APPLICATIONS OF NANOTECHNOLOGY IN AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SCIENCES

Nanotechnology is the creation and utilization of materials, device, system, through the control of the properties and structure of the matter at the nanomatric scale. Nanotechnology is a new and existing field of research in which the advances in the nanotechnology are integrated into the biology realm, in particular in the molecular biology and cell biology. Nanobiotechnology will increase agriculture’s potential to harvest feedstocks for industrial processes. Meanwhile tropical agricultural commodities .Agro-Nano connects the dots in the industrial food chain and goes one step further down. With new nano-scale techniques of mixing and harnessing genes, genetically modified plants become atomically modified plants. Pesticides can be more precisely packaged to knock-out unwanted pests, and artificial flavorings and natural nutrients engineered to please the palate. Visions of an automated, centrally-controlled industrial agriculture can now be implemented using molecular sensors, molecular delivery. The agricultural industry is no exception. So far, the use of nanotechnology in agriculture has been mostly theoretical, but it has begun and will continue to have a significant effect in the main areas of the food industry: development of new functional materials, product development, and design of methods and instrumentation for food safety and bio-security . The effects on society as a whole will be dramatic. Nanotechnology can be used for combating the plant diseases either by controlled delivery of functional molecules or as diagnostic tool for