Main description:

This book presents recent developments involving the role of nanoparticles on plant physiology and growth. Nanotechnology applications include improvement of agricultural production using bio-conjugated NPs (encapsulation), transfer of DNA in plants for development of insect pest-resistant varieties, nanoformulations of agrochemicals such as pesticides and fertilizers for crop improvement, and nanosensors/nanobiosensors in crop protection for identification of diseases and residues of agrochemicals. Recent findings on the increased use of nanotechnology in agriculture by densely populated countries such as China and India indicate that this technology may impart a substantial impact on reducing hunger, malnutrition, and child mortality.

Contents:

1. Nanomaterials: Scope, applications, and challenges in agriculture
2. Nutrient phyto-availability upon nanoparticle application
3. Effects of plant-based eco-friendly nanoparticles on growth, chemical composition and bioactivity of plants
4. Effect of zinc oxide nanoparticles on crop plants: A perspective analysis
5. Response of titanium nanoparticles to plant growth: Agricultural perspective
6. Impact of silver oxide nanoparticles on plant physiology: A critical review
7. Silicon nanoparticles and plants: Current knowledge and future perspectives
8. Copper nanoparticles: A new generation of fungicidal agent and plant growth promoter
9. Interaction of copper nanoparticles with plants: Uptake, accumulation and toxicity
10. Nanotechnological advances with PGPR applications
11. Impending and inadvertent abundance of engineered nanomaterials in soil: Vicissitudes to the soil microbiome and plant health
12. Boon or bane: Nanomaterials in plant growth and development