Advanced Nanotechnology in Plants

Chapter 1 Nanotechnology in Plant Sciences and Agriculture: An Overview

Masudulla Khan

Chapter 2 The Application of Nanotechnology to Accelerate Plant Adaptation to Abiotic Stresses

Saira Zaheer, Junaid Shehzad, Sunbal Khalil Chaudhari, and Ghazala Mustafa

Chapter 3 Methods for Nanotechnology in Plant Biotic Stress Management

Sagnik Nag, Subhrojyoti Ghosh, Anuvab Dey, Sourav Majhi, Abhijit Mondal, Anamika Mishra, Oishi Mitra, and Faheem Ahmad

Chapter 4 The Use of Nanopesticides in Crop Protection

Anam Choudhary, Nasreen Musheer, Rabiya Basri, Arshi Jamil, and Sabiha Saeed

Chapter 5 Synthesis and Application of Nano-biofertilizers in Plants

Battana Swapna, Srinivasan Kameswaran, and Mandala Ramakrishna

Chapter 6 Biofortification with Zinc: The Use of Nanoparticles as an Alternative to Improve the Nutritional Quality of Crops

Alejandro Palacio-Marquez, Carlos A. Ramirez-Estrada, Esteban Sanchez, and Celia Chavez-Mendoza

Chapter 7 Green Synthesis of Nanoparticles and Applications

Arshi Anees, Rishil Gupta, P V Phanindra, Oluwatoyin Adenike Fabiyi, Uday Kumar Thera, Tesleem Taye Bello, and Faheem Ahmad

Chapter 8 Green Nanotechnology for Remediation of Heavy Metal-Contaminated Soils: Current Status and Future Scope

Kanika Khanna, Nandni Sharma, Jaspreet Kour, Arun Dev Singh, Sandeep Kour, Tamanna Bhardwaj, Neerja Sharma, Puja Ohri, and Renu Bhardwaj

Chapter 9 In vitro Production of Plant Bioactive Compounds Enhanced by Nanoparticle Elicitation

Gilberto Velazquez-Juarez, Janet Maria Leon-Morales, Jose Juvencio Castaneda-Nava, Soledad Garcia-Morales

Chapter 10 Green Synthesis of Nanoparticles using Endophytes

Mehreen Shah

Chapter 11 Phyto-carrier Systems Based on Nanoparticles

Adina-Elena Segneanu

Chapter 12 Silver Nanoparticles in Agriculture: Synthesis and Applications

Iqra Munir, Sunbal Khalil Chaudhari, Madiha Manzoor, Sundas Asghar, and Ghazala Mustafa

Chapter 13 Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Plant Extracts for Photocatalytic and Antibacterial Activity

Muhammad Nazim Lakhan, Abdul Hanan, Irfan Ali Soomro, Anisa Ratnasari, Altaf Hussain, Kishore Chand, and Mukhtiar Ahmed

Chapter 14 Physiological Responses of Plants to Nanoparticles and Chelating Agents

Soleyman Dayani, Maryam Mazaheri-Tirani, and Ramin Hosseini

Chapter 15 The Exploitation of Marine Seaweeds for Nanoparticle Biosynthesis and Applications

Pragya Tiwari, Muhammad Adil, Subir Kumar Bose, Jen-Tsung Chen, and Laurent Dufosse

Chapter 16 Recent Methods for Producing Alginate Nanoformulations to Alleviate Climate Change Effects

Fatima El Amerany and Mohammed Rhazi

Chapter 17 The Application of Nanoparticles in Phytoremediation of Soil and Water Pollution

Amna Mustafa, Hajra Abid, Khawaja Shafique Ahmad, Ansar Mehmood, Fahim Nawaz, Muhammad Asif Shehzad, Saiqa Nazir, and Sajjad Hussain