The Nanotechnology Driven Agriculture

ISBN-13: 9781032453217 / Twarda / 2024 / 392 str.

Opis

The book focuses on the application of nanotechnology for enhancing crop production through the application of nanofertilizers or nanocomposites.

Spis treści

Chapter 1

Recent developments and applications of nanocomposites in agriculture: Properties, benefits, and prospects

Chapter 2

Synthesis of Nano fertilizers and Nano pesticides: Current Understanding and Future prospects

Chapter 3

Applications of nanotechnology in abiotic stress management and biofortification

Chapter 4

Prospects of nanotechnology for abiotic and biotic stresses amelioration in field crops

Chapter 5

Nanoparticles in Soil-Water-Plant Inference

Chapter 6

Nanopriming: A Comprehensive Perspective for Regulating Seed Germination of Crops under Stress Condition

Chapter 7

Perspectives of nanoparticles as priming agents for amelioration of abiotic stresses in crops

Chapter 8

Effective use of nanomaterials to maintain soil fertility and reduce heavy metal toxicity in soil

Chapter 9

Alleviation of heavy metal stress through the use of nanotechnology

Chapter 10

Green synthesis of nanoparticles: Applications and feasibility over chemical synthesis procedures

Chapter 11

Application of nanotechnology in rice

Chapter 12

Prospects and challenges of nano-films based edible food coatings for enhancement of their shelf-life

Chapter 13

Nano-films for enhancing the shelf-life of harvested products

Chapter 14

Exploiting the bioprospecting potential of nanoparticles with microorganisms

Chapter 15

Applications of nanoparticles as anti-microbial agents

Chapter 16

Nanotechnology: An exciting perspective for nematode management

Chapter 17

Agricultural applications of nanobiosensors in disease diagnosis and food toxicity analysis

O autorze

Swarnendu Roy, PhD is presently working as an Assistant Professor at the University of North Bengal, Siliguri, India. He has more than 13 years of teaching experience. He has published more than 40 articles in reputed journals with high-impact factors, such as Water Research, Scientific Reports and many others. He has recently edited 2 books published by Springer and has also published several book chapters in edited volumes to date. Presently, he is actively engaged in research topics encompassing stress management in plants by engineered nanoparticles and the synthesis of starch-based biofilms and edible coatings. He is presently supervising four research scholars. He received International Travel Support (ITS) from DST, Govt. of India in 2019 to present his research paper at International  Conference on Integrative Plant Physiology at Sitges, Spain. He is a life member of prestigious societies like “The Indian Science Congress Association” and “Association of Food Scientists and Technologists (India).”

Akbar Hossain, PhD, is working as a senior agronomist, Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute. He has edited/is editing several books in his research areas, which include plant stress physiology, maize production and uses, input use efficiency for food and environmental security and plant defense mechanisms. He also authored more than 200 journal articles related to agronomy, plant breeding, plant physiology, nanotechnology etc. He is serving as a Master of Science in Agronomy, Soil Science, Irrigation engineering students’ research supervision at Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur, Bangladesh. He is so much interested with the prospects of nanotechnology in agriculture in the modern era of climate change.