Title: Agro ecological grounding for the application of metal nanopowders in agriculture

Authors: G.I. Churilov; S.D. Polischuk; Denis Kuznetsov; S.N. Borychev; N.V. Byshov; D.G. Churilov

Addresses: Department of General and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Ryazan State Medical University, Ryazan, 390026, Russia ' Department of Chemistry, Ryazan State Agrotechnological University, Ryazan, 390044, Russia ' Department of Functional Nanosystems and High temperature Materials, National University of Science and Technology 'MISIS', Moscow 119049, Russia ' Department of Construction Engineering and Structures Mechanics, Agrotechnological University, Ryazan, 390044, Russia ' Department of Maintenance of Machines and Tractors Fleet, Ryazan State Agrotechnological University, Ryazan, 390044, Russia ' Ryazan State Agrotechnological University, Ryazan, 390044, Russia

Abstract: The possibility of using nanoparticles of metals and their oxides in the agro-industrial complex is studied herein. Such parameters as concentration, size, chemical composition and production processes influencing nanoparticles' biological activity are reviewed. The influence of nanoparticles of ferrum, cobalt, cuprum and copper oxide on vital, metric, weight and biochemical parameters of growth and activity of different crops' phytohormones is studied. The examples of field tests of single treatment of seeds with nanoparticle suspensions at different farms are provided. The increase in photosynthesis as well as in seeds and herbage yield and bioactive substances of plants is proved. The ecological safety of application of biologically active nanoparticles in optimal concentrations is studied. The conclusion about the prospects of nanomaterials as the crop growth and performance stimulators in a case of preliminary ecotoxicological expertise of nanoparticles is drawn.

Keywords: nanotechnologies; biotechnologies; concentration; nanoparticles size; ferments; phytohormones; ecology.

DOI: 10.1504/IJNT.2018.094786

International Journal of Nanotechnology, 2018 Vol.15 No.4/5, pp.258 - 279

Published online: 15 Sep 2018 *

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