Exogenous application of chemicals for protecting plants against ambient ozone pollution: What should come next?
2021
Saitanis, Costas J. | Agathokleous, Evgenios
Elevated ground-level ozone (O₃) pollution can adversely affect plants and inhibit plant growth and productivity, threatening food security and ecological health. It is therefore essential to develop measures to protect plants against O₃-induced adverse effects. Here we summarize the current status of phytoprotection against O₃-induced adverse effects and consider recent scientific and engineering advances, to provide a novel perspective for maximizing plant health while reducing environmental/ecological risks in an O₃-polluted world. We suggest that nanoscience and nanotechnology can provide a new dimension in the protection of plants against O₃-induced adverse effects, and recommend that new studies are based upon a green chemistry perspective.
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