Overview

Large-scale chemical fertilizer application causes irreparable damage to soil structure, mineral cycles, soil microbial flora, plants, and other food chains across ecosystems, culminating in heritable mutations in future generations of consumers. A better way forward is the use of nanofertilizers to focus on macro elements (N, P, K), as switching to nanofertilizers may result in large environmental benefits by replacing the majority of these nutrients. Furthermore, the biosynthesis of nanomaterials using bacteria, algae, yeast, fungus, actinomycetes, and plants has opened up a new avenue of research in the production of inorganic nanoparticles as ecologically friendly fertilizers. Nanofertilizers should also attain increased efficiency because of a several-fold increase in the surface-to-volume ratio of nano-forms of nutrients and their suitability for foliar application, where environmental losses are further reduced. Nanostructured fertilizers can also improve nutrient useefficiency through strategies such as targeted distribution and progressive or controlled-release as they can precisely release their active molecules in response to environmental cues and biological demands. Recent research shows nanofertilizers can increase agricultural productivity by speeding up seed germination, seedling growth, photosynthetic activity, nitrogen metabolism, and carbohydrate and protein synthesis. The potential agricultural benefits of nanofertilizers, their modes of action, and the fate of nanomaterials in soil are all discussed in this book. It also covers nanofertilizer formulation and delivery, applications, uptake, translocation, and their fate in plants, as well as their impact on plant physiology and metabolism. Nutrient nanoformulation is a valuable method that has the potential to alter the agricultural sector and provide solutions to current and future concerns for sustainable and climate-sensitive crops

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Author:   Kamel A. Abd-Elsalam ,  Mousa A. Alghuthaymi
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2024
Weight:   1.051kg
ISBN:  

9783031413285

ISBN 10:   3031413288
Pages:   573
Publication Date:   29 November 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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​Preface 1. Introduction: Nano fertilizers for development agriculture production Kamel A. Abd-Elsalam, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt Part 1: Synthesis 2. Fabricated Nano Fertilizers as a clean and viable substitute for conventional fertilizers Mahendra P. Singh and Najitha Banu, Dept. of Zoology, School of Biosciences, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, Punjab, India E-Mail: najirila2010@gmail.com 3. Nano fertilizers: types, synthesis methods, mechanisms Karl Eastman, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, College of Agriculture, North Dakota State University, USA. Email: keastman@gmail.com 4. Nanocomposite fertilizers Aniruddha Chatterjee, Department of Plastic & Polymer Engineering Maharashtra Institute of Technology, India. Email: aniruddha.chatterjee@mit.asia 5. Environmentally Benign Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles for Fertilizer Applications in Agriculture Achintya Bezbaruah, Mohammad E. Hossain, Environmental Engineering, North Dakota State University, USA. Email: enayetswe@du.ac.bd; enaswe@gmail.com   6. Smart Fertilizers and slow-release of N and Zn V. Sugumari, Mepco Schlenk Engineering CollegeEmail: sugumari@mepcoeng.ac.in 7. Plant Nanonutrients for sustainable agriculture Hrishikesh Upadhyaya, Department of Botany, Cotton University, College Hostel Road, Panbazar, Guwahati- 781001, Assam, INDIA E-Mail: hkupbl_au@rediffmail.com 8. Microalgae-based nanofertilizers for sustainable agriculture Iffat Zareen Ahmad, Departments of Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics & Microbiology Chairperson, Women Grievance/Harrassment Cell Integral University, Lucknow, India E-Mail: iffat@iul.ac.in Part 2: Applications 9. Green synthesis of nanofertilizers and its role in plant protection Mohammad Akram, Sabiha Saeed, Division of Plant Protection, Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur, India. e-mail: sabihasaeed106@gmail.com 10. Preparation and Characterization of Nanofertilizers and Their Utility in Control of Phyto-pathogens: Towards Sustainable Agriculture Lamy M. M. HAMED, Muhammad A. Fathy, Aya A. M. Abdellati, Soil and Water Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, 12613, Giza, Egypt lamy.hamed@agr.cu.edu.eg 11. Green Synthesis of Nanofertilizers and Their Application for Rice Production Vishnu D Rajput, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, RussiaE-mail: rvishnu@sfedu.ru 12. Nano-biofertilizers: Applications in sustainable agriculture and crop productivity Kavya Bakka, Dept. of Microbiology, Iowa State University, USA  E-mail: kavyabakka@gmail.com 13. ZnO nanoparticles: sustainable plant production Tapan Kumar Mandal, Dean of Research & Development, ICFAI University Tripura, IndiaE-mail: tapankumarmandal@iutripura.edu.in 14. Influential Relevance of Nanofertilizers in the Sustainable Cultivation of Horticultural Crops M. Shafiq Ansari, Rabiya Basri, Department of Plant Protection, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India E-mail: rbsiddique21@gmail.com 15. Nano-engineering of Metal-based Fertilizers Using Biopolymers: An Innovative Strategy for A More Sustainable Agriculture Lebogang Katata-Seru, Department of chemistry, North-West University, South Africa E-mail: Lebo.Seru@nwu.ac.za 16. Silica Nanoparticles for Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance  Suriyaprabha Rangaraj, Mythili Ravichandran, Sona College of Arts and Science, Salem, India e-mail: ms.microhoney@gmail.com 17. Smart fertilizers: the prospect of slow-release nanofertilizers in modern agricultural practices Swarnendu Roy  Department of Botany, University of North Bengal, India E-mail: swarnendubotany@nbu.ac.in 18. Metal nanoparticles in agriculture: impacts on plants, and associated microorganisms Eman Tawfik, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Egypt E-mail: emantawfik@science.helwan.edu.eg  19. The Use of nanobiofetilizers in Agricultural production: An ecofriendly technology towards environmental sustainability Emmanuel S. Okeke, University of Nigeria, e-mail: emmanuel.okeke@unn.edu.ng 20. Large-scale production of Nanofertilizers: Commercialization, Challenges and Future trends Mohammad Ashfaq, University Center of Research & Development (UCRD), Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab, India E-mail: mohdashfaqbiotech@gmail.com 21. Impact of Nanofertilizers for Mitigation of Multiple Environmental Stresses Vishnu D Rajput, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, RussiaE-mail: rvishnu@sfedu.ru intmsc.abhi@gmail.com 22. Ecotoxicological and regulatory aspects of environmental sustainability of nanofertilizers Luqman AZEEZ, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Osun State University, Osogbo, Nigeria luqman.azeez@uniosun.edu.ng 23. The fate of nanofertilizers in agroecosystemsAuthor to be determined.  BibliographyIndex

