Enhancing crop yield to accommodate the ever-increasing world population has become
critical, and diminishing arable land has pressured current agricultural practices. Intensive …

The toxic effects associated to pesticides have been for long a concern in terms of
environmental and human safety. The recognition of the limitations of numerous, if not all …

The first edition of Bioanalytical Tools in Water Quality Assessment was released in 2012.
The field has exploded since and the second edition updates and reviews the application of …

Efficient and portable sensors are required to monitor and evaluate pesticide contaminants
in the environment, food supply and biological fluids. In this work, a study of indigo carmine …

The lack of specificity of pesticides used for control of various organisms, even if efforts have
been made to design formulations more species-specific, produce harmful effects on non …

Microplastics are widely distributed in the environment, their potential ecological risks on soil
organism have attracted extensive attention, while the investigation of the size effect on its …

A fluorescence sensing material based on quantum dots with excellent optical properties
and molecularly imprinted polymer (QDs@ MIP) with specific recognition has been …

naphthol (1-NAP) is the main metabolite of pesticide carbaryl and naphthalene, and is also a
genotoxic and carcinogenic intermediate in the synthesis of organic compound, dyes …

There is increasing concern that climate change may make organisms more sensitive to
chemical pollution. Many pesticides are indeed more toxic at higher mean temperatures …

This study evaluated the toxicity of pesticide formulations Kraft® 36 EC (active ingredient—ai
abamectin) and Score® 250 EC (ai difenoconazole), and their mixtures in Daphnia magna …