A novel bio-engineering approach to generate an eminent surface-functionalized template for selective detection of female sex pheromone of Helicoverpa armigera

Moitra, Parikshit and Bhagat, Deepa and Pratap, Rudra and Bhattacharya, Santanu (2016) A novel bio-engineering approach to generate an eminent surface-functionalized template for selective detection of female sex pheromone of Helicoverpa armigera. In: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 6 .

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Abstract

Plant pests exert serious effects on food production due to which the global crop yields are reduced by similar to 20-40 percent per year. Hence to meet the world's food needs, loses of food due to crop pests must be reduced. Herein the silicon dioxide based MEMS devices are covalently functionalized for robust and efficient optical sensing of the female sex pheromones of the pests like Helicoverpa armigera for the first time in literature. The functionalized devices are also capable of selectively measuring the concentration of this pheromone at femtogram level which is much below the concentration of pheromone at the time of pest infestation in an agricultural field. Experiments are also performed in a confined region in the presence of male and female pests and tomato plants which directly mimics the real environmental conditions. Again the reversible use and absolutely trouble free transportation of these pheromone nanosensors heightens their potentials for commercial use. Overall, a novel and unique approach for the selective and reversible sensing of female sex pheromones of certain hazardous pests is reported herein which may be efficiently and economically carried forward from the research laboratory to the agricultural field.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Additional Information:	Copy right for this article belongs to the NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, MACMILLAN BUILDING, 4 CRINAN ST, LONDON N1 9XW, ENGLAND
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Organic Chemistry Division of Interdisciplinary Sciences > Centre for Nano Science and Engineering
Date Deposited:	04 Jan 2017 04:48
Last Modified:	04 Jan 2017 04:48
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/55706

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