This new volume explores the important and cutting-edge roles that nanotechnology can play in facilitating sustainable agriculture. It provides recent updates on nanobiotechnology in soil science, plant breeding, food science, agricultural tool design and utilization, as well as the impacts of such approaches on properties of soils and plants. The book looks at the use of nanotechnology for crop production and protection, in the creation and application of pesticides, to enhance soil fertility and soil health, as a mitigating factor of plant abiotic stress, and more. The volume explores emerging nanotechnological tools and techniques for crop improvement that include space-inspired speed breeding for crop improvement, nanoparticles as sensing materials, plant nanobionics, nanopore DNA sequencing, and more.
Author(s): Vishnu D. Rajput, Abhishek Singh, Tatiana M. Minkina, Krishan K. Verma, Awani Kumar Singh
Publisher: CRC Press/Apple Academic Press
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 380
City: Palm Bay
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
About the Editors
Table of Contents
Contributors
Abbreviations
Acknowledgment
Preface
Part I : Nanotechnology: An Introduction to Nanoparticles
Chapter 1: Nanotechnology as the Cutting Edge for Sustainable Agriculture
Part II: Nanoparticles for Crop Production
Chapter 2: Nanofertilizers: A Sustainable Alternative to Conventional Means
Chapter 3: Nano-Pesticides: A Dab Hand at Eliminating Pests
Part III: Improving Soil Fertility and Crop Protection
Chapter 4: Possible Prospects of Nanotechnology in Sustainable Agriculture and Their Response on Soil Health and Plant Growth
Chapter 5: Impact of Nanoparticles on Soil Microbes for Enhancing Soil Fertility and Productivity
Chapter 6: Nanoparticles: Plant Protective Agents Against Pathogenic Microbes and Pests
Chapter 7: Role of Nanomaterials in Plants Under Abiotic Stress
Chapter 8: The Behavior of Nanomaterials in Soil and Interaction with Soil Biota
Part IV: Emerging Nanotechnological Tools and Techniques for Crop Improvement
Chapter 9: Speed Breeding: Space-Inspired Crop Improvement in the Nano-Era
Chapter 10: Nanotechnological Approaches in the Second Green Revolution
Chapter 11: Nanopore DNA Sequencing: A New Era for Crop Improvement
Chapter 12: Bionanotechnological Methods in Crop Production and Pest Management
Chapter 13: Nanobiotechnological Approaches for Improved Plant Breeding
Chapter 14: Nanobionics Aid in Agriculture
Chapter 15: Nanosensors and Nanobiosensors: Nanoparticles as Sensing Materials
Index
