Environmental effect of agriculture-related manufactured nano-objects on soil microbial communities

• Published in: Environment international Vol. 173; p. 107819
• Main Authors: Ahmed, Ayesha, He, Pengfei, He, Pengbo, Wu, Yixin, He, Yueqiu, Munir, Shahzad
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2023; Elsevier
• Subjects: Agriculture; Artificial Intelligence; Biotic interactions; crop production; Ecosystem; environment; environmental impact; Manufactured nano-objects; metabolomics; Microbiome engineering; Microbiota; Proteomics; Soil; Soil microbial communities; Soil Microbiology; soil microorganisms; sustainable development; transcriptomics; Soil microbial communities; Manufactured nano-objects; Biotic interactions; Ecosystem; Microbiome engineering
• ISSN: 0160-4120; 1873-6750; 1873-6750
• DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.107819

[Display omitted] •Nano-enabled agrochemicals play fundamental role in sustainable agriculture.•MNOs may resolve the challenges of crop growth during agriculture decline.•Agriculture relevant dose assess toxic effects towards soil microbiome.•Nano-enabled biofertilizers could manipulate the microbes for crop productivity.•There are still challenges and barriers to introduced MNOs in field trials. Agriculture-related manufactured nano-objects (MNOs) can revolutionize the crop production and help to achieve sustainable development goals. MNOs with diverse physico-chemical properties and ability to encapsulate and deliver active ingredients in controlled, targeted and stimuli responsive manner can enhance the efficiency while minimizing collateral damage to non-target organisms and environment. Application of MNOs in the form of nanopesticides and nanofertilizers is known to affect soil microbial communities both positively and negatively, but detailed studies with varying dose, type and environmental conditions are scarce. Therefore, it is imperative to understand the complex mechanisms and factors which shape the MNOs-microbial interactions through integrating state of the art technologies including omics (transcriptomics, metabolomics, and proteomics), artificial intelligence, and statistical frameworks. Lastly, we propose the idea of MNOs-mediated manipulation of soil microbiome to modify the soil microbial communities for improved microbial services. These microbial services, if harnessed appropriately, can revolutionize modern agriculture and help in achieving sustainable development goals.