Pesticides impacts on human health and the environment with their mechanisms of action and possible countermeasures

Heliyon, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 10(7), P. e29128 - e29128

Published: April 1, 2024

Pesticides are chemical constituents used to prevent or control pests, including insects, rodents, fungi, weeds, and other unwanted organisms. Despite their advantages in crop production disease management, the use of pesticides poses significant hazards environment public health. Pesticide elements have now perpetually entered our atmosphere subsequently contaminated water, food, soil, leading health threats ranging from acute chronic toxicities. can cause toxicity if a high dose is inhaled, ingested, comes into contact with skin eyes, while prolonged recurrent exposure leads toxicity. produce different types toxicity, for instance, neurotoxicity, mutagenicity, carcinogenicity, teratogenicity, endocrine disruption. The pesticide formulation may depend on specific active ingredient presence synergistic inert compounds that enhance modify its Safety concerns need hour contemporary pesticide-induced hazards. effectiveness implementation current legislature providing ample protection human key concerns. This review explored comprehensive summary regarding updated impacts advanced safety legislation. Implementing regulations, proper training, education help mitigate negative promote safer more sustainable agricultural practices.

Language: Английский

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Heat Stress and Plant–Biotic Interactions: Advances and Perspectives

Plants, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 13(15), P. 2022 - 2022

Published: July 23, 2024

Climate change presents numerous challenges for agriculture, including frequent events of plant abiotic stresses such as elevated temperatures that lead to heat stress (HS). As the primary driving factor climate change, HS threatens global food security and biodiversity. In recent years, have negatively impacted physiology, reducing plant's ability maintain disease resistance resulting in lower crop yields. Plants must adapt their priorities toward defense mechanisms tolerate challenging environments. Furthermore, selective breeding long-term domestication higher yields made varieties vulnerable multiple stressors, making them more susceptible events. Studies on predict concurrent biotic will become severe future, potentially occurring simultaneously or sequentially. While most studies focused singular effects systems examine how plants respond specific stresses, simultaneous occurrence pose a growing threat agricultural productivity. Few explored interactions between plant-biotic interactions. Here, we aim shed light physiological molecular (bacteria, fungi, oomycetes, nematodes, insect pests, pollinators, weedy species, parasitic plants), well combined impact growth We also advances designing developing various strategies address multi-stress scenarios related factors.

Language: Английский

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An introduction to innovative food packaging and processing technologies, the present and the future

Elsevier eBooks, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. xxix - lxxx

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Exploring the Potential of Agro‐Nanotechnology in African Agriculture: A Path to Sustainable Development—Systematic Review

The Scientific World JOURNAL, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 2025(1)

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Agro-nanotechnology-the application of nanotechnology in agriculture-holds immense promise for addressing main challenges African agriculture and promoting sustainable development. This review provides a comprehensive analysis how agro-nanotechnology is being utilized across Africa, emphasizing its potential to revolutionize various aspects agricultural practices on the continent. Firstly, utilization nanomaterials such as nanoparticles, nanofertilizers, nanopesticides offers opportunities enhancing nutrient management, improving soil health, increasing crop productivity diverse agroecosystems Africa. Nanofertilizers, with their controlled release mechanisms, facilitate efficient uptake by plants, thereby reducing losses fertilizer use efficiency, which crucial resource-constrained smallholder farmers. Nanopesticides suggest improved efficacy pest disease control, environmental harm compared traditional pesticides. Their targeted delivery also minimizes off-target effects, Africa's food security. Nanosensors enable real-time monitoring precision agriculture. Nanotechnology postharvest management reduces improves safety. However, adoption requires careful consideration socioeconomic regulatory factors ensure equitable access Collaborative efforts involving policymakers, researchers, farmers, other stakeholders are harnessing benefits while risks concerns. In conclusion, integration into presents transformative opportunity enhance productivity, resilience, sustainability, contributing continent's toward achieving security, economic development, conservation.

Language: Английский

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Marine and terrestrial biostimulant elicitors of tolerance to cold stress

Frontiers in Plant Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 16

Published: April 8, 2025

The increasing frequency of adverse environmental events, driven by ongoing climate change, has intensified the search for new technological alternatives in crop production and plant protection. Thermal stress can limit adaptation negatively impact metabolism, physiology, morphology, yield. Cold plants been extensively studied affect various stages plant's life cycle, from seed formation to development, causing damage cell membranes, impairing division, disrupting water absorption. Consequently, researchers have focused on mitigating impacts abiotic investigating bioactive molecules biostimulants derived organisms, which enhance tolerance mechanisms plants. In aquatic environments, macro- microalgae emerged as key sources elicitors, providing extractable such polysaccharides, polyamines, polyphenols, amino acids that defense responses. Similarly, certain terrestrial shown potential biostimulant compounds. Thus, this study aims highlight advancements systems emphasizing algae-based elicitors enhancing cold stress. Ultimately, goal is improve understanding promising biological models food production, fostering innovative developments contribute economically ecologically sustainable technologies.

