The plant-associated microbiome is known to be a critical component for crop growth,
nutrient acquisition, resistance to pathogens, and abiotic stress tolerance. Conventional …

To ensure food safety, the current agricultural development has put forward requirements for
improving nutritional quality and reducing the harmful accumulation of agricultural …

Encapsulation of active ingredients into intelligent response controlled release carriers has
been recognized as a promising approach to enhance the utilization efficiency and reduce …

Pesticide nanoencapsulation and its foliar application are promising approaches for
improving the efficiency of current pesticide application practices, whose losses can reach …

Using advanced functional materials and technologies to construct new, efficient, and
controlled-release pesticide formulations can effectively improve the target utilization of …

The development of pesticide-loaded nanocapsules responding to environmental stimuli
holds great promise for sustainable disease control and may help to reduce pesticide usage …

In this study, 20-day-old soybean plants were watered with 100 mL of 100 mM NaCl solution
and sprayed with silica nanoparticles (SiO2 NPs) or potassium silicate every 3 days over 15 …

Synthetic pesticides, crucial compounds for agricultural production, degrade quickly and
damage the environment, hence solutions for their decreased usage or formulations with …

Nanoformulation should minimise the usage of pesticides and limit their environmental
footprint. The risk assessment of two nanopesticides with fungicide captan as an active …

Polymeric and SiO2 nanoparticles can be used as nanocarriers to improve the efficacy of
pesticide delivery in agriculture. However, the environmental fate and potential risks of this …