Towards Sustainable Green Adjuvants for Microbial Pesticides: Recent Progress, Upcoming Challenges, and Future Perspectives

Microbial pesticides can be significantly improved by adjuvants. At present, microbial pesticide formulations are mainly wettable powders and suspension concentrations, which are usually produced with adjuvants such as surfactants, carriers, protective agents, and nutritional adjuvants. Surfactants...

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Published in:Microorganisms (Basel) 2023-01, Vol.11 (2), p.364
Main Authors: Lin, Fuyong, Mao, Yufei, Zhao, Fan, Idris, Aisha Lawan, Liu, Qingqing, Zou, Shuangli, Guan, Xiong, Huang, Tianpei
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Active control
Adjuvants
Adsorption
Agricultural production
Agriculture
Bacteria
Biocompatibility
Biodegradable materials
carrier
Chemical pest control
Ecological effects
Environmental aspects
Environmental impact
Fungi
Green products
Humidity
Ingredients
Insecticides
Materials
Microorganisms
Nontarget organisms
Nutrients
nutritional adjuvants
Permeability
Pesticides
protective agent
R&D
Research & development
Review
surfactant
Surfactants
Toxicity
Wettability
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Summary:Microbial pesticides can be significantly improved by adjuvants. At present, microbial pesticide formulations are mainly wettable powders and suspension concentrations, which are usually produced with adjuvants such as surfactants, carriers, protective agents, and nutritional adjuvants. Surfactants can improve the tension between liquid pesticides and crop surfaces, resulting in stronger permeability and wettability of the formulations. Carriers are inert components of loaded or diluted pesticides, which can control the release of active components at appropriate times. Protective agents are able to help microorganisms to resist in adverse environments. Nutritional adjuvants are used to provide nutrients for microorganisms in microbial pesticides. Most of the adjuvants used in microbial pesticides still refer to those of chemical pesticides. However, some adjuvants may have harmful effects on non-target organisms and ecological environments. Herein, in order to promote research and improvement of microbial pesticides, the types of microbial pesticide formulations were briefly reviewed, and research progress of adjuvants and their applications in microbial pesticides were highlighted, the challenges and the future perspectives towards sustainable green adjuvants of microbial pesticides were also discussed in this review.
ISSN:2076-2607
2076-2607
DOI:10.3390/microorganisms11020364