Institute of Crop Sciences, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Hainan Research Institute, Zhejiang University, Sanya, 572025, People's Republic of China.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2022 Jul;29(34):51281-51297. doi: 10.1007/s11356-022-20950-3. Epub 2022 May 25.
Nutrient fertilization plays a major role in improving crop productivity and maintaining soil fertility. In the last few decades, the productivity of current agricultural practices highly depends on the use of chemical fertilizers. Major drawback of traditional fertilizers is their low crop nutrient use efficiency and high loss into water. Nanomaterial in agriculture is a multipurpose tool for increasing growth, development, and yield of plants. Nanotechnology facilitates the amplifying of agriculture production by reducing relevant losses and improving the input efficiency. Nanotechnology has emerged as an attractive field of research and has various agriculture applications, especially the use of nano-agrochemicals to increase nutrient use efficiency and agricultural yield. Nanofertilizers are more effective as compared to chemical fertilizers due to their cost-efficient, eco-friendly, non-toxic, and more stable in nature. Overall, this chapter focuses on synthesis of nanofertilizers through physical, chemical, and biological methods. This chapter will also explore the use of nano-enabled fertilizers to enhance the nutrient use efficiency for sustainable crop production, and global food safety.
养分施肥在提高作物生产力和维持土壤肥力方面起着重要作用。在过去几十年中，现代农业实践的生产力高度依赖于化肥的使用。传统肥料的主要缺点是其作物养分利用率低，大量流失到水中。纳米材料在农业中是一种多用途工具，可促进植物的生长、发育和产量增加。纳米技术通过减少相关损失和提高投入效率，促进了农业生产的扩大。纳米技术已成为一个有吸引力的研究领域，并在农业中有多种应用，特别是利用纳米农用化学品来提高养分利用率和农业产量。与化肥相比，纳米肥料更有效，因为它们具有成本效益高、环保、无毒、性质更稳定等优点。总的来说，本章重点介绍了通过物理、化学和生物方法合成纳米肥料。本章还将探讨利用纳米肥料来提高养分利用率，以实现可持续的作物生产和全球食品安全。
