GREEN SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SELENIUM NANOPARTICLES AND ITS APPLICATION IN PLANT DISEASE MANAGEMENT: A REVIEW.

Nanotechnology deals with the production of small-sized nanoparticles with sizes of 1-100 nm which play a substantial role in plant disease management and are synthesized utilizing chemical, physical and biological processes. Green synthesis has gained significance over other methods of synthesizing nanoparticles. These nanoparticles are characterized using different characterization techniques like UV.VIS, FTIR, SEM, TEM, DLS, XRD, EDX, Raman spectroscopy, and Zeta potential. Selenium nanoparticles over other nanoparticles play an important role in plant disease management by controlling various plant diseases like downy mildew of pearl millet, early blight of potato, and inhibiting various fungi like Alternaria, Candida albicans, Pyricularia grisea, and Alternaria solani on chili and tomato. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]