Asian Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology & Environmental Sciences Paper

Vol 23, Issue 2, 2021; Page No.(140-148)

NANOENCAPSULATION TO CONTROL HERBICIDE RESIDUES AND RESISTANCES: A REVIEW

GAYATRI KUMARI, SONTARA KALITA, ZAKIR HUSSAIN, NIKUNJA CHANDRA DEKA AND B.R. MEENA

Abstract

Weeds have the ability to interfere in the life cycle as well as the management practices involved with the crop plants. Their rigidity in adapting to any climate and soil condition has made them nearly impossible to eradicate from crop lands. Integrated weed management is considered the best option to limit their population, but when it comes to managing them at a large scale, herbicides are considered as the easiest method of weed management. But there are negative of herbicides even when their formulations or rotations are used to control weeds, of which their persistence is one. Their overuse has also made the weeds familiar to these chemicals, evolving out resistance in weeds. The use of nanotechnology in the field of agriculture has been developing. Weed management through the use of Nano encapsulated herbicide formulations can be a solution to the problem of weed menace. The article is a review of the potentiality of the nano-formulations in weed control.