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In conclusion, TiO proved more effective than agriculture with implications on health and environment.
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The authors wish to thank the Department of 4. Kale SS, Chauhan R, Nigam B, Gosavi S, Chaudhary IJ.
Environmental Science, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Effectiveness of nanoparticles in improving soil fertility
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Conceptualization: Indra Jeet Chaudhary through multidisciplinary seed nanopriming: Prospects of
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Chaudhary doi: 10.3390/cells10092428
Investigation: All authors
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Chaudhary as emerging seed priming technology for sustainable
Writing – original draft: All authors agriculture-recent developments and future perspectives.
J Nanobiotechnology. 2022;20(1):254.
Writing – review & editing: All authors
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Ethics approval and consent to participate 9. Chaudhary I, Singh V. Titanium dioxide nanoparticles and

Not applicable. its impact on growth, biomass and yield of agricultural
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