PJB-2022-71
Application of copper nanoparticles in agricultural biotechnology for plant pathogen control, follicular applications, mutagenesis and elicitation studies
Afifa Zaeem, Muhammad Younas and Razia Khurshid
Abstract
The biotechnological applications of nanotechnology are flourishing tremendously in the past few years. Copper nanoparticles (CuNPs) are being produced at a large scale and have received great attention due to their unique properties and beneficial applications in various industrial and agriculture sectors. Biological- and/or green-based synthesis have an intrinsic eco-friendly nature and this is not a particularity for the production of CuNPs. In green biotechnology, the applications of CuNPs are at the initial stages. CuNPs are being successfully used to increase plant growth and productivity. CuNPs are also used in In vitro cell culture systems, foliar sprays and elicitation strategies to customize and optimize metabolite productions in plants in order to meet the excessive pharmacological and medicinal demands. Because of potential antimicrobial activity, CuNPs are also used to control (In vitro) contamination in plant tissue culture systems and (In vivo) plant pathogens causing plant diseases. Additionally, CuNPs are being employed as potential mutagens for site-targeted mutations in cultured plants but the research in this area is less explored. The current review highlights the applications of CuNPs in green biotechnology, with particular emphasis on its role on agriculture plants, control of different plant pathogens, foliar applications, plant tissue culture strategies as well as plant mutagenesis
To Cite this article:
Zaeem, A., M. Younas and R. Khurshid. 2024. Application of copper nanoparticles in agricultural biotechnology for plant pathogen control, follicular applications, mutagenesis and elicitation studies. Pak. J. Bot., 56(2): DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.30848/PJB2024-2(27)
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