Abstract
Sustainability refers to a multi-dimensional integrative approach for any production system to achieve growth targets while managing the inputs and outputs prudently. This aspect holds its new promise for agriculture, particularly the vegetable production systems which are run as marginal or medium-scale operations. Hence, these cannot afford a piecemeal approach to maintain productivity standards over longtime. Nanotechnology interventions for vegetable production and protection can assure improved productivity with low inputs, enhanced input use efficiency, precision application through quick diagnosis of the pest/pathogen attack, and by curbing non-target losses that may lead to environmental contamination and hazards. In spite of the great promise of nanoproducts and nanodevices, the requirement of bulk quantity under field conditions (particularly for nanofertilizers and nanopesticides) and the economic cost of production (of nanosensors for pest/pathogen diagnostics) are substantially high. However, these issues of nanoagri-products can be off-set through scaled-up production using improved manufacturing technologies. Further, the stigmatization of the nanoagri-ventures to follow the socio-psychological fate similar to genetically modified crops is also required to be effectively dealt with firm efforts from agri-nanoresearchers. This discipline is in its incipient stage, but it holds promise for enhanced productivity with less depletion of the resources and maintenance of ecological sanctity.
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The authors graciously thank Indian Council for Agricultural Research, New Delhi, India, for providing the necessary funds under the Nanotechnology Platform scheme for carrying out of synthesis, characterization, and evaluation of different nanofertilizers. The authors also acknowledge the support from Head, Department of Soil Science and Department of Vegetable Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, and for providing the necessary infrastructural facilities.
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Kalia, A., Sharma, S.P. (2019). Nanomaterials and Vegetable Crops: Realizing the Concept of Sustainable Production. In: Pudake, R., Chauhan, N., Kole, C. (eds) Nanoscience for Sustainable Agriculture. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97852-9_15
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