A CRITICAL REVIEW ON THE AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF METAL-BASED NANOMATERIALS

Human beings have never stopped their pursuit of the quality and yield of agricultural production. The emergence of nanotechnology has accelerated people's pace. The wide application of nanoparticles in agriculture shows that agricultural research has already stepped into the nano-scale, In this review, we selected the literature of the Web of Science database in the past 10 years. The mechanism and effect of metal-based nanoparticles (NPs) in different agricultural applications are briefly described. We also pointed out that nanomaterials (NMs) are not profitable and harmless, and the toxicity research of NMs should be more in-depth. In addition, we also analyzed the shortcomings of metal-based NMs in different agricultural applications and put forward prospects for future research.