Future agricultural practices necessitate green alternatives to replace hazardous
insecticides while distinguishing between pests and beneficial insects. Chitosan, as a …

Globally, Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) is ranked one of the most destructive bacterial
pathogens inducing rapid and fatal wilting symptoms on tomatoes. Yield losses on tomatoes …

Chitin properties are known to vary depending on animal taxa, organismal source, and
specific skeletal segments; However, the influence of these source-dependent variations on …

Chitin, the most prevalent polymer in nature, a significant structural polysaccharide that
comes in second only to cellulose. Chitin is a crucial component of fungal cell walls and also …

A novel arginine rich chitosan derivative (chitosan-O-arginine (CS-O-Arg)), was synthesized
by O-acylation reaction of chitosan (CS) with L-arginine in the presence of catalyst sulfuric …

Colloidal chitin is a natural compound shown to have antifeedant activity against insects. In
this study, the antifeedant activity of colloidal chitin was investigated against the first instar …

A chitosan derivative, N-alkyl chitosan, was synthesized from crude chitosan, a marine
waste product, by an alkylation process and it was characterized in FTIR and standardized …