Nanotechnology in Sustainable Agriculture

Nanotechnology in Sustainable Agriculture presents applications of nanobiotechnology for eco-friendly agriculture practices. Implementing sustainable agriculture techniques is a crucial component in meeting projected global food demands while minimising toxic waste in the environment.

Nano-technological tools ? including nanoparticles, nanocapsules, nanotubes and nanomolecules ? offer sustainable options to modernise agriculture systems. Written by nanotechnology experts, this book outlines how nano-formulations can improve yield without reliance on chemecial pesticides and reduce nutrient losses in fertilization. It reveals how nanotools are used for rapid disease diagnostics, in treating plant diseases and enhancing the capacity for plants to absorb nutrients.

Features:

• Combines nanotechnology and agronomy presenting applications for improving plant performance and yields.
• Reveals nanotechnology-based products used for the soil and plant health management which mitigate climate change.
• Discusses roles of microbial endophytes, heavy metal nanoparticles and environment health, nano-nutrients, phytochemicals, green bioengineering and plant health.

This book appeals to professionals working in the agriculture and food industry, as well as agricultural scientists and researchers in nanotechnology and agronomy.

Contents

List of Figures............................................................................................................ix

List of Tables........................................................................................................... xiii

Editor Biographies....................................................................................................xv

List of Contributors.................................................................................................xvii

PART 1 Introduction

Chapter 1 The Emerging Role of the Fungus Mediated Synthesis of

Nanoparticles in Agriculture.................................................................3

Shruti Shandilya, Sandeep Kumar, and Anjney Sharma

Chapter 2 Endophytes as Nanofactories.............................................................. 21

Philem Pushparani Devi, Isha Abhyankar, and

Pradeep Kumar Singh

Chapter 3 Nano-Biotechnological Products and Their Beneficial Linkages

towards Sustainable Wheat Production............................................... 43

Baby Kumari, Manoj Kumar Solanki, Suresh Kumar Verma,

and M. A. Mallick

Chapter 4 Role of Nano-Biotechnology in Agriculture and Allied Sciences......69

Uma Chaurasia, Ashutosh Kumar, Deepak Kumar Maurya,

Sudheer Kumar Yadav, Touseef Hussain, and Vineet Kumar Maurya

Chapter 5 Phytochemicals and Microbial Metabolites as Capping Agents

in Nanoparticle Formulation and Its Implications in Agriculture......97

Neha Sharma, Sharmistha Banerjee, Rajesh Singh Tomar, and

Shuchi Kaushik

PART 2 Application of Nanoparticles

Chapter 6 Potential of Agro-Products in the Green Synthesis of Nano-

Metallopharmaceuticals.................................................................... 117

Deepak Panchal, Rita S. Dhodapkar, and Sukdeb Pal

Chapter 7 Myconanoparticles Synthesis and Their Applications in the

Agriculture Sector............................................................................. 139

Rohit Sam Ajee, Neha Sharma, Rajesh Singh Tomar, and

Shuchi Kaushik

Chapter 8 Green Synthesized Nanoparticles: A Way to Produce Novel

Nano-Biosensor for Agricultural Application................................... 175

Kumar Anand and Bijayananda Panigrahi

Chapter 9 Sophorolipid: A New Path towards Greener Substitute in

Nanotechnology................................................................................ 191

Priti Darne and Asmita Prabhune

Chapter 10 Nanoformulations in Soil Health and Agriculture............................ 211

A.H. Sneharaniand and M. PavanKumar

Chapter 11 Emerging Role of Biosynthesized Silver Nanoparticles for

Agricultural Applications..................................................................225

Shaheen Husain, Suresh K Verma, Aditya Nandi, Shumaila

Akram, Durdana Yasin, and Hemlata

PART 3 Nanobioformulation and Plant Health

Chapter 12 A Journey of Nano Iron Pyrite from the Chemosynthetic

World of Hydrothermal Vents to the Photosynthetic World of

Agricultural Fields: A New Class of Seed and Root

Bio-Stimulant....................................................................................249

Himanshi Jangir and Mainak Das

Chapter 13 Plant Extract Guided Nanomaterials and Plant Disease

Management...................................................................................... 271

Zehra Karaagac, Seyma Dadi, Semiha Ekrikaya, and Ismail Ocsoy

Chapter 14 Nanomaterials, an Eco-Friendly Replacement of Traditional

Agricultural Plant Fungicides........................................................... 291

Priyanka Debnath, Arghadip Mondal, and Naba Kumar Mondal

Chapter 15 Current Trends in Nanotechnological Approaches for Treatment

of Plant Diseases...............................................................................309

Shalja Verma, Anand Kumar Pandey, and

Brijendra Kumar Kashyap

Chapter 16 Cellular Impacts of Plant Fabricated Silver Nanoparticles............... 341

Puja Kumari, Paritosh Patel, Suresh K. Verma, and M. Anwar

Mallick

Chapter 17 Phytotoxic Study on Degraded Textile Dye (Methyl Red)

Using Iron Oxide, Tungsten Oxide and Iron Tungstate Oxide

Nanoparticles: A Case Report........................................................... 353

Narendhran Sadasivam and Vinoth Velusamy

Index....................................................................................................................... 375