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ReviewToxics2021

Nanopesticides in Agriculture: Benefits and Challenge in Agricultural Productivity, Toxicological Risks to Human Health and Environment.

Marco Chaud, Eliana B Souto, Aleksandra Zielinska, Patricia Severino, Fernando Batain, Jose Oliveira-Junior, Thais Alves

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Review in Toxics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
45citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
15.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 334 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Marco ChaudLaboratory of Biomaterials and Nanotechnology-LaBNUS, University of Sorocaba, Sorocaba 18078-005, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-3618-8415
Eliana B SoutoCEB-Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal.
Aleksandra ZielinskaInstitute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Strzeszyńska 32, 60-479 Poznań, Poland.
Patricia SeverinoInstitute of Technology and Research-ITP, Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology Laboratory (LNMed), Aracaju 49010-390, Brazil.
Fernando BatainLaboratory of Biomaterials and Nanotechnology-LaBNUS, University of Sorocaba, Sorocaba 18078-005, Brazil.
Jose Oliveira-JuniorTechnological and Environmental Processes, University of Sorocaba, Sorocaba 18023-000, Brazil.
Thais AlvesLaboratory of Biomaterials and Nanotechnology-LaBNUS, University of Sorocaba, Sorocaba 18078-005, Brazil.
Universidade de Sorocaba · BRInstitute of Human Genetics · PLNanomed (Brazil) · BRUniversity of Coimbra · PT

Funding

Fundação Dom Aguirre-University of Sorocaba PROPEIN 013_19
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nanopesticides are nanostructures with two to three dimensions between 1 to 200 nm, used to carry agrochemical ingredients (AcI). Because of their unique properties, the loading of AcI into nanoparticles offers benefits when compared to free pesticides. However, with the fast development of new engineered nanoparticles for pests' control, a new type of environmental waste is being produced. This paper describes the nanopesticides sources, the harmful environmental and health effects arising from pesticide exposure. The potential ameliorative impact of nanoparticles on agricultural productivity and ecosystem challenges are extensively discussed. Strategies for controlled release and stimuli-responsive systems for slow, sustained, and targeted AcI and genetic material delivery are reported. Special attention to different nanoparticles source, the environmental behavior of nanopesticides in the crop setting, and the most recent advancements and nanopesticides representative research from experimental results are revised. This review also addresses some issues and concerns in developing, formulating and toxicity pesticide products for environmentally friendly and sustainable agriculture.

Indexed as

agricultural productivityagrochemical ingredientscontrolled releaseenvironmental risknanopesticidespesticidesstimuli-responsive nanoparticlestoxicological risk

Identifiers

PMID34199739
PMCPMC8230079
OpenAlexW3172885511

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Registered trials

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