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Tyagi A, Mir ZA, Ali S. Revisiting the Role of Sensors for Shaping Plant Research: Applications and Future Perspectives. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 24:3261. [PMID: 38894052 PMCID: PMC11174810 DOI: 10.3390/s24113261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2024] [Revised: 05/14/2024] [Accepted: 05/18/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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Plant health monitoring is essential for understanding the impact of environmental stressors (biotic and abiotic) on crop production, and for tailoring plant developmental and adaptive responses accordingly. Plants are constantly exposed to different stressors like pathogens and soil pollutants (heavy metals and pesticides) which pose a serious threat to their survival and to human health. Plants have the ability to respond to environmental stressors by undergoing rapid transcriptional, translational, and metabolic reprogramming at different cellular compartments in order to balance growth and adaptive responses. However, plants' exceptional responsiveness to environmental cues is highly complex, which is driven by diverse signaling molecules such as calcium Ca2+, reactive oxygen species (ROS), hormones, small peptides and metabolites. Additionally, other factors like pH also influence these responses. The regulation and occurrence of these plant signaling molecules are often undetectable, necessitating nondestructive, live research approaches to understand their molecular complexity and functional traits during growth and stress conditions. With the advent of sensors, in vivo and in vitro understanding of some of these processes associated with plant physiology, signaling, metabolism, and development has provided a novel platform not only for decoding the biochemical complexity of signaling pathways but also for targeted engineering to improve diverse plant traits. The application of sensors in detecting pathogens and soil pollutants like heavy metal and pesticides plays a key role in protecting plant and human health. In this review, we provide an update on sensors used in plant biology for the detection of diverse signaling molecules and their functional attributes. We also discuss different types of sensors (biosensors and nanosensors) used in agriculture for detecting pesticides, pathogens and pollutants.
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- Anshika Tyagi
- Department of Biotechnology, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 38541, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Plant Science and Agriculture, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R2M0TB, Canada;
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- Department of Biotechnology, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 38541, Republic of Korea
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Priyadarshini E, Parambil AM, Rajamani P, Ponnusamy VK, Chen YH. Exposure, toxicological mechanism of endocrine disrupting compounds and future direction of identification using nano-architectonics. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 225:115577. [PMID: 36871939 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.115577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2022] [Revised: 02/02/2023] [Accepted: 02/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDC) are a group of exogenous chemicals that structurally mimic hormones and interfere with the hormonal signaling cascade. EDC interacts with hormone receptors, transcriptional activators, and co-activators, altering the signaling pathway at both genomic and non-genomic levels. Consequently, these compounds are responsible for adverse health ailments such as cancer, reproductive issues, obesity, and cardiovascular and neurological disorders. The persistent nature and increasing incidence of environmental contamination from anthropogenic and industrial effluents have become a global concern, resulting in a movement in both developed and developing countries to identify and estimate the degree of exposure to EDC. The U.S. Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has outlined a series of in vitro and in vivo assays to screen potential endocrine disruptors. However, the multidisciplinary nature and concerns over the widespread application demand alternative and practical techniques for identifying and estimating EDC. The review chronicles the state-of-art 20 years (1990-2023) of scientific literature regarding EDC's exposure and molecular mechanism, highlighting the toxicological effects on the biological system. Alteration in signaling mechanisms by representative endocrine disruptors such as bisphenol A (BPA), diethylstilbestrol (DES), and genistein has been emphasized. We further discuss the currently available assays and techniques for in vitro detection and propose the prominence of designing nano-architectonic-sensor substrates for on-site detection of EDC in the contaminated aqueous environment.
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- Eepsita Priyadarshini
- School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India; Research Center for Precision Environmental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University (KMU), Kaohsiung City, 807, Taiwan
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- School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India.
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- Research Center for Precision Environmental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University (KMU), Kaohsiung City, 807, Taiwan; Department of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry, Kaohsiung Medical University (KMU), Kaohsiung City, 807, Taiwan; Department of Medical Research, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital (KMUH), Kaohsiung City, Taiwan; Department of Chemistry, National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU), Kaohsiung City, 804, Taiwan; PhD Program in Aquatic Science and Technology, College of Hydrosphere Science, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology (NKUST), Kaohsiung City, 811, Taiwan.
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- Research Center for Precision Environmental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University (KMU), Kaohsiung City, 807, Taiwan; Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.
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Designing of surface engineered Ytterbium oxide nanoparticles as effective electrochemical sensing platform for dopamine. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.118929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Pushparaj K, Liu WC, Meyyazhagan A, Orlacchio A, Pappusamy M, Vadivalagan C, Robert AA, Arumugam VA, Kamyab H, Klemeš JJ, Khademi T, Mesbah M, Chelliapan S, Balasubramanian B. Nano- from nature to nurture: A comprehensive review on facets, trends, perspectives and sustainability of nanotechnology in the food sector. ENERGY 2022; 240:122732. [DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2021.122732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
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Sharma P, Pandey V, Sharma MMM, Patra A, Singh B, Mehta S, Husen A. A Review on Biosensors and Nanosensors Application in Agroecosystems. NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS 2021; 16:136. [PMID: 34460019 PMCID: PMC8405745 DOI: 10.1186/s11671-021-03593-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2021] [Accepted: 08/14/2021] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Previous decades have witnessed a lot of challenges that have provoked a dire need of ensuring global food security. The process of augmenting food production has made the agricultural ecosystems to face a lot of challenges like the persistence of residual particles of different pesticides, accretion of heavy metals, and contamination with toxic elemental particles which have negatively influenced the agricultural environment. The entry of such toxic elements into the human body via agricultural products engenders numerous health effects such as nerve and bone marrow disorders, metabolic disorders, infertility, disruption of biological functions at the cellular level, and respiratory and immunological diseases. The exigency for monitoring the agroecosystems can be appreciated by contemplating the reported 220,000 annual deaths due to toxic effects of residual pesticidal particles. The present practices employed for monitoring agroecosystems rely on techniques like gas chromatography, high-performance liquid chromatography, mass spectroscopy, etc. which have multiple constraints, being expensive, tedious with cumbersome protocol, demanding sophisticated appliances along with skilled personnel. The past couple of decades have witnessed a great expansion of the science of nanotechnology and this development has largely facilitated the development of modest, quick, and economically viable bio and nanosensors for detecting different entities contaminating the natural agroecosystems with an advantage of being innocuous to human health. The growth of nanotechnology has offered rapid development of bio and nanosensors for the detection of several composites which range from several metal ions, proteins, pesticides, to the detection of complete microorganisms. Therefore, the present review focuses on different bio and nanosensors employed for monitoring agricultural ecosystems and also trying to highlight the factor affecting their implementation from proof-of-concept to the commercialization stage.
