How helpful is nanotechnology in agriculture?

Advances in Natural Sciences: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Ditta, Allah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Applications; Nanoscience; Nanotechnology

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; APPLICATIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; NANOSCIENCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

APPLICATIONS OF NANOTECHNOLOGIES; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; ITS APPLICATIONS; NANO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGIES; NEW APPLICATIONS; POSITIVE POTENTIAL; STATE OF THE ART; TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE;

AGRICULTURE;

EID: 84891892638     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20436262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2043-6262/3/3/033002     Document Type: Review

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