ECO-FRIENDLY CONTROL OF RED PALM WEEVIL USING GREEN SYNTHESIZED SILVER NANOPARTICLES OF CHLOROPHYLL DERIVATIVES
ECO-FRIENDLY CONTROL OF RED PALM WEEVIL USING GREEN SYNTHESIZED SILVER NANOPARTICLES OF CHLOROPHYLL DERIVATIVES
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US 11,805,781B1
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الصحة - Health
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2023
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مكتب البراءات الأمريكي - US Patent Office
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Basem Mohamed Abdallah Abdelsalam, Al-Ahsa (SA); Enas Ali Abdelkader, Al-Ahsa (SA); Salaheldin Abdelraouf, Al-Ahsa (SA).
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Silver nanoparticles made by a green synthesis method using silver nitrate and a chlorophyll derivative, such as a chlorophyllin, are provided. The thus produced silver nanoparticles can have a crystalline structure and an average particle size ranging from about 10 nm to about 40 nm. The disclosed silver nanoparticles may be useful in treating, preventing, and/or reducing insect infestation of a variety of plants, particularly date palms.