Nanotechnology's frontier in combatting infectious and inflammatory diseases: prevention and treatment

Y Huang, X Guo, Y Wu, X Chen, L Feng, N Xie… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
Inflammation-associated diseases encompass a range of infectious diseases and non-
infectious inflammatory diseases, which continuously pose one of the most serious threats to …

Towards realizing nano-enabled precision delivery in plants

GV Lowry, JP Giraldo, NF Steinmetz, A Avellan… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Nanocarriers (NCs) that can precisely deliver active agents, nutrients and genetic materials
into plants will make crop agriculture more resilient to climate change and sustainable. As a …

Inter-coat protein loading of active ingredients into Tobacco mild green mosaic virus through partial dissociation and reassembly of the virion

I González-Gamboa, AA Caparco, J McCaskill… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Chemical pesticide delivery is a fundamental aspect of agriculture. However, the extensive
use of pesticides severely endangers the ecosystem because they accumulate on crops, in …

Targeted Delivery of Sucrose‐Coated Nanocarriers with Chemical Cargoes to the Plant Vasculature Enhances Long‐Distance Translocation

SJ Jeon, Y Zhang, C Castillo, V Nava, K Ristroph… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Current practices for delivering agrochemicals are inefficient, with only a fraction reaching
the intended targets in plants. The surfaces of nanocarriers are functionalized with sucrose …

DNA Delivery by Virus-Like Nanocarriers in Plant Cells

MR Islam, M Youngblood, HI Kim… - Nano Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Tobacco mild green mosaic virus (TMGMV)-like nanocarriers were designed for gene
delivery to plant cells. High aspect ratio TMGMVs were coated with a polycationic …

Fluopyram-Loaded Nanofibers Prepared by Coaxial and Uniaxial Electrospinning for Nematicide-Efficient Utilization in Rhizosphere

W Ling, Y Li, Y Feng, L Jiang, H Cao… - ACS Sustainable …, 2025 - ACS Publications
The inefficient application and ineffective delivery of nematicides on agriculture have caused
serious waste of pesticides and environmental pollution. It is urgent to develop new carriers …

Biochemical and nanotechnological approaches to combat phytoparasitic nematodes

P Opdensteinen, R Charudattan… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The foundation of most food production systems underpinning global food security is the
careful management of soil resources. Embedded in the concept of soil health is the impact …

Leveraging RNA interference technology for selective and sustainable crop protection

HY Qi, DD Zhang, B Liu, JY Chen, D Han… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) has emerged as key player in gene silencing for the past
two decades. Tailor-made dsRNA is now recognized a versatile raw material, suitable for a …

Apple stem grooving capillovirus: pliant pathogen and its potential as a tool in functional genomics and effective disease management

G Vats, V Sharma, S Noorani, A Rani… - … and Plant Protection, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Capilloviruses represents an important genus of the family Betaflexiviridae and are plant
infecting pathogens. They include several agriculturally important viruses encompassing …

A plug-and-play strategy for agrochemical delivery using a plant virus nanotechnology

AA Caparco, I González-Gamboa… - Journal of Nanoparticle …, 2024 - Springer
Delivery of agrochemicals into soil presents a challenge, as the active ingredients are often
hydrophobic and do not possess adequate soil mobility to reach their target pest. Previously …