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- Pankaj Sharma
- Department of Microbiology, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana 125004 India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067 India
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- Department of Agriculture and Life Industry, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Gangwon-do 24341 Republic of Korea
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- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067 India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067 India
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- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067 India
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- Wolaita Sodo University, P.O. Box: 138, Wolaita, Ethiopia
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Guo S, Li Z, Du S, Zhao C, Wang M, Su X, Wu S. Thermodynamic analysis and molecular dynamic simulation of solid-liquid phase equilibrium of imazapyr in twelve pure organic solvents. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.115631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Singh H, Sharma A, Bhardwaj SK, Arya SK, Bhardwaj N, Khatri M. Recent advances in the applications of nano-agrochemicals for sustainable agricultural development. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. PROCESSES & IMPACTS 2021; 23:213-239. [PMID: 33447834 DOI: 10.1039/d0em00404a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Modern agricultural practices have triggered the process of agricultural pollution. This process can cause the degradation of eco-systems, land, and environment owing to the modern-day by-products of agriculture. The substantial use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and, contaminated water for irrigation cause further damage to agriculture. The current scenario of the agriculture and food sector has therefore become unsustainable. Nanotechnology has provided innovative and resourceful frontiers to the agriculture sector by contributing practical applications in conventional agricultural ways and practices. There is a large possibility that agri-nanotechnology can have a significant impact on the sustainable agriculture and crop growth. Recent research has shown the potential of nanotechnology in improving the agriculture sector by enhancing the efficiency of agricultural inputs and providing solutions to agricultural problems for improving food productivity and security. The prospective use of nanoscale agrochemicals such as nanofertilizers, nanopesticides, nanosensors, and nanoformulations in agriculture has transformed traditional agro-practices, making them more sustainable and efficient. However, the application of these nano-products in real field situations raises concern about nanomaterial safety, exposure levels, and toxicological repercussions to the environment and human health. The present review gives an insight into recent advancements in nanotechnology-based agrochemicals that have revolutionized the agriculture sector. Further, the implementation barriers related to the nanomaterial use in agriculture, their commercialization potential, and the need for policy regulations to assess possible nano-agricultural risks are also discussed.
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- Harpreet Singh
- Department of Biotechnology, University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.
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- Department of Biotechnology, University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.
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- Amesys India, Cross Road No. 4, Near Geeta Gopal Bhawan, Ambala Cantt-133001, Haryana, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.
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- Department of Biotechnology, University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.
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- Department of Biotechnology, University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.
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Paramo LA, Feregrino-Pérez AA, Guevara R, Mendoza S, Esquivel K. Nanoparticles in Agroindustry: Applications, Toxicity, Challenges, and Trends. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 10:E1654. [PMID: 32842495 PMCID: PMC7558820 DOI: 10.3390/nano10091654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2020] [Revised: 08/21/2020] [Accepted: 08/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Nanotechnology is a tool that in the last decade has demonstrated multiple applications in several sectors, including agroindustry. There has been an advance in the development of nanoparticulated systems to be used as fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, sensors, and quality stimulants, among other applications. The nanoencapsulation process not only protects the active ingredient but also can affect the diffusion, interaction, and activity. It is important to evaluate the negative aspects of the use of nanoparticles (NPs) in agriculture. Given the high impact of the nanoparticulated systems in the agro-industrial field, this review aims to address the effects of various nanomaterials on the morphology, metabolomics, and genetic modification of several crops.
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- Luis A. Paramo
- Graduate and Research Division, Engineering Faculty, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Cerro de las campanas, C.P. 76010, Santiago de Querétaro, Qro., Mexico; (L.A.P.); (A.A.F.-P.); (R.G.)
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- Graduate and Research Division, Engineering Faculty, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Cerro de las campanas, C.P. 76010, Santiago de Querétaro, Qro., Mexico; (L.A.P.); (A.A.F.-P.); (R.G.)
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- Graduate and Research Division, Engineering Faculty, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Cerro de las campanas, C.P. 76010, Santiago de Querétaro, Qro., Mexico; (L.A.P.); (A.A.F.-P.); (R.G.)
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- Programa de Posgrado en Alimentos del Centro de la República (PROPAC), Research and Graduate Studies in Food Science, Chemistry Faculty, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Cerro de las Campanas, C.P. 76010, Santiago de Querétaro, Qro., Mexico;
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- Graduate and Research Division, Engineering Faculty, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Cerro de las campanas, C.P. 76010, Santiago de Querétaro, Qro., Mexico; (L.A.P.); (A.A.F.-P.); (R.G.)
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