Nanotoxicology for Agricultural and Environmental Applications
- 1st Edition - March 19, 2024
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: Mahendra Rai, Indarchand Gupta
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 5 5 7 0 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 5 5 7 1 - 0
Nanotoxicology for Agricultural and Environmental Applications provides an introduction to nanotechnology and its applications in agriculture and the environment. This refere… Read more
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Request a sales quoteNanotoxicology for Agricultural and Environmental Applications provides an introduction to nanotechnology and its applications in agriculture and the environment. This reference, especially focused on the role of each physicochemical property of nanomaterials in toxicity, also presents a consolidated discussion on the management of the risks associated with nanoparticle use and rules and regulations made by various countries and organizations around the world.
Structured into five parts, this book explores nanotoxicity concerning agriculture and food, its impact on the environment, risk management measures for avoiding exposure, and delves into the realm of nanotechnology regulations. Students, practitioners, and researchers working in plant science, agricultural science, nanoscience, and environmental chemistry alike will benefit from this necessary reference.
Structured into five parts, this book explores nanotoxicity concerning agriculture and food, its impact on the environment, risk management measures for avoiding exposure, and delves into the realm of nanotechnology regulations. Students, practitioners, and researchers working in plant science, agricultural science, nanoscience, and environmental chemistry alike will benefit from this necessary reference.
- Highlights the factors contributing to toxic effects of nanoparticles, including shape, size, structure, surface charge, and dosage
- Explores the mode of action and entry of nanoparticles, methods of toxicity evaluation, and the associated challenges
- Describes recent developments in nanotoxicity to soil ecosystems, crop plants, and food systems
- Emphasizes the impact of nanoparticles and their detoxification by plants on the nutritional quality of food and plants
- Discusses the impact of toxicity of nanoparticles released in air, soil, and water and methods to reduce their effects
Students, practitioners, and researchers working in plant science, agricultural science, nanoscience, and environmental chemistry
Part 1: Nanotechnology and Regulations
1. Scope of nanotechnology in agriculture and environment
2. Applications of nanotechnology in the environment
3. Regulation of nanomaterials in agriculture, food and the environment
Part 2: Nanotoxicity
4. Factors contributing to nanoparticle toxicity
5. Influence of nanoparticles on plant growth and their entry route into the plants
6. Nanotoxicity evaluation methods and challenges
Part 3: Nanotoxicity to agriculture and food
7. Nanotoxicity to soil ecosystem
8. Toxicological concerns of nanomaterials in crop plants
9. The impact of nanotoxicity on the food system
10. In-vivo and in-vitro toxicity of nanomaterials in animal systems
11. Detoxification by plants
Part 4: Nanotoxicity to environment
12. Biotoxicity and exposure pathways of engineered silver nanoparticles released in the environment
13. Nanotoxicity of agrochemicals to aquatic environment
14. Nanotoxicity to the terrestrial ecosystems
15. Toxicity of nanomaterials released in the air
Part 5: Risk Management Measures to Avoid Exposure
16. Nanomaterial exposure at workplace and societal levels: Workplace standards and occupational risk management
17. Strategies to alleviate nanotoxicity (controlling exposure/ avoiding toxicity)
18. A green nanotechnology approach to nanowaste management: what guarantees can the OECD protocol provide?
19. Fate of Nanofertilizer in Agroecosystem
1. Scope of nanotechnology in agriculture and environment
2. Applications of nanotechnology in the environment
3. Regulation of nanomaterials in agriculture, food and the environment
Part 2: Nanotoxicity
4. Factors contributing to nanoparticle toxicity
5. Influence of nanoparticles on plant growth and their entry route into the plants
6. Nanotoxicity evaluation methods and challenges
Part 3: Nanotoxicity to agriculture and food
7. Nanotoxicity to soil ecosystem
8. Toxicological concerns of nanomaterials in crop plants
9. The impact of nanotoxicity on the food system
10. In-vivo and in-vitro toxicity of nanomaterials in animal systems
11. Detoxification by plants
Part 4: Nanotoxicity to environment
12. Biotoxicity and exposure pathways of engineered silver nanoparticles released in the environment
13. Nanotoxicity of agrochemicals to aquatic environment
14. Nanotoxicity to the terrestrial ecosystems
15. Toxicity of nanomaterials released in the air
Part 5: Risk Management Measures to Avoid Exposure
16. Nanomaterial exposure at workplace and societal levels: Workplace standards and occupational risk management
17. Strategies to alleviate nanotoxicity (controlling exposure/ avoiding toxicity)
18. A green nanotechnology approach to nanowaste management: what guarantees can the OECD protocol provide?
19. Fate of Nanofertilizer in Agroecosystem
- Edition: 1
- Published: March 19, 2024
- No. of pages (Paperback): 324
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443155703
- eBook ISBN: 9780443155710
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Mahendra Rai
Prof. Mahendra Rai is a UGC Basic Science Research Faculty Fellow and former Head of the Department of Biotechnology at Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, India. He is currently a senior visiting professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Federal University of Piaui (UFPI), Brazil.
His areas of expertise include microbial biotechnology and nanobiotechnology, focusing on the green synthesis of metal nanoparticles using fungi and their applications as nanoantimicrobials against pathogenic microbes. His research is interdisciplinary, integrating microbial biotechnology with nanotechnology.
Professor Rai has received several prestigious awards, including the Father T.A. Mathias Award from the All India Association for Christian Higher Education and the Medini Award from the Government of India. He has participated in multiple international collaborations and has held visiting positions at various institutions, including the University of Geneva (Switzerland), Debrecen University (Hungary), and Nicolaus Copernicus University (Poland).
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Visiting Professor, Federal University of Piaui, BrazilIG
Indarchand Gupta
Dr. Indarchand R. Gupta completed his Masters in the subject of Biotechnology in the year 2004, and Ph.D. in the year 2020 under the supervision of Professor Mahendra Rai at the Department of Biotechnology, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati, India. Presently he is working as Assistant Professor at Government Institute of Science, Aurangabad, India. His area of interest is nano-toxicology and animal cell culture. His study is mainly focused on in vitro cytotoxicity assessment of silver nanoparticles on different animal cell models. He has published over 35 research articles and book chapters. For his research work he has been awarded by ‘ASIO 2016 International Toxicologist Travel Award’ by Association of Scientists of Indian Origin, a regional chapter of Society of Toxicology, USA.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Government Institute of Science, Aurangabad, IndiaRead Nanotoxicology for Agricultural and Environmental Applications on ScienceDirect