Does organic farming achieve environmental goals efficiently? [PDF]
, 2002 Concerns about the impact of modern agriculture on the environment have in the past few decades resulted in strict legislation concerning the leaching of nitrogen from Danish farms and their use of pesticides.
Jacobsen, Lars-Bo
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The USA lags behind other agricultural nations in banning harmful pesticides
Environmental Health, 2019 BackgroundThe United States of America (USA), European Union (EU), Brazil and China are four of the largest agricultural producers and users of agricultural pesticides in the world.
N. Donley
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Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles in Biomedicine: Advances and Prospects
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Mesoporous silica nanoparticles offer unique properties like high surface area, tunable pores, and functionalization. They excel in drug delivery, tissue engineering, and stimuli‐responsive therapies, enabling targeted and controlled treatments. With roles in cancer therapy and diagnostics, their clinical translation requires addressing challenges in ...
Miguel Manzano, María Vallet‐Regí
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Biological ControlThe soybean pod borer (SPB), Leguminivora glycinivorella (Matsumura), is a major constraint to soybean production, highlighting the urgent need for effective and sustainable biological control strategies in this short-lasting agroecosystem.
Ji-Zhi Xue +8 more
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Toxic and sublethal effects of buprofezin on the whitefly parasitoid Encarsia formosa Gahan [PDF]
Pesticidi i Fitomedicina, 2019 Acute toxicity of a buprofezin-based product (commercial product Elisa 440 SC) to pupae of the whitefly parasitoid Encarsia formosa Gahan (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae), and its effects on life history traits and population growth in F1 generation of a ...
Drobnjaković Tanja +3 more
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Residual efficacy of cypermethrin and pirimiphos-methyl against Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier) in wheat grain [PDF]
Pesticidi i Fitomedicina, 2017 Residual efficacy of EC formulations of two insecticides: cypermethrin supplemented with the synergist piperonyl butoxide, and pirimiphos-methyl, against adults of the Angoumois grain moth, Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier), was investigated in the ...
Pražić-Golić Marijana +2 more
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Development of stimuli-responsive nano-based pesticides: emerging opportunities for agriculture
Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 2019 Pesticides and fertilizers are widely used to enhance agriculture yields, although the fraction of the pesticides applied in the field that reaches the targets is less than 0.1%.
M. C. Câmara +5 more
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Recent Advances in Collective Behaviors of Micro/Nanomotor Swarms
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.This review describes the driving forces behind collective motion, explores the self‐organization of micro/nano swarms across zero‐dimensional (0D), one‐dimensional (1D), two‐dimensional (2D), and three‐dimensional (3D) spaces, and highlights their potential in drug delivery, environmental monitoring, and smart devices.
Siwen Sun +4 more
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Allelopathic effects of invasive weed species Abutilon theophrasti Medik., Ambrosia artemisiifolia L., Datura stramonium L. and Xanthium strumarium L. on tomato [PDF]
Pesticidi i Fitomedicina, 2019 Abutilon theophrasti Medik, Ambrosia artemisiifolia L., Datura stramonium L. and Xanthium strumarium L. are four well-known invasive weed species that are widespread in many crops.
Radivojević Ljiljana +3 more
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Managing strategies for organochlorine contaminated soils for a safe food production [PDF]
, 2004 Background: Organochlorine pesticides such as dieldrin, DDT and others are highly persistant pesticides, which were applied world wide against pests in horticulture, fruit and arable crops.
Koller, Martin +3 more
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