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"Nanotechnology in Agriculture and Agroecosystems presents the latest research on the role of nanotechnology in agriculture and agroecosystems, investigating innovations and their many potential benefits, in terms of plant growth, food production, crop protection, and ecosystem management. The book begins by introducing new perspectives for use of nanotechnology in agroecosystems and sustainable agriculture. Subsequent chapters focus on specific areas of innovation, covering a wide range of applications of nanotechnology, including plant disease and protection, soil quality, precision farming, influence of nanomaterials on aquatic life, nanobiosensors in sustainable agriculture, etc. This is a valuable resource for researchers and advanced students across a range of disciplines, and industrial scientists, engineers, and readers in the agriculture sector with an interest in nanotechnology and sustainable technologies for agriculture and agro-industries."--Cover page 4.
List of contents
1. Nanotechnology: New perspectives in agroecosystems and sustainable agriculture
2. Nanotechnology-mediated gene transfer in plants: A novel approach
3. Applications of nanomaterials in plant disease management and protection
4. Nanotechnological strategies for enhanced crop production and plant growth
5. Nano-based sensors for sustainable agriculture
6. Nanotechnology for agro-based food processing and packaging
7. Agro-nanodiagnostics for plant diseases
8. Nanotechnology in environmental/soil remediation: Current advances
9. Toxicological impact of nanoparticles on soil enzyme activities, with reference to complex sugar degradation in soil
10. Toxicological concerns of nanomaterials on soil fertility and environment
11. Toxicological effects of nanomaterials on aquatic organisms
12. Emerging role of nanotechnology in precision farming
13. Nanomaterials as novel elicitors of plant secondary metabolites
14. Effects of nanomaterials on beneficial soil microorganisms
15. Dual role of nanotechnology in plants in response to biotic and abiotic stresses
16. Application of nanomaterials in groundwater treatment
17. Nanotechnology and agribusiness
About the author
Dr. Avinash P. Ingle is currently working as a Research Scientist (Ramanujan Fellow) at the Biotechnology Centre, Department of Agricultural Botany, at Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Agricultural University, in Maharashtra, India. He completed his doctoral degree at SGB Amravati University, working as a Research Scientist at the same institution from 2013 to 2016, before being awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship (FAPESP) at the Department of Biotechnology, Engineering School of Lorena, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, for three years. Dr. Ingle has edited several books with various international publishers, 65 book chapters, and over 90 research publications in international, peer-reviewed journals. His research interests include nanobiotechnology, biofuel technology, and sustainable agriculture.
