Madhuban Gopal, Rajesh Kumar and Arunava Goswami
Nano-pesticides - A recent approach for pest control
...rventions for developing nanopesticides with potent fungicidal and miticidal properties. Nanosulphur and nanohexaconazole were prepared using encapsulation technique. The Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) studies, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) studies confirmed the nano-structure of nanopesticides. Nanoparticles of sulphur and hexaconazole thus characterized were estimated for the...
Muhammad Javaid1*, Unsar Naeem-Ullah1, Waheed S. Khan2, Shafqat Saeed1, Mirza Abdul Qayyum1 and Muhammad Arslan Khan1
Role of Nanotechnology in Crop Protection and Production: A Review
...e and food industry i.e. nanopesticides to manage insect pests of different crops, nanofungicides to control pathogens, plant diseases and nanoherbicides for the management of weeds. It also facilitate in precision farming, targeted use of inputs i.e. nanofertilizers and to overcome the environmental stress seed treatments with nanoparticles, to improve the crop yield use of smart gene delivery system. This technology can also be useful for sustainable water u...
Ahlam G. Khalifa1*, Walaa A. Moselhy1, Hanaa M. Mohammed2 and Khaled Abdou1
...logical investigation of nanopesticides against a non-target model organism, the rat, will be a great way to learn more about how nanopesticides interact with the environmental and biological systems. Few studies on the genotoxicity of subchronic oral exposure to nano pesticides have been published. Male albino rats have been randomly divided into 4 identical groups. Group (I) had received only corn oil and acted as a contro...
Ahmed Saeed Mohmed
..., it is anticipated that nanopesticides will transition from the research stage to practical application and production field due to the accelerating pace in the amount of research in this specialty. Support for this viewpoint comes from the diversity of methods for synthesizing nanoparticles, which include chemical, physical, and biological methods. This review highlights a wide range of tested nanoparticles, such as silver nanoparticles, gold nanoparticles, ...
Volume 2, Issue 2, March and April 2018, Pages 34-36
... recent development of nanopesticides can help to control many plant diseases. Sekhon, (2014); Ahmed and Lee, (2015) later added that the use of nanoparticles (NP) is considered as a promising alternative way to control phytopathogens. In a previous study, Jo et al., (2009), explained that multiple mechanisms of actions of these NP targeting mainly on several biological pathways in microbial cells, provide a novel solution for avoiding de...
