Nanocarbons in Agricultural Plants: Can be a Potential Nanofertilizer?

Abstract

At present, the need of opting for sustainable materials such as organic-based fertilizers is of great interest because of their better efficiencies and biocompatibility, which makes them suitable for long-term use in agricultural sciences, compared to synthetic fertilizers. Biochars are carbon-rich solid materials synthesized via pyrolyzing waste biomass in an open atmosphere under relatively low-temperature conditions and possess high biological and chemical stability. Biochar and nanocarbons can handle the positive consequences of carbon nanotechnology in the field of agriculture and plant biotechnology to increase crop productivity. Nanocarbons suspended or dispersed in water and growth medium get easily lapped up by a plant as it upward takes the other essential nutrients. The accumulated nanocarbons can be transferred to consumers (animals) as they are a major part of the food chain, it raises an important safety concern to humans. © 2018 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. All rights reserved.