Synthesis of Nanoparticles and their Application in Agriculture

Ashish Khandelwal¹* and Ritika Joshi²

¹Scientist, Division of Agricultural Chemicals, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
²Research Scholar, Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India

*Corresponding Author: Ashish Khandelwal, Scientist, Division of Agricultural Chemicals, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India.

Received: January 02, 2018; Published: February 03, 2018

Citation: Ashish Khandelwal and Ritika Joshi. “Synthesis of Nanoparticles and their Application in Agriculture". Acta Scientific Agriculture 2.3 (2018).

Abstract

  A nanoparticle is a microscopic particle with at least one dimension ranges between 1 - 100 nm. Nanoparticles are different from bulk particles in terms of their physical, chemicals and biological properties. Nanoparticles in their different size acts differently sometime it can be used as crop protectants or sometime it can be used as fluorescent compounds and their application can be used in sensor development. Nanotechnology has become boon and its wide application in the field of agriculture increasing day by day. Still, guidelines for application of it’s in environment is in the pipeline.

Keywords: Nanoparticles; Nanotechnology; Agriculture

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