1st Edition

Green Nanotechnology for Stress-Resilient Crops and Sustainable Agroecosystems

Edited By Jen-Tsung Chen Copyright 2026
400 Pages 8 Color & 26 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

400 Pages 8 Color & 26 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

Green nanotechnology is an emerging approach that provides ways based on green synthesis to create nanoscale structures. Over the past years, it has set a new generation for producing smart, eco-friendly, cost-effective, and safety-engineered nanomaterials/nanoparticles. This book summarizes cutting-edge approaches of green nanotechnology and their current applications in regulating plant stress... Read more

Preface to the Series

Preface

Green Nanotechnology for Advancing Agricultural and Environmental Management: An Updated Overview

Nidaa Harun, Sidra Anwar, Robina Kousar, Hummera Nawaz and Khawaja Shafique Ahmad

Green Nanotechnology for Improving Plant Abiotic Stress Resilience under Climate Change

Ratneswar Poddar, Susnigdha Sengupta, Arup Sen, Arindam Sarkar and Akbar Hossain

Green Nanotechnology for Alleviating Salinity Stress of Plants

Sureshkumar Tharani, Govindarajan Ramkumar, Krishnan Kutty Sunitha Kumari, Jaison Sarah, Siva Daniel Ajay Samuel and Balasundaram Saraswathy Chithra Devi

Enhancing Drought Stress Resilience in Plants Based on Green Nanotechnology 

Muhammad Faheem Iqbal, Iqra Irshad, Huma Arshad, Muhammad Uzair, Murtaza Hasan and Ghazala Mustafa

Temperature Stress Resilience in Plants Induced by Green Nanotechnology

Kuchipudi Rakesh, Ankan Das, Rajashree Mitra Thakur and Sandip Debnath

Green Nanotechnology for Mitigating Heavy Metals Stress in Plants

Saiqa Nazir, Hajra Abid, Sajjad Hussain, Anar Mehmood and Khawaja Shafique Ahmad

Green Nanofertilizers for Sustainable Agriculture

Ankita Gogoi, Nikha Borah, Kabyashree Buragohain, Sukanya Sonowal, Ratul Nath, Bhaben Chowardhara, Debojyoti Moulick and Akbar Hossain

Nanobiosensors for Smart and Sustainable Agriculture

Soumya Ranjan Mahapatra, Anish Bebarta, Akash Kumar Jena, Amiya Ranjan Tripathy and Jyoti Prakash Sahoo

Green Nanotechnology for Plant Disease Management: An Overview

Mohammed Radi, Mohammed Taoussi, Khadija Benamar and Rachid Lahlali

Plant Viral Disease Management Based on Green Nanotechnology

Esha Kumari, Sneha Kumari, Sai Santosh Das and Jyoti Prakash Sahoo

Green Nanotechnology for Protecting Plants against Bacterial Diseases

Aldo Córdoba Guerrero, Adrian Salcedo Gómez, Daniel Mendoza Jiménez, Fidel Landeros Jaime, José Antonio Cervantes Chávez and Karen Esquivel Escalante

Plant Pest Control by Green Nanotechnology

Kabyashree Buragohain, Sukanya Sonowal, Dhruba Jyoti Bordoloi, Ankita Gogoi, Nikha Borah, Ratul Nath, Bhaben Chowardhara, Debojyoti Moulick and Akbar Hossain

Multi-Omics of Nanotechnology-Mediated Abiotic Stress Resilience in Crops

Saher Fatima, Shaharyar, Saira Zaheer, Huma Arshad, Sunbal Khalil Chaudhari, Murtaza Hasan and Ghazala Mustafa

Green-Engineered Nanoparticles for Smart and Sustainable Agriculture

Ahmed M. Galal, Thomas Mounir, Karim Ehab Lasheen, Hala Hisham, Farah Esmail Mohamed and Sozan E. El-Abeid

Green Nanotechnology for Supporting Global Nutrition and Food Security

Hanane Choubbane, Khadija El hazzam and Fatima El Amerany

Nanoparticle-Delivering Biostimulants for High-Yield, High-Quality and Stress-Resilient Crops

Mohsen Mohamed Elsharkawy

Plant-Derived Nanoparticles for Stress-Resilient and Sustainable Agriculture 

Israt Jahan, Meskul Zannat, Arup Ratan Basak, Arpita Rani Roy, Srishti Chauhan and Prodipto Bishnu Angon

Microbial-Derived Nanoparticles for Stress-Resilient and Sustainable Agriculture

Swapna Battana, Srinivasan Kameswaran and Mandala Ramakrishna

Green Nanofertilizers: Types, the Mode of Action and Pollution Mitigation for Sustainable Agriculture and Agroecosystems

Kun Chen, Mozammel Hoque, Naser Khan, Philip Kwong, Mohammad Boshir Ahmed and Volker Hessel

 

Index

About the Editor

Biography

Jen-Tsung Chen is a Professor of Cell Biology at the Department of Life Sciences, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, where he teaches courses on cell biology, genomics, proteomics, plant physiology, and plant biotechnology. His research interests include bioactive compounds, chromatography techniques, plant molecular biology, plant biotechnology, bioinformatics, and systems pharmacology. In 2023 and 2024, Elsevier and Stanford University recognized Dr. Chen as one of the “World's Top 2% Scientists”. In 2025, Dr. Chen received the "Springer Nature Editorial Contribution Award" for his contributions to Plant Methods.