Nanobiosensors for Real-Time and High-Resolution Crop Monitoring
摘要
In recent years, nanotechnology has been considered to be the most noteworthy technological invention and is being utilized in different sectors, mostly in the crop sector, due to its forthcoming uses. Crop sectors consider as an emerging nation’s economic growth, and crop technology breakthroughs are necessary to address worldwide problems like the rise in population, starvation, and atmospheric warming. The use of nanotechnology practices is one of the potential strategies for sustainable crop production. One essential use of nanotechnology is the construction of smart biosensors, which results in the formation of petite components that are far more potent and well-organized, known as nanobiosensors. These nanoscale dimensions combine nanotechnology’s and biosensors’ competences, which ensure more effective and precise monitoring of various properties that are essential for crop management. Metal nanoparticles (NPs), metal oxide nanoparticles, carbon nanotubes (CNTs), quantum dots (QDs), graphene-based materials, and polymer-based nanomaterials, all have nanoscale properties that enhance sensitivity through signal amplification and incorporate a number of groundbreaking transduction principles into nanosensors, including upgraded electrochemical, mass detection, and optical nanosensors’ features. The incorporation of nanobiosensors with advanced technology such as Internet and data transfer with the help of wireless nanosensors has transformed sensing with multimodal and real-time sensing abilities in the crop sectors. Nanobiosensors have made a name for themselves as agricultural innovators, facilitating revolutionary developments in agro-technologies that increase crop durability and productivity. By improving drainage systems, raising fertilizer efficiency, and improving food manufacturing, packaging, and storage processes, their use has revolutionized conventional procedures. These innovations have provided a priceless increase in agricultural resilience and output, satisfying the growing needs of a growing global population. Farmers today use cutting-edge digital nanotechnology to maintain farming practices that can quickly increase crop growth and productivity. The significance of nanobiosensors in enhancing crop productivity is emphasized in this chapter.