The Emerging Roles of Nanoparticles in Managing the Environmental Stressors in Horticulture Crops—A Review
Abou El-Nasr M.K. Hassan K.M. Abd-Elhalim B.T. Kucher D.E. Rebouh N.Y. Ansabayeva A. Abdelkader M. Ali M.A.A. Nasser M.A.
July 2025Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
Plants
2025#14Issue 14
The primary worldwide variables limiting plant development and agricultural output are the ever-present threat that environmental stressors such as salt (may trigger osmotic stress plus ions toxicity, which impact on growth and yield of the plants), drought (provokes water stress, resulting in lowering photosynthesis process and growth rate), heavy metals (induced toxicity, hindering physiological processes also lowering crop quantity and quality), and pathogens (induce diseases that may significantly affect plant health beside productivity). This review explores the integrated effects of these stressors on plant productivity and growth rate, emphasizing how each stressor exceptionally plays a role in physiological responses. Owing to developments in technology that outclass traditional breeding methods and genetic engineering techniques, powerful alleviation strategies are vital. New findings have demonstrated the remarkable role of nanoparticles in regulating responses to these environmental stressors. In this review, we summarize the roles and various applications of nanomaterials in regulating abiotic and biotic stress responses. This review discusses and explores the relationship between various types of nanoparticles (metal, carbon-based, and biogenic) and their impact on plant physiology. Furthermore, we assess how nanoparticle technology may play a role in practices of sustainable agriculture by reducing the amount of compounds used, providing them with a larger surface area, highly efficient mass transfer abilities, and controlled, targeted delivery of lower nutrient or pesticide amounts. A review of data from several published studies leads to the conclusion that nanoparticles may act as a synergistic effect, which can effectively increase plant stress tolerance and their nutritional role.
abiotic stresses , biotic , drought , heavy metals , nanomaterials , salt , sustainability
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Horticulture Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, 11241, Egypt
Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, 11241, Egypt
Department of Environmental Management, Institute of Environmental Engineering, RUDN University, Moscow, 117198, Russian Federation
Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Akhmet Baitursynuly Kostanay Regional University, Kostanay, 110000, Kazakhstan
Horticulture Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Sohag University, Sohag, 82524, Egypt
Horticulture Department
Department of Agricultural Microbiology
Department of Environmental Management
Department of Agronomy
Horticulture Department
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