Interactions of foliar nanopesticides with insect cuticle facilitated through plant cuticle: Effects of surface chemistry and roughness-topography-texture

Lignocellulosic Biomass in Nanopesticides: A Path toward Sustainable Agriculture

“…It is important mentioning that these surface interactions can be changed by environmental and plant conditions, similarly for other nanoplatforms, differences in leaf wettability, chemical structure and topography could be a barrier for deposition and absorption nanoparticles in plants. 133 After good adhesion, the nanopesticide uptake and translocation can be occur. The leaves are formed by a complex structure, presenting epidermal cells with different topography, stomata, trichomes, and epicuticular wax crystals.…”

“…Nanoparticles containing lignin in the composition presented better ability to resist leaf scour and were observed embedded between gaps of waxy structure on the surface of penult leaves by Liang et al., increasing the retention and distribution of difenoconazole nanocarrier. It is important mentioning that these surface interactions can be changed by environmental and plant conditions, similarly for other nanoplatforms, differences in leaf wettability, chemical structure and topography could be a barrier for deposition and absorption nanoparticles in plants …”