Harnessing Nano-Enabled Nutrient Delivery Systems for Enhanced Plant Growth

This chapter focuses on nano-enabled nutrient delivery systems as emerging opportunities in agricultural technology that can address some of the current issues of nutrient use in agriculture. Different forms of nanomaterials such as nanofertilizers, nanosensors, nanopesticides, nanoemulsions, and nanoclays are described about their uses and how they work. The chapter focuses on the mode of utilization of nano-nutrient by the plant through root absorption, foliar absorption, and cellular uptake pathway of nano-particles. These systems show better uptake of the nutrients compared with the basic fertilizers hence reducing pollution while increasing the yields of crops. Case studies shows how nano-enabled systems are a better solution than traditional ones. This chapter lays out the opportunities of nano-enabled nutrient delivery systems in agriculture sector, but also the need to further investigate the valorization of these systems.