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 …

Ecotoxicological and regulatory aspects of environmental sustainability of nanopesticides

R Grillo, LF Fraceto, MJB Amorim… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recent years have seen the development of various colloidal formulations of pesticides and
other agrochemicals aimed at use in sustainable agriculture. These formulations include …

Recent advances and remaining barriers to producing novel formulations of fungicides for safe and sustainable agriculture

AB Tleuova, E Wielogorska, VP Talluri… - Journal of Controlled …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Fungi have evolved for 1 billion years and due to their adaptability and
resilience can be found in multiple habitats around the globe. Among numerous species of …

Ecotoxicology of strobilurin fungicides

C Zhang, T Zhou, Y Xu, Z Du, B Li, J Wang… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Strobilurin fungicides (SFs), a class of new fungicides, use strobilurin A as a lead compound.
However, with excessive production and usage, the SF residues in soil and aquatic …

Nanotechnology in agriculture: Comparison of the toxicity between conventional and nano-based agrochemicals on non-target aquatic species

Y Zhang, GG Goss - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Increased crop production is necessary to keep up with rising food demand. However,
conventional agricultural practices and agrochemicals are unable to sustain further …

Nanotechnology-based pesticides: Environmental fate and ecotoxicity

A Ale, VS Andrade, MF Gutierrez, C Bacchetta… - Toxicology and Applied …, 2023 - Elsevier
The imminent increase in global food demand inevitably leads to an increase in agricultural
practices, with an emphasis on pesticide applications. Nanotechnology-based pesticides, or …

Curcumin-based waterborne polyurethane-gelatin composite bioactive films for effective UV shielding and inhibition of oil oxidation

T Zhang, W Zhang, Y Deng, Y Chu, Y Zhong, G Wang… - Food Control, 2022 - Elsevier
Introducing natural products to obtain ultraviolet (UV) shielding materials for inhibiting the
photo-oxidation of oily foods is environmentally friendly food technology. Instead of …

Potentiation of lethal and sub-lethal effects of benzophenone and oxybenzone by UV light in zebrafish embryos

Y Zhang, P Shah, F Wu, P Liu, J You, G Goss - Aquatic Toxicology, 2021 - Elsevier
Benzophenones are widely used as organic UV filters in many personal care products,
especially sunscreen, to protect humans from UV radiation. The increasing use of …

Potentiation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon uptake in zebrafish embryos by nanoplastics

Y Zhang, GG Goss - Environmental Science: Nano, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The presence of microplastics in the environment and their potential effects on the health of
organisms are a subject of great concern. However, with further weathering through UV …

Toxicokinetics explain differential freshwater ecotoxicity of nanoencapsulated imidacloprid compared to its conventional active ingredient

F Wu, S Zhang, H Li, P Liu, H Su, Y Zhang… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Agricultural applications of nanotechnologies necessitate addressing safety concerns
associated with nanopesticides, yet research has not adequately elucidated potential …