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Plant Exposure to Engineered Nanoparticles: Uptake, Transformation, Molecular and Physiological Responses discusses the long-term exposure of plants, including agronomic crops, to nanomaterials in terrestrial environments. Chapters discuss changes in metabolite profiles in plants exposed to engineered nanomaterials, as well as modifications in elemental content of edible portions of plants. Biochemical pathways, root profiles, generational exposure, and biomass productivity are also analyzed in detail.
Subsequent chapters cover risks to trophic transfer, as well as human health and ecological functions, before concluding with future approaches to plant-nanomaterial research. The book covers important aspects of the interactions between plant and nanomaterials and will be a valuable resource to scientists and researchers in plant physiology, nanotechnology, agronomy and environmental science.
List of contents
1. Changes in metabolite profile in plants exposed to engineered nanomaterials
2. Alterations in gene expression of plants exposed to nanomaterials
3. Modifications in elemental content of edible portions of plants exposed to nanomaterials
4. Plant biochemical pathways sensitive to nanomaterial exposure
5. Elemental and exudate profile of roots exposed to engineered nanomaterials
6. Full life cycle exposure of plants to nanomaterials: Impact on physiology and biomass productivity
7. Plants generational exposure to engineered nanomaterials
8. C & N Isotope discrimination in plants exposed to engineered nanomaterials
9. Plants co-exposure to nanomaterials and abiotic environmental stressors
10. Nanomaterial transformation in root-soil interface: A function of root exudate or microbial activity?
11. Risk of trophic transfer: Nanomaterial uptake and transformation in above ground plant tissue
12. Risks to human health or ecological function? Lessons learned in the last ten years
13. Future questions and approaches in plant-nanomaterial research
About the author
Dr. Cyren Rico is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry at Missouri State University. Previously, he was a National Research Council Fellow at the US Environmental Protection Agency in Corvallis, Oregon. Dr Rico obtained his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Texas at El Paso in 2014. His dissertation, Effects of cerium oxide nanoparticles on cereals: Insights on toxicity and macromolecular modifications, was supervised by Dr. Jorge L. Gardea-Torresdey. He earned his MS degree in Agriculture from Kyungpook National University, Korea in 2007, and his BS degree in Chemistry from the University of the Philippines Los Baños in 2000. He works on understanding the ecological effects of nanomaterials, and his goal is to build a career in the field of analytical and environmental chemistry.
