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Engineered Nanomaterials for Sustainable Agricultural Production, Soil Improvement and Stress Management

  • 1st Edition - July 25, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Azamal Husen
  • Language: English

Engineered Nanomaterials for Sustainable Agricultural Production, Soil Improvement and Stress Management highlights the latest advances in applying this important technolog… Read more

Description

Engineered Nanomaterials for Sustainable Agricultural Production, Soil Improvement and Stress Management highlights the latest advances in applying this important technology within agriculture sectors for sustainable growth, production and protection. The book explores various smart engineered nanomaterials which are now being used as an important tool for improving growth and productivity of crops facing abiotic stresses, improving the health of the soil in which those crops are growing, and addressing stresses once the plant begins to produce food yield. The book includes insights into the use of nanoparticles as bactericides, fungicides and nanofertilizers.

In addition, the book includes an international representation of authors who have crafted chapters with clarity, reviewing up-to-date literature with lucid illustrations. It will be an important resource for researchers, nanobiotechnologists, agriculturists and horticulturists who need a comprehensive reference guide.

Key features

  • Broadens the role of smart engineered (carbon, fullerene or metal based, and more) nanomaterials, with up-to-date literature and practical illustrations
  • Equips readers with information on a number of morpho-physiological, biochemical, molecular phenomenon, and smart agricultural production
  • Enriches our understanding of various smart crop plants resilient to abiotic and biotic stresses in terms of nanomaterials exposure

Readership

Researchers and academics as agronomists, agriculturists, plant scientists, biotechnologists, and those who are working in the field of plant ecophysiology and environment. Researchers and master’s students in agriculture, agronomy, plant ecophysiology, toxicology, biotechnology, nanotechnology, molecular biology

Table of contents

1. Emerging role of nanoparticles in sustainable agricultural crop production and protection: An overview

2. Emerging role of gold nanoparticles for healthier crop plants growth and enhanced yield

3. Emerging role of silver nanoparticles for healthier crop plants growth and enhanced yield

4. Physiological, biochemical, and molecular performance of crop plants exposed to cerium oxide nanoparticles

5. Physiological, biochemical, and molecular performance of crop plants exposed to zinc oxide nanoparticles

6. Physiological, biochemical, and molecular performance of crop plants exposed to copper oxide nanoparticles

7. Physiological, biochemical, and molecular performance of crop plants exposed to titanium oxide nanoparticles

8. Physiological, biochemical, and molecular performance of crop plants exposed to iron oxide nanoparticles

9. Physiological, biochemical, and molecular performance of crop plants exposed to aluminium oxide nanoparticles

10. Effect of chitosan nanoparticles on crop plants growth and physiology

11. Assessment of carbon and fullerene nanomaterials for sustainable crop plants growth and production

12. Role of nanocomposite for sustainable crop plants growth and production

13. Emerging concept of nanofertilizers for sustainable crop plants growth and production

14. Engineered nanomaterials in crop plants drought stress management

15. Engineered nanomaterials in crop plants salinity stress management

16. Engineered nanomaterials in crop plants temperature/heat stress management: A new-fangled approach

17. Engineered nanomaterials in crop plants nutrients stress management

18. Emerging concept of engineered nanomaterials in soil improvement for higher crop plants growth and production

19. Emerging concept of smart engineered nanomaterials for plant disease diagnosis and management

20. Nanosensors: A tool from the vault of science for crop plants growth, development, production and protection

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: July 25, 2022
  • Language: English

About the editor

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Azamal Husen

Azamal Husen is a scholar with over two decades of experience in botanical sciences, nanobiotechnology, plant physiology, environmental botany, medicinal plants, and clonal propagation. He previously served as a Full Professor and Head of the Department of Biology at the University of Gondar, Ethiopia, and is currently a foreign delegate at Wolaita Sodo University, Ethiopia, as well as an Adjunct Professor at Graphic Era University, India. He has also held senior academic roles at Sankalchand Patel University, the Forest Research Institute, and Doon College of Agriculture and Forest in Dehradun, India. Prof. Husen’s research has been supported by major organizations including the World Bank, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation. He has contributed extensively to curriculum development, faculty training, and international conferences. A prolific author and editor, he has been recognized among Stanford University’s World’s Top 2% Scientists since 2020 and honored by the University of Gondar for his outstanding service.

Affiliations and expertise
Foreign Delegate, Wolaita Sodo University, Wolaita Sodo, South Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia; Adjunct Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

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