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Kamel A. Abd-Elsalam, Ph.D. is currently a Research Professor at the 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, plant diseases and Agroecosystems applications. He published 23 books related to nano-biotechnology applications in agriculture and plant protection were published by the world’s major publishing houses (Springer, Tylor Frances, and Elsevier). Since 2019, he has served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Elsevier book series, Nanobiotechnology for Plant Protection, he also serves as the Series Editor of the Elsevier book series Applications of Genome Modified Plants and Microbes in Food and Agriculture. He has also participated as an active member of the Elsevier Advisory Panel, giving feedback and suggestions for improvement of Elsevier’s products and services since 2020. Published more than 232 scientific research in international and regional specialized scientific journals with a high impact factor, and has an h-index of 40, i-10 index of120 with 6312+ citations. Also, he served as a Guest Editor for the Journal of Fungi, Plants, and Microorganisms, and as a Review, Editor for Frontiers in Genomic Assay Technology and referred for several reputed journals. He was ranked in Top 2% most influential scientist in the world in nanobiotechnology for the 2020 and 2021 by Stanford University, In 2014, he was awarded the Federation of Arab Scientific Study Councils Prize for excellent scientific research in biotechnology (fungal genomics) (first ranking). Kamel earned his Ph.D. in Molecular Plant Pathology from Christian Alberchts University of Kiel (Germany) and Suez Canal University (Egypt), and in 2008, he was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from the same institution. Dr. Kamel was a visiting associate professor at Mae Fah Luang University in Thailand, the Institute of Microbiology at TUM in Germany, the Laboratory of Phytopathology at Wageningen University in the Netherlands, and the Plant Protection Department at Sassari University in Italy. Mousa A. Alghuthaymi is currently a professor, he obtained a Ph.D. in Microbiology from King Saud University in 2013. Dr. Mousa research interests include the development, improvement, and deployment of plant biosecurity diagnostic tools, the understanding and exploitation of fungal pathogen genomes, and the development of eco-friendly hybrid nanomaterials for the control of toxicogenic fungi, plant diseases, and Agroecosystems applications. The head of the Biology Department at the College of Science and Human Studies in Shaqra University, Saudi Arabia and a member of the University’s Scientific Council since March 2022, and previously worked as the Head of the Chemistry Department between 2016-2018, and He published 14 chapters in 12 books and published about 40 research papers in refereed scientific journals.

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