Sustainable crop protection approaches are crucial to feeding an exponentially increasing global population. Seed wraps developed from banana harvest biomass and loaded with an ultra-low volume of a pesticide resulted in a substantial increase in the yield and quality of yam crops in field trials in Benin.
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This is a summary of: Pirzada, T. et al. Plant-biomass-based hybrid seed wraps mitigate yield and post-harvest losses among smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. Nat. Food https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-023-00695-z (2023).
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Banana-paper seed wrap increases yam crop yield and quality in Africa. Nat Food 4, 142–143 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-023-00718-9
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