Understanding the potential applications of Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture Sector
March 2023
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been extensively applied in farming recently. To cultivate healthier crops, manage pests, monitor soil and growing conditions, analyse data for farmers, and enhance...
Spray-induced gene silencing in phytopathogen: Mechanisms, applications, and progress
December 2024
Phytopathogens can continuously cause serious losses worldwide to crop, fruit, and vegetable yields. The excessive use of conventional fungicides in pathogen management has raised severe environmental...
Peptides, new tools for plant protection in eco-agriculture
March 2023
As important physiological regulators, peptides have been used in many fields including medicine, cosmetics, healthcare products, animal nutrition and health, and plant nutrition and protection. In...
Antimicrobial metabolites produced by the plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR): Bacillus and Pseudomonas
September 2024
Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) such as Bacillus and Pseudomonas have drawn broad attention and interest due to their agricultural benefits. One of the major benefits of PGPR lies at their...
Development of novel pyridine-based agrochemicals: A review
March 2025
Pyridine-based agrochemical products have become the most commercially successful in the 21st century. About half of the agrochemicals with pyridine scaffold were released, registered or invented only...
Star polycation nanoplatform improves dsRNA stability and delivery for RNAi-Based control of Meloidogyne enterolobii
Available online 3 June 2026
Meloidogyne enterolobii is an extremely pathogenic soil-borne pest, RNA interference (RNAi) represents a highly targeted eco-friendly control strategy, but its application is limited by poor dsRNA stability...
Smart agriculture and nanotechnology: Technology, challenges, and new perspective
June 2024
In the recent past, much nanotechnology research has been done in an effort to increase agricultural productivity. The Green Revolution led to the careless use of pesticides and artificial fertilizers,...
Duckweed as a sustainable protein source: Effects of fertilizer regimes on growth, protein yield, and functional properties
June 2026
Duckweed offers potential as a sustainable protein source in Sri Lanka. This study optimized growth, protein content, and safety in four wild varieties; Spirodela polyrhiza (SP), Lemna minor (LM), Lemna...
Novel plant growth promoting molecules: A comprehensive review
June 2026
This study provides a comprehensive review of novel organic small molecules with plant growth-promoting activity that were reported internationally between 2005 and 2026. It aims to offer a systematic...
Nanoparticle-loaded dsRNA delivery system for pesticides: status and perspective
September 2025
The integration of RNA interference (RNAi) technology with nanotechnology shows significant potential in overcoming the limitations of traditional double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) delivery systems, thereby...
Advancing herbicide safeners: Integrating structure-guided design, pathway mechanism elucidation, and smart delivery
Available online 20 May 2026
Weeds threaten crop production, and while essential for control, they commonly cause crop damage. Herbicide safeners safeguard crops by selectively enhancing their detoxification pathways, without affecting...
Gibberellin biosynthesis inhibitors in wheat and rice: architectural regulation, agronomic trade-offs, and emerging opportunities
June 2026
Gibberellins (GAs) are central regulators of plant architecture, and their targeted modulation has played a pivotal role in crop improvement. The introduction of semi-dwarf wheat and rice through mutations...
Developing RNAi pesticides in the post genomic era: A review
December 2025
RNA interference (RNAi) has emerged as a promising platform for next-generation pesticides, offering high target specificity and environmental safety. In the post-genomic era, rapid advances in insect...
From cultivation to Consumption: Evaluating the effects of nano fertilizers on food quality and safety
September 2025
Nanofertilizers represent a breakthrough in sustainable agriculture, offering innovative solutions to improve nutrient efficiency, crop productivity, and environmental resilience. Engineered at the...
Antibiotics pollution in cropland and crops: A comprehensive review
December 2025
Production of synthetic antibiotics has rapidly expanded to meet the increasing demands in human healthcare, animal husbandry, and agriculture. Meanwhile, however, substantial quantities of untreated...
Advances in electrochemical sensing for plant health monitoring
Available online 22 May 2026
Plant health monitoring is becoming increasingly important for food security, precision agriculture and smart farming under the combined pressures of climate change, pathogen infection, pest infestation...
Biosensor for agriculture and food safety: Recent advances and future perspectives
September 2022
Climate change and the growing world population leading to agriculture and food safety are global challenges facing humanity, while biosensors have long been regarded as one of the powerful tools for...
PDAI: A green pesticide molecule design technology platform driven by high-performance computing and artificial intelligence
June 2025
Pesticides are integral to agricultural productivity and food security. Despite the notable advancements in Computer Aided Drug Design (CADD) and Artificial Intelligence Drug Discovery (AIDD) in pharmaceuticals,...
PBAT/PPCP biodegradable mulching films with enhanced weatherability and water barrier properties for increased cotton yields
June 2026
Agricultural "white pollution" drives demand for fully biodegradable mulching films, among which poly (butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) (PBAT) films are especially attractive due to their excellent...
Melatonin—Angel of plant growth regulation and protection
June 2025
Melatonin (N-Acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine), an endogenously synthesized indoleamine, exerts pleiotropic effects in plant physiology by interacting with other phytohormones, thereby synergistically regulating...
Crystal engineering in the development of improved pesticide products
September 2022
Pesticides might be the only group of poisonous chemicals that are widely sprayed into the environment, but the use of pesticides is inevitable for crop protection and infectious disease control. When...
Rational design of dual-targeting solanesyl diphosphate synthase and protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitors
Available online 2 June 2026
Herbicide resistance threatens sustainable weed control and demands new design strategies beyond conventional single-target chemistries. Protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) and solanesyl diphosphate synthase...
Palladium-catalyzed cross-couplings in the synthesis of agrochemicals
December 2022
Palladium-catalyzed cross-couplings have played an increasingly important role in the synthesis of agrochemicals. In this review, the applications of palladium-catalyzed Heck reaction, Suzuki-Miyaura...
MoAPT5, a candidate affecting sensitivity to triazole fungicides, regulates growth and pathogenicity in Magnaporthe oryzae
Available online 27 May 2026
Currently, the control of phytopathogenic fungi faces challenges arising from chemical resistance and biosafety concerns. Triazole fungicides (TFs), as ergosterol biosynthesis inhibitors, possess broad-spectrum...
Advances in controlled release systems for sustainable crop production: A review of nano-, micro-, and macro-formulations
September 2025
The high necessity to develop novel and optimized technologies for crop production is very high due to the exponential growth in term of world population of the last years. In this field a novel use...