Skip to main content
Elsevier

The Impact of Nanoparticles on Agriculture and Soil

  • 1st Edition - May 11, 2023
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Nar Singh Chauhan, Sarvajeet Singh Gill
  • Language: English

The Impact of Nanoparticles on Agriculture and Soil, part of the Nanomaterials-Plant Interaction series, contributes the most recent insights into understanding the cellular… Read more

Description

The Impact of Nanoparticles on Agriculture and Soil, part of the Nanomaterials-Plant Interaction series, contributes the most recent insights into understanding the cellular interactions of nanoparticles in an agricultural setting, focusing on current applications and means of evaluating future prospects. In order to ensure and improve the biosafety of nanoparticles, it is a primary concern to understand cellular bioprocess like nanomaterial’s cellular uptake and their influence on cellular structural, functional and genetic components. This book addresses these and other important aspects in detail along with showcasing their applications in the area of agriculture.

With an international team of authors, and experienced editors, this book will be valuable to those working to understand and advance nanoscience to benefit agricultural production and human and environmental welfare. In-depth knowledge of these bioprocess will enable researchers to engineer nanomaterials for enhanced biosafety.

Key features

  • Guides the assessment of nanomaterials’ impact on agricultural and soil cellular metabolism and physiological characteristics
  • Provides in-depth insights into potential risks and hazards of nanoparticles
  • Builds a foundation for further research and development

Readership

Researchers, academicians and scientists to enhance and boost their knowledge for further research in nanotechnology; Students of agriculture, botany, molecular biology and biotechnology, biochemistry, chemistry etc

Table of contents

1. The Impact of Nanoparticles in Agriculture and Soil: An Introduction

2. Nanoparticles in agriculture

3. Mode of exposure and Transport of Nanoparticles in the plant system

4. Interaction of nanomaterial’s with the plant cells

5. Potential role of nanomaterial’s on the plant cell growth, development and differentiation

6. Decoding the Nano-bio effects on the cellular expressions in plants

7. Effect on nanoparticles on plant cell metabolism

8. Genotoxicity of the nanoparticles

9. Impact and Current Perspectives of NPs on soil Nutrients status

10. Influence of nanoparticles/nano tubes on the soil microflora

11. Influence of nanoparticles/nano tubes on the plant rhizosphere microbiome

12. Effects of nanoparticles/nanotubes on the plant growth

13. Effects of nanoparticles/nanotubes on the plant growth under stress conditions

14. Application of nanomaterial’s in agriculture

15. Nano fertilizers: As Smart Nano-Formulations in the Agriculture Industry

16. Nanopesticides: A promising pest management solution in the Agriculture Industry

17. Nano sensors for the crop protection

18. Environmental risk assessment of Nano-pesticides and Nano-fertilizers

19. Economic Aspect of Nanomaterial based agriculture solutions

20. Future of nanomaterial’s in agriculture practices

21. The Impact of Nanoparticles in Agriculture and Soil: Conclusion and Future Recommendations

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: May 11, 2023
  • Language: English

About the editors

NC

Nar Singh Chauhan

Dr. NS Chauhan is an Associate Professor in Biochemistry at Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India. For more than a decade, he has devoted his research to understanding microbial community structure and functions to exploit their potential for therapeutic, diagnostic, and industrial applications. He has completed eight major research projects and published numerous studies exploring microbiota composition, microbiome functions, microbiota evolution, and host-microbial interactions.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Biochemistry, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India

SG

Sarvajeet Singh Gill

Sarvajeet Singh Gill is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Biotechnology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India. His research areas include agricultural plant biotechnology, biotic and abiotic stress biology, plant microbe interaction, and in-silico understanding of plant genomes. He has 12 years of research and 10 years of teaching experience. Dr. Gill has written over 50 book chapters and published over 100 peer reviewed publications in reputed SCI journals and edited around 30 books published by International publishers such Springer-Verlag, Wiley-Blackwell, CRC Press, and Elsevier, among others. He has carried out four R&D projects funded by prominent National funding agencies as Principal Investigator.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Stress Physiology and Molecular Biology Lab, Centre for Biotechnology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana, India

View book on ScienceDirect

Read The Impact of Nanoparticles on Agriculture and Soil on ScienceDirect