Soil microbial inoculants for sustainable agriculture: Limitations and opportunities

M O'Callaghan, RA Ballard… - Soil Use and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The burgeoning global market for soil microbial inoculants for use in agriculture is being
driven by pressure to increase sustainable crop production by managing pests and diseases …

Nano-based smart pesticide formulations: Emerging opportunities for agriculture

S Kumar, M Nehra, N Dilbaghi, G Marrazza… - Journal of Controlled …, 2019 - Elsevier
The incorporation of nanotechnology as a means for nanopesticides is in the early stage of
development. The main idea behind this incorporation is to lower the indiscriminate use of …

A global-scale expert assessment of drivers and risks associated with pollinator decline

LV Dicks, TD Breeze, HT Ngo, D Senapathi… - Nature Ecology & …, 2021 - nature.com
Pollinator decline has attracted global attention and substantial efforts are underway to
respond through national pollinator strategies and action plans. These policy responses …

Applied pesticide toxicity shifts toward plants and invertebrates, even in GM crops

R Schulz, S Bub, LL Petschick, S Stehle, J Wolfram - Science, 2021 - science.org
Pesticide impacts are usually discussed in the context of applied amounts while
disregarding the large but environmentally relevant variations in substance-specific toxicity …

Imidacloprid slows the development of preference for rewarding food sources in bumblebees (Bombus impatiens)

JD Phelps, CG Strang, M Gbylik-Sikorska, T Sniegocki… - Ecotoxicology, 2018 - Springer
Bee pollination is economically and ecologically vital and recent declines in bee populations
are therefore a concern. One possible cause of bee declines is pesticide use. Bumblebees …

Climate change contributes to widespread declines among bumble bees across continents

P Soroye, T Newbold, J Kerr - Science, 2020 - science.org
Climate change could increase species' extinction risk as temperatures and precipitation
begin to exceed species' historically observed tolerances. Using long-term data for 66 …

[HTML][HTML] Fungicides and bees: a review of exposure and risk

S Rondeau, NE Raine - Environment International, 2022 - Elsevier
Fungicides account for more than 35% of the global pesticide market and their use is
predicted to increase in the future. While fungicides are commonly applied during bloom …

Environmental risks and challenges associated with neonicotinoid insecticides

ML Hladik, AR Main, D Goulson - 2018 - ACS Publications
Neonicotinoid use has increased rapidly in recent years, with a global shift toward
insecticide applications as seed coatings rather than aerial spraying. While the use of seed …

A worldwide survey of neonicotinoids in honey

EAD Mitchell, B Mulhauser, M Mulot, A Mutabazi… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Growing evidence for global pollinator decline is causing concern for biodiversity
conservation and ecosystem services maintenance. Neonicotinoid pesticides have been …

Honey: An advanced antimicrobial and wound healing biomaterial for tissue engineering applications

J Yupanqui Mieles, C Vyas, E Aslan, G Humphreys… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Honey was used in traditional medicine to treat wounds until the advent of modern medicine.
The rising global antibiotic resistance has forced the development of novel therapies as …