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Plant pest and diseases control are commonly managed with conventional pesticides and chemicals that have shown a negative environmental impact. Thus, interest in efficient, safe, and green pesticide formulati...
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Nano-toxicity to Microbes: Potential Implications of Nanomaterials on Microbial Activity
The increasing concentration of engineered nanomaterials and their accumulation in the environment is the major concern for toxicity to soil microbial community. The engineered nanomaterials have shown positiv...
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Fungal Endophytes: Rising Tools in Sustainable Agriculture Production
Endophytes are the microorganisms that lived inside the plant during their life cycle and develop a mutualistic or symbiotic relationship with the host plant. In mutualistic relation, the plant provides nutrit...
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Fungal Endophytes: Rising Tools in Sustainable Agriculture Production
Endophytes are the microorganisms that lived inside the plant during their life cycle and develop a mutualistic or symbiotic relationship with the host plant. In mutualistic relation, the plant provides nutrit...
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Diversity of Endophytic Fungi and Their Role in Artificial Agarwood Production in Aquilaria Tree
Endophytic microbial flora induces the plant immunity in response to pathogen attack. Aquilaria is the plant which has high value in diseased state due to production of agarwood after infection. Agarwood has enor...
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Artificial production of agarwood oil in Aquilaria sp. by fungi: a review
The resinous part called agarwood of genus Aquilaria Lam has been exploited as a source of incense by mankind since time immemorial besides its medicinal properties. In global market purest oud/agarwood oil enjoy...
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Nanofertilizers and nanopesticides for agriculture
The excess use of mineral fertilizers and unsafe pesticides has led to pollution and serious health issues. Nanoscience may solve those issues by providing nanomaterials of higher performance. Here we reviewed...
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Nanofertilisers, Nanopesticides and Nanosensors in Agriculture
Nanotechnology has potentially promising applications to improve agriculture. Here we review the application of nanofertilizers, nanopesticides and nanosensors in agriculture. Nanofertilisers include Fe, Mn, Z...
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Nano-fertilizers and Their Smart Delivery System
Outburst of world population in the past decade has forced the agricultural sector to increase crop productivity to satisfy the needs of billions of people especially in develo** countries. Widespread existe...
