Silica nanoparticles boost plant resistance against pathogens

• 作者: Lili Xia Hui Huang Wei Feng Yu Chen
• 来源期刊: 科学通报（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2021,（12）
• 所属期刊栏目: NEWS & VIEWS
• 页码范围: 1151-1153
• 页数: 3页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

The global population is projected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050,companying with increasing food demand and rising bioenergy consumption,thus the global biomass production is expected to increase by up to 60％ relative to the level in 2005 [1,2].In sharp contrast,the acreage of agricultural land has been stagnant and even shrunk for a long time.Any expansion will happen mostly at the expense of habitat loss and threaten biological diversity.Ironically,a staggering amount of resources,containing million tons of fertilizers and pesticides,has been extensively utilized in agriculture with undesirable inefficiency [3].Global agriculture is facing numerous and unprecedented challenges [4].