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Benefit of nano-enabled agrochemicals

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Nano-enabled fertilizers and pesticides can bring new economic benefits to agricultural practices with reduced environmental impacts. Moving forward, nano-enabled agrochemicals should continue to be optimized for greater efficiency.

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Fig. 1: Metal-based nanopesticides show high efficiency in plant disease control.

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  1. School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA

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  2. Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, CT, USA

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Wang, D., White, J.C. Benefit of nano-enabled agrochemicals. Nat Food 3, 983–984 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-022-00665-x

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