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Lignin-based nano-enabled agriculture: A mini-review

Nowadays sustainable nanotechnological strategies to improve the efficiency of conventional agricultural practices are of utmost importance. As a matter of fact, the increasing use of productive factors in response to the growing food demand plays an important role in determining the environmental i...

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Autores principales: Gigli, Matteo, Fellet, Guido, Pilotto, Laura, Sgarzi, Massimo, Marchiol, Luca, Crestini, Claudia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9667414/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36407611
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.976410
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author Gigli, Matteo
Fellet, Guido
Pilotto, Laura
Sgarzi, Massimo
Marchiol, Luca
Crestini, Claudia
author_facet Gigli, Matteo
Fellet, Guido
Pilotto, Laura
Sgarzi, Massimo
Marchiol, Luca
Crestini, Claudia
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description Nowadays sustainable nanotechnological strategies to improve the efficiency of conventional agricultural practices are of utmost importance. As a matter of fact, the increasing use of productive factors in response to the growing food demand plays an important role in determining the environmental impact of agriculture. In this respect, low-efficiency conventional practices are becoming obsolete. On the other hand, the exploitation of nanoscaled systems for the controlled delivery of fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides shows great potential towards the development of sustainable, efficient and resilient agricultural processes, while promoting food security. In this context, lignin − especially in the form of its nanostructures − can play an important role as sustainable biomaterial for nano-enabled agricultural applications. In this review, we present and discuss the current advancements in the preparation of lignin nanoparticles for the controlled release of pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers, as well as the latest findings in terms of plant response to their application. Special attention has been paid to the state-of-the-art literature concerning the release performance of these lignin-based nanomaterials, whose efficiency is compared with the conventional approaches. Finally, the major challenges and the future scenarios of lignin-based nano-enabled agriculture are considered.
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spelling pubmed-96674142022-11-17 Lignin-based nano-enabled agriculture: A mini-review Gigli, Matteo Fellet, Guido Pilotto, Laura Sgarzi, Massimo Marchiol, Luca Crestini, Claudia Front Plant Sci Plant Science Nowadays sustainable nanotechnological strategies to improve the efficiency of conventional agricultural practices are of utmost importance. As a matter of fact, the increasing use of productive factors in response to the growing food demand plays an important role in determining the environmental impact of agriculture. In this respect, low-efficiency conventional practices are becoming obsolete. On the other hand, the exploitation of nanoscaled systems for the controlled delivery of fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides shows great potential towards the development of sustainable, efficient and resilient agricultural processes, while promoting food security. In this context, lignin − especially in the form of its nanostructures − can play an important role as sustainable biomaterial for nano-enabled agricultural applications. In this review, we present and discuss the current advancements in the preparation of lignin nanoparticles for the controlled release of pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers, as well as the latest findings in terms of plant response to their application. Special attention has been paid to the state-of-the-art literature concerning the release performance of these lignin-based nanomaterials, whose efficiency is compared with the conventional approaches. Finally, the major challenges and the future scenarios of lignin-based nano-enabled agriculture are considered. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-10-26 /pmc/articles/PMC9667414/ /pubmed/36407611 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.976410 Text en Copyright © 2022 Gigli, Fellet, Pilotto, Sgarzi, Marchiol and Crestini https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Gigli, Matteo
Fellet, Guido
Pilotto, Laura
Sgarzi, Massimo
Marchiol, Luca
Crestini, Claudia
Lignin-based nano-enabled agriculture: A mini-review
title Lignin-based nano-enabled agriculture: A mini-review
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title_fullStr Lignin-based nano-enabled agriculture: A mini-review
title_full_unstemmed Lignin-based nano-enabled agriculture: A mini-review
title_short Lignin-based nano-enabled agriculture: A mini-review
title_sort lignin-based nano-enabled agriculture: a mini-review
topic Plant Science
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9667414/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36407611
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.976410
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