Hubei Key Laboratory of Insect Resources Utilization and Sustainable Pest Management, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070 Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China.
CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 666316 Menglun, China.
Environ Sci Technol. 2023 Apr 25;57(16):6415-6424. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.2c07733. Epub 2023 Apr 17.
Microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs) contamination is an emerging environmental and public health concern, and these particles have been reported both in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Recent studies have expanded our understanding of the adverse effects of MNPs pollution on human, terrestrial, and aquatic animals, insects, and plants. In this perspective, we describe the adverse effects of MNPs particles on pollinator and plant health and discuss the mechanisms by which MNPs disrupt the pollination process. We discuss the evidence and integrate transcriptome studies to investigate the negative effects of MNPs on the molecular biology of pollination, which may cause delay or inhibit the pollination services. We conclude by addressing challenges to plant-pollinator health from MNPs pollution and argue that such harmful effects disrupt the communication between plant and pollinator for a successful pollination process.
微塑料和纳米塑料（MNPs）污染是一个新出现的环境和公共卫生问题，这些颗粒已在水生和陆地生态系统中被报道。最近的研究加深了我们对 MNPs 污染对人类、陆地和水生动物、昆虫和植物的不良影响的认识。在这篇观点文章中，我们描述了 MNPs 颗粒对传粉者和植物健康的不良影响，并讨论了 MNPs 扰乱传粉过程的机制。我们讨论了证据，并整合了转录组研究，以调查 MNPs 对传粉分子生物学的负面影响，这可能导致传粉服务的延迟或抑制。最后，我们讨论了 MNPs 污染对植物-传粉者健康的挑战，并认为这些有害影响破坏了植物和传粉者之间成功传粉过程的交流。
