Research Advances in Engineering Nanomaterials for Regulating Plant Growth and Inducing Stress Resistance

doi:10.11983/CBB25124

Abstract

Abstract: Engineering nanomaterials （ENMs）have garnered significant attention in agriculture and forestry due to their unique structural and electrochemical properties. Their extensive application has demonstrated effectiveness in promoting plant growth, increasing crop yields, and enhancing seedling stress resistance. To comprehensively elucidate the mechanism underlying ENMs impact on plant growth and stress resilience, this review synthesizes current knowledge on the primary pathways through which common ENMs (including carbon-based, metal-based, metal oxides, and quantum dots nanomaterials) enter plant systems and undergo bidirectional transport (upward and downward) within plants. It further examines their diverse effects across different plant developmental stages, tissue locations, and physiological processes. Concurrently, the review explores the mechanism by which ENMs enhance plant stress resistance under various abiotic stress conditions (drought, salinity, heavy metal contamination). This analysis clarifies both the necessity and the considerable potential of ENMs as an emerging technology for sustainable agriculture and forestry, offering a foundation for future applications.

Key words: engineering nanomaterials, plant growth, stress resistance mechanisms, transportation methods

Wenhao Han Yan-Ping Wang. Research Advances in Engineering Nanomaterials for Regulating Plant Growth and Inducing Stress Resistance[J]. Chinese Bulletin of Botany, DOI: 10.11983/CBB25124.

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