Language: Английский

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Bioformulation of Biopesticides for Increased Bioactivities

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Examining the Correlation of the Nano-fertilizer Physical Properties and Their Impact on Crop Performance and Nutrient Uptake Efficiency

Published: June 20, 2024

The physical properties of nano-fertilizers (NFs) are important in determining their performance, efficacy, and environmental interactions. Nano-fertilizers, due to small size high surface area-to-volume ratio, enhance plant metabolic reactions, resulting higher crop yields. depend on the synthesis methods used. nanoparticle's nutrient use efficiency (NUE) varies among species. This review aims analyze relationship between NF influence performance uptake efficiency. focuses NFs, specifically size, shape, crystalline, agglomeration. found that smaller particle-sized nanoparticles exhibit than larger particles. Nano-fertilizer-coated additives gradually release nutrients, reducing need for frequent application addressing limitations associated with chemical fertilizer utilization. shapes have varying effects overall plants. crystalline structure promotes a slow nutrients. Amorphous improve NUE and, ultimately, yield. Agglomeration results losing nanoscale accumulating outer surface, becoming unavailable Understanding is crucial optimizing agricultural applications.

Language: Английский

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Examining the Correlation between the Inorganic Nano-Fertilizer Physical Properties and Their Impact on Crop Performance and Nutrient Uptake Efficiency

Nanomaterials, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(15), P. 1263 - 1263

Published: July 28, 2024

The physical properties of nano-fertilizers (NFs) are important in determining their performance, efficacy, and environmental interactions. Nano-fertilizers, due to small size high surface area-to-volume ratio, enhance plant metabolic reactions, resulting higher crop yields. depend on the synthesis methods used. nanoparticle’s nutrient use efficiency (NUE) varies among species. This review aims analyze relationship between NF influence performance uptake efficiency. focuses NFs, specifically size, shape, crystallinity, agglomeration. found that smaller particle-sized nanoparticles exhibit than larger particles. Nano-fertilizer-coated additives gradually release nutrients, reducing need for frequent application addressing limitations associated with chemical fertilizer utilization. shapes have varying effects overall plants. crystalline structure promotes a slow nutrients. Amorphous improve NUE and, ultimately, yield. Agglomeration results losing nanoscale accumulating outer surface, becoming unavailable Understanding is crucial optimizing agricultural applications.

Language: Английский

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Impact of Cereal–Legume Intercropping on Changes in Soil Nutrients Contents under Semi–Arid Conditions

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(7), P. 2725 - 2725

Published: March 26, 2024

Cereal–legume intercropping systems are not well studied under the semi–arid conditions of Southern Tunisia. Therefore, present study aimed to investigate effect durum wheat (Triticum turgidum ssp. L.) with chickpea (Cicer arietinum on crop grain yield and soil physicochemical proprieties such as carbon (C) nitrogen (N) availability, microbial biomass nutrients (C N) plant nutrient content in comparison their monocultures. Field experiments were conducted during 2020–2021 (EXP–A) 2021–2022 (EXP–B) seasons Medenine, The results revealed a significant augmentation (p < 0.05) total proportions (Ntot) within intercropped (DuWh–IR) compared its monoculture (DuWh–MC). observed variations amounted 32% 29% two growing seasons, identified EXP–A EXP–B. Additionally, significantly accumulated more (Ctot) than monocrop (DuWh–MC) for both experiments, showing an increase 27% 24% Simultaneously, N− uptake increased intercropping, rise 26% season 21% EXP–B season. Similarly, crops was comparatively greater plots opposed crops, variances 23% 20% Intercropping cereals legumes has potential enhance fertility production regions Tunisia contribute environmental sustainability by reducing reliance fertilizers.

Language: Английский

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An assessment of using eco-friendly crop production practices by the project beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries in Bangladesh

Discover Agriculture, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 2(1)

Published: June 3, 2024

Abstract The purposes of this study were to determine the present state use eco-friendly crop production practices by beneficiaries “safe through approaches” project and non-beneficiary smallholder farmers explore factors that may influence their use. study’s population was 2 villages (Darirampur Birrampur Uzanpara) Rampur union under Trishal upazila (sub-district) Bangladesh. 60 non-beneficiaries randomly selected as samples from a 270 585 non-beneficiaries. Thus, total sample 120 farmers. Data collected using structured questionnaire. respondents asked give responses regarding 21 following 4-point rating scale. highest proportion (95%) had medium extent use, whereas (85%) low multiple linear regression analysis showed educational level, annual income, training experience, extension media contact, knowledge, attitude toward influential variables for explaining 81.8% variation. However, non-beneficiaries, organizational participation, credit received 78.1% are more environmentally conscious than which highlights need authorities involve in future projects ensure safe better environmental health.

Language: Английский

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