Applications and perspectives of using nanomaterials for sustainable plant nutrition

Nanotechnology Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 209-229

  Ditta, Allah ^a   Arshad, Muhammad ^b  

^a PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

nanofertilizers; nanonutrition; nanotechnology; plant nutrition; sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; FERTILIZERS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUTRIENTS; NUTRITION; PARTICLE SIZE; PORE SIZE;

FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; MECHANISM OF ACTION; NANOFERTILIZERS; NANONUTRITION; PARTICLE MORPHOLOGIES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PLANT NUTRITION; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE;

CROPS;

EID: 84964613920     PISSN: 21919089     EISSN: 21919097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ntrev-2015-0060     Document Type: Review

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