Cutting-Edge Agri-Technologies for Next-Generation Farming

Preface

Section I: General

1. Nanotechnology and AI in Next-Generation Agriculture

Graciela Avila Quezada and Mahendra Rai

Section II: Novel Nanotechnologies for Shaping Farming

2. Nanomaterials in Agriculture: Enhancing Soil Health and Plant Growth

Amanpreet K. Sidhu, Sanskruthi B. Agrawal, Naveen Verma and Priya Kaushal

3.Seed Nanopriming for Sustainable Crop Production

Joanna Trzcińska-Wencel, Julia Nadrowska, Aniket Gade, Sudhir S. Shende, Mahendra Rai and Patrycja Golińska

4. Emerging Nanopesticides: Opportunities and Challenges

Kamarshi Yashkamal and Muthugounder Subramaniam Shivakumar

5. Nanofertilizers for Sustainable Agriculture: Limitations and Future Trends

Arun Ghuge, Harris Panakkal, Rahul Bhagat, Mahendra Rai and Indarchand Gupta

6. Next-Generation Farming: Crop Monitoring with Nanosensor Technologies

Sergei Tarasov, Yulia Plekhanova and Anatoly Reshetilov

7. Nanobiotechnology for the Management of Plant Diseases

María de Jesús Briseño, Juan Jose Reyes-Pérez, Bernardo Murillo-Amador, Graciela Avila-Quezada, Roberto Gregorio Chiquito-Contreras and Luis Guillermo Hernández-Montiel

8. Nanotechnology for Plant Growth Promotion and Stress Tolerance

Sudhir S. Shende, Aniket Gade, Joanna Trzcińska-Wencel, Mahendra Rai and Patrycja Golińska

Section III: CRISPR-Cas9 Technology

9. CRISPR-Cas9 Editing Technology: Concept, Applications, and Prospects for Agriculture

Gleice Ribeiro Orasmo and Lidiane de Lima Feitoza

10. Genome Editing in Cereal Crops Using CRISPR-Cas9 Technology

Madhvi Sharma, Khaja Mohinuddin, Priya Shah and Amanpreet K. Sidhu

11. Genome Editing of Horticultural Crops Using CRISPR/Cas for Enhanced Improvement

Shivangi Rahangdale, Himanshu Pandey, Suhas Gorakh Karkute, Ram Krishna and Achuit Kumar Singh

12. Opportunities and Challenges of CRISPR/Cas Systems in Crop Breeding

Dipak Sarode, Madhavi Purankar, Rachayya Devarumath, Kapil Sushir, Prashant Kawar and C. Appunu

Section IV: Artificial Intelligence Technology

13. Introduction to the Application of Artificial Intelligence-based Solutions in Agriculture

Tavseef Mairaj Shah

14. Deep Learning for Crop Improvement

Caio Miguel Pantoja Mendonça, Vanessa Almeida da Rocha, Linda Grabiely Oliveira de Araújo, Josué Manoel Souza Serrão, Vitor Eduardo Lopes Monteiro, Daniel Neves Ferreira, Gustavo Guadagnucci Fontanari, Andrea Komesu, Mahendra Rai, Gledson Luiz Salgado de Castro and Luiza Helena da Silva Martins

15. Precision Farming and Decision Support Systems, Utilizing Convolutional Networks for Plant Detection

Yossef Rubalcava-Avila, Graciela Avila-Quezada, Cesar Berzoza-Gaytan and Mahendra Rai

16. Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for the Detection, Monitoring, and Forecasting of Plant Diseases

Prasad V. Sherekar, Divyesha A. Pathak and Sanvidhan G. Suke

17. Application of AI in Identification of Pests and Weeds

Amanpreet K. Sidhu, Tushar Patil, Siddhant Pawar, Savita Thakare and Ciara Marie Edwards

18. Ethical and Social Implications of AI in Agriculture

Isuri Devindi, Sashini Liyanage, Nadeesh Adassooriya and Roshan Ragel

Index

Editors’ Biography

Biography

Dr. Mahendra Rai is presently a Senior visiting Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Piaui (UFPI), Teresina, Brazil. Formerly, he was Professor and Head of the Department of Biotechnology, SGB Amravati University, Maharashtra State, India. He was a visiting scientist at the University of Geneva, Debrecen University, Hungary; University of Campinas, Brazil; VSB Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic; National University of Rosario, Argentina, and the University of São Paulo. He has published more than 450 research papers in national and international journals, with 95 h-index. In addition, he has edited/authored more than seventy-five books owns 6 patents. He has been featured among the top 2% scientists in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology by Stanford University and is ranked 7th nationally in Biology and Biochemistry by Research.com.

Dr. Graciela Avila Quezada is a Professor at Faculty of Agrotechnology Science, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, in México. She has been conducting research related to plant pathogens for thirty years, beginning with her undergraduate thesis work focused on the control of Puccinia graminis f. sp. avenae. She was a visiting scientist at the Volcani Center in Israel; Colegio de Postgraduados, Texcoco, Mexico; SENASICA Laboratories, Ministry of Agriculture in Tecamac, State of Mexico; the California Polytechnic State Univ-San Luis Obispo California (Calpoly); Institut de Recherche pour le Développement IRD Montpellier, France; Universidad Autonoma Chapingo, Mexico State; Universidad de Córdoba, Spain. Dr. Avila was President of the Mexican Society of Phytopathology; Vice-president of the National Phytosanitary Advisory Council (CONACOFI); Executive Secretary of the National System for Research and Technology Transfer (SNITT) of the Minister of Agriculture (Sagarpa); and Director of Academic Cooperation, in the Coordination of Science and Technology, Presidency of Mexico. Besides, she has conducted more than twelve research projects and published more than 70 research papers in national and international journals focused on plant pathogens. She is presently a visiting professor at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.