Facile Construction of Eco-friendly Chitosan-Based Supramolecular Hydrogels as Pesticide Delivery Systems for Plant Growth Regulation and Antifungal Applications.

ABSTRACT: Pesticides are of great significance in ensuring food yield. However, the extensive use of pesticides has led to severe environmental pollution and significant economic losses. Chitosan-based pesticide delivery systems potentially present a favorable approach to enhance pesticide using efficiency. Herein, we disclose a facile strategy to construct chitosan-based supramolecular hydrogels (LP@CTAB-QCS) from eco-friendly quaternary ammonium chitosan, cost-effective quaternary ammonium surfactant cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), and laponite (LP) clay via synergistic electrostatic and multiple hydrogen bond interactions. These hydrogels could efficiently encapsulate pesticides like naphthalene acetic acid and gibberellin, achieving a loading efficiency of 4.77% and a sustained release ra

SUBMITTER: Zhang YH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12409576 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature