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. 2022 Jun 2;23(11):6253. doi: 10.3390/ijms23116253

Table 2.

Effects of two-dimensional graphene-based nanomaterials on harmful insects.

GBNs Insect Dose of GBNs Effects Refs.
GRQDs−cysteine protease from seeds of Albizia procera Tribolium castaneum,
Rhyzopertha dominica
7 mg/g ↓ number of eggs and larvae
↑ larval mortality
↓ adult eclosion
[170]
GO Ostrinia furnacalis 500, 1000, 2000 μg/g ↑ larval and pupal weights
↑ pupation rate
↓ larval development time
↑ cholesterol, lipids, and triacylglycerides
↑ trypsin-like serine protease, glutathione S-transferase, heat shock protein, and glycosyl-transferase
[164]
GO-cyhalothrin
GO-bifenthrin
GO-fenpropathrin
Tetranychus urticae Koch 37.5–300 μg/mL
31.25–250 μg/mL
↑ activity of pesticides (based on IC50 values) temperature-responsive release [176]
GO Bombyx mori ovary cell line
larvae
>25 mg/L
25 mg/L
↑ oxidative stress, ROS, DNA damage
↓ gonadosomatic index
↑ oxidation levels and antioxidant enzyme activity ovary tissues
↓ number of oogonia and oocytes in ovarian tissues
↓ amount of spawning
[168]
GO Spodoptera frugiperda 1000 μg/g of diet d.m. ↓ fecundity and fertility
↓ efficiency of food conversion into biomass
↓ maximal approximate digestibility
[169]
GO+β-cyfluthrin
GO+monosultap
GO+imidacloprid
Ostrinia furnacalis 12.5–100 μg/mL

62.5–500 μg/mL
125–1000 μg/mL
↑ mortality
synergistic effect on insecticidal activity
↑ dehydratation of the insect
shrinking of the cuticle and damage to cement layer structure
[177]