Are nano-pesticides really meant for cleaner production? An overview on recent developments, benefits, environmental hazards and future prospectives

N Rani, A Duhan, A Pal, P Kumari, RK Beniwal… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
The world is seeking hard for sustainable agricultural practices with one of the prime
objectives to improve crop yield through effective pest management. Scientific diaspora has …

Interaction of copper-based nanoparticles to soil, terrestrial, and aquatic systems: critical review of the state of the science and future perspectives

V Rajput, T Minkina, B Ahmed, S Sushkova… - … and Toxicology Volume …, 2020 - Springer
In the past two decades, increased production and usage of metallic nanoparticles (NPs)
have inevitably increased their discharge into the different compartments of the environment …

Spatial distribution of toxic metal (loid) s at an abandoned zinc smelting site, Southern China.

J Zeng, X Luo, Y Cheng, W Ke, W Hartley, C Li… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Toxic metal (loid)(TM) soil pollution at large-scale non-ferrous metal smelting
contaminated sites is of great concern in China, but there are no detailed reports relating to …

Green synthesis of sunlight responsive zinc oxide coupled cadmium sulfide nanostructures for efficient photodegradation of pesticides

M Rani, J Yadav, U Shanker - Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Structural design of semiconductor nanomaterials via facile and green methodology is
noteworthy to advance their photocatalytic activity for resolving the problem of energy and …

[HTML][HTML] Bacterial synthesis of nanoparticles: A green approach

SI Tsekhmistrenko, VS Bityutskyy… - Biosystems …, 2020 - cyberleninka.ru
In recent decades, the attention of scientists has been drawn towards nanoparticles (NPs) of
metals and metalloids. Traditional methods for the manufacturing of NPs are now being …

Metal nanoparticles and pesticides under global climate change: Assessing the combined effects of multiple abiotic stressors on soil microbial ecosystems

I Fernández-Triana, O Rubilar, J Parada… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The soil is a vital resource that hosts many microorganisms crucial in biogeochemical cycles
and ecosystem health. However, human activities such as the use of metal nanoparticles …

Unlocking the potential of nano-enabled precision agriculture for efficient and sustainable farming

V Goyal, D Rani, Ritika, S Mehrotra, C Deng, Y Wang - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Nanotechnology has attracted remarkable attention due to its unique features and potential
uses in multiple domains. Nanotechnology is a novel strategy to boost production from …

Green biosynthesized N-doped Bi2O3@ SnO2 nanocomposite for efficient remediation of endocrine disrupting pesticides

S Choudhary, M Rani, U Shanker - … Nanotechnology, Monitoring & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Many persistent and low-cost pesticides are regularly used for domestic, agricultural, and
industrial purpose. Bioaccumulation and toxicity of pesticides have raised environmental …

Simultaneous reductions in antibiotics and heavy metal pollution during manure composting

H Lin, W Sun, Y Yu, Y Ding, Y Yang, Z Zhang… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The co-existence of antibiotics and heavy metal (HM) is common in manure. However,
existing strategies for improving antibiotic dissipation or HM immobilization during …

Insight into Chinese medicine residue biochar combined with ultrasound for persulfate activation in atrazine degradation: Acanthopanax senticosus precursors …

W Jia, H Wang, Q Wu, L Sun, Q Si, Q Zhao, Y Wu… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The synergistic activation of persulfate by multiple factors could degrade pollutants more
efficiently. However, the co-activation method based on metal ions has the risk of leakage …