Nanotechnology in Environmental Science, 2 Volumes

6Nanocarbons in Agricultural Plants: Can be a Potential Nanofertilizer?

Anupriya Singh¹, Anshu Bhati¹, Gunture¹, Kumud Malika Tripathi² and Sumit Kumar Sonkar¹

¹Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry, Jaipur, Rajasthan 302017, India

²Gachon University, Department of Bionanotechnology, Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do 13120, South Korea

6.1 Introduction

At present, the need of opting for sustainable materials such as organic-based fertilizers is of great interest because of their better efficiencies [1–8] and biocompatibility [9–11], which makes them suitable for long-term use in agricultural sciences, compared to synthetic fertilizers [12–18]. The present situation demands [19–26] sustainable and newer techniques [2,27–32] ...