New pesticides: a cutting-edge view of contributions from nanotechnology for the development of sustainable agricultural pest control

Sinha, Krishnendu; Ghosh, Jyotirmoy; Sil, Parames C.

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-804299-1.00003-5

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“…Although nanotechnological materials have been shown to provide superior performance in many areas of science, the processes used to produce them can result in the generation of hazardous wastes, while the raw materials may be non-renewable resources (Duhan et al, 2017;Iavicoli et al, 2017;Mishra et al, 2017;Sinha et al, 2017). Hence, there have been considerable efforts to reduce the generation of toxic wastes and their disposal in the environment, as well as to develop production methods that are more energy efficient, in compliance with the principles of green chemistry.…”

Section: Future Trends In Sustainable Agriculturementioning

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Use of botanical insecticides for sustainable agriculture: Future perspectives

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Recent decades have witnessed major growth in the use of agrochemicals worldwide,for maximizing the food production for a rapidly growing human population. However, the indiscriminate use of these substances especially the pesticides has led to the accumulation of toxic residues in food, soil, air, and water, as well as the development of resistance in pests. Moreover, pesticides affect soil enzymes, which are essential catalysts that govern soil quality. In order to meet the food security, it is necessary to produce more food, sustainably and safely, in a diminishing area of available arable land and with decreased water resources. Given this situation, there is an increased interest in the use of alternative substances to synthetic agrochemicals that present less risk to the environment and human health while increasing the food safety. Promising results have been obtained using compounds derived from aromatic plants for the control of agricultural pests. Such compounds of botanical origin can be highly effective, with multiple mechanisms of action, while at the same time having low toxicity towards nontarget organisms. However, the large-scale application of these substances for pest control is limited by their poor stability and other technological issues. In this backdrop, the present work discusses perspectives for the use of compounds of botanical origin, as well as strategies employing the encapsulation techniques that can contribute to the development of systems for use in sustainable agricultural practices.

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Section: Future Trends In Sustainable Agriculturementioning

confidence: 99%

Use of botanical insecticides for sustainable agriculture: Future perspectives

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“…Nanotechnology has been applied to two different fields of pesticides in agri-food: as a pesticide delivery vector to achieve pesticide management and as a pesticide trace-amount detector. In the first field, nanoparticles can modify pesticides to target insect pest slowly, which helps to prevent pollution of both ground water and top soil, reduce pesticide amounts, and increase efficiency [ 76 ]. In the second field, nanotechnology based on bio- or biomimetic molecules such as antibodies, enzymes, aptamers, and MIP-like macromolecules to increase stability, selectivity, sensitivity, and detection speed [ 77 ].…”

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Biosensors for Sustainable Food Engineering: Challenges and Perspectives

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Current food production faces tremendous challenges from growing human population, maintaining clean resources and food qualities, and protecting climate and environment. Food sustainability is mostly a cooperative effort resulting in technology development supported by both governments and enterprises. Multiple attempts have been promoted in tackling challenges and enhancing drivers in food production. Biosensors and biosensing technologies with their applications, are being widely applied to tackling top challenges in food production and its sustainability. Consequently, a growing demand in biosensing technologies exists in food sustainability. Microfluidics represents a technological system integrating multiple technologies. Nanomaterials, with its technology in biosensing, is thought to be the most promising tool in dealing with health, energy, and environmental issues closely related to world populations. The demand of point of care (POC) technologies in this area focus on rapid, simple, accurate, portable, and low-cost analytical instruments. This review provides current viewpoints from the literature on biosensing in food production, food processing, safety and security, food packaging and supply chain, food waste processing, food quality assurance, and food engineering. The current understanding of progress, solution, and future challenges, as well as the commercialization of biosensors are summarized.

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“…Nanotechnology has led to the development of new concepts and agricultural products with immense potential to manage the aforementioned problems. Nanotechnology has substantially advanced in medicine and pharmacology, but has received comparatively less interest for agricultural applications [4,5]. The use of nanotechnology in agriculture is currently being explored in plant hormone delivery, seed germination, water management, transfer of target genes, nanobarcoding, nanosensors, and controlled release of agrichemicals [6].…”

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Nanotechnology for Plant Disease Management

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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 humans and the environment. Nanotechnology can offer advantages to pesticides, like reducing toxicity, improving the shelf-life, and increasing the solubility of poorly water-soluble pesticides, all of which could have positive environmental impacts. This review explores the two directions in which nanoparticles can be utilized for plant disease management: either as nanoparticles alone, acting as protectants; or as nanocarriers for insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, and RNA-interference molecules. Despite the several potential advantages associated with the use of nanoparticles, not many nanoparticle-based products have been commercialized for agricultural application. The scarcity of commercial applications could be explained by several factors, such as an insufficient number of field trials and underutilization of pest–crop host systems. In other industries, nanotechnology has progressed rapidly, and the only way to keep up with this advancement for agricultural applications is by understanding the fundamental questions of the research and addressing the scientific gaps to provide a rational and facilitate the development of commercial nanoproducts.

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New pesticides: a cutting-edge view of contributions from nanotechnology for the development of sustainable agricultural pest control

Cited by 25 publications

References 83 publications

Use of botanical insecticides for sustainable agriculture: Future perspectives

Use of botanical insecticides for sustainable agriculture: Future perspectives

Biosensors for Sustainable Food Engineering: Challenges and Perspectives

Nanotechnology for Plant Disease Management

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