Trends in nanotechnology and its potentialities to control plant pathogenic fungi: a review

• Main Authors: Kutawa, Abdulaziz Bashir, Ahmad, Khairulmazmi, Ali, Asgar, Abdul Wahab, Mohd Aswad, Adamu, Abdullahi, Ismaila, Abubakar Abubakar, Gunasena, Mahesh Tiran, Rahman, Muhammad Ziaur, Hossain, Md Imam
• Format: Article
• Published: MDPI 2021
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/93437/; https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/10/9/881

Approximately 15–18% of crops losses occur as a result of animal pests, while weeds and microbial diseases cause 34 and 16% losses, respectively. Fungal pathogens cause about 70–80% losses in yield. The present strategies for plant disease control depend transcendently on agrochemicals that cause ne...