Nanoparticles as catalysts of change: toward third-generation seed technology and stress-resilient crops

Harnessing magnesium nanoparticles for enhanced crop growth and stress mitigation

Multifactorial Role of Phytogenic CeO2 NPs in Crop Improvement and Stress Alleviation: A Mechanistic Overview

ABSTRACT Numerous biotic and abiotic stresses can affect plants. These stresses negatively affect crop's development, growth, and yield, leading to issues with food security and financial loss. With the development of new technologies like nanotechnology, the negative impacts of environmental stressors on plants have b...

Iron Oxide Nanoparticles as a Tool for Enhancing Rapeseed Viability Under Excess Water Conditions

Abstract Flooding is a critical abiotic stressor that adversely impacts crop growth, including rape-seed (Brassica napus L.). Iron oxide (Fe₃O₄) nanoparticles (NPs) are emerging as a promising approach for mitigating such environmental stressors. This study aimed to assess the potential of soil-applied Fe₃O₄ NPs to all...

Green-synthesized zinc and iron nanoparticles enhance basil drought tolerance via antioxidant regulation

Drought is a major abiotic constraint that disrupts growth, physiology, and metabolic balance in medicinal and aromatic plants. This study examined how green-synthesized zinc (Zn) oxide and iron (Fe) oxide nanoparticles (NPs) influence drought tolerance in basil ( Ocimum basilicum L.). A factorial greenhouse...

Precision Nanoparticles for Plant Thermotolerance: From Molecular Mechanisms to Scalable Agriculture.

Heat stress is emerging as a dominant constraint on global crop productivity by destabilizing membranes, disrupting photosynthesis, impairing reproductive development, and accelerating oxidative damage. In recent years, nanoparticles (NPs) have been widely proposed as new regulators of plants thermotolerance, but avail...

MECHANISMS OF ENHANCING PLANT STRESS TOLERANCE UNDER DROUGHT AND SALINITY CONDITIONS USING COBALT(II) COMPLEXES AND HYDROGEL CAPSULES

Experimental results revealed that plants treated with cobalt(II) complex-loaded hydrogels exhibited significantly higher germination rates, increased root and shoot growth, larger leaf area, and enhanced photosynthetic intensity compared to untreated controls, suggesting that cobalt(II) hydrogel formulations mitigate...