Department of Analytical Chemistry, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, Connecticut 06504, United States.
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968, United States.
J Agric Food Chem. 2020 Nov 4;68(44):12189-12202. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.0c04881. Epub 2020 Oct 21.
Micronutrient deficiencies in global food chains are a significant cause of ill health around the world, particularly in developing countries. Agriculture is the primary source of nutrients required for sound health, and as the population has continued to grow, the agricultural sector has come under pressure to improve crop production, in terms of both quantity and quality, to meet the global demands for food security. The use of engineered nanomaterial (ENM) has emerged as a promising technology to sustainably improve the efficiency of current agricultural practices as well as overall crop productivity. One promising approach that has begun to receive attention is to use ENM as seed treatments to biofortify agricultural crop production and quality. This review highlights the current state of the science for this approach as well as critical knowledge gaps and research needs that must be overcome to optimize the sustainable application of nano-enabled seed fortification approaches.
全球食物链中的微量营养素缺乏是世界各地健康不良的一个重要原因，尤其是在发展中国家。农业是健康所需营养的主要来源，随着人口的持续增长，农业部门面临着提高作物产量的压力，无论是在数量还是质量方面，以满足全球粮食安全的需求。工程纳米材料（ENM）的使用已经成为一种有前途的技术，可以可持续地提高当前农业实践的效率以及整体作物生产力。一种有前途的方法已经开始受到关注，即将 ENM 用作种子处理剂来生物强化农业作物的生产和质量。这篇综述强调了这种方法的当前科学状态，以及为了优化纳米增强种子强化方法的可持续应用而必须克服的关键知识差距和研究需求。
