Fascinating role of nanosilica in mitigating drought and nutrient stress – A review

Drought stress is a major global challenge that severely impacts plant growth, photosynthesis and nutrient uptake, leading to significant yield losses. This necessitates the need for developing new agricultural technologies and one such advancement is nanotechnology. Recently, nanosilica has gained...

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Main Authors: Bekkam Rakesh, Chitdeshwari T, Mohanapriya G
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-12-01
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667064X24003257
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description Drought stress is a major global challenge that severely impacts plant growth, photosynthesis and nutrient uptake, leading to significant yield losses. This necessitates the need for developing new agricultural technologies and one such advancement is nanotechnology. Recently, nanosilica has gained importance due to its significant role in mitigating drought and nutrient stress. The foliar/soil application and seed priming with nanosilica has shown to have positive impacts on plants under drought and nutrient stress by modulating morphological, physiological and biochemical parameters. This review aims to explore the impact of nanosilica in enhancing drought and nutrient stress tolerance in plants by demonstrating its beneficial effects on growth, gas exchange attributes, plant water status, membrane stability, antioxidant activity and silicon mediated uptake of nutrients. Further it also provides an overview of recent developments in nanosilica nutrition of crops and suggests future research directions to understand the role of nanosilica in alleviating drought and nutrient stress.
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spelling doaj-art-0e5c6211d33c4f30a30e6abf967566f82024-12-19T11:02:10ZengElsevierPlant Stress2667-064X2024-12-0114100672Fascinating role of nanosilica in mitigating drought and nutrient stress – A reviewBekkam Rakesh0Chitdeshwari T1Mohanapriya G2Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore 641003, Tamil Nadu, IndiaDepartment of Sericulture, Forest College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Mettupalayam, Tamil Nadu, India; Corresponding author.Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore 641003, Tamil Nadu, IndiaDrought stress is a major global challenge that severely impacts plant growth, photosynthesis and nutrient uptake, leading to significant yield losses. This necessitates the need for developing new agricultural technologies and one such advancement is nanotechnology. Recently, nanosilica has gained importance due to its significant role in mitigating drought and nutrient stress. The foliar/soil application and seed priming with nanosilica has shown to have positive impacts on plants under drought and nutrient stress by modulating morphological, physiological and biochemical parameters. This review aims to explore the impact of nanosilica in enhancing drought and nutrient stress tolerance in plants by demonstrating its beneficial effects on growth, gas exchange attributes, plant water status, membrane stability, antioxidant activity and silicon mediated uptake of nutrients. Further it also provides an overview of recent developments in nanosilica nutrition of crops and suggests future research directions to understand the role of nanosilica in alleviating drought and nutrient stress.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667064X24003257NanosilicaPlant growthYieldMicronutrientsMacronutrients
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Fascinating role of nanosilica in mitigating drought and nutrient stress – A review
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Nanosilica
Plant growth
Yield
Micronutrients
Macronutrients
title Fascinating role of nanosilica in mitigating drought and nutrient stress – A review
title_full Fascinating role of nanosilica in mitigating drought and nutrient stress – A review
title_fullStr Fascinating role of nanosilica in mitigating drought and nutrient stress – A review
title_full_unstemmed Fascinating role of nanosilica in mitigating drought and nutrient stress – A review
title_short Fascinating role of nanosilica in mitigating drought and nutrient stress – A review
title_sort fascinating role of nanosilica in mitigating drought and nutrient stress a review
topic Nanosilica
Plant growth
Yield
Micronutrients
Macronutrients
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