Singh / Kumar Nanotechnology-based Sustainable Agriculture

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-3-527-84993-2
Verlag: Wiley-VCH
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 435 Seiten, E-Book

Provides a thorough look at the use of nanotechnology in an agricultural setting, ranging from nanobiotechnology to increased crop yield with consideration to the challenges and opportunities faced.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Singh, Pardeep

Singh, Ankit Kumar

Singh, Vipendra Kumar

Kumar, Vijay

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Fabrication of nanoparticles for sustainable agricultural production.
2. Effect of nanocomposites on sustainable growth of crop plants and productivity.
3. Role of nanofertilizers for sustainable growth of crop plants and production.
4. Nanotechnology is an emerging tool for stress management in crop plants.
5. Impact of nanomaterials on Plant microbe partnership.
6. Emerging role of Silver nanoparticles on growth and yield of crop plants.
7. Effect of nanomaterials on physiological status of crop plants.
8. Challenges and risk assessment of nanomaterials-based chemicals used for sustainable agriculture.
9. Nanobioremadiation: a sustainable approach for removal of toxic chemicals from the environment.
10. Chitosan nanoparticles as nanosorbent for potential removal of environmental pollutants.
11. Plant-based nanomaterials for wastewater treatment.
12. Carbon quantum dots for efficient degradation of organic contaminants.
13. Carbon-based nanomaterials a promising tool for sensing toxic metal ions from aqueous environment.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Pardeep Singh is presently working as senior Assistant professor (Department of Environmental Science PGDAV College University of Delhi, New Delhi, India. Having an h-index 21 his publications have been cited over 1650 Google scholar. He has published more than 65 papers and edited 35 books with an international publisher in the fields of wastemanagement.
 
Dr. Ankit Kumar Singh is presently working as Assistant Professor at Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Darbhanga, India. He obtained his doctorate degree from Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Department of Botany, in 2019. He has published 11 papers and 2 book chapters in the internationally reputed journals with high impact factor and related areas/reputed publishers.
 
Dr. Vipendra Kumar Singh is currently working as a senior postdoctoral fellow in the School of Biosciences and Bioengineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India. He earned a Master of Sciences (M.Sc) from Dr. Rammanohar Lohiya Avadh University, Ayodhya. He received a chancellor gold medal and a meritorious scholarship (DST-INSPIRE) for pursuing a doctor of philosophy. He obtained a doctoral degree in biological sciences from AcSIR - Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), India. His area of interest is hormone-dependent cancers, cell biology, network pharmacology, in-silico biology, drug discovery, environmental toxicology, and molecular biology. He has published over 18 articles in various reputable international peer-reviewed journals and many more in the pipeline. He has reviewed several papers for journals of national and international repute and has been awarded several recognitions.
 
Dr. Vijay Kumar is a Secretary Member of the Society for Environment and Sustainable Development, New Delhi, India. He obtained his master's degree from the Department of Environmental Science at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, in 2012. He obtained his doctorate from the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi in 2017. The area of his doctoral research is the biological synthesis of silver and gold nanoparticles and their environmental and biological applications. He has published more than 27 research papers in International Journals in environmental and biological nanotechnology, several book chapters, and one edited book in Elsevier; currently, he is working on green nanoparticles and their environmental application.