Polymer in Agriculture: a Review

By F. Puoci, F. Iemma, U. G. Spizzirri, G. Cirillo, M. Curcio, N. Picci. 2008

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In agricultural field, polymers are widely used for many applications. Although they were used, in the first time, just as structural materials (inhert polymers), in the last decades functionalized polymers revolutionized the agricultural and food industry with new tools for several applications. Smart polymeric materials and smart delivery systems helped the agricultural industry to combat viruses and other crop pathogens, functionalized polymers were used to increase the efficiency of pesticides and herbicides, allowing lower doses to be used and to indirectly protect the environment through filters or catalysts to reduce pollution and clean-up existing pollutants. This report will review the key aspects of used polymers in agricultural area, highlighting current research in this field and the future impacts they may have.

Subfields: Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering, Pollution

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• Perspectives for nano-biotechnology enabled protection and nutrition of plants. (2011, unknown): “Awidevariety ofmaterials areused to make NPs, such as metal oxides, ceramics, silicates, magnetic materials, semiconductor quantum dots (QDs),lipids, polymers, dendrimers and emulsions (Niemeyer and Doz, 2001; Oskam, 2006; Puoci et al., 2008).”
• Synthesis and swelling properties of pH-sensitive semi-IPN superabsorbent hydrogels based on sodium alginate-g-poly(sodium acrylate) and polyvinylpyrrolidone (2010, background): “Because of the unique properties superior to conventional absorbents, SAHs have found potential application in many fields such as agriculture (Karadağ, Saraydin, Çaldiran, & Güven, 2000; Liu, Liang, Zhan, Liu, & Niu, 2006; Puoci et al., 2008), hygiene products (Kosemund et al.”
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