Integrated approach of Agri-Nanotechnology: Challenges and future trends

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 8, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Mishra, Sandhya ^a   Keswani, Chetan ^a   Abhilash, P C ^a   Fraceto, Leonardo F ^b   Singh, Harikesh Bahadur ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Bioavailability; Biosynthesized nanoparticles; Nanotechnology; Phytopathogens; Soil; Sustainability; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018566421     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00471     Document Type: Article

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