ABSTRACT
The agricultural sector provides, specifically and indirectly, food for human consumption. As the global population grows, new innovations such as biotechnology and nanotechnology (NT) need to be used in agricultural research. NT refers to substances, constructions, and operations that function on a scale of 100 nanometers or less. Every year, plant pests and pathogens damage 20–40% of crops. Synthetic pesticides that are potentially damaging to society and the environment are being used to control plant diseases. Nanomaterials have the potential to improve pesticides by lowering toxicity, lengthening their shelf lives, and enhancing the dispersion of pesticides that are poorly soluble in water, all of which could benefit the environment. In this chapter, we will look at two ways that nanoparticles can be utilized to treat pathogenic microorganisms. As a defensive nanoparticle, or for the molecules of insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, and gene silencing, either independently. Not many nanocomposites products were manufactured for agriculture, along with several potential benefits linked to the utilization of nanoparticles. Several variables could explain the absence of industrial products, such as insufficient field studies and underuse of pest-crop host systems. NT’s has made rapid advances in other fields, and the only way to 38maintain with this advancement for smart agriculture is to consider the basic problems of science and to resolve technical gaps in order to provide rational and promote the production of industrial nano-formulations.
