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    Widespread nutrient deficiency in soils has resulted in decreased crop yields and quality, forcing increased use of chemical fertilizers which damage soils over the long term. Nanoparticles show promise as "smart" nano-fertilizers that can target nutrient delivery and increase uptake and use efficiency in plants through controlled release. However, the ethical and safety impacts of nano-fertilizers on ecosystems and human health must still be carefully evaluated before large-scale agricultural use.

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    Widespread nutrient deficiency in soils has resulted in decreased crop yields and quality, forcing increased use of chemical fertilizers which damage soils over the long term. Nanoparticles show promise as "smart" nano-fertilizers that can target nutrient delivery and increase uptake and use efficiency in plants through controlled release. However, the ethical and safety impacts of nano-fertilizers on ecosystems and human health must still be carefully evaluated before large-scale agricultural use.

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    Widespread nutrient deficiency in soils has resulted in decreased crop yields and quality, forcing increased use of chemical fertilizers which damage soils over the long term. Nanoparticles show promise as "smart" nano-fertilizers that can target nutrient delivery and increase uptake and use efficiency in plants through controlled release. However, the ethical and safety impacts of nano-fertilizers on ecosystems and human health must still be carefully evaluated before large-scale agricultural use.

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    Nano Fertilizers

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    Widespread nutrient deficiency in soils has resulted in decreased crop yields and quality, forcing increased use of chemical fertilizers which damage soils over the long term. Nanoparticles show promise as "smart" nano-fertilizers that can target nutrient delivery and increase uptake and use efficiency in plants through controlled release. However, the ethical and safety impacts of nano-fertilizers on ecosystems and human health must still be carefully evaluated before large-scale agricultural use.

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    Outburst of world population in the past decade has forced the agricultural

    sector to increase crop productivity to satisfy the needs of billions of people


    especially in developing countries. Widespread existence of nutrient
    deficiency in soils has resulted in great economic loss for farmers and
    significant decreases in nutritional quality and overall quantity of grains for
    human beings and livestock. Use of large-scale application of chemical
    fertilizers to increase the crop productivity is not a suitable option for long run
    because the chemical fertilizers are considered as double-edged swords,
    which on the one hand increase the crop production but on the other hand
    disturb the soil mineral balance and decrease soil fertility. Large-scale
    application of chemical fertilizers results in an irreparable damage to the soil
    structure, mineral cycles, soil microbial flora, plants, and even more on the
    food chains across ecosystems leading to heritable mutations in future
    generations of consumers. In recent years, nanotechnology has extended its
    relevance in plant science and agriculture. Advancement in nanotechnology
    has improved ways for large-scale production of nanoparticles of
    physiologically important metals, which are now used to improve fertilizer
    formulations for increased uptake in plant cells and by minimizing nutrient
    loss. Nanoparticles have high surface area, sorption capacity, and controlled-
    release kinetics to targeted sites making them smart delivery system.
    Nanostructured fertilizers can increase the nutrient use efficiency through
    mechanisms such as targeted delivery, slow or controlled release. They could
    precisely release their active ingredients in responding to environmental
    triggers and biological demands. In recent lab scale investigations, it has
    been reported that nano-fertilizers can improve crop productivity by
    enhancing the rate of seed germination, seedling growth, photosynthetic
    activity, nitrogen metabolism, and carbohydrate and protein synthesis.
    However, as being an infant technology, the ethical and safety issues
    surrounding the use of nanoparticles in plant productivity are limitless and
    must be very carefully evaluated before adapting the use of the so-called
    nano-fertilizers in agricultural fields. In this chapter, we emphasize on the
    formulation and delivery of nano-fertilizers, their uptake, translocation, and
    fate in plants as well as their effect on plant physiology and metabolism.
    Ethical and safety issues regarding the use of nanotechnology in agriculture
    are also discussed.

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