Dissolution of Cu-based Engineered Nanomaterials (ENMs) in agricultural soil : Impacts on metal bioavailability and toxicity

Metal and metal oxide (Me/MeO) engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) are being used in agriculture as fertilizers and fungicides. A better understanding of how ENMs behave in agricultural soil, interact with plants (through both soil application and foliar application), and become bioavailable to plants can guide us to design safer, and more sustainable ENM enabled agrochemicals. To that end, this thesis aims at better understanding the fate and behavior of ENMs in agricultural soil and their bioavailability to plants.