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2. Inequalities in scientific understanding: differentiating between factual and perceived knowledge gaps
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Su, Leona Yi-Fan (author), Cacciatore, Michael A. (author), Scheufele, Dietram A. (author), Brossard, Dominique (author), and Xenos, Michael A. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2014
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 143 Document Number: D06468
- Journal Title:
- Science Communication
- Journal Title Details:
- 36(3) : 352-378
3. Nanotechnology - big impact: How nanotechnology is changing the future of agriculture?
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Saritha, Golla Nagaraju Gari (author), Anju, Thattantavide (author), and Kumar, Ajay (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-11-19
- Published:
- Netherlands: Elsevier B.V.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12807
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agriculture and Food Research
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 10
- Notes:
- 19 pages, The global climate change and rapid population increase are raising challenges for food security, and it demands efficient crop improvement methods that ensure superior quality and quantity of the crops. The advancements in nanotechnology can be explored to enhance sustainable crop improvement. Recently, nanotechnology has made massive revolutions in solving various problems faced by the human population, including the agriculture, environment and food sectors. In agriculture, nanotechnology has implications on every stage of farming, including seed germination, growth, harvest, processing, storage and transport of agricultural products. Nano fertilisers, nano herbicides, nano-fungicides, nano biosensors, nanoscale genetic carriers, nano-bioremediating agents and nanocomposites for packing are the novel applications of nanotechnology in the crop improvement area. Nanotechnology ensures the site-specific delivery of the nutrients in the plant's target region, which minimises the loss and increases efficiency. The reduced size of the nanomaterials offers a broader surface area for pesticides and fertilisers, drastically escalating disease and pest control in crops as they promise to overcome the shortcomings caused by traditional pesticide application. The advancement in nanotechnology is rapidly contributing to the digitalization of agriculture also. For example, nanotechnology widens the horizons of high-tech agricultural farms with the aid of biosensors. The synthesis of nano enzymes also revolutionized the stress-tolerant mechanism of the plants by acting as an efficient antioxidant enzyme, and it has been widely used against salinity tolerance recently. The contribution of nanotechnology in effective transfer of genetic material in gene editing and genetic engineering techniques has also significantly contributed towards crop improvement. Nanobioremediation and nanophotocatalysis methods can also remove toxic substances from the environment. It is clear that, nanotechnology driven agri-food sector is expected to bloom in the near future. This review article summarizes the potential benefits of nanotechnology in agriculture and related fields, including the environment and food industry. Although nanotechnology has contributed a lot to the betterment of the world in various ways, they also face several limitations. Despite being a frontier of scientific advancement in the modern era, the negative impacts caused by nanotechnology cannot be sidelined. Therefore, this review also discusses the limitations of nanotechnology in the last section.
4. Nanotechnology in agro-food: from field to plate
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Dasgupta, Nandita (author), Ranjan, Shivendu (author), Mundekkad, Deepa (author), Ramalingam, Chidambaram (author), Shanker, Rishi (author), and Kumar, Ashutosh (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 138 Document Number: D05774
- Journal Title:
- Food Research International
- Journal Title Details:
- 69 : 381-400
- Notes:
- Discusses varied nanotechnological applications in agricultural practices. Communications aspects cited: Research about the application of nanotechnology is needed to enhance the knowledge and awareness of nanotechnology applications in both agriculture and farming systems for farmers as well as industrial personnel and researchers. The nanoeducation should also connect schools, colleges, research centers, small scale industries and consumers to understand the potential benefits as well as risk and safety aspects of nanotechnology.
5. Science and national pride: the Iranian press coverage of nanotechnology, 2004-2009
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Lemanczyk, Szczepah (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2014
- Published:
- Iran
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 143 Document Number: D06473
- Journal Title:
- Science Communication
- Journal Title Details:
- 36(2) : 194-218
6. Upstream public engagement in nanotechnology: constraints and opportunities
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Krabbenborg, Lotte (author) and Mulder, Henk A. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Published:
- Netherlands
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 143 Document Number: D06455
- Journal Title:
- Science Communication
- Journal Title Details:
- 37(4) : 452-484
7. Who do UK consumers trust for information about nanotechnology?
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Erdem, Seda (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- United Kingdom
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 137 Document Number: D11467
- Journal Title:
- Food Policy
- Journal Title Details:
- 77 : 133-142
- Notes:
- 10 pages., Online via UI electronic subscription, Results from analysis of a scale-adjusted stated preference technique (mostly best-worst scaling) showed considerable heterogeneity in consumers' perceptions of trust and choice variability related to use of nanotechnology in food production and packaging. Findings provided insights in the development of risk communication and management.