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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Advancing herbicide safeners: Integrating structure-guided design, pathway mechanism elucidation, and smart delivery
September 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...
Balancing efficacy and safety: Particle size-dependent trade-off of suspension concentrate for pest control and non-target ecotoxicity
Available online 20 August 2026
The application of nanotechnology in agriculture has offered promising opportunities for nanopesticides, yet the particle size effects that govern their performance remain poorly understood, especially...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Design, synthesis and antifungal activity of novel thiazole sulfonamide derivatives bearing piperidine moiety
Available online 4 July 2026
To develop novel fungicidal candidates, 45 novel thiazole sulfonamide derivatives bearing piperidine moieties were rationally designed and synthesized via active substructure splicing. Bioassay results...
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...
Revisiting fosetyl-Al: mechanisms, systemic behavior and its role as a host-driven tool in integrated management of soil-borne oomycete diseases
Available online 10 July 2026
Soilborne oomycete diseases, represented by Phytophthora and Pythium, pose a persistent challenge to the management of crops and perennial woody plants owing to the long-term survival and recurrent...
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,...
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...
Transcending production limits: A rational platform–barrier co-design framework for next-generation dsRNA biopesticides
Available online 29 August 2026
Scalable dsRNA production is essential for RNAi-based pest control, yet production yield alone does not determine field efficacy. Environmental degradation, insufficient pest exposure, and pest-specific...
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...
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...
Biosynthesis and antifungal activity of silver nanoparticles against Nigrospora oryzae
June 2026
Fungal diseases substantially constrain potato production by impairing fundamental physiological processes. In greenhouse-grown seedlings, Nigrospora oryzae (N. oryzae) was identified as the etiological...
How parasitic plants can avoid self-attack
June 2026
We spotlight recent findings from a Science paper that provide molecular insights into how parasitic plants avoid inducing haustorium development in their own or closely related species. A uridine diphosphate-dependent...