Chitosan is a naturally originating product that can be applied in many areas due to its
biocompatibility, biodegradability, and nontoxic properties. The broad-spectrum …

Chitosan nanoparticles (NPs) are promising polymeric and bio-based NPs, which have
received a lot of attention in the last decades. They have great potential as nanocarriers that …

Food industries are facing a great challenge due to contamination of food products with
different microbes such as bacteria, fungi, viruses, parasites, etc. These microbes deteriorate …

The use of nanomaterials in agriculture as nanofertilizers, nanopesticides, or nano-enabled
sensors to increase crop yield is gaining increasing interest. Engineered nanomaterials …

Each year, 20%–40% of crops are lost due to plant pests and pathogens. Existing plant
disease management relies predominantly on toxic pesticides that are potentially harmful to …

Background Certain food bioactives and nutraceuticals need to be preserved from
environmental factors such as pH, light, oxygen, temperature, and enzymatic degradation …

In the present study, phytofabricated selenium nanoparticles (PF-SeNPs) were prepared
from aqueous fruit extract of Emblica officinalis in a facile, green, economic, tactic and eco …

Highlights What are the main findings? Mechanisms by which nanoparticles exert their
damage on fungi were described. Transcriptomic studies regarding exposure to …

Chitosan is a candidate polymer for the encapsulation of probiotic bacteria for agricultural
purposes. The attractive features of chitosan include its biocompatibility with other materials …

The world's climate shifts rapidly, leading to increasingly severe and volatile weather,
negatively impacting crop yields. To produce long-lasting crops, cutting-edge …