Rhizosphere Modelling and Nanotechnology: New Outlooks in Sustainable Agriculture

Abstract

Plant has exhausted necessary assets to create and maintain rhizosphere, viz. Plants and microbial communities in the soil. Rhizosphere modelling will provide a better knowledge of function, assembly and interaction of plants and microbiome community. Holistically rhizosphere can be engineered in small scale to promote plant health and crop improvement programmes. Nanotechnology had a significant impact on various agricultural and environmental challenges, such as energy constraints and sustainable use of natural resources. Nano-fertilizers, nanopesticides and herbicides are more beneficial due to slow release, targeted delivery and low dose of agrochemicals with high biological efficiency and negligible risk of overdose. Although there are some major drawbacks like toxicity, cost and entrance of NPs in food chain, nanomaterial based sensors are becoming popular for early detection of viral diseases and portability. Nano-remediation of different types of pollutants may detect and remove environmental contaminants. This chapter introduces different types of rhizosphere models and advanced nanotechnology-based tools and techniques to revolutionize agriculture and ecological sector.