Agri-Waste and Microbes for Production of Sustainable Nanomaterials

P. Rajiv is a Doctor of Philosophy at the Department of Biotechnology, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, India. His research interests are environmental biotechnology, nanotechnology. biofertilizer technology, microbiology and food technology, organic farming, and crop improvement. S. Rajeshkumar is an Associate Professor at the Department of Pharmacology at the Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, India. His research interests are green synthesis of silver, gold, zinc oxide, cadmium sulfide, zinc sulfide, titanium di oxide, copper sulfide, copper oxide, chitosan and silica nanoparticles and polymer coated metal nanocomposites. He is also researching applications of nanoparticles and nanocomposites on agricultural and biomedical applications (antimicrobial, anticancer, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic etc.) Kamel A. Abd-Elsalam is currently a Research Professor at the Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza. He earned his PhD in molecular plant pathology through a joint program between Christian Albrechts University of Kiel, Germany, and Suez Canal University, Egypt, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at Christian Albrechts University. His research focuses on nanobiotechnology applications in agriculture and plant protection, and he has authored numerous peer‑reviewed articles and edited books with major international publishers. His scientific contributions have been recognized nationally and regionally, including awards from the Federation of Arab Scientific Research Councils for research excellence in biotechnology and the Egyptian State Award for Agricultural Scientific Excellence from the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology. He has been recognized among the world’s top 2% most influential scientists in nanobiotechnology for three consecutive years (2021–2023), according to global rankings developed by Stanford University. Since 2019, he has served as the Editor-in-Chief of two Elsevier book series, Nanobiotechnology for Plant Protection and Genome Modified Plants and Microbes in Food and Agriculture.

• 1 Sustainable strategies for producing large-scale nanomaterials: A note from the editorsPart I: Agri-Waste for production of nanomaterials2 Synthesis of metal nanoparticles by microbes and biocompatible green reagents3 Plant and agri-waste-mediated synthesis of metal nanoparticles4 Plant-mediated copper nanoparticles for agri-ecosystem applications5 Synthesis of silica nanoparticles from agricultural waste6 Biomolecule-assisted biogenic synthesis of metallic nanoparticles7 Bacterial and fungal mediated synthesis, characterization and applications of AgNPs8 Agro-waste materials: Sustainable substrates in nanotechnology9 Synthesis of eco-friendly graphene from agricultural wastes10 Fruit peel waste-to-wealth: Bionanomaterials production and their applications in agroecosystems11 Eggshell and fish/shrimp wastes for synthesis of bio-nanoparticles12 Vegetables waste for biosynthesis of various nanoparticlesPart II: Microorganisms for nanomaterials synthesis13 Microbes and agricultural waste: A safe resource for the production of bionanomaterials14 Microbial synthesis of magnetic nanomaterials15 Mycogenic nanoparticles: Synthesis, characterizations and applications16 Actinomycetes-assisted nanoparticles: Synthesis and applications17 Biosynthesis of Silver Nanoparticles: Synthesis, mechanism, and characterization18 Agri-food and environmental applications of bionanomaterials produced from agri-waste and microbes19 Benign fabrication of metallic/metal oxide nanoparticles from algae20 Biogenic metal sulfide nanoparticles synthesis and applications for biomedical and environmental technology21 Microbial-mediated copper nanoparticles synthesis, characterization, and applications22 Green nanomaterials produced by agro-waste and microbes: Mechanisms and risk assessment23 Frontier and perspective outlook on agrowaste nanoparticles for healthcare and environment24 Mechanistic approach on the synthesis of metallic nanoparticles from microbes25 Microbially synthesized nanoparticles: A promising future for insecticidal efficacