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Nanoscience and Plant–Soil Systems pp 511–529Cite as

Nanomaterials–Plant–Soil System: Challanges and Threats

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Abstract

Using products featuring nanomaterials (NMs) results in releasing and disseminating nano-ingredients into environment, including soils. NMs influx into soils primarily originates from three sources: using biosolids, fertilizers, pesticides, and soil additives including NMs as well as NM-involving remediation for soils polluted with organic contaminants and heavy metals. Soils making up a natural environment for plants require an assessment for potential results of NM presence. To date, research into the influence of NMs on plants has been conducted in hydroponic cultures, which fails to reflect actual conditions for plant growth. Learning about interactions between NMs, soil, and a plant proves key for risk assessment of introducing NMs into a food chain and food transfer. On the other hand, nanotechnology solutions within the scope of fertilizing and plant protection seem promising. Available findings concerning NM distribution and behavior in the soil–plant relation are juxtaposed below.

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  1. Institute of Plant Genetics, Breeding and Bionanotechnology, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Lublin, Poland

    Jośko Izabela

  2. Department of Environmental Chemistry, University of Marie Skłodowska-Curie, Lublin, Poland

    Stefaniuk Magdalena & Oleszczuk Patryk

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  2. Amity Institute of Nanotechnology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

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Izabela, J., Magdalena, S., Patryk, O. (2017). Nanomaterials–Plant–Soil System: Challanges and Threats. In: Ghorbanpour, M., Manika, K., Varma, A. (eds) Nanoscience and Plant–Soil Systems. Soil Biology, vol 48. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46835-8_20

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