Nanotechnology for Agriculture

A Potential Tool for Abiotic Stress Tolerance
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-77491-876-0
Verlag: Apple Academic Press Inc.

Buch, Englisch, 358 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 820 g

This new book throws light on the use of nanoparticles as nanofertifilizers and details their prospective applications in agricultural science, including their use in minimizing the consequences of climate change, enhancing nutrient utilization efficiency, and achieving abiotic stress management. With chapters contributed by expert researchers from around the world, this book summarizes the importance of nanotechnology in abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants, presenting the latest research on the application of nanotechnology in agriculture crop production, its various applications in crop growth enhancement under different abiotic stress conditions, and the uses of various nanoparticles in agriculture for better yield and productivity.

The book covers some of the latest trends and prospects of nanotechnology in promoting sustainable agriculture through nanofertilizers, nanopesticides, nanoencapsulation, nanosensors, nanobarcodes, and intelligent distribution systems. It also details important topics such as nanopriming as seed priming technology for sustainable agriculture, the role of Si and nano-silicon (SiNP) in ameliorating biotic and abiotic stresses, and more. The use of nanotechnology in specific plants is also discussed, such as, for example, in cotton, forage crops, medicinal crops, etc.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kumar, Ashwani

El Sabagh, Ayamn

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Nanotechnologie
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Maschinenbau Mechatronik, Mikrosysteme (MEMS), Nanosysteme

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Introduction 1. Nanotechnologies: New Opportunities in Agriculture 2. Nano-Priming as Seed Priming Technology for Sustainable Agriculture 3. Nanotechnology: A Tool for Mitigating Abiotic Stresses in Crop Plants 4. Nano-Silicon-Mediated Abiotic Stress Resistance in Plants: Mechanisms of Stress Mitigation 5. Nanotechnology: A Sustainable Approach for Combating Climate Change 6. Nanotechnology: A Way Forward for Insect Pest Management 7. Nano-Fertilizers for Sustainable Agriculture under Limited Abiotic Conditions 8. Enhancing Photosynthetic Efficiency of Crops through Metabolic Engineering and Nanoformulation 9. The Effect of Nanoparticles on the Production and Quality of Medicinal Plants 10. The Effect of Nanoparticles on the Production and Quality of Forage Crops 11. Applications of Nanoparticles for Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Cotton 12. Nanotechnology in Agriculture: Current Trends and Future Prospects under Changing Climate 13. Nanoparticles: A Trend in Integrated Pest Management 14. Utilization of Nanomaterials in Agriculture and Categorizing Review Studies on the Subject

Über Autor(innen)

Ashwani Kumar, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Botany at the Metagenomics and Secretomics Research Laboratory of the University of Allahabad (A Central University), Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India. Before this, he worked at Dr Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya University, Sagar, India. His research focuses on plant-microbe interactions, metagenomics, lignocellulosic biofuels, and bioremediation. He is a life member and/or fellow of the Biotech Research Society India, the National Institute of Ecology, the International Society of Environmental Botanists in India, and the Linnean Society of London. He published many articles, book chapters, and one edited book. He is an editorial board member for several prestigious journals. He has been featured in the list of Top 2% Scientists Worldwide 2023 by Stanford University. He has earned several awards and fellowships.

Ayman El Sabagh, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Siirt University, Turkey, where he is working on sustainability, crop productivity, and stress management of field crops under the current climatic era. He has published more than 100 research and review papers in peer-reviewed reputed journals. He has also contributed many book chapters. Dr. El Sabagh graduated from Kafrelsheikh University, Egypt, and earned his PhD from the Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Japan, under the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education channel program, where he contributed to studying the physiological approaches for enhancing the stress tolerance of crop plants. He also performed research at Cukurova University, Turkey. Recently, he was awarded inclusion in the Talented Young Scientist Program (TYSP) at the Crop Research Institute of Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China.