agriculture has thus become a hot topic and could possibly represent a good component for sustainable agriculture. In this Special Issue, we welcome all kinds of studies related to the topic of using nanotechnology for sustainable agriculture.  

Original research, review, and methods in (but not limited to) the following categories are welcomed.

  • Nanopesticides and nanofertilizers;
  • Nanomaterial-enabled plant stress tolerance;
  • Nanosensor-enabled transgenic events in plants;
  • Nanosensors for plants and agricultural applications;
  • Targeted delivery of nanomaterials in plants;
  • New kinds of platforms for agricultural science research;
  • Nanotechnology in soil and water remediation for sustainable agriculture;
  • Nanomaterials application in soil and plant nutrition for sustainable agriculture.

Prof. Dr. Honghong Wu
Prof. Dr. Chuanxin Ma
Dr. Jingtao Hou
Dr. Jiangjiang Gu
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • agriculture
  • mechanisms
  • nanomaterials
  • nanosensors
  • stress

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Nanopotassium, Nanosilicon, and Biochar Applications Improve Potato Salt Tolerance by Modulating Photosynthesis, Water Status, and Biochemical Constituents
by Abdel Wahab M. Mahmoud, Mahmoud M. Samy, Hoda Sany, Rasha R. Eid, Hassan M. Rashad and Emad A. Abdeldaym
Sustainability 2022, 14(2), 723; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su14020723 - 10 Jan 2022
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Salinity is one of the main environmental stresses, and it affects potato growth and productivity in arid and semiarid regions by disturbing physiological process, such as the photosynthesis rate, the absorption of essential nutrients and water, plant hormonal functions, and vital metabolic pathways. [...] Read more.
Salinity is one of the main environmental stresses, and it affects potato growth and productivity in arid and semiarid regions by disturbing physiological process, such as the photosynthesis rate, the absorption of essential nutrients and water, plant hormonal functions, and vital metabolic pathways. Few studies are available on the application of combined nanomaterials to mitigate salinity stress on potato plants (Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Diamont). In order to assess the effects of the sole or combined application of silicon (Si) and potassium (K) nanoparticles and biochar (Bc) on the agro-physiological properties and biochemical constituents of potato plants grown in saline soil, two open-field experiments were executed on a randomized complete block design (RCBD), with five replicates. The results show that the biochar application and nanoelements (n-K and n-Si) significantly improved the plant heights, the fresh and dry plant biomasses, the numbers of stems/plant, the leaf relative water content, the leaf chlorophyll content, the photosynthetic rate (Pn), the leaf stomatal conductance (Gc), and the tuber yields, compared to the untreated potato plants (CT). Moreover, the nanoelements and biochar improved the content of the endogenous elements of the plant tissues (N, P, K, Mg, Fe, Mn, and B), the leaf proline, and the leaf gibberellic acid (GA3), in addition to reducing the leaf abscisic acid content (ABA), the activity of catalase (CAT), and the peroxidase (POD) and polyphenol oxidase (PPO) in the leaves of salt-stressed potato plants. The combined treatment achieved maximum plant growth parameters, physiological parameters, and nutrient concentrations, and minimum transpiration rates (Tr), leaf abscisic acid content (ABA), and activities of the leaf antioxidant enzymes (CAT, POD, and PPO). Furthermore, the combined treatment also showed the highest tuber yield and tuber quality, including the contents of carbohydrates, proteins, and the endogenous nutrients of the tuber tissues (N, P, and K), and the lowest starch content. Moreover, Pearson’s correlation showed that the plant growth and the tuber yields of potato plants significantly and positively correlated with the photosynthesis rate, the internal CO2 concentration, the relative water content, the proline, the chlorophyll content, and the GA3, and that they were negatively correlated with the leaf Na content, PPO, CAT, ABA, MDA, and Tr. It might be concluded that nanoelement (n-K and n-Si) and biochar applications are a promising method to enhance the plant growth and crop productivity of potato plants grown under salinity conditions. Full article
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