Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, 8600, Silkeborg, Denmark.
Department of Environmental Engineering, São Paulo State University, Sorocaba, 18087-180, Brazil.
J Nanobiotechnology. 2022 Jan 4;20(1):13. doi: 10.1186/s12951-021-01216-5.
Nature contains many examples of "fake promises" to attract "prey", e.g., predatory spiders that emit the same sex-attractant-signals as moths to catch them at close range and male spiders that make empty silk-wrapped gifts in order to mate with a female. Nano-pesticides should ideally mimic nature by luring a target and killing it without harming other organisms/species. Here, we present such an approach, called the lunch-box or deadly-goodies approach. The lunch-box consists of three main elements (1) the lure (semio-chemicals anchored on the box), (2) the box (palatable nano-carrier), and (3) the kill (advanced targeted pesticide). To implement this approach, one needs to draw on the vast amount of chemical ecological knowledge available, combine this with recent nanomaterial techniques, and use novel advanced pesticides. Precision nano-pesticides can increase crop protection and food production whilst lowering environmental impacts.
自然界有许多“虚假承诺”的例子，旨在吸引“猎物”，例如，掠食性蜘蛛会发出与飞蛾相同的性引诱信号，以便在近距离捕捉它们，而雄性蜘蛛则会制作空的丝质包裹礼物，以与雌性蜘蛛交配。纳米杀虫剂的理想情况是通过引诱目标并杀死它而不会伤害其他生物/物种来模仿自然。在这里，我们提出了一种这样的方法，称为午餐盒或致命礼物方法。午餐盒由三个主要元素组成：（1）诱饵（固定在盒子上的半化学物质），（2）盒子（美味的纳米载体）和（3）杀伤（先进的靶向杀虫剂）。要实施这种方法，需要利用现有的大量化学生态学知识，将其与最近的纳米材料技术相结合，并使用新型先进的杀虫剂。精密纳米杀虫剂可以在降低环境影响的同时提高作物保护和粮食产量。
