Nanomaterials and nanotechnology for the delivery of agrochemicals: strategies towards sustainable agriculture

C An, C Sun, N Li, B Huang, J Jiang, Y Shen… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Nanomaterials (NMs) have received considerable attention in the field of agrochemicals due
to their special properties, such as small particle size, surface structure, solubility and …

Nanotechnology for plant disease management

EA Worrall, A Hamid, KT Mody, N Mitter, HR Pappu - Agronomy, 2018 - mdpi.com
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 …

Stimuli-responsive pesticide carriers based on porous nanomaterials: a review

J Zhou, G Liu, Z Guo, M Wang, C Qi, G Chen… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pesticides, as important inputs in modern agriculture, are widely used to improve crop yield
and suppress diseases and pests for global food security. However, most traditional …

Temperature-dependent nanogel for pesticide smart delivery with improved foliar dispersion and bioactivity for efficient control of multiple pests

Y Shen, C An, J Jiang, B Huang, N Li, C Sun, C Wang… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The use of nanomaterials and nanotechnology to construct a smart pesticide delivery system
with target-oriented and controlled-release functions is important to increase the effective …

Development of stimuli-responsive nano-based pesticides: emerging opportunities for agriculture

MC Camara, EVR Campos, RA Monteiro… - Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Pesticides and fertilizers are widely used to enhance agriculture yields, although the fraction
of the pesticides applied in the field that reaches the targets is less than 0.1%. Such …

Multiple roles of mesoporous silica in safe pesticide application by nanotechnology: A review

XP Kong, BH Zhang, J Wang - Journal of Agricultural and Food …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Pollution related to pesticides has become a global problem due to their low utilization and
non-targeting application, and nanotechnology has shown great potential in promoting …

The dichotomy of nanotechnology as the cutting edge of agriculture: Nano-farming as an asset versus nanotoxicity

T Behl, I Kaur, A Sehgal, S Singh, N Sharma, S Bhatia… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The unprecedented setbacks and environmental complications, faced by global agro-
farming industry, have led to the advent of nanotechnology in agriculture, which has been …

Pectinase-responsive carriers based on mesoporous silica nanoparticles for improving the translocation and fungicidal activity of prochloraz in rice plants

TM Abdelrahman, X Qin, D Li, IA Senosy… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Stimuli-responsive carriers as delivery systems of agrochemicals into plants can increase
the utilization efficiency of pesticides against target pests and reduce hazards on nontarget …

Fabrication of smart stimuli-responsive mesoporous organosilica nano-vehicles for targeted pesticide delivery

Y Liang, Y Gao, W Wang, H Dong, R Tang… - Journal of hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
It is highly desirable to construct stimuli-responsive nanocarriers for improving pesticides
targeting and preventing the pesticides premature release. In this work, a novel redox and α …

Advances in stimuli-responsive systems for pesticides delivery: Recent efforts and future outlook

D Xiao, H Wu, Y Zhang, J Kang, A Dong… - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
Effective pest management for enhanced crop output is one of the primary goals of
establishing sustainable agricultural practices in the world. Pesticides are critical in …