Jitendra Singh and Beerendra Singh*
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry
Veer Kunwar Singh, College of Agriculture, Dumraon
(Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour), Buxar-802 136, India
Email: beerendrasoil@gmail.com
Received-01.11.2023, Revised-14.11.2023, Accepted-24.11.2023
Abstract: Fertilizers and pesticides are less effective for many reasons, including inefficiency in distribution and use, and more energy requirement and water resources impacting agricultural ecosystems. Ensuring and maintaining food security is a global task, and the agricultural technologies must be changed and be effective over time due to negative factors such as climate change, population growth and decreasing in agricultural areas. Due to spiralling growth of population, the agriculture sector is facing a tremendous pressure for the food production and its economics. Nano-fertilizers may be important substances in crop production because decreasing per capita land-holding area and increasing population, conventional fertilizers having low nutrient use efficiency, causing of environmental pollution and more requirement of costly labour for their application. Recently nano-technology based products i.e. nano-fertilizers can improve plant growth and production by ensuring the distribution of nutrients in plant system. The framework is yet to be seen, because the main task in the coming years will be to create new and effective products in agriculture. They have more nutrient use efficiency. They should improve ecological biodiversity, sustainable agriculture and food quality. They should also economic viable. This study reviews the potentiality and possibilities of nano-fertilizers for improving plant performance under abiotic stress.
Keywords: Nano-fertilizers, Nano- particles, Sustainable agriculture, Nutrient, Soil fertility
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