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Abstract

Agriculture plays a fundamental role in ensuring global food security, yet plant diseases remain a significant threat to crop production. Traditional methods to manage plant diseases have been extensively used, but they face significant drawbacks, such as environmental pollution, health risks and pathogen resistance. Similarly, biopesticides are eco-friendly, but are limited by their specificity and stability issues. This has led to the exploration of novel biotechnological approaches, such as the development of synthetic proteins, which aim to mitigate these drawbacks by offering more targeted and sustainable solutions. Similarly, recent advances in genome editing techniques—such as meganucleases (MegNs), zinc finger nucleases (ZFNs), transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs) and clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)—are precise approaches in disease management, but are limited by technical challenges and regulatory concerns. In this realm, nanotechnology has emerged as a promising frontier that offers novel solutions for plant disease management. This review examines the role of nanoparticles (NPs), including organic NPs, inorganic NPs, polymeric NPs and carbon NPs, in enhancing disease resistance and improving pesticide delivery, and gives an overview of the current state of nanotechnology in managing plant diseases, including its advantages, practical applications and obstacles that must be overcome to fully harness its potential. By understanding these aspects, we can better appreciate the transformative impact of nanotechnology on modern agriculture and can develop sustainable and effective strategies to mitigate plant diseases, ensuring enhanced agricultural productivity.

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Title
Traditional Strategies and Cutting-Edge Technologies Used for Plant Disease Management: A Comprehensive Overview
Author
Akhtar, Hira 1 ; Usman, Muhammad 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Rana Binyamin 1 ; Akhtar Hameed 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Arshad, Sarmad Frogh 2 ; Hafiz Muhammad Usman Aslam 3 ; Imran Ahmad Khan 4   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Abbas, Manzar 5   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Zaki, Haitham E M 6   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Ondrasek, Gabrijel 7   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Muhammad Shafiq Shahid 8   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Institute of Plant Protection, MNS University of Agriculture, Multan 66000, Pakistan; [email protected] (H.A.); [email protected] (R.B.); [email protected] (A.H.); [email protected] (H.M.U.A.) 
 Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, MNS University of Agriculture, Multan 66000, Pakistan; [email protected] (M.U.); [email protected] (S.F.A.) 
 Institute of Plant Protection, MNS University of Agriculture, Multan 66000, Pakistan; [email protected] (H.A.); [email protected] (R.B.); [email protected] (A.H.); [email protected] (H.M.U.A.); Department of Plant Pathology, San Luis Valley Research Center, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA 
 Department of Pharmacy, MNS University of Agriculture, Multan 66000, Pakistan; [email protected] 
 Inner Mongolia Saikexing Institute of Breeding and Reproductive Biotechnology in Domestic Animal, Hohhot 011517, China; [email protected] 
 Horticulture Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Minia University, El-Minia 61517, Egypt; [email protected]; Applied Biotechnology Department, University of Technology and Applied Sciences-Sur, Sur 411, Oman 
 Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Svetošimunska Cesta 25, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia 
 Department of Plant Sciences, College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Al-Khoud, Muscat 123, Oman; [email protected] 
First page
2175
Publication year
2024
Publication date
2024
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
20734395
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3110306895
Copyright
© 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.