Recent Advances of Chitosan Applications in Plants

In recent years, the search for biological methods to avoid the application of chemical products in agriculture has led to investigating the use of biopolymers-based materials. Among the tested biomaterials, the best results were obtained from those based on the biopolymer chitosan (CHT). CHT, available in large quantities from the deacetylation of chitin, has multiple advantages: it is safe, inexpensive and can be easily associated with other compounds to achieve better performance. In this review, we have summarized the latest researches of the application of CHT on plant productivity, plant protection against the attack of pathogens and extension of the commercial life of detached fruits.

• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Polymers

• Publication date

  2018-01-26

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Biology, Materials Science, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.3390/polym10020118PMID 30966154PMCID 6414918
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