A Review about Perspectives of Nanotechnology in Agriculture | [Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Research • 2018]

Author(s):

1. Safdar Ali: Department of Agronomy, Pir Mehr Ali Shah, Arid Agriculture University,Rawalpindi,Pakistan

2. Obaidullah Shafique: Department of Agronomy, Pir Mehr Ali Shah, Arid Agriculture University,Rawalpindi,Pakistan

3. Tariq Mahmood: National Centre for Physics, Quaid-e-Azam University,Islamabad,Pakistan

4. Muhammad Amir Hanif: Department of Agronomy, Pir Mehr Ali Shah, Arid Agriculture University,Rawalpindi,Pakistan

5. Ijaz Ahmed: Ecotoxicology Research Institute, National Agricultural Research Centre Islamabad, Pakistan

6. Bashir Ahmad Khan: Department of Agricultural Economics, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Abstract:

Nanotechnology plays a significant role in promoting agriculture and agricultural products. Agriculture and food industry aims for the sustainability and the protection of agricultural products, including crops for human and livestock. Nanotechnology helps in the manufacturing of innovative agrochemicals and novel delivery mechanisms to enhance crop production and decrease in pesticide use. Nanotechnology also contributes in increasing the crop yield in agriculture. One of the major contribution of nanotechnology in the field of agriculture is the formulation of nano based pesticides and fertilizers for increased crop production. Precise farming techniques can promote crop production without damaging soil and water, reducing losses due to leaching of nitrogen and enhancing long lasting incorporation of nutrients by micro-organisms present in the soil. Another major breakthrough of nanotechnology for improvement in agriculture production is the development of insect-resistant varieties by DNA transfer in the plants or nanoparticle-mediated gene. Biofuel production from biomass is estimated to speed up using nanotechnology. Researchers and manufacturers have to demonstrate that the application of nanotechnologies have no harmful effect on the atmosphere against the anomaly based only on small amounts of toxicological research and concerns about the safety of nanomaterials.

Page(s): 116-121

DOI: DOI not available

Published: Journal: Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Research, Volume: 31, Issue: 2, Year: 2018

Keywords:

nanotechnology , Agriculture , Review , Perspective , NanoAgroTechnology

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