Plastic pollution in agricultural landscapes: an overlooked threat to pollination, biocontrol and food security

Ecosystem services such as pollination and biocontrol may be severely affected by emerging nano/micro-plastics (NMP) pollution. Here, we synthesize the little-known effects of NMP on pollinators and biocontrol agents on the organismal, farm and landscape scale. Ingested NMP trigger organismal change...

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Published in:Nature communications 2024-09, Vol.15 (1), p.8413-9, Article 8413
Main Authors: Sheng, Dong, Jing, Siyuan, He, Xueqing, Klein, Alexandra-Maria, Köhler, Heinz-R., Wanger, Thomas C.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Agricultural ecosystems
Agricultural land
Agricultural pollution
Agriculture - methods
Animals
Bees
Bioaccumulation
Biological control
Biological Control Agents
Climate change
Crops, Agricultural
Ecosystem
Ecosystem services
Engineering
Environmental Pollution
Farms
Food Security
Foraging behavior
Gene expression
Humanities and Social Sciences
Microplastics
multidisciplinary
Pathogens
Pest control
Plant reproduction
Plastic debris
Plastic pollution
Plastics
Pollination
Pollinators
Pollutants
Pollution
Review
Review Article
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Synergistic effect
Synthesis
Systematic review
Threat evaluation
Threats
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Summary:Ecosystem services such as pollination and biocontrol may be severely affected by emerging nano/micro-plastics (NMP) pollution. Here, we synthesize the little-known effects of NMP on pollinators and biocontrol agents on the organismal, farm and landscape scale. Ingested NMP trigger organismal changes from gene expression, organ damage to behavior modifications. At the farm and landscape level, NMP will likely amplify synergistic effects with other threats such as pathogens, and may alter floral resource distributions in high NMP concentration areas. Understanding exposure pathways of NMP on pollinators and biocontrol agents is critical to evaluate future risks for agricultural ecosystems and food security. Ecosystem services such as pollination and biocontrol are affected by increasing plastic pollution with potential implications for food security. Here the authors synthesize the little known effects of nano- and microplastics on pollinators and biocontrol agents at the organismal, farm and landscape scale.
ISSN:2041-1723
2041-1723
DOI:10.1038/s41467-024-52734-3