Advances in Phytonanotechnology

Mansour Ghorbanpour obtained his MSc and PhD degrees in Crop Ecology from Tehran University (Karaj, Iran) and has been a visiting scholar in the Nutrient Uptake and Toxicity Stress (NUTS) group at the University of Western Australia (Perth, Australia). He specializes in the production and domestication of medicinal and aromatic plants. His research interests include medicinal plants and their bioactive ingredients in stressful environments; the discovery and development of new therapeutic plants and products; phyto-nanotechnology; the bioavailability of emerging contaminants in plant–soil systems; agricultural practices and techniques for increasing plant primary and secondary metabolites; and the diversity of natural products and bioactive compounds of aromatic medicinal plants, among others. A prolific author, Dr. Ghorbanpour was listed among the top 2% of scientists in the world for three consecutive years (2019–2021) by Stanford University. Shabir Hussain Wani is Scientist cum Assistant Professor at Shere-e- Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir where his research focuses on plant breeding and genetics/plant biotechnology. Included among his awards are: Fellow of the Linnean Society of London-2017 YOUNG SCIENTIST Award (2017), Indian Ecological Society Punjab Agricultural University Ludhiana. Young Scientist of the Year 2016, International foundation for Environment and Ecology Kolkata India. YOUNG ACHIEVER AWARD – 2016, Society for Advancement of Human and Nature (SADHNA) YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry YOUNG SCIENTIST Award (2015), Society for Plant Research, Meerut, India YOUNG SCIENTIST Award (2009), Society for Promotion of Plant Science Research. Jaipur National University, Jaipur. FELLOW OF SOCIETY FOR PLANT RESEARCH AWARD – 2011-12

• 1. Recent developments of nanoscience and nanotechnology2. Engineered nanomaterials: classification and strategies for physico-chemical characterization3. Phytosynthesis of nano-scale materials4. Nanomaterials delivery to plants (mode of entry, uptake, translocation, accumulation, biotransformation and barriers)5. Advanced analytical techniques for the measurement of nanomaterials in plant samples6. Germination and early growth responses of higher vascular plants to different types of nanomaterials7. Nanotoxicity based studies (phytotoxicity, cytotoxicity, genotoxicity and ecotoxicity) in plant sciences8. Nanotechnology for phytoremediation of heavy metals (mechanisms of nanomaterial-mediated alleviation of toxic metals)9. Plant nanobionics, and role of nanomaterials on elicitation of plant primary and secondary metabolites10. Morphological, physiological and biochemical responses of plants to nanoparticulate exposure under different environmental perturbations11. Plant DNA extraction and purification using nanocomposites12. Induction of plant defense machinery against nanomaterials13.Application of nanoagrochemicals in plant production sector14. Nanocarrier based antimicrobial phytochemicals15. Development and commercialization of sensor nanotechnologies in plant science16. Effect of nanoparticles on phytopathogens17. Biotechnology and nanotechnology: Natural allies for brave new horizons