Technology readiness and overcoming barriers to sustainably implement nanotechnology-enabled plant agriculture

T Hofmann, GV Lowry, S Ghoshal, N Tufenkji… - Nature Food, 2020 - nature.com
Nanotechnology offers potential solutions for sustainable agriculture, including increasing
nutrient utilization efficiency, improving the efficacy of pest management, mitigating the …

A review on nanostructured carbon quantum dots and their applications in biotechnology, sensors, and chemiluminescence

MJ Molaei - Talanta, 2019 - Elsevier
Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) are a member of carbon nanostructures family which have
received increasing attention for their photoluminescence (PL), physical and chemical …

Nanotechnology for plant disease management

EA Worrall, A Hamid, KT Mody, N Mitter, HR Pappu - Agronomy, 2018 - mdpi.com
Each year, 20%–40% of crops are lost due to plant pests and pathogens. Existing plant
disease management relies predominantly on toxic pesticides that are potentially harmful to …

Mechanisms, applications, and challenges of insect RNA interference

KY Zhu, SR Palli - Annual review of entomology, 2020 - annualreviews.org
The RNA interference (RNAi) triggered by short/small interfering RNA (siRNA) was
discovered in nematodes and found to function in most living organisms. RNAi has been …

Visualization of the process of a nanocarrier-mediated gene delivery: stabilization, endocytosis and endosomal escape of genes for intracellular spreading

Z Ma, Y Zheng, Z Chao, H Chen, Y Zhang… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Nanoparticles have been widely applied as gene carrier for improving RNA interference
(RNAi) efficiency in medical and agricultural fields. However, the mechanism and delivery …

Nanoparticle‐mediated double‐stranded RNA delivery system: A promising approach for sustainable pest management

S Yan, BY Ren, J Shen - Insect Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
RNA interference (RNAi) targeting lethal genes in insects has great potential for sustainable
crop protection. Compared with traditional double‐stranded (ds) RNA delivery systems …

[HTML][HTML] RNA-based technologies for insect control in plant production

S Liu, M Jaouannet, DMA Dempsey, J Imani… - Biotechnology …, 2020 - Elsevier
RNA interference (RNAi) is a biological process in which small RNA (sRNA) molecules
sequence-specifically silence gene expression at the transcriptional or post-transcriptional …

Multifaceted applications of green carbon dots synthesized from renewable sources

N Tejwan, SK Saha, J Das - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2020 - Elsevier
Fluorescent carbon dots (CDs) are an emerging class of nanomaterials in the carbon family.
There are various inexpensive and renewable resources that can be used to synthesize …

Prospects, challenges and current status of RNAi through insect feeding

N Kunte, E McGraw, S Bell, D Held… - Pest management …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
RNA interference is a phenomenon in which the introduction of double‐stranded RNA
(dsRNA) into cells triggers the degradation of the complementary messenger RNA in a …

Insecticide resistance and management strategies in urban ecosystems

F Zhu, L Lavine, S O'Neal, M Lavine, C Foss, D Walsh - Insects, 2016 - mdpi.com
The increased urbanization of a growing global population makes imperative the
development of sustainable integrated pest management (IPM) strategies for urban pest …