Journal
JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
Volume 101, Issue 4, Pages 1270-1287Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.10767
Keywords
nanotechnology; green nanoparticles; plant extracts; plant pathogens; antifungal activity; antibacterial activity
Funding
- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACYT, Mexico) [PN-2016-2928]
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Nanotechnology in agriculture focuses on plant growth and disease control, with the use of plant extracts to reduce elements for nanoparticle synthesis being a widely accepted technique for its ecological and cost-effective benefits.
Nanotechnology is an emerging science with a wide array of applications involving the synthesis and manipulation of materials with dimensions in the range of 1-100 nm. Nanotechnological applications include diverse fields such as pharmaceuticals, medicine, the environment, food processing and agriculture. Regarding the latter, applications are mainly focused on plant growth and crop protection against plagues and diseases. In recent years, the biogenic reduction of elements such as Ag, Au, Cu, Cd, Al, Se, Zn, Ce, Ti and Fe with plant extracts has become one of the most accepted techniques for obtaining nanoparticles (NPs), as it is considered an ecological and cost-effective process without the use of chemical contaminants. The objective of this work was to review NPs synthesized by green chemistry using vegetable extracts, as well as their use as antimicrobial agents against phytopathogenic fungi and bacteria. Given the need for alternatives to control and integrate management of phytopathogens, this review is relevant to agriculture, although this technology is barely exploited in this field. (c) 2020 Society of Chemical Industry
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