Fungal diseases cause up to 40% loss in sugarcane crop production every year. The overuse of fungicides has led to environmental health issues, and the lack of diversity in the modes of action of currently registered fungicides makes crops vulnerable to fungicide...
Sugarcane is Australia?s second largest export crop and generates an annual revenue over $4 billion. A perennial crop grown along the eastern coast of Queensland and in northeast New South Wales, sugarcane cultivation is impacted by biotic and abiotic stresses. The...
Carbon nanodots (C-dots) are carbogenic nanoparticles that are typically smaller than 10 nm, water dispersible, UV absorbing, highly fluorescent and biocompatible. C-dots have been identified as a potential nutraceutical material for sugarcane farming. Two types of...
