NANO FERTILIZERS IS A NEW WAY TO INCREASE NUTRIENTS USE EFFICIENCY IN CROP PRODUCTION

DHARAM SINGH MEENA¹*, CHIRAG GAUTAM², OM PRAKASH PATIDAR³, HARI MOHAN MEENA⁴, G. PRAKASHA⁵, VISHWAJITH^6
1Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560065
²Department of Plant Pathology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560065
³ICAR-Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
⁴Department of Soil Sciences, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560065
⁵Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560065
⁶Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560065
* Corresponding Author : dsagrians@gmail.com

Received : 18-01-2017     Accepted : 24-01-2017     Published : 12-02-2017
Volume : 9     Issue : 7       Pages : 3831 - 3833
Int J Agr Sci 9.7 (2017):3831-3833

Keywords : Nano ZnO, Nano hydroxyl apatite, Nano iron, crop plants
Academic Editor : Ranvir Singh, Dubey Manish Kumar
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560065 and ICAR -Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
Author Contribution : All authors are equally contributed

Nano fertilizers are the important tools in agriculture to improve crop growth, yield and quality parameters with increase nutrient use efficiency, reduce wastage of fertilizers and cost of cultivation. Nano-fertilizers are very effective for precise nutrient management in precision agriculture with matching the crop growth stage for nutrient and may provide nutrient throughout the crop growth period. Nano-fertilizers increase crop growth up to optimum concentrations further increase in concentration may inhibit the crop growth due to the toxicity of nutrient. Nano-fertilizers provide more surface area for different metabolic reactions in the plant which increase rate of photosynthesis and produce more dry matter and yield of the crop. It is also prevent plant from different biotic and abiotic stress.