ABSTRACT

In recent years, a lot of attention is being paid to nanotechnology with its research and applications for its beneficial effects. Nanoparticles with sizes typically below 100 nm have been applied in several fields of bioscience and biomedicine with an increasing number of commercial applications. There are many types of human-made nanoparticles produced by nanomanufacturing technologies which are being used in nanomedicine and classified elsewhere in detail. This chapter highlights toxicity effects of some nanomaterials, such as carbon nanotubes, magnetic nanoparticles, fullerenes, CuO, TiO2, and ZnO, on plants in vivo and in vitro conditions.