1st Edition
Nanotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture An Innovative and Eco-Friendly Approach
This new volume explores the important and cutting-edge roles that nanotechnology can play in facilitating sustainable agriculture. It provides recent updates on nanobiotechnology in soil science, plant breeding, food science, agricultural tool design and utilization, as well as the impacts of such approaches on properties of soils and plants. The book looks at the use of nanotechnology for crop production and protection, in the creation and application of pesticides, to enhance soil fertility and soil health, as a mitigating factor of plant abiotic stress, and more. The volume explores emerging nanotechnological tools and techniques for crop improvement that include space-inspired speed breeding for crop improvement, nanoparticles as sensing materials, plant nanobionics, nanopore DNA sequencing, and more.
Part I: Nanotechnology: An Introduction to Nanoparticles
1. Nanotechnology as the Cutting Edge for Sustainable Agriculture
Vishnu D. Rajput, Abhishek Singh, Sapna Rawat, Ragini Sharma, Tatiana Minkina, Awani Kumar Singh, Victoria Shuvaeva, and Olga Nazarenko
Part II: Nanoparticles for Crop Production
2. Nanofertilizers: A Sustainable Alternative to Conventional Means
Krishan K. Verma, Munna Singh, Vishnu D. Rajput, Chhedi Lal Verma, and Marina Burachevskaya
3. Nano-Pesticides: A Dab Hand at Eliminating Pests
Pravin Khaire, Someshree Mane, Tanaji Narute, and Narayan Musmade
Part III: Improving Soil Fertility and Crop Protection
4. Possible Prospects of Nanotechnology in Sustainable Agriculture and Their Effects on Soil Health and Plant Growth
Pramod U. Ingle, Vaishnavi S. Parma, and Aniket K. Gade
5. Impact of Nanoparticles on Soil Microbes for Enhancing Soil Fertility and Productivity
Navodita Maurice
6. Nanoparticles: Plant Protective Agents against Pathogenic Microbes and Pests
J. Immanuel Suresh and V. Iswareya Lakshimi
7. Role of Nanomaterials in Plants under Abiotic Stress
Fathy Elbehiry, Hassan El-Ramady, and Heba Elbasiouny
8. The Behavior of Nanomaterials in Soil and Interaction with Soil Biota
Monika Mahajan, Anuchaya Devi, Bhavisha Sharma, and Rajeev Pratap Singh
Part IV: Emerging Nanotechnological Tools and Techniques for Crop Improvement
9. Speed Breeding: Space-Inspired for Crop Improvement under the Nano-Era
Anamika Kashyap, Kunal Tanwar, Pooja Garg, Sujata Kumari, Pham Thi Thu Ha, Sanjay Singh, and Mahesh Rao
10. Nanotechnological Approaches in the Second Green Revolution
Sukh Veer Singh, Rakhi Singh, and Sadhan Jyoti Dutta
11. Nanopore DNA Sequencing: A New Era for Crop Improvement
Mainak Barman, Surachita Das, Subhra Mukherjee, and Satish Kumar Singh
12. Bio-Nanotechnological Methods in Crop Production and Pest Management
Zahra Ghorbanzadeh, Rasmieh Hamid, Mohammad Reza Ghaffar, Bahador Maleknia, Rukam S. Tomar, and Feba Jacob Thoppurathu
13. Nanobiotechnological Approaches for Improved Plant Breeding
Sapna Rawat, Abhishek Singh, Vishnu D. Rajput, Ragini Sharma, Saglara Mandzhieva, and Awani Kumar Singh
14. Nanobionics Aid in Agriculture
Abhishek Singh, Priyadarshani Rajput, Sapna Rawat, Svetlana Sushkova, and Vishnu D. Rajput
15. Nanosensors and Nano Biosensors: Nanoparticles as Sensing Materials
Shivangi Mishra, Rakhi Singh, and Sukh Veer Singh
Biography
Vishnu D. Rajput, PhD, is Associate Professor and Leading Researcher at Southern Federal University. His ongoing research is based on advanced topics in soil contamination. He has published many peer-reviewed articles, books, book chapters, and conference articles.
Abhishek Singh, PhD, is a Research Scholar at Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Uttar Pradesh, India. He has published book chapters, review papers, abstracts, and Hindi English popular articles and has presented his work at professional conferences.
Tatiana Minkina, PhD, is Head of the Soil Science and Land Evaluation Department of Southern Federal University. She is also head of the internationally accredited master’s degree program "Management and Estimation of Land Resources." A prolific author, she has published numerous scientific publications and has been an invited editor of the MDPI Journal Water.
Krishan K. Verma, PhD, is a Visiting Scientist at the Sugarcane Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangxi, China. He has 10 years of research experience in the field of biotic and abiotic stresses, and has published over 50 scientific research articles, including five books.
Awani Kumar Singh, PhD, is a Principal Scientist of Horticulture-Vegetable Science at the ICAR-IARI, New Delhi, India. He has developed several high-yielding varieties of different vegetable crops and has published many research papers, abstracts, book chapters, training manuals, and other publications, as well as three books. He has delivered many TV and radio talks on the topic of protected cultivation.
