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Nanomaterials in Plant Growth and Stress Adaptation—2nd Edition
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Nanomaterials in Plant Growth and Stress Adaptation—2nd Edition

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: 20 December 2025 | Viewed by 688

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Yolanda González-García

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Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias, Centro de Investigación Regional Noroeste, Campo Experimental Todos Santos, La Paz 23070, Mexico
Interests: crop production; plant physiology; the use of nanomaterials, amino acids, and LED lighting as plant biostimulants, with the aim to increase the productivity and tolerance to different types of stress, as well as increasing the content of bioactive compounds and fruit quality
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Prof. Dr. Antonio Juárez-Maldonado

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Departamento de Botánica, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Saltillo 25315, Mexico
Interests: plant ecophysiology; inducing tolerance to biotic and abiotic stress in crops; greenhouse crop production; crop biostimulation with nanomaterials and other technologies
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Nanotechnology has proven to be a useful tool in many fields. Through innovative applications, nanomaterials such as nanoparticles and nanocomposites offer unique properties that can positively influence plant growth and stress adaptation. Nanomaterials can induce responses in plants as soon as they come into contact with cell walls and cell membranes, or by internalizing inside the cell. This causes changes at various levels, such as biochemical, genetic, or metabolic alterations, translating into physiological and secondary metabolism modifications that improve the functioning of the plants.

They can enhance nutrient uptake, improve water retention, and provide protection against environmental stressors such as drought, salinity, and heavy metals, among others. By harnessing the potential of nanomaterials, we can address global challenges in food security and sustainable agriculture while minimizing adverse environmental effects.

This Special Issue will collate articles related to the adoption of nanoparticles and nanomaterials for plant growth and stress adaptation.

Dr. Yolanda González-García
Prof. Dr. Antonio Juárez-Maldonado
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Keywords

  • nanomaterials
  • plant growth
  • stress adaptation
  • nanoparticles
  • agriculture
  • sustainability

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The Impact of Essential Oils Derived from Citrus Species to Control Botrytis cinerea and Their Potential Physiological Actions
by Sebastián Campos, Javier Espinoza, Juan Mauricio Fuentes, Ignacio Jofré-Fernández, Gonzalo Tortella, Diego Navarro, Andrés Quiroz, María Cristina Diez, Olga Rubilar and Paola Fincheira
Plants 2025, 14(12), 1859; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants14121859 - 17 Jun 2025
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Botrytis cinerea is one of the phytopathogenic fungi of the greatest economic importance worldwide. Essential oils (EOs) have been proposed as a sustainable alternative to reduce the growth of phytopathogenic fungi. Nevertheless, few studies exist about its mechanisms of action. This study evaluated [...] Read more.
Botrytis cinerea is one of the phytopathogenic fungi of the greatest economic importance worldwide. Essential oils (EOs) have been proposed as a sustainable alternative to reduce the growth of phytopathogenic fungi. Nevertheless, few studies exist about its mechanisms of action. This study evaluated the antifungal activity of EOs from Citrus reticulata, Citrus limon, Citrus sinensis, and Citrus paradisi peels and their encapsulation inside solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs). Accordingly, Citrus EOs were mainly constituted by monoterpene hydrocarbons, where limonene was the most abundant in all EOs. C. reticulata and C. limon EOs reduced the mycelial growth at above 54% after 96 h. The other EOs did not significantly impact the phytopathogen. C. reticulata EO increased the hyphae damage by 40%, but the spore germination was reduced by only 8.34%. It also significantly increased the pH, the electrical conductivity, and the release of intracellular absorbing material and soluble proteins in B. cinerea cultures. Contrary, the esterase, mitochondrial, and succinate dehydrogenase activities decreased at above 50%. C. reticulata EO into SLN reduced the mycelial growth of B. cinerea by 90–97%. These results show that the EO of C. reticulata alters the physiological and metabolic activities of B. cinerea to reduce its growth. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nanomaterials in Plant Growth and Stress Adaptation—2nd Edition)
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The Resistance of Germinating Pea (Pisum sativum L.) Seeds to Silver Nanoparticles
by Karolina Stałanowska, Katarzyna Głowacka, Bogusław Buszewski and Lesław Bernard Lahuta
Plants 2025, 14(11), 1594; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants14111594 - 23 May 2025
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The results of our recent research revealed that biologically synthesized silver nanoparticles (bio-AgNPs) applied to several-day-old pea (Pisum sativum L.) plants or used for seed nanopriming protected pea plants against selected fungal pathogens. However, the susceptibility of pea to bio-AgNPs during seed [...] Read more.
The results of our recent research revealed that biologically synthesized silver nanoparticles (bio-AgNPs) applied to several-day-old pea (Pisum sativum L.) plants or used for seed nanopriming protected pea plants against selected fungal pathogens. However, the susceptibility of pea to bio-AgNPs during seed germination remains mostly unknown. Therefore, in this study, we investigated the cells’ viability, ROS generation, total antioxidant capacity, the activity of selected antioxidant enzymes, and changes in the polar metabolite profiles of 4-day-old pea seedlings developed in water (control) and water suspensions of bio-AgNPs (at 50 and 200 mg/L). The bio-AgNPs did not negatively affect pea seeds’ germination, early seedlings’ growth, and root tips cells’ viability (at both tested concentrations). In the root, the bio-AgNPs at a lower concentration (50 mg/L) stimulated ROS generation. Nanoparticles enhanced peroxidase activity in root and the total antioxidant capacity in epicotyl. Increased levels of malate, phosphoric acid, proline, GABA, and alanine were observed in root and epicotyl of pea seedlings developed at 50 mg/L of bio-AgNPs. A higher concentration affected the tricarboxylic acid cycle and nitrogen metabolism. Bio-AgNPs alerted oxidative homeostasis and primary metabolism of pea seedlings but did not exceed a certain threshold limit and thus did not injure pea at an early stage of seedling development. Full article
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