Interaction between a nano-formulation of atrazine and rhizosphere bacterial communities: atrazine degradation and bacterial community alterations
Yujia Zhai, Fazel Abdolahpur Monikh, Juan Wu, Renato Grillo, Daniel Arenas-Lago, Gopala Krishna Darbha, Martina G. Vijver, Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg
Abstract
Nanotechnology can potentially revolutionize the agricultural industry by offering nano-formulations of pesticides, the so-called nano-pesticides, but the adverse effects of nano-pesticides must be known in non-target organisms.
Topics & Concepts
AtrazinePesticideNano-RhizosphereEnvironmental chemistryDegradation (telecommunications)AgricultureChemistryEnvironmental scienceAgronomyBiologyBacteriaEcologyChemical engineeringComputer scienceEngineeringTelecommunicationsGeneticsPesticide and Herbicide Environmental StudiesPharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental ImpactsNanoparticles: synthesis and applications