Preface
1. Vital implication of nanotechnology in plant protectionAtanu Bhattacharyya and Ram Prasad
1Department of Biomedical Engineering, Nanotechnology Section, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology and Research Centre, Cholanagar, R.T. Nagar Post, Hebbal, Bangalore, 560032, IndiaEmail: atanubhatt@rediffmail.com
2. Application of nanomaterials in plant protectionMujeebur Rahman Khan
Department of Plant Protection, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202 002, India Cell: 00919412527112mrkhan777in@yahoo.co.in
3. Role of Biologically synthesized Nanoparticles on Seed GerminationKalagadda Venkateswara Rao
Centre for Nano Science and Technology, IST, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad, Telangana, India.E-mail: kalagadda2003@jntuh.ac.in
4. Zinc-Based Nanostructures aganist toxicogenic fungi and plant pathogensManal Mostafa Kamel and A. Abd-Elsalam
1 CIHEAM IAMB - Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari, Via Ceglie, 970010 Valenzano (BA), Italy 2Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center (ARC), EgyptE-mail: kamelabdelsalam@gmail.com
5. Magnetic and Supramagentic Nanostructures in plant protection applicationsMohamed, and Kamel A. Abd-Elsalam
Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center (ARC), EgyptE-mail: kamelabdelsalam@gmail.com
6. Botrytis Grey Mould Nano or Bio Control: Present Status and Future ProspectsEsraa Gabal1, and, Kamel A. Abd-Elsalam2, *
1Agricultural Sciences and Resource Management in the Tropics and Subtropics (ARTS), Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bonn, Germany, 2Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza 12655, EgyptE-mail: kamelabdelsalam@gmail.com
7. Bionanomaterials as antimicrobialsSankar Narayan Sinha
Microbiology and Virology Section, Department of Botany, University of Kalyani, Kalyani 741235West Bengal, IndiaE-mail: sinhasn62@yahoo.co.in
8. Use of Nanoformulation based pesticide products in plant insect and disease managementRajesh Kumar Pandey
Department of Botany, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi-284128, Email: rkp_vam@rediffmail.com
9. Nanopesticides: Synthesis, formulation and application in agricultureAnurag Yadav
Department of Microbiology, College of Basic Sciences & Humanities, Sardarkrushinagar Agricultural University Dantiwada, Banaskantha, Gujarat, IndiaEmail: anuragyadav123@gmail.com
10. Present status and future prospects of nanobiopesticides in pest managementDr. P. S. Vimala Devi
Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad- 500030, IndiaE-mail: ps.vimaladevi@icar.gov.in
11. Intellectual Property Rights aspects of NanobiopesticidesPrabuddha Ganguli
Visiting Professor, Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, IndiaCEO, Vision-IPR, Mumbai, IndiaE-mail: pgang@mtnl.net.in
12. Nano-scale fertilizers: Harnessing boons for enhanced nutrient use efficiency and crop productivityAnu Kalia
Anu Kalia, Sat Pal Sharma, and Harleen Kaur Electron Microscopy and Nanoscience Laboratory, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-141004, Punjab, IndiaE-mail: kaliaanu@pau.edu
About the Author: Kamel Abd-Elsalam, Ph.D. is a head researcher at Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt. Dr. Kamel's research interests include developing, improving and deploying plant biosecurity diagnostic tools; understanding and exploiting fungal pathogen genomes; and developing eco-friendly hybrid nanomaterials for controlling toxicogenic fungi and plant diseases. He has edited or authored books and published 8 book chapters, 6 review articles, a translated book and more than 120 research articles in international peer reviewed journals including Fungal Diversity, Fungal Biology, FEMS Review Microbiology, PLOS One and PLOS Genetics. He is associate editor for Mycosphere, and review editor for Frontiers in Genomic Assay Technology and referees for journals, including the Plant Pathology, Journal of Phytopathology, Crop Protection, IET Nanotechnology, Fungal Diversity, BMC Genomic and, Foodborne Pathogens and Diseases. Dr. Kamel has also served as molecular mycologist for 5 years in the Department Botany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. He received the Federation of Arab Scientific Research Councils Prize for distinguished scientific research in biotechnology (fungal genomics) during 2014 (first ranking). Dr. Kamel pursued his Ph.D. in Molecular Plant Pathology from Christian Alberchts University of Kiel (Germany) and Suez Canal University (Egypt). He did a postdoctoral fellowship from Christian Alberchts University of Kiel in 2008. Dr. Kamel served as visiting associate professor in Institute of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand; Institute of Microbiology, TUM, Germany, Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University, The Netherlands; and Plant Protection Department, Sassari University, Italy.

Ram Prasad, Ph.D. is assistant professor at the Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, India. His research interests includes plant-microbe interactions, sustainable agriculture, and microbial nanobiotechnology. Dr. Prasad has more than a hundred publications to his credit, including research papers and book chapters. He has filed patents issued or pending and has edited or authored several books. Dr. Prasad has 11 years of teaching experience. He has been awarded the Young Scientist Award (2007) and Prof. J. S. Datta Munshi Gold Medal (2009) by the International Society for Ecological Communications, the FSAB fellowship (2010) by the Society for Applied Biotechnology, the Outstanding Scientist Award (2015) in the field of microbiology by Venus International Foundation, and the American Cancer Society UICC International Fellowship for Beginning Investigators (USA, 2014). In 2014-2015, Dr. Prasad served as visiting assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, USA.