Patent given on anti-fungal properties of nanoparticles
Solan, January 14
The Union Government has granted a patent on ‘anti-fungal properties of nanoparticles’ to a four-member multi-institution team of scientists, including one from Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni.
Monica Sharma, an associate professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at the College of Horticulture and Forestry at Neri in Hamirpur, is one of the inventors along with scientists of Amity University and the Innovative Science Research Society, Shimla.
“Nanoparticles have the potential to be used as new antimycotic agents and hence could be used as an alternative to synthetic fungicide for the management of diseases in crops. They have high reactivity for their target sites and hence affect the growth and activity of fungal pathogens even at very low concentrations,” she said.
Monica has been working in the field of anti-fungal properties of nanoparticles for six years and has published research papers in journals of international repute with high impact factors.
