Nanomaterials in Plants: A Review of Hazard and Applications in the Agri-Food Sector.

ABSTRACT: Agricultural food crop plants interact with engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) from the application of agri-food nanotechnologies and from unintentional emissions originating from other nanotechnologies. Both types of exposure present implications for agricultural yield and quality, food chain transfer, and environmental and human health. In this review, the most recent findings from agricultural plant-ENM studies published in 2017 and 2018 are summarized. The aim of this is to identify the current hazard potential of ENMs for plants grown under typical field conditions that originate from both intentional and unintentional exposures and to contribute to knowledge-based decisions on the application of ENMs in food-agriculture. We also address recent knowledge on ENM adsorption, internalizatio

SUBMITTER: Kranjc E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6723683 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature