Advancing Sustainable Agriculture Through Nanomaterials: Challenges and Opportunities
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2025 | Viewed by 38
Special Issue Editors
Interests: synthesis of metallic nanoparticles; synthesis of nanoparticle–polymer composites; surface modification of nanoparticles; electrically conductive polymer composites; thermally conductive polymer composites; antimicrobial polymers; photocatalyst–polymer composites; polymer–carbon composites; polymer composites for water treatment; sustainable agriculture; nanotechnology; nano-agrochemicals
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Interests: synthesis of metallic nanoparticles; synthesis of nanoparticle–polymer composites; modification surface of nanoparticles; applications of polymers in enhanced recovery oil; biosynthesis of nanoparticles
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Dear Colleagues,
In all countries, one of the major concerns of political leaders is to ensure food security for their people. They face various challenges such as climate change, pests and plant diseases, physical degradation, and soil chemistry and biology, to mention just a few. Strategic alternative technologies utilizing various nanomaterials are being developed in agriculture worldwide to help with germination, cultivation, and harvest and to achieve sustainable agriculture. The use of nanotechnology in this area allows the integration of organic and inorganic nanoparticles for the manufacture of various nanofertilizers, nanopesticides, nanostimulants, nanocomposite nutritive solutions, and others, which can be used to improve agricultural productivity and sustainability. This Special Issue aims to bring together all those studies that address the sustainability of agriculture and show potential benefits through the use of nanomaterials, including reducing environmental impact and increasing efficiency in the supply of nutrients and pest control, as well as the challenges and opportunities posed by nanomaterials in their interaction with seeds, plants, and fruits or harvests.
Prof. Dr. Gregorio Cadenas-Pliego
Dr. Marissa Pérez-Alvarez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nanoparticles
- nanotechnology
- nano-stimulants
- nutritive nano-solution
- sustainable agriculture
- eco-friendly synthesis
- green nanomaterials
- drench and foliar application
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