From mouse to mouse-ear cress: Nanomaterials as vehicles in plant biotechnology.
Feifei ZhaoBingyang ShiLei WangYang LiuBingyang ShiYun ZhouYu ChenBingyang ShiYingfang ZhuJingjing DuanChun-Peng SongHo Won JangYuchen MiaoKelong FanFeng BaiWei TaoYong ZhaoQingyu YanGang ChengHuiyu LiuYan JiaoShanhu LiuYuanyu HuangDaishun LingWenyi KangXue XueDaxiang CuiYongwei HuangZongqiang CuiXun SunZhiyong QianZhen GuGang HanZhimou YangDavid Tai LeongAiguo WuGang LiuXiaogang QuYouqing ShenQiangbin WangGregory V LowryErtao WangXing-Jie LiangJorge Gardea-TorresdeyGuoping ChenWolfgang J ParakPaul S WeissLixin ZhangMartina M StenzelChun-Hai FanAshley I BushGaiping ZhangChristopher P L GrofXuelu WangDavid W GalbraithBen-Zhong TangChristina E OfflerJohn W PatrickChun-Peng SongPublished in: Exploration (Beijing, China) (2021)
Biological applications of nanomaterials as delivery carriers have been embedded in traditional biomedical research for decades. Despite lagging behind, recent significant breakthroughs in the use of nanocarriers as tools for plant biotechnology have created great interest. In this Perspective, we review the outstanding recent works in nanocarrier-mediated plant transformation and its agricultural applications. We analyze the chemical and physical properties of nanocarriers determining their uptake efficiency and transport throughout the plant body.