Nanotechnology and Plant Biotechnology: The Current State of Art and Future Prospects

Sourav Das, Saikat Ghosh, Abishek Bakshi, Shweta Khanna, Birendra Kumar Bindhani, Pankaj Kumar Parhi, Rahul Kumar

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Abstract

Nanotechnology revolutionized the field of science and technology in the beginning of 1990. It invaded in all areas of science includ-ing plant biotechnology. Plant biotechnology has drawn the attention of scientists and researchers to develop new concepts, tools, techniques, and methods to strengthen fulfil-ment of high demand of food across the globe. Now, we need more yield-promising crop varieties along with potential resistance to combat biotic and abiotic stresses. Engineered Nanoparticles (NPs) are enhancing growth and development of plant and increasing resistance against biotic stresses when used as fertilizers and pesticides. Till date most of the research studies primarily focussed on plant genetic engineering where NPs are employed as site-specific delivery vehicles for single stranded DNA (ssDNA), double stranded DNA (dsDNA), plasmid DNA, some biomolecules (siRNA), phytohormones, peptides, etc. Cur-rent chapter focusses on the collecting infor-mation on their application in relatively newer domains like plant tissue culture (PTC) where they could be potential disinfectant, induce organogenesis, and promote pigment synthe-sis. Moreover, some newly discovered appli-cation creating new horizon in plant biotechnology are their capability of being utilized in light harvesting even in infrared range, nanosensors for various plant and envi-ronmental analytes, seed nano-priming gene sequencing, and post-harvest loss reduction. This chapter mainly attempted to highlight the gap in research among nanotechnology and agriculture biotechnology.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationBiological Applications of Nanoparticles
PublisherSpringer
Pages101-120
Number of pages20
ISBN (Electronic)9789819936298
ISBN (Print)9789819936281
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2023
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Agriculture
  • Fertilizer
  • Nanoparticles (NPs)
  • Pesticide
  • Phytohormone
  • Plant tissue culture (PTC)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • General Engineering
  • General Materials Science
  • General Medicine
  • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • General Computer Science

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