Engineered living materials for sustainability

B An, Y Wang, Y Huang, X Wang, Y Liu, D Xun… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Recent advances in synthetic biology and materials science have given rise to a new form of
materials, namely engineered living materials (ELMs), which are composed of living matter …

Nano-biofertilizers as bio-emerging strategies for sustainable agriculture development: Potentiality and their limitations

B Sharma, S Tiwari, KC Kumawat… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanotechnology is a burgeoning revolutionary technology in the 21st century. Climate
emergencies caused by natural or anthropogenic activities have tragically consequential …

A review on smart active packaging systems for food preservation: Applications and future trends

H Du, X Sun, X Chong, M Yang, Z Zhu… - Trends in Food Science & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background A large amount of food is wasted throughout the supply chain, thus developing
suitable active packaging materials can alleviate food waste and extend the shelf life …

Online grocery shopping in Germany: Assessing the impact of COVID-19

LM Gruntkowski, LF Martinez - Journal of Theoretical and Applied …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Online grocery shopping in Germany has shown a strong growth in the past years and is
expected to further develop in the future, especially through the influence of COVID-19. The …

Integrating biopolymer design with physical unclonable functions for anticounterfeiting and product traceability in agriculture

H Sun, S Maji, AP Chandrakasan, B Marelli - Science Advances, 2023 - science.org
Smallholder farmers and manufacturers in the Agri-Food sector face substantial challenges
because of increasing circulation of counterfeit products (eg, seeds), for which current …

Role of crop-protection technologies in sustainable agricultural productivity and management

S Kalogiannidis, D Kalfas, F Chatzitheodoridis… - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
After the Second World War, technological advancements helped to develop agriculture and
meet urgent food needs. The green revolution was based on the cultivation of new high …

All-naturally structured tough, ultrathin, and washable dual-use composite for fruits preservation with high biosafety evaluation

CC Qin, SYH Abdalkarim, MC Yang, YJ Dong… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
This work develops a sustainable and global strategy to enhance fruit preservation efficacy.
The dual-use composite coating or film comprises silk fibroin/cellulose nanocrystals …

Novel color stability and colorimetry-enhanced intelligent CO2 indicators by metal complexation of anthocyanins for monitoring chicken freshness

I Choi, H Choi, JS Lee, J Han - Food Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
This study aims to improve the color stability of anthocyanins and develop a CO 2-sensitive
indicator based on black goji anthocyanin (BGA) extract. Although the BGA extracts showed …

Recent advances in seed coating technologies: transitioning toward sustainable agriculture

M Sohail, T Pirzada, CH Opperman, SA Khan - Green Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The practice of coating seeds has evolved from ancient agriculture traditions to one of the
most widely used aids in achieving enhanced crop yields. Wide-scale usage of seed …

Nano-biofertilizer formulations for agriculture: A systematic review on recent advances and prospective applications

D Garg, K Sridhar, B Stephen Inbaraj, P Chawla… - Bioengineering, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the twenty-first century, nanotechnology has emerged as a potentially game-changing
innovation. Essential minerals are mostly unavailable in modern cropping systems without …