Chitin and chitosan: Pioneering sustainable substrates for next-generation soilless vertical farming

X Jia, P Ma, CI Wei, Q Wang - Trends in Food Science & Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Traditional substrates in vertical farming pose environmental challenges due to
their non-renewable nature, waste generation, and resource depletion. Their limited water …

Biocontrol potential of chitin and chitosan extracted from black soldier fly pupal exuviae against bacterial wilt of tomato

VJ Kemboi, C Kipkoech, M Njire, S Were, MK Lagat… - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Globally, Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) is ranked one of the most destructive bacterial
pathogens inducing rapid and fatal wilting symptoms on tomatoes. Yield losses on tomatoes …

The Impacts of Chitosan on Plant Root Systems and Its Potential to be Used for Controlling Fungal Diseases in Agriculture

P Suwanchaikasem, A Idnurm, J Selby-Pham… - Journal of Plant Growth …, 2024 - Springer
Chitosan is a natural elicitor, used for stimulating plant growth and inducing plant defense.
However, due to difficulty in monitoring root growth and activity, the effects of chitosan …

Exogenous Chitosan Nanoparticles Modulated Drought Stress Through Changing Yield, Biochemical Attributes, and Fatty Acid Profile of Common Bean (Phaseolus …

A Dolatkhah Dashtmian, SM Hosseini Mazinani… - Gesunde …, 2023 - Springer
Nanoparticles (NPs) are gaining extraordinary interest in modulating drought stress by
improving plant productivity. Although most studies have focused on metal NPs, the impact …

A sustainable green-approach for biofabrication of chitosan nanoparticles, optimization, characterization, its antifungal activity against phytopathogenic Fusarium …

NEA El-Naggar, AM Shiha, H Mahrous… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Chitosan is a natural non-toxic, biocompatible, biodegradable, and mucoadhesive polymer.
It also has a broad spectrum of applications such as agriculture, medical fields, cosmetics …

[PDF][PDF] Integrated disease management of fusarium wilt disease in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

A Rana, K Bisen, R Kumar, S Kumar - 2023 - researchgate.net
Abstract Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.), 2n= 2x= 14, which is a member of the Papilionaceae
subfamily of the Leguminoceae family. The experiment was perform in Rabi season (2021 …