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DESCRIPTION:A 4'Oclock Forum seminar by Leonardo Fernandes Fraceto\, Profes
 sor\, Institute of Science & Technology of São Paulo State University. Eve
 ryone is welcome to attend.\n\nPesticides are widely used to enhance agric
 ulture yields\, although the fraction of the pesticides applied in the fie
 ld that reach the targets is less than 1%. Such indiscriminate use of chem
 ical pesticides is disadvantageous due to cost implications and increasing
  human health and environmental concerns. In recent years\, the use of nan
 otechnology to create novel formulations has shown great potential for red
 ucing the indiscriminate use of pesticides and providing environmentally s
 afer alternatives. This seminar will present some of the developments in n
 ano(bio)pesticides as carrier systems for active ingredients and their pot
 ential to be used in sustainable agriculture\, highlighting the challenges
  that need to be overcome in order to contribute to crop protection and in
 crease food security.\n\nABOUT THE SPEAKER\n\nProfessor Fernandes Fraceto\
 , received his PhD in Functional and Molecular Biology from the State Univ
 ersity of Campinas (2003). He is an Associate Professor at the Institute o
 f Science and Technology of São Paulo State University (UNESP)\, Campus So
 rocaba and conducts materials science research\, with an emphasis on healt
 h and environmental nanotechnology and applications of nanotechnology in a
 griculture. Prof. Fraceto has published about 200 papers in international 
 peer-reviewed journals and is an Associate Editor of Scientific Reports [N
 ature]\, PLOS one\, Journal of Nanobiotechnology [Springer-Nature]\, and s
 everal others. He holds 11 patents and has licensed one to an agri-sector 
 company.\n
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LOCATION:R3-048\, Raymond Building\, CA\, QC\, St Anne de Bellevue\, H9X 3V
 9\, 21111 Lakeshore Road
SUMMARY:4 O'Clock Forum: Can micro and nanoencapsulation contribute to pest
  control in agriculture?
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