Zinc-Based Nanostructures for Environmental and Agricultural Applications

1st Edition - May 22, 2021
Editor: Kamel A. Abd-Elsalam
Language: English
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Zinc-Based Nanostructures for Environmental and Agricultural Applications shows how zinc nanostructures are being used in agriculture, food and the environment. The book has been divided into two parts: Part I deals with the synthesis and characterization of zinc-based nanostructures such as biogenic, plant, microbial, and actinobacteria mediated synthesis of zinc nanoparticles, Part II is focused on agri-food applications such as antibacterial, antifungal, antimicrobial, plant disease management, controlling post-harvest diseases, pesticide sensing and degradations, plant promotions, ZnO nanostructure for food packaging application, safe animal food and feed supplement, elimination of mycotoxins, and veterinary applications. Part III reviews technological developments in environmental applications such as risks and benefits for aquatic organisms and the marine environment, antiseptic activity and toxicity mechanisms, wastewater treatment, and zinc oxide-based nanomaterials for photocatalytic degradation of environmental and agricultural pollutants.

The book discusses various aspects, including the application of zinc-based nanostructures to enhance plant health and growth, the effect on soil microbial activity, antimicrobial mechanism, phytotoxicity and accumulation in plants, the possible impact of zinc-based nanostructures in the agricultural sector as nanofertilizer, enhancing crop productivity, and other possible antimicrobial mechanisms of ZnO nanomaterials.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Contributors
Series preface
Preface
Chapter 1: Zinc-based nanostructures for sustainable applications in agroecology: A note from the editor
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Environmental applications
3: Agricultural applications
4: Veterinary applications
5: Safety and toxicity
6: Future trends
7: Conclusion
Part I: Synthesis
Chapter 2: Biogenic synthesis of Ag-ZnO nanocomposites: Characterization, mechanisms, and applications
Abstract
Acknowledgment
1: Introduction
2: Biosynthesis of Ag-ZnO NCs
3: Characterization of Ag-ZnO NCs
4: Mechanism of Ag-ZnO NCs formation through the biogenic method
5: Catalytic and photocatalytic applications of Ag-ZnO NCs
6: Conclusions
7: Future prospects
Chapter 3: Plant-mediated biosynthesis and characterization of zinc oxide nanoparticles
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Green synthesis of metal and metal oxide nanoparticles
3: Biosynthesis of ZnO nanoparticles using algae, bacteria, and fungi
4: Characterization methods
5: Plant-mediated synthesis methods
6: Conclusion
Chapter 4: Microbe-mediated synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Conclusion
Chapter 5: Biogenic synthesis of zinc nanostructures: Characterization and mechanisms
Abstract
Acknowledgments
1: Introduction
2: Types of zinc nanomaterials
3: Green synthesis of zinc nanomaterials
4: Mechanism of biosynthesized zinc nanoparticles
5: Characteristics of green zinc nanomaterials
6: Characterization of green zinc nanoparticles
7: Applications of biosynthesized zinc nanoparticles
8: Conclusion and future scope
Chapter 6: Green synthesized Zn-based catalysts
Abstract
Acknowledgments
1: Introduction
2: Various methods of green synthesis
3: Characterization techniques
4: Applications of zinc-based nanocatalysts
5: Environmental concerns related to contaminants
6: Cons of green synthesis methods
7: Conclusions and future scope
Part II: Agricultural applications
Chapter 7: Applications of zinc oxide nanoparticles as an antimicrobial agent in the food packaging industry
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Innovative food packaging
3: Zinc oxide nanomaterials
4: Factors affecting the antimicrobial activity of ZnO NPs
5: Applications of ZnO NPs and nanocomposites as antimicrobial agents in food packaging
6: Mechanisms proposed to explain the antibacterial activity of ZnO NPs
7: Safety issues
8: Conclusions and future perspectives
Chapter 8: Zinc nanomaterials: Synthesis, antifungal activity, and mechanisms
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Zinc nanomaterials
3: Synthesis of zinc nanomaterials with antifungal potency
4: Applications of ZnO NPs
5: Antifungal activity
6: Future perspectives and conclusions
Chapter 9: Zinc oxide nanomaterials as antimicrobial agents for food applications
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Zinc oxide nanoparticles
3: Characterization of zinc oxide nanoparticles
4: Antimicrobial activities of zinc oxide
5: Antimicrobial mechanism of action
6: Zinc oxide nanoparticle for food surface biofilms
7: Zinc oxide nanoparticles, nanodevices, and nanosensors
8: Zinc oxide nanoparticle food packaging
9: Conclusions and future perspectives
Chapter 10: Zinc oxide nanostructures as effective pesticide controllers: Sensing and degradation of pesticides
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles
3: Properties of zinc oxide nanostructures
4: Zinc oxide as a pesticide controller
5: Toxic effect of zinc oxide nanoparticles
6: Conclusions and future prospects
Chapter 11: Photocatalytic degradation kinetics of pesticide residues in environmental soils using zinc ferrite nanoparticles
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Materials
3: Experimental description
4: Results and discussion
Chapter 12: Zinc nanomaterial applications in agroecosystems
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Zinc in plants
3: Significance of zinc in human health
4: Agricultural revolution by nanozinc
5: Nanozinc agriculture application challenges
6: Conclusion
Chapter 13: Zinc nanomaterials: A safe tool for postharvest disease management
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Challenges in fruit production
3: Conventional and nonconventional treatments for disease control
4: ZnO NP preparation methods
5: Antimicrobial action mechanism of ZnO NPs
6: Application of ZnO NPs at the postharvest stage
7: Conclusions and future perspectives
Chapter 14: Effects of zinc-oxide nanoparticles on soil microbial community and their functionality
Abstract
Acknowledgments
1: Introduction
2: Zinc oxide nanoparticles
3: Production, applications, and environmental concerns
4: Main sink of ZnO nanoparticles
5: Influence on soil microbial functionality
6: Toxicity mechanism and effects on soil microbial community
7: Conclusions and future prospects
Chapter 15: Zinc nanostructure applications in agriculture
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Zinc nanostructures: Forms, properties, applications excluding agriculture
3: Zinc nanostructures for agricultural applications
4: Methods to study diffusion and transformation of Zn nanostructures
5: Environmental toxicity
6: Regulations on the use of Zn nanostructures
7: The negative effects of Zn nanostructures in agriculture
8: Concluding remarks
Chapter 16: Role of zinc oxide nanoparticles in mediating abiotic stress responses in plant
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: ZnO NPs in drought stress
3: ZnO NPs in salinity stress
4: ZnO NPs in metal stress
5: Gene expression and ZnO NPs
6: Conclusion
Chapter 17: Zinc oxide nanoparticles: Physiological and molecular responses in plants
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Sources of Zn in soil
3: Preparation of ZnO nanoparticles (ZnO NPs)
4: Role of ZnO in agriculture
5: Physiological response of plant to ZnO NP application
6: Biochemical impacts of ZnO NPs on plant systems
7: Negative impacts of ZnO NPs on plant growth
8: Mitigation of harmful effects of ZnO NPs in plants
9: Fate of ZnO NPs in the environment
10: Biofortification of zinc and harmful effects
11: Conclusions
Chapter 18: ZnO nanostructures for food packaging applications
Abstract
Acknowledgments
1: Introduction
2: Antimicrobial activity against foodborne bacteria
3: Antibacterial activity mechanism
4: Food packaging applications of ZnO nanostructures
5: Bionanocomposite films
6: Antimicrobial food packaging methods
7: Safety issues
8: Future perspectives
9: Conclusion
Chapter 19: Zinc nanomaterials: A safe animal feed supplement
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Nanotechnology in feed
3: NPs in animal body
4: Nanozinc
5: Effects of nZn
6: Nanozinc toxicity
7: Conclusions
Chapter 20: Zinc nanostructures: Detection and elimination of toxigenic fungi and mycotoxins
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Occurrence of mycotoxins in crops and foods
3: Harmfulness of mycotoxins and their mechanisms of toxicity on living cells
4: Zinc nanostructures as a mycotoxin detection tool
5: Zinc nanostructures as a tool for removing mycotoxigenic molds and/or their mycotoxins
6: Factors affecting the antifungal performance of ZnO NPs
7: Mechanism of antifungal activity of ZnO NPs
8: Toxicity of ZnO NPs
9: Conclusion
Part III: Environmental applications
Chapter 21: Impact of zinc nanoparticles on aquatic ecosystems: Risks and benefits
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Synthesis of zinc nanoparticles (Zn NPs)
3: Significance of zinc in aquaculture
4: Nanozinc (important forms and properties)
5: Characteristics of ZnO nanoparticles
6: Significant contributions of Zn nanoparticles in aquaculture
7: Antimicrobial activity of Zn NPs
8: Importance of zinc nanoparticles in reproduction
9: Toxicity of Zn NPs
10: Conclusion
Chapter 22: Zinc nanostructures: Toxicity, safety, and regulation in agroecosystems
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Toxicity mechanism of ZnO NPs
3: Safety of zinc oxide nanoparticles
4: Regulation of zinc oxide nanoparticles in agroecosystem
5: Conclusion
Chapter 23: Zinc nanoparticles in marine environments: An overview
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Releasing and discharge of zinc nanoparticles to marine ecosystem
3: Ecotoxicity of zinc oxide nanoparticles on marine organisms
4: Mode of toxic action of ZnO NPs
5: Conclusions
Chapter 24: ZnO-based nanoparticles for wastewater treatment: A review
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Photocatalysis for decontamination of water
3: Transition metal-doped ZnO nanoparticles
4: Green ZnO in wastewater treatment
5: Conclusions and perspectives
Chapter 25: Zinc nanomaterials: Toxicological effects and veterinary applications
Abstract
Acknowledgments
1: Introduction
2: Biomedical applications of zinc oxide nanoparticles
3: Toxicokinetic effects of zinc oxide nanoparticles on human, animal, and environment
4: Safety concerns with ZnO NPs
5: Conclusions and future perspectives
Chapter 26: Zinc oxide-based nanomaterials for photocatalytic degradation of environmental and agricultural pollutants
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Environmental pollutants
3: Agricultural pollutants
4: Conclusion
Chapter 27: Ecotoxicological effects of zinc oxide nanoparticles on test organisms from soil micro- and mesofauna
Abstract
Acknowledgments
1: Introduction
2: Methods
3: Effects of ZnO NPs on microfauna
4: Effects of ZnO NPs on mesofauna
5: Synthesis and methodological remarks
6: Conclusions
Chapter 28: Zinc-based nanomaterials: Biosafety, risk management, and regulatory aspects
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Applications of zinc nanomaterials
3: Advantages and disadvantages of zinc nanoparticles
4: Fate of zinc nanomaterials
5: Biosafety aspects of zinc nanomaterials
6: Risk assessment of zinc nanomaterials
7: Risk management strategies
8: Current research gaps
9: Way forward
10: Conclusions
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