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Chariou PL, Dogan AB, Welsh AG, Saidel GM, Baskaran H, Steinmetz NF. Soil mobility of synthetic and virus-based model nanopesticides. Nat Nanotechnol 2019; 14:712-718. [PMID: 31110265 PMCID: PMC6988359 DOI: 10.1038/s41565-019-0453-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2018] [Accepted: 04/08/2019] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
Abstract
Large doses of chemical pesticides are required to achieve effective concentrations in the rhizosphere, which results in the accumulation of harmful residues. Precision farming is needed to improve the efficacy of pesticides, but also to avoid environmental pollution, and slow-release formulations based on nanoparticles offer one solution. Here, we tested the mobility of synthetic and virus-based model nanopesticides by combining soil column experiments with computational modelling. We found that the tobacco mild green mosaic virus and cowpea mosaic virus penetrate soil to a depth of at least 30 cm, and could therefore deliver nematicides to the rhizosphere, whereas the Physalis mosaic virus remains in the first 4 cm of soil and would be more useful for the delivery of herbicides. Our experiments confirm that plant viruses are superior to synthetic mesoporous silica nanoparticles and poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) for the delivery and controlled release of pesticides, and could be developed as the next generation of pesticide delivery systems.
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Affiliation(s)
- Paul L Chariou
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
| | - Alan B Dogan
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
| | - Alexandra G Welsh
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
| | - Gerald M Saidel
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
| | - Harihara Baskaran
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
| | - Nicole F Steinmetz
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
- Department of NanoEngineering, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
- Moores Cancer Center, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
- Department of Radiology, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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