Review
Environmental Sciences
Farwa Basit, Sana Asghar, Temoor Ahmed, Usman Ijaz, Muhammad Noman, Jin Hu, Xinqiang Liang, Yajing Guan
Summary: Nutrient fertilization is crucial for improving crop productivity and maintaining soil fertility. Traditional fertilizers have low nutrient use efficiency and result in high water loss, while nanotechnology offers a potential solution by improving nutrient use efficiency and stability, leading to increased agricultural yield.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Smriti Arora, Gajiram Murmu, Koel Mukherjee, Sumit Saha, Dipak Maity
Summary: Plant nutrition is crucial for crop productivity and food security. The use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides has unintended consequences on the environment and ecological balance. Nanotechnology offers promise for sustainable agriculture, but also presents risks and challenges.
JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Shaista Nosheen, Iqra Ajmal, Yuanda Song
Summary: The continuous decline of earth's natural resources and increased use of hazardous chemical fertilizers are posing great concerns for the future of agriculture. Biofertilizers are gaining importance as a promising alternative to hazardous chemical fertilizers in achieving sustainable agriculture. They play a key role in enhancing crop yield, maintaining soil fertility, and providing essential nutrients in soluble forms for plant growth.
Review
Environmental Sciences
Faria Fatima, Arshya Hashim, Sumaiya Anees
Summary: With the increasing global population, farmers have been forced to increase fertilizer use to meet the growing demand for food, leading to environmental issues and resource shortages. Therefore, biofertilizers and nanotechnology-mediated nanofertilizers have emerged as viable solutions to enhance crop production and minimize environmental pollution.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
Review
Agronomy
Gobinda Dey, Pritam Banerjee, Raju Kumar Sharma, Jyoti Prakash Maity, Hassan Etesami, Arun Kumar Shaw, Yi-Hsun Huang, Hsien-Bin Huang, Chien-Yen Chen
Summary: Soil salinity is a detrimental factor affecting plant growth and productivity, with phosphorus uptake being adversely affected by salinity stress. While adding additional P fertilizer is recommended to manage P deficit in saline soils, the low-efficiency of available P fertilizer use restricts P availability. Applying salinity-tolerant phosphate-solubilizing bacteria (ST-PSB) could be an effective and economical way to improve P availability in saline lands and mitigate the negative effects of salinity stress on plants.
Article
Agronomy
Francia Deyanira Gaytan Martinez, Edgar Vladimir Gutierrez Castorena, Vicente Vidal Encinia Uribe, Rigoberto Eustacio Vazquez Alvarado, Emilio Olivares Saenz, Ma. del Carmen Gutierrez Castorena
Summary: Organic agriculture is seen as a sustainable way to preserve soil fertility. A study on calcareous soil found that applying organic contributions, such as solid poultry manure, can increase nitrogen, calcium, and magnesium levels, but decrease phosphorus, potassium, and organic matter. Adequate agronomic management can increase crop yields, but high temperatures and poor irrigation water quality may lead to salinity issues in the soil.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Gulshan Kumar Sharma, Shakeel Ahmad Khan, Manoj Shrivastava, Ranjan Bhattacharyya, Anil Sharma, Dipak Kumar Gupta, Prabhat Kishore, Navindu Gupta
Summary: The study demonstrates that phycoremediation coupled with biofertilizers production from algae biomass can effectively reduce eutrophication, recycle wastewater, plant nutrients, and improve soil quality in circular economy fertilization.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Review
Plant Sciences
Michelle Natalie Herrmann, Yuan Wang, Jens Hartung, Tobias Hartmann, Wei Zhang, Peteh Mehdi Nkebiwe, Xinping Chen, Torsten Mueller, Huaiyu Yang
Summary: Bioeffector (BE) application is recognized as a strategy for sustainable agriculture worldwide. A network meta-analysis of 186 studies and 1,791 global observations revealed that BEs can significantly improve plant growth, yield, and crop quality. Non-microbial products have the potential to enhance biomass growth and phosphorus content the most.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Review
Agronomy
Chitranshi Patel, Jyoti Singh, Anagha Karunakaran, Wusirika Ramakrishna
Summary: Agriculture, as the foundation of human civilization, is facing increasing challenges due to the growing global population. Nano-biofertilizers, innovative agricultural products that combine nanotechnology and biotechnology principles, have the potential to improve nutrient uptake, soil health, and sustainable farming practices. This review discusses recent advances in eco-friendly nano-biofertilizers, including types, formulation, synthesis, and application methods. The interaction between nanoparticles and bacterial species, as well as the potential benefits, challenges, and future perspectives of using eco-friendly nano-biofertilizers for sustainable agriculture, are also addressed.
Review
Plant Sciences
Rajaa Kholssi, Hanane Lougraimzi, Fatiha Grina, Juliana F. Lorentz, Iosody Silva, Omar Castano-Sanchez, Evan A. N. Marks
Summary: Intensive agricultural practices lead to ongoing degradation of agricultural lands. Soil characteristics greatly affect agricultural productivity. Research is now focused on developing environmentally friendly and healthy alternatives to synthetic and fossil-based products. The use of algae biomass as a fertilizer in agriculture has been extensively studied as a sustainable alternative.
JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE AND PLANT NUTRITION
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Liuyang Xu, Muhammad Nadeem, Zilong Wang
Summary: This study investigates the determinants of country-level and bilateral participation of emerging market countries in global value chains. The findings suggest that environmental patents and economic development are the most important factors influencing country-level participation. Additionally, geographic proximity and policy and environmental measures are positively associated with value-added trade.
Review
Agronomy
Oluwaseun Adeyinka Fasusi, Cristina Cruz, Olubukola Oluranti Babalola
Summary: The increasing global human population poses a challenge in ensuring food security due to limited soil nutrients and fertility. Utilizing beneficial soil microorganisms as a substitute for chemical fertilizers is seen as a potential cost-effective and eco-friendly approach to increase agricultural productivity and promote plant growth and yield.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Esmaeil Rezaei-Chiyaneh, Martin Leonardo Battaglia, Amir Sadeghpour, Fahime Shokrani, Adel Dabbagh Mohammadi Nasab, Muhammad Ali Raza, Moritz von Cossel
Summary: The study showed that intercropping black cumin and fenugreek in a 66:34 ratio with bacteria fertilization can improve the essential oil and fixed oil quality and quantity of black cumin.
ADVANCED SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS
(2021)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Camila Gonzales Cruz, Ana Priscila Centeno da Rosa, Brenda Rafaela Strentzle, Jorge Alberto Vieira Costa
Summary: This study utilized dairy effluent to cultivate microalgae, producing biomass and agricultural biostimulants while effectively treating the effluent. The results showed that using 100% dairy effluent as the growth medium resulted in the highest biomass concentration and productivity for the microalgae. Additionally, the treated effluent demonstrated high potential for agricultural applications.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYCOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yaser Esmaeilian, Mohammad Behzad Amiri, Abolfazl Tavassoli, Andres Caballero-Calvo, Jesus Rodrigo-Comino
Summary: In an experiment conducted in an arid climate, the response of saffron plants to the application of animal manure, biological fertilizers, and chemical fertilizers was evaluated. The results showed that the simultaneous use of manure and biological fertilizers significantly improved the quantitative traits of saffron, and the interaction between manure and chemical fertilizers was also significant. The application of these fertilizers increased the yield and quality of saffron, suggesting that organic and biological fertilizers can be used as alternatives to chemical fertilizers in saffron cultivation.
