Nanotechnology in Plant Health

Preface

GENERAL

The Strategic Role of Nanotechnology in Plant Health Fitness—An Overview

Graciela Avila-Quezada, Luis Guillermo Hernandez-Montiel and Mahendra Rai

Nanomaterials for Improving Health of Agricultural Crops and Forest Trees

Veeran Sethuraman, Pachaiyappan Saravana Kumar, Dharmalingam Kirubakaran and Muthugounder Subramanian Shivakumar

APPLICATION OF NANOMATERIALS IN PLANT HEALTH FITNESS

Nanofertilizers for Sustainable Agricultural Practices

Nadun H. Madanayake and Nadeesh M. Adassooriya

Agro-Nanotechnology: Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles as Nanofertilizers for Agriculture

Hernández-Adame, L., Castellanos, T., Chiquito-Contreras, R.G., Loera-Muro A., Ponce Pedraza, A. and Hernández-Montiel L.G.

Nanoencapsulation for Delivery of Agrochemicals to Boost Plant Health

Julia Helena da Silva Martins, Luiza Helena da Silva Martins, Jonilson de Melo e Silva, Sandro Rodrigues de Almada, Johnatt Allan Rocha de Oliveira and Mahendra Rai

Nanonutrients and Their Delivery in Crop Plants

Pratik Jagtap, Rajesh Raut, Anup Sonawane, Mahendra Rai and Aniket Gade

Nano-Agri Products for Plant Health: From Lab to Farms

Sunita Tanpure, Sarika Bhalerao, Haridas Tanpure and Vaishnavi Tattapure

NANOTECHNOLOGY FOR MANAGEMENT OF PLANT DISEASES

Biological Agents for Synthesis of Nanoparticles and Their Applications Against Plant

Pathogens

Mayeen Uddin Khandaker and Md. Habib Ullah

Silver Nanoparticles in Sustainable Management of Plant Pathogens

Yalavarthi Nagaraju,_, Praveen S. Patted and Duppala Manoj Kumar

Plant Pathogens and Detection Approaches With Gold Nanoparticles

Anugrah Tripathi, Garima Mishra and Krishna Kant

Facile Biosynthesis of Gold Nanoparticles Using Microbes and Their Applications in the Management of Economically Important Plant Pathogens

Tesleem Taye, Bello and Oluwatoyin Adenike Fabiyi

The Potential of Chitosan Nanoparticles to Control Plant Pathogens

Mohsen Mohamed Elsharkawy

Biological Nano-Selenium in the Service of Plant Health

Farnoush Asghari-Paskiabi, Mohammad Imani and Mehdi Razzaghi-Abyaneh

Nanoscience and Nanomaterials to Control Postharvest Fungal Diseases

Otniel Freitas-Silva, Caroline Corrêa de Souza Coelho, Juliana Pereira Rodrigues and Daiana Ferreira Amancio

Inorganic Nanomaterials for Improved Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants

Anu Kalia, Sreelakshmi M.V. and Sukhjinder Kaur

Role of Plant-Derived Extracellular Nanovesicles in Triggering Innate Immune Response Against Plant Pathogens

Vandana Sharma, Victor Samuel, Chenicheri K. Keerthana, Praveen Archana, Shifana Chembothumparambil Sadiq, Mundanattu Swetha, Tennyson Prakash Rayginia, Sreekumar Usha Devi Aiswarya, Smitha Vadakkeveettil Bava, Manikandan Mohan, Johnson Retnaraj Samuel Selvan Christyraj, Jaison Arivalagan, Sam Aldrin Chandran and Kalimuthu Kalishwaralal           

Carbon Nanomaterials as Alternative to Control Plant Pathogens

Yolanda González-García, Gregorio Cadenas-Pliego and Antonio Juárez-Maldonado

Antiviral Activity of Nanoparticles in Plants

Mohsen Mohamed Elsharkawy

Nanomaterials for Quarantine Fungi and Bacteria Plant Pathogens

Graciela Avila-Quezada, Mahendra Rai, Cynthia Alvarez-Alvarez and Damaris L. Ojeda Barrios

Recent Advances in Using Nanotechnology in the Management of Soilborne Plant Pathogens

Mohamed A. Mosa, Dina S. S. Ibrahim, Mohamed A. M. El-Tabakh and Sozan E. El-Abeid

Selenium, Sulfur and Tellurium Chalcogen-Containing Nanostructures: Synthesis, Properties, and Practical Applications in Agrochemistry and Phytopathology

Alla I. Perfileva and Konstantin V. Krutovsky

Toxicity of Nanomaterials to Plants

Joanna Trzcińska-Wencel, Patrycja Golińska and Mahendra Rai

Index

Editors' Biography

Biography

Dr. Mahendra Rai is presently a visiting Professor at the Department of Microbiology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland. Formerly, he was a Professor and Head of the Department of Biotechnology at SGB Amravati University in Maharashtra, India. He has also held positions as a visiting scientist at several prestigious institutions, including the University of Geneva, Debrecen University in Hungary, the University of Campinas in Brazil, VSB Technical University of Ostrava in the Czech Republic, the National University of Rosario, in Argentina, and the University of Sao Paulo. Dr. Rai has an impressive publication record, with over 425 research papers published in national and international journals with 80 h-index. In addition, he has edited/authored more than 70 books and holds 6 patents. Notably, he has been recently featured in Stanford’s list of the top 2% of scientists in nanoscience and nanotechnology.

Dr. Graciela Avila-Quezada is a Professor at Faculty of Agrotechnology Science, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, in Mexico. She has been conducting research related to plant pathogens for 30 years, beginning with her undergraduate thesis work focused on the control of Puccinia graminis f. sp. avenae. She has held positions as a visiting scientist in various eminent institutions, including the Volcani Center in Israel, Colegio de Postgraduados in 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 Autónoma Chapingo in the State of Mexico, and Universidad de Córdoba in Spain. Dr. Avila has also held several notable positions, including 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 at the Presidency of Mexico. Additionally, she has conducted more than 12 research projects and published over 70 research papers in national and international journals focused on plant pathogens.