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Chitosan Effects on Plant Systems

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Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, 20126 Milano, Italy
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Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Ambiente e del Territorio e di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 1, 20126 Milano, Italy
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Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2016, 17(7), 996; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms17070996
Received: 4 May 2016 / Revised: 1 June 2016 / Accepted: 20 June 2016 / Published: 23 June 2016
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Frontiers of Marine Biomaterials)
Chitosan (CHT) is a natural, safe, and cheap product of chitin deacetylation, widely used by several industries because of its interesting features. The availability of industrial quantities of CHT in the late 1980s enabled it to be tested in agriculture. CHT has been proven to stimulate plant growth, to protect the safety of edible products, and to induce abiotic and biotic stress tolerance in various horticultural commodities. The stimulating effect of different enzyme activities to detoxify reactive oxygen species suggests the involvement of hydrogen peroxide and nitric oxide in CHT signaling. CHT could also interact with chromatin and directly affect gene expression. Recent innovative uses of CHT include synthesis of CHT nanoparticles as a valuable delivery system for fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides, and micronutrients for crop growth promotion by a balanced and sustained nutrition. In addition, CHT nanoparticles can safely deliver genetic material for plant transformation. This review presents an overview on the status of the use of CHT in plant systems. Attention was given to the research that suggested the use of CHT for sustainable crop productivity. View Full-Text
Keywords: chitosan; defense responses; fertilizers; herbicides; micronutrients; nanoparticles; pesticides chitosan; defense responses; fertilizers; herbicides; micronutrients; nanoparticles; pesticides
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Malerba, M.; Cerana, R. Chitosan Effects on Plant Systems. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2016, 17, 996. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms17070996

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Malerba M, Cerana R. Chitosan Effects on Plant Systems. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2016; 17(7):996. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms17070996

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Malerba, Massimo, and Raffaella Cerana. 2016. "Chitosan Effects on Plant Systems" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 17, no. 7: 996. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms17070996

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