Plant diseases, though a normal part of nature, can have disastrous effects in agriculture. They reduce food for people and revenues in rural areas. In the worst cases they result in hunger and starvation, as many famines in history show. About 16 percent of all crops are lost to plant diseases each year across the world.
Click here for original story, Biobased nanocarriers to cure plant diseases for the first time
Source: Phys.org