The agronomic application of nanotechnology in plants (phytonanotechnology) has the
potential to alter conventional plant production systems, allowing for the controlled release …

In the current paper, we reviewed the use of nanoparticles (NPs) in crop protection,
emphasizing the control of pests in the agricultural and urban environment. At the same …

Genetic engineering of plants is at the core of sustainability efforts, natural product synthesis
and crop engineering. The plant cell wall is a barrier that limits the ease and throughput of …

Posttranscriptional gene silencing (PTGS) is a powerful tool to understand and control plant
metabolic pathways, which is central to plant biotechnology. PTGS is commonly …

Soil contamination caused by heavy metals and organic pollutants has drawn world-wide
concern. Biotechnology has been applied for many years to the decontamination of soils …

Over the past decade, owing to key properties such as high surface area, tailorable pore
size and excellent accessibility to active sites, porous materials have shown significant …

Plants have complex internal signaling pathways to quickly adjust to environmental changes
and harvest energy from the environment. Facing the growing population, there is an urgent …

The delivery of proteins instead of DNA into plant cells allows for a transient presence of the
protein or enzyme that can be useful for biochemical analysis or genome modifications. This …

Genetic engineering to improve the capabilities of plants is essential given climate change
and population growth pressures. Current manipulation methods are laborious and species …

Due to the uniform and stable pore structure, mesoporous silica has attracted increasing
research attention as a catalyst support material. As a large family of mesoporous silica …