Nanomaterials Used As A Plants Growth Enhancer: An Update

Across the world, a heavenly use of chemical fertilizer is major environmental issue in agricultural fields for sustainable growth of plants. Hence, the chemical fertilizers show adverse environmental effects in human life along with degrade the quality of soil fertility and polluting the water. So there is a need to develop an alternative approach to minimize the high consumption of chemical fertilizers. Now nanotechnology is an alternate approach, touching nearly all aspect of modern life of human welfare as well as plants growth. In the various fields of sciences, nanotechnology based devices are frequently used for the sustainable development of agriculture, clinical medicine, environmental cleaning, food processing, targeted drug delivery and enhancer of plant growth with safe and successful by different ways. However, use of nanomaterials in agriculture field especially for plant protection and production, is an under-explored area in the research community. This review summarizes the utility the known nanomaterials in plant growth from seeds to complete plant in agricultural production. This review also highlights the key role of mode of action of nanoparticles/nanomaterials in plants growth enhancer. The appropriate elucidation of physiochemical, biological and molecular mechanistic approach of nanoparticles in plant leads to better growth in plant with safe and eco-friendly agriculture.