Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have attracted remarkable attention due to their powerful
antimicrobial action as well as their particular physicochemical properties. This has led to …

Increasing global population demands modernization in agricultural production to achieve
sustainable food security. The frequent pest infestation causes a significant economic loss …

While nanoparticles (NPs) can be used as insecticides by themselves, they can also be
carriers for insecticidal chemicals. Existing literature suggests that the smaller the NP size …

Global warming and climate change have favored the resurgence of arthropod pests and
their short lifecycle. The massive use of synthetic chemicals for insect pest control has …

The increasing demands of keratinases for biodegradation of recalcitrant keratinaceous
waste like chicken feathers has lead to research on newer potential bacterial keratinases to …

Background Recent concerns linked with the application of chemical pesticides and the
increasing necessity of low inputs sustainable agriculture have put the use of microbial …

Frontiers | Current and future prospects of “all-organic” nanoinsecticides for agricultural insect
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Pesticides are inevitable in agriculture to enhance crop yield. More than 90 percent of
insecticides used are lost due to drift, leaching in soil, degradation process (Photolysis …

Globally, the farmers are struggling with polyphagous insect pest, and it is the number one
enemy of agri-products, which made plenty of economic deterioration. Spodoptera litura and …

The desire to increase agricultural productivity and to alleviate food losses caused by
insects during post-harvest storage periods has augmented the rampant use of unsafe …