Progress toward achieving global food security continues to be hindered by several economic, geo-political, and environmental variables which has led the United Nations to place emphasis on achieving Zero Hunger by 2030. Thus, it is important to invest in novel, eco-friendly, and cost-effective solutions that will increase agricultural productivity. For this reason, nanoscale materials are increasingly being developed for use in agriculture with attention on controlling various properties such as size, shape, surface modifications, and transformations for improved impact in plants. With continued interdisciplinary and collaborative efforts among nanoparticle experts and plant scientists, the research area will evolve to identify the best nanoparticle properties for foliar application to plants.

实现全球粮食安全的进展继续受到一些经济、地缘政治和环境变量的阻碍，这促使联合国强调到 2030 年实现零饥饿。因此，投资于新型、环保的粮食安全非常重要，以及可提高农业生产力的具有成本效益的解决方案。因此，纳米级材料越来越多地被开发用于农业，并注重控制各种特性，如尺寸、形状、表面修饰和转化，以改善对植物的影响。随着纳米颗粒专家和植物科学家之间持续的跨学科和协作努力，该研究领域将不断发展，以确定用于植物叶面施用的最佳纳米颗粒特性。