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 and other environmental factors.
The volume looks at the many roles of nanotechnology as a state-of-the art tool in sustainable agriculture, such as for crop production and protection, in the creation and application of nano-pesticides, to enhance soil fertility and soil health for improved plant growth, as plant protective agents against pathogenic microbes and pests, as a mitigating factor of plant abiotic stress, and more. It also discusses the behavior of nanomaterials in soil and interaction with soil biota. The volume goes on to explore emerging nanotechnological tools and techniques for crop improvement, which include space-inspired speed breeding for crop improvement, nanoparticles as sensing materials, plant nanobionics, nanopore DNA sequencing, and more.
Nanotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture: An Innovative and Eco-Friendly Approach will be an important resource on sustainable agriculture and crop improvement with the help of the recent and emerging tools of nanotechnology.
About the Author: Vishnu D. Rajput, PhD, is Associate Professor (Leading Researcher) at Southern Federal University, Russia. His ongoing research is based on soil contamination, i.e, potentially toxic elements, and metallic nanoparticles, and investigating the bioaccumulation, bio/geo-transformations, uptake, translocation, and toxic effects of metallic nanoparticles on plant physiology, morphology, anatomy, the ultrastructure of cellular and subcellular organelles, cytomorphometric modifications, and DNA damage. He comprehensively detailed the state of research in environmental science in regard to "how nanoparticles/heavy metals interact with plants, soil, microbial community, and the larger environment. He has published over 200 publications, including over 100 peer-reviewed articles, nine books, and many book chapters and conference articles. He is an internationally recognized reviewer and has received outstanding reviewing certificates from Elsevier and Springer. He is an editorial board member of various journals. He received "certificate for appreciation 2019" and "Certificate of Honor 2020" from the Southern Federal University, Russia, for is outstanding contribution in academic, creative research, and publication activities.
Abhishek Singh is presently a PhD Research Scholar at Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India. He has published a book, four Scopus-indexed, and two book chapters, as well as review papers, abstracts, and Hindi English popular articles published in different national international level journal and magazines. He presented a poster presentation at the XIV Agricultural Sciences Congress-2019, ICAR, New Delhi, and and presented at the 5th Global Outreach Conference in India. He has been a member of the different national and international scientific societies of agriculture. He earned an integrated MS in Plant Biotechnology at Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (formerly Allahabad Agricultural Institute) Allahabad, India.
Tatiana Minkina, PhD, is the Head of the Soil Science and Land Evaluation Department of Southern Federal University, Russia. She is also Head of the International Master's Degree Educational Program "Management and Estimation of Land Resources" (2015-2022), accredited by ACQUIN. Her area of scientific interest is soil science, biogeochemistry of trace elements, environmental soil chemistry, including soil monitoring, assessment, modeling, and remediation using physicochemical treatment methods. Currently, she is handling projects funded by the Russian Scientific Foundation, Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, and Russian Foundation of Basic Research. She is a member of the Expert Group of Russian Academy of Science, International Committee on Contamination Land, Eurasian Soil Science Societies, International Committee on Protection of the Environment, and International Scientific Committee of the International Conferences on Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements. A prolific author, Dr. Minkina has published numerous scientific publications and has been an invited editor of the MDPI Open Access Journal by Water. She is an editorial board member of several journals as well. Dr. Minkina was awarded a Diploma of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation for her many years of long-term work for development and improvement of the educational process, significant contribution to the training of highly qualified specialists.
Krishan K. Verma, PhD, is a Visiting Scientist at the Sugarcane Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning, Guangxi, China. He has 10 years of research experience in the field of biotic and abiotic stresses, i.e., environmental toxicology, plant physiology, metallic nanoparticles. His research focuses on environmental toxicology, plant physiology and molecular biology, and their impacts on growth and physiological adaptations of plants to environment and how they affect the plant structure. He has published more than 54 scientific research articles, including five books. He has been serving as an editorial board member of various peer-reviewed journals.
Awani Kumar Singh, PhD, is presently working as Principal Scientist of Horticulture-Vegetable Science at the ICAR-IARI, New Delhi, India. He is a Fellow of CHAI, Noni, Royal Association for Science-led Socio-cultural Advancement (RASSA), and Progressive Horticulture. He has received a Best Scientist Award. To date, he has published many research papers in national and international journals of repute, research articles, research abstracts, book chapters, training manuals, and other publications, as well as three books. He has delivered many TV and radio talks on the topic of protected cultivation in DD1, DD-Kisan, FM-Gold, MGMG etc. He has developed eight high-yielding varieties of different vegetable crops. He has guided several MSc and PhD students in Vegetable Science. He has also contributed responsibility as Chairman and Co-chairman in various society seminars and symposia. He continues to promote protected cultivation cum hi-tech cum smart technology in vegetable crops.
