“…Moreover, chitosan-based NPs (Ch-NPs) showed effective antifungal activity and restrict growth reported by many research workers in the last decade. For example, Ch-NPs against Alternaria alternata, Macrophomina phaseolina , Rhizoctonia solani [ 102 ] , Pyricularia grisea, Alternaria solani , Fusarium oxysporum [ 102 , 103 ] , Pyricularia grisea, Copper–chitosan NPs against Fusarium solani [ 104 ], Cu-chitosan NPs- against R. solani and Sclerotium rolfsii [ 105 ], chitosan-saponin NPs [ 102 ], oleoyl-chitosan NPs against Verticillium dahaliae [ 106 ], salicylic acid-loaded chitosan NPs against Fusarium verticillioides [ 107 ], Ag-chitosan NPs against R. solani, Aspergillus flavus and A. alterneta [ 108 ], silica-chitosan NPs against Phomopsis asparagi [ 109 ] chitosan-pepper tree ( Schinus molle ) essential oil (CS-EO) NPs against Aspergillus parasiticus [ 110 ], chitosan boehmite alumina nanocomposites films and thyme oil against Monilinia laxa [ 111 ] fungicide zineb (Zb) and chitosan-Ag NPs against Neoscytalidium dimidiatum [ 112 ], chitosan-Thyme-oregano, thyme-tea tree and thyme-peppermint EO mixtures against Aspergillus niger, A. flavus, A. parasiticus , and Penicillium chrysogenum, [ 113 ], chitosan-thymol NPs against Botrytis cinerea [ 39 ], chitosan- Cymbopogon martinii essential oil against Fusarium graminearum [ 114 ].…”