When the plant becomes the material: rethinking nanoherbicide design through plant-informed nanodesign
Nature Reviews Methods Primers
09 April 2026
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43586-026-00483-6
Authors:
Estefânia Vangelie Ramos Campos, Ana Cristina Preisler, Brian Cintra Cardoso, Jhones Luiz de Oliveira e Leonardo Fernandes Fraceto
Abstract:
Current nanoherbicide development is largely guided by a material-first design logic that overlooks the biological complexity determining nanoparticle transport, transformation and target-site access in plants. We propose plant-informed nanodesign; a biology-driven framework that integrates plant physiology into rational nanocarrier engineering, advancing the field from empirical screening towards predictive science.
