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Review

Nanotechnology and Agricultural Sustainability: A Review

by
Siqi Zeng
1,
Noman Shakoor
2 and
Yukui Rui
1,3,*
1
State Key Laboratory of Nutrient Use and Management, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
2
College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
3
Hebei Wuqiang County Professor Workstation and Science and Technology Small Courtyard, China Agricultural University, Hengshui 053300, China
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Nanomaterials 2025, 15(23), 1755; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano15231755 (registering DOI)
Submission received: 14 October 2025 / Revised: 19 November 2025 / Accepted: 20 November 2025 / Published: 22 November 2025
(This article belongs to the Section Nanotechnology in Agriculture)
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Abstract

Nanotechnology plays a crucial role in promoting precision agriculture and environmental management. This review integrates the latest advances in nanotechnology in the fields of pollution detection, agrochemicals, and stress resistance, and quantifies the significant enhancements brought by nanomaterials (NMs). NMs used in biosensors enable highly sensitive, low detection limit, and highly accurate detection of environmental pollution, plant growth status, and soil conditions, while achieving precise drug delivery and reducing environmental pollution. Furthermore, NMs can be combined with agrochemicals or directly act on plants to promote growth, reduce pests and diseases, and enhance stress resistance by altering plant physiological processes and microbial functions. This review focuses on the application value of nanotechnology in detection, smart chemicals, and stress resistance, and analyzes current challenges and risks in technology, biosafety, regulatory challenges, and scalability. Finally, it points out future directions for utilizing nanotechnology to advance smart agriculture, precision agriculture, and green bio-industrialization.
Keywords: nanotechnology; precision agriculture; sustainable approaches; applied research nanotechnology; precision agriculture; sustainable approaches; applied research

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Zeng, S.; Shakoor, N.; Rui, Y. Nanotechnology and Agricultural Sustainability: A Review. Nanomaterials 2025, 15, 1755. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano15231755

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Zeng S, Shakoor N, Rui Y. Nanotechnology and Agricultural Sustainability: A Review. Nanomaterials. 2025; 15(23):1755. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano15231755

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Zeng, Siqi, Noman Shakoor, and Yukui Rui. 2025. "Nanotechnology and Agricultural Sustainability: A Review" Nanomaterials 15, no. 23: 1755. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano15231755

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Zeng, S., Shakoor, N., & Rui, Y. (2025). Nanotechnology and Agricultural Sustainability: A Review. Nanomaterials, 15(23), 1755. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano15231755

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