Agricultural intensification and damages to human health in relation to agrochemicals: Application of artificial intelligence

Elahi, Ehsan; Cui, Weijun; Zhang, Huiming; Nazeer, Majid

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.02.023

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“…However, in the last century, the use of these products massively increased worldwide, resulting not only in a well-awaited intensification of food production, but also in serious environmental contaminations [ 2 , 4 ]. In addition, scientific evidence suggests that the use of agrochemicals may affect crop quality, in terms of sensorial, nutritional, and nutraceutical traits [ 2 , 3 , 4 ], and is also a potential risk for human health [ 5 , 6 ].…”

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“…Food safety is nowadays a primary concern for the vast majority of consumers [ 2 , 4 ], and in particular they are worried about chemical hazards, especially those perceived to be invisible and having long term effects or serious health implications [ 5 , 6 ]. For this reason, together with consumer awareness toward the benefits of food intake with high nutritional and nutraceutical properties [ 7 , 8 ], consumers’ preference for organic foods grown in an eco-sustainable way is also rising because they are perceived to be safe, healthy, and environmentally friendly [ 9 ].…”

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The Application of a Plant Biostimulant Based on Seaweed and Yeast Extract Improved Tomato Fruit Development and Quality

Mannino

Campobenedetto

Vigliante³

et al. 2020

Biomolecules

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Plant biostimulants are under investigation as innovative products to improve plant production and fruit quality, without resulting in environmental and food contaminations. Here, the effects of the application of Expando, a biostimulant based on seaweed and yeast extracts, on plant productivity, fruit ripening times, and fruit quality of Solanum lycopersicum var. Micro-Tom were evaluated. After biostimulant treatment, a two-week reduction of ripening times and a concomitant enhancement of the production percentage during the earliest ripening times, in terms of both fruit yield (+110%) and size (+85%), were observed. Concerning fruit quality, proximate analysis showed that tomatoes treated with the biostimulant had better nutritional composition compared to untreated samples, since both the quality of unsatured fatty acids (C16:3ω3: +328%; C18:2ω6: −23%) and micronutrients essential for human health (Fe: +14%; Cu: +21%; Zn: +24%) were increased. From a nutraceutical point of view, despite strong changes in bioactive compound profile not being observed, an increase of the antioxidant properties was recorded in fruits harvested by plants treated with the biostimulant (2,2’-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonic acid (ABTS): +38%; 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH): +11%). In conclusion, the biostimulant application was able to reduce the ripening times and fruit size, while slightly increasing nutritional and nutraceutical values, leading to more marketable tomato fruits.

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The Application of a Plant Biostimulant Based on Seaweed and Yeast Extract Improved Tomato Fruit Development and Quality

Mannino

Campobenedetto

Vigliante³

et al. 2020

Biomolecules

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“…Además, Bhandari (2014) recalca que el empleo de dichas sustancias entraña una marcada conciencia del riesgo ambiental y de salud, donde las enfermedades prevalentes son las respiratorias, metabólicas, cardiovasculares, de piel y neoplásicas. Elahi et al (2019) encontraron que la ocurrencia de irritación ocular, mareo, tos y náusea se relaciona significativamente con la aplicación de agrotóxicos. Por su parte, García (2012) encontró que todos los agricultores, después de usar agrotóxicos con frecuencia, mencionan presentar dolores de cabeza o estómago.…”

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Educación ambiental para el manejo apropiado de agrotóxicos en comunidades rurales de Manabí.

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Los agrotóxicos se utilizan mundialmente para aumentar la producción de alimentos. El objetivo de esta investigación fue aplicar una estrategia de educación ambiental para el manejo adecuado de agrotóxicos en la Escuela Miguel Solórzano. La metodología empleada tuvo un enfoque cualitativo. La investigación se desarrolló en tres fases: diagnóstico, diseño e implementación de la estrategia y evaluación de los resultados. Acorde a las características de la población, se trabajó con dos grupos: niños y adultos. La evaluación reveló que el desconocimiento sobre los agrotóxicos se redujo en un 23?% y la comprensión sobre el daño que estos productos pueden causar a la salud se incrementó en un 40?%; el grado de preocupación por el efecto de los plaguicidas aumentó en un 44?%, por lo que el porcentaje de uso de equipos de protección aumentó en un 44?%. En la disposición final de envases de plaguicidas, la entrega de envases vacíos al centro de acopio pasó de 0?% a 80?%. Luego de aplicar la estrategia de educación ambiental se evidencia un cambio de perspectiva acerca del manejo de agrotóxicos, lo cual muestra la pertinencia de las intervenciones de este tipo en comunidades rurales.

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“…The growing demand for food supply has increased the consumption of agrochemicals worldwide (Popp et al, 2013;Rigotto et al, 2014;Elahi et al, 2019).…”

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“…However, their intensive use leads to severe undesirable effects on the environment (Hartman et al, 2016;Cui et al, 2017) as well as human health (Rigotto et al, 2014;Elahi et al, 2019). Recently, some studies have shown that agrochemicals select microorganisms that are otherwise resistant to clinical antifungals, developing crossresistance (CR) (Ren et al, 2017;Brilhante et al, 2019;Bastos et al, 2018;Carneiro et al, 2019).…”

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From the environment to the host: How non-azole agrochemical exposure affects the antifungal susceptibility and virulence of Cryptococcus gattii

Bastos

Freitas

Carneiro

et al. 2019

Science of The Total Environment

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Exposure to pyraclostrobin induces cross-resistance with clinical antifungals in Cryptococcus  Non-azole agrochemical exposure increases expression of efflux pumps in C. gattii  Pyraclostrobin-exposed yeasts are less virulent than non-exposed ones in mice  Fluconazole is not able to treat cryptococcosis by pyraclostrobin-exposed cells.  Agrochemicals jeopardize animal and human health by influencing fungal resistance. *Highlights (for review : 3 to 5 bullet points (maximum 85 characters including spaces per bullet point) From the environment to the host: how non-azole agrochemical exposure affects the antifungal susceptibility and virulence of Cryptococcus gattii

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Agricultural intensification and damages to human health in relation to agrochemicals: Application of artificial intelligence

Cited by 154 publications

References 68 publications

The Application of a Plant Biostimulant Based on Seaweed and Yeast Extract Improved Tomato Fruit Development and Quality

The Application of a Plant Biostimulant Based on Seaweed and Yeast Extract Improved Tomato Fruit Development and Quality

Educación ambiental para el manejo apropiado de agrotóxicos en comunidades rurales de Manabí.

From the environment to the host: How non-azole agrochemical exposure affects the antifungal susceptibility and virulence of Cryptococcus gattii

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