Buzzing Guardians: Protecting Pollinators in Agricultural Landscapes DOI Creative Commons

Hunasikote Shamappa Venu,

Amala Udayakumar,

A. N. Shylesha

et al.

Sociobiology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 71(4), P. e11105 - e11105

Published: Nov. 25, 2024

In agriculture crop ecosystem, pollination is the foremost fundamental activity performed by fascinating creatures like bees, butterflies, hoverflies, birds and bats that ensures reproductive success in angiosperms. Currently, most of pollinators are appearing red data book as their population abundance depleting ecosystem. Their extinction was driven threats habitat loss, climate change, urbanization, use chemical pesticides, pest diseases. Decline pollinator may pose a considerable decrease global food production productivity. Effective efficient conservation strategies key elements to mitigate faced promotion resilience. Here we explored wide range strategies, which restores following sustainable agricultural practices, some policy interventions. Public awareness collaborative efforts among governments, NGOs, private sector crucial for successful implementation adaptation these strategies. By acclimatizing an integrated, convincing approach conservation, can assure predict sustainability productivity eventually supports biodiversity security.

Language: Английский

The ecological hazards of profenofos revealed by beneficial-bacteria, plant seedlings and plasmid nicking assays: A short-term toxicity investigation DOI Creative Commons
Mohammad Shahid, Udai B. Singh

Plant Stress, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14, P. 100577 - 100577

Published: Aug. 27, 2024

Language: Английский

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Microbial biosurfactants: Green alternatives and sustainable solution for augmenting pesticide remediation and management of organic waste DOI Creative Commons

Shiv Shankar Markam,

Aman Raj, Ashwani Kumar

et al.

Current Research in Microbial Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 7, P. 100266 - 100266

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Pesticide pollution remains a significant environmental challenge, necessitating the exploration of sustainable alternatives. Biosurfactants are class unconventional surface-active chemicals that produced by microorganisms. have many applications in treating oil spills, emulsifiers, pharmaceuticals, and agriculture. Compared to chemical surfactants, they benefits such as biodegradability, less toxicity, greener option because derived from microbes. recently been shown potential speed up pesticide cleanup. used remediation their exceptional foaming ability, high selectivity, wide range pH, salinity, temperature operating windows. Microbial biosurfactants emerged agents for treatment organic waste agricultural residue. This review unfolds promising realm microbial green solutions sustainability, particularly practices, with special reference remediation. article highlights escalating need eco-friendly alternatives, paving way discussing biosurfactants. Moreover, articles discuss detail various advancements field rapid screening biosurfactants, either using conventional approach or

Language: Английский

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Green synthesized yttrium-doped ZnO nanoparticles: A multifaceted approach to mosquito control, antibacterial activity, cytotoxic properties of liver cancer cells, and photocatalytic properties DOI
Chinnaperumal Kamaraj, Chinnasamy Ragavendran, Selvam Naveenkumar

et al.

Inorganic Chemistry Communications, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 176, P. 114225 - 114225

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Assessment of Unintentional Acute Pesticide Poisoning (UAPP) Amongst Cotton Farmers in Tanzania DOI Creative Commons
Jones Kapeleka, Aiwerasia Vera Ngowi,

Silvani Mng’anya

et al.

Toxics, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 13(4), P. 300 - 300

Published: April 11, 2025

Pesticide poisoning is widely accepted as a major public health problem in low- and middle-income countries, especially East Africa. However, very high proportion of unintentional poisonings are either unreported or misreported. To help fill this knowledge gap, we investigated the scale acute pesticide (UAPP) cotton-growing communities Tanzania by conducting cross-sectional survey 1074 cotton farmers farm workers. The findings from study revealed incidence self-reported negative effects following occupational exposure, with 48% respondents experiencing symptoms UAPP within previous 12 months. Furthermore, substantial incidents were associated few highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs), particularly profenofos, lambda cyhalothrin, co-formulations both chlorpyrifos cypermethrin. Of those reporting UAPP, only 6% sought medical treatment formal healthcare setting. clearly indicates an urgent need for improved regulation, up community surveillance, promotion less alternatives to use HHPs. We provide policy recommendations identify HHPs pest management.

Language: Английский

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Decreased activity of acetylcholine esterase as a biomarker of pesticide exposure in female tea plantation workers DOI
Shashi Nandar Kumar, Reena Kumari, Nawaid Hussain Khan

et al.

Toxicology and Industrial Health, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 24, 2025

Because of their beneficial effects in controlling pests, pesticides are used worldwide to reduce pests agricultural fields and commercial gardens, thereby increasing the crop yield. Pesticides ubiquitous environment besides targeting they also affect non-target organisms. This study was undertaken evaluate activity acetylcholine esterase (AChE) inhibition its associated health female tea plantation workers (TPW). In silico analysis applied identify whether pesticide exposure had an increased affinity after binding with AChE enzyme, findings were validated by measuring plasma subjects biochemical analysis. The found be considerably compromised TPW exposed pesticides. Inhibition may lead severe adverse effects, such as cough, fatigue, headache Among all pesticides, λ-cyhalothrin, fipronil, fenazaquine highest (−10.098 Kcal/mol, −8.574 −8.507 respectively) compared other natural substrate (−4.398 Kcal/mol). Based on results, have fenazaquine, these could responsible for enzyme inhibition. Hence, cause more humans finding biomarker role aid development effective antidotes against exposure, faciliating mitigation negative

Language: Английский

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Innovative strategies for organophosphorus remediation: Integrating enzymatic decomposition with membrane technologies DOI Creative Commons
Morteza Mirzaei, Ramezan Ali Taheri, Ali Mohammad Latifi

et al.

Results in Chemistry, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 102298 - 102298

Published: April 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Applications of Microbial Organophosphate-Degrading Enzymes to Detoxification of Organophosphorous Compounds for Medical Countermeasures against Poisoning and Environmental Remediation DOI Open Access
Tatiana N. Pashirova, Rym Salah-Tazdaït, Djaber Tazdaït

et al.

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 25(14), P. 7822 - 7822

Published: July 17, 2024

Mining of organophosphorous (OPs)-degrading bacterial enzymes in collections known strains and natural biotopes are important research fields that lead to the isolation novel OP-degrading enzymes. Then, implementation strategies methods protein engineering nanobiotechnology allow large-scale production enzymes, displaying improved catalytic properties for medical uses protection environment. For applications, enzyme formulations must be stable bloodstream upon storage not susceptible induce iatrogenic effects. This, particular, includes nanoencapsulation bioscavengers origin. In application field bioremediation, these play a crucial role environmental cleanup by initiating degradation OPs, such as pesticides, contaminated environments. microbial cell configuration, can break down chemical bonds OPs usually convert them into less toxic metabolites through biotransformation process or contribute their complete mineralization. purified state, they exhibit higher pollutant efficiencies ability operate under different conditions. Thus, this review provides clear overview current knowledge about applications OP-reacting It presents works focusing on use various bioremediation mitigate pollution medicine alternative therapeutic means against OP poisoning.

Language: Английский

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Foliar spraying of chlorpyrifos induces morphometric changes in Glycine max (L.) and shifts native soil microbiome DOI Creative Commons
Aman Raj, Muneer Ahmad Malla, Ashwani Kumar

et al.

Emerging contaminants, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 10(3), P. 100307 - 100307

Published: Feb. 11, 2024

Pesticide usage alters plant growth, and development disturbs native soil microbiome. The present study was carried out to evaluate the effect of Chlorpyrifos (CP-20% EC) on growth soybean (Glycine max), fertility, We conducted a pot experiment assess impact different concentrations chlorpyrifos; recommended dose (RD) higher rates (2× 4× RD). application significantly altered parameters in (p < 0.05). At 4XRD) shoot length (17.16 ± 1.04; 14.33 1.15, p 0.05), root (3.40 0.36; 2.66 0.28, 0.050), leaf count (6.33 0.57; 0.05) reduced compared RD Control groups. Similarly at these 4XRD), significant reduction fresh weight (0.86 0.008; 0.66 0.002, dry (0.14 0.001; 0.13 0.003, (0.13 0.09 (0.030 0.0005, 0.037 observed control group. Notably, increase morphometric All physio-chemical properties such as pH (8.51 0.82), moisture content (33.73 0.04), electrical conductivity (3.44 0.03) were CP-treated soils control. Similarly, nutrient nitrogen, carbon, hydrogen treated Elemental analysis showed As, Cd, Pb (8.7 μg/g, 0.254 16.477 respectively) untreated (8.09 0.228 15.25 respectively). also assessed metabolic activity diversity using Community-level Physiological Profiling (CLPP). exhibited lesser microbial diversity, with activity. Metagenomic revealed shift bacterial community composition, Pseudomonadota Bacteroidota dominating soil, while Actinomycetota, Pseudomonadota, Bacillota prominent Alpha indices indicated abundance species richness sample treatment Functional via PICRUSt2 identified 32 unique sub-classes biodegrading genes samples, including atzD, tfdA, argB, GLDC, gcvP, glxR, cpdB. This suggests potential microbes for xenobiotic degradation, pesticides. In summary, our demonstrates that CP doses negatively alter leading changes communities. These findings underscore importance considering pesticide dosage its ecological implications plants, microbiome, sustainable agriculture.

Language: Английский

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Buzzing Guardians: Protecting Pollinators in Agricultural Landscapes DOI Creative Commons

Hunasikote Shamappa Venu,

Amala Udayakumar,

A. N. Shylesha

et al.

Sociobiology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 71(4), P. e11105 - e11105

Published: Nov. 25, 2024

In agriculture crop ecosystem, pollination is the foremost fundamental activity performed by fascinating creatures like bees, butterflies, hoverflies, birds and bats that ensures reproductive success in angiosperms. Currently, most of pollinators are appearing red data book as their population abundance depleting ecosystem. Their extinction was driven threats habitat loss, climate change, urbanization, use chemical pesticides, pest diseases. Decline pollinator may pose a considerable decrease global food production productivity. Effective efficient conservation strategies key elements to mitigate faced promotion resilience. Here we explored wide range strategies, which restores following sustainable agricultural practices, some policy interventions. Public awareness collaborative efforts among governments, NGOs, private sector crucial for successful implementation adaptation these strategies. By acclimatizing an integrated, convincing approach conservation, can assure predict sustainability productivity eventually supports biodiversity security.

Language: Английский

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