Philip T. Reeves's research while affiliated with Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority and other places

... The concern of the scientific community regarding its impact on biota has grown along with the technology's rapid growth [1][2][3]. Given that manufactured nanomaterials (MNMs) or engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) play a significant role in this rapidly emerging science, the remarkable physicochemical properties of manufactured nanoscale materials (ENMs) are studied in precision agriculture to (i) increase nutritional quality and crop productivity [4], (ii) apply the controlled release and targeted delivery of agrochemicals [5,6], (iii) protect crops against pathogens [7,8], (iv) enhance resilience to environmental stress [9,10], and (v) monitor soil quality and detect stressors using sensitive nanosensors [11,12]. In addition to their benefits to the targeted crop, it is also possible to significantly reduce unwarranted exposure to nontargeted organisms and leaching into environmental waters. ...

... Moreover, the use of nanopesticides for pest management has emerged due to the increasing popularity of research in nanotechnology for agricultural applications [13][14][15][16]. Nanopesticides contain either tiny particles of pesticidal active ingredients or nanoscale materials with beneficial pesticidal properties [17,18]. Nanomaterials show valuable properties such as permeability, thermal stability, solubility, and biodegradability, which are required in formulating nanopesticides [19]. ...