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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Thymol-Nanoparticles as Effective Biocides against the Quarantine Pathogen

Francesca Baldassarre, Daniele Schiavi, Serena Ciarroni, Vincenzo Tagliavento, Angelo De Stradis, Viviana Vergaro, Gian Paolo Suranna, Giorgio Mariano Balestra, Giuseppe Ciccarella

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Francesca BaldassarreDepartment of Biological and Environmental Sciences, UdR INSTM of Lecce University of Salento, Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3328-7701
Daniele SchiaviDepartment of Agriculture and Forest Sciences (DAFNE), University of Tuscia, Via S. Camillo de Lellis, Snc, 01100 Viterbo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2743-6413
Serena CiarroniPhytoparasites Diagnostics (PhyDia) s.r.l., Via S. Camillo de Lellis, Snc, 01100 Viterbo, Italy.
Vincenzo TagliaventoPhytoparasites Diagnostics (PhyDia) s.r.l., Via S. Camillo de Lellis, Snc, 01100 Viterbo, Italy.
Angelo De StradisInstitute for Sustainable Plant Protection, CNR-IPSP, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1624-2365
Viviana VergaroDepartment of Biological and Environmental Sciences, UdR INSTM of Lecce University of Salento, Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3706-6276
Gian Paolo SurannaInstitute of Nanotechnology, CNR NANOTEC, Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche, Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy.
Giorgio Mariano BalestraDepartment of Agriculture and Forest Sciences (DAFNE), University of Tuscia, Via S. Camillo de Lellis, Snc, 01100 Viterbo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0822-4506
Giuseppe CiccarellaDepartment of Biological and Environmental Sciences, UdR INSTM of Lecce University of Salento, Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4467-0922

Funding

Ministry of Economic Development, Italy F/200060/01-03/X45Ministry of Education, Universities and Research ARS01_01002Regione Puglia Y8V9H90
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Quarantine pathogens require the investigation of new tools for effective plant protection. In particular, research on sustainable agrochemicals is the actual challenge. Plant extracts, essential oils, and gels are natural sources of efficient biocides, such as aromatic secondary metabolites. Thymol is the major phenolic constituent of thyme and oregano essential oils, and it can inhibit many pathogenic microbes. Thymol nanoparticles were obtained through adsorption on CaCO

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biocidesCaCO3 nanocrystalsplants protectionthymolXylella fastidiosa

Identifiers

PMID37049378
PMCPMC10096886

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