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Trends in Nano- and Biotechnology to Shape Sustainable Agriculture: Nano-Farming Insight for Healthy Soil and Innocuous Food

A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Agroecology Innovation: Achieving System Resilience".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 July 2023) | Viewed by 12001

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Fabián Fernández-Luqueño

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Sustainability of Natural Resources and Energy Program, Cinvestav-Saltillo, Ramos Arizpe C.P. 25900, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico
Interests: nano- and biotechnology in the agriculture and environment

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

More than eight billion people worldwide require healthy and affordable food, cultivated under sustainable management and through the environmentally friendly harnessing of natural resources, such as biodiversity, soil, and water. In the last two decades, there has been cutting-edge research in nanotechnology and biotechnology, with remarkable advances contributing to human well-being through better, cheaper, and healthier processes, taking care of the ecosystems and environments. Therefore, this Special Issue will comprise new advances, processes, methodologies, technologies, and innovations with actual or potential applications in the preservation and improvement of healthy soil, which will boost innocuous food production through nano- and biotechnology, and shape sustainable agriculture. We welcome contributions that provide the community with the most recent advancements regarding these themes, including but not limited to the following topics:

  • Concerns regarding the use of nanoscience and nanotechnology for crop production;
  • Controlled delivery of nutrients, molecules, hormones, or cells;
  • Crop breeding;
  • Green synthesis of nanomaterials for the cultivation of edible crops;
  • Microbial inoculants;
  • Molecular farming;
  • Nano-fertilizers;
  • Nano-materials as elicitors;
  • Nano-sensors or bionanosensors for pollutants, nutrients, etc.;
  • Nano-vectors for gene delivery;
  • Nano- or bioremediation of soil;
  • Nano- or bioremediation of irrigation water;
  • Nano- or bioremediation of wastewater for irrigation;
  • Nano- or biopackaging for agricultural products;
  • Nano- or biotechnology for plant genetic engineering;
  • Nano-encapsulation of plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria;
  • Nanorobots for agricultural or environmental applications;
  • Pest or disease control;
  • Plantlets production;
  • Environmental concerns.

Reviews and scientific manuscripts are welcome. Long-term in situ field trials are especially appreciated.

Dr. Fabián Fernández-Luqueño
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • bioinoculants
  • clean up the environment
  • crop production
  • ecofriendly processes
  • genetic engineering
  • green agriculture
  • nanoagriculture
  • plant-growth regulators
  • removal of contaminants
  • sustainable production

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Silver and Hematite Nanoparticles Had a Limited Effect on the Bacterial Community Structure in Soil Cultivated with Phaseolus vulgaris L.
by Karla E. Zarco-González, Jessica D. Valle-García, Yendi E. Navarro-Noya, Fabián Fernández-Luqueño and Luc Dendooven
Agronomy 2023, 13(9), 2341; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13092341 - 8 Sep 2023
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The amount of nanoparticles that enters the environment has increased substantially in the last years. How they might affect plant characteristics and the bacterial community structure when they enter the soil, however, is still debated, as there is a continuous interaction between them. [...] Read more.
The amount of nanoparticles that enters the environment has increased substantially in the last years. How they might affect plant characteristics and the bacterial community structure when they enter the soil, however, is still debated, as there is a continuous interaction between them. In this study, we determined the effect of silver (Ag-NPs) and hematite (α-Fe2O3-NPs) nanoparticles (0.15 g kg−1) on the characteristics of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and the rhizosphere, non-rhizosphere and uncultivated soil bacterial community. The application of Ag-NPs or α-Fe2O3-NPs did not affect plant growth, but changed the amount of some heavy metals in the roots and aerial parts. The application of nanoparticles had a limited effect on the diversity, structure and functional profile of the soil and rhizosphere bacterial communities, but they were altered by cultivation of the bean plants and changed over time. It was found that application of Ag-NPs or α-Fe2O3-NPs had no effect on bean plant growth and only a small effect on the bacterial community structure and its putative metabolic functions. These findings show that in a complex system, such as a soil, different factors might affect the bacterial community structure and alter the possible effect of nanoparticles on it. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Trends in Nano- and Biotechnology to Shape Sustainable Agriculture: Nano-Farming Insight for Healthy Soil and Innocuous Food)
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Restoring Soil Cover and Plant Communities with Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi as an Essential Component of DSS for Environmental Safety Management in Post-Industrial Landscapes
by Chang Shu, Mariia Ruda, Elvira Dzhumelia, Alla Shybanova, Orest Kochan and Mariana Levkiv
Agronomy 2023, 13(5), 1346; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13051346 - 11 May 2023
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Large areas become unsuitable for full-fledged life after mining activity. To improve the state of environmental safety of post-industrial landscapes and the rational use of disturbed territories, a Decision Support System (DSS) should be created. This system should also contain proposals for restoring [...] Read more.
Large areas become unsuitable for full-fledged life after mining activity. To improve the state of environmental safety of post-industrial landscapes and the rational use of disturbed territories, a Decision Support System (DSS) should be created. This system should also contain proposals for restoring the soil cover and plant communities that are proposed in this article. The purpose of this study is to determine the influence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on the process of vegetation formation in the post-industrial landscape of a sulfur quarry. During reclamation works in human-made ecotopes, vegetation has already formed there in a certain way due to natural succession processes. We assessed the level of vegetation self-restoration and, on the basis of the obtained data, the need and direction of phytoreclamation in relation to specific ecotopes. The set of restoration of soil cover and plant communities makes it possible to solve the problem of reusing post-industrial landscapes. The positive effect of the treatment of seedlings with a spore remedy of arbuscular, mycorrhizal fungi on the studied breeds’ height increase was observed. In the process of the revitalization of disturbed landscapes through the mycorrhization of planting material, there is a tendency to restore and increase phytodiversity at the floristic and coenotic levels. Full article
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Modern Plant Biotechnology: An Antidote against Global Food Insecurity
by David Adedayo Animasaun, Peter Adeolu Adedibu, Yury Shkryl, Faith Olatayo Emmanuel, Liudmila Tekutyeva and Larissa Balabanova
Agronomy 2023, 13(8), 2038; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13082038 - 31 Jul 2023
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Food insecurity has become a pressing issue on a worldwide scale as the globe plows through a food crisis. The disastrous impact of this menace has been exacerbated by climate change, frequent conflicts, pandemic outbreaks, and the global economic recession, which have been [...] Read more.
Food insecurity has become a pressing issue on a worldwide scale as the globe plows through a food crisis. The disastrous impact of this menace has been exacerbated by climate change, frequent conflicts, pandemic outbreaks, and the global economic recession, which have been prevalent in recent years. Although food insecurity prevails globally, it is especially critical in some regions in Africa, East and Southeast Asia, and South America. Several efforts have been made to curb food insecurity; however, none have been able to curtail it sufficiently. Genetic engineering of crops is a fast-growing technology that could be a viable tool for mitigating food insecurity. Crop varieties resistant to pests and diseases, abiotic stress, spoilage, or specific herbicides have been developed using this technology. Crops have been modified for increased yield, nutritional content, essential vitamins, and micro-mineral fortification. More intriguing is the advent of plant-derived edible vaccines, which prove equally effective and significantly affordable. However, in many countries, government policies pose a limiting factor for the acceptance of this technology. This article discusses the genetic modification of crops, highlighting its origins, methods, applications, achievements, impact, acceptance, distribution, and potential as a viable antidote to global food insecurity. Full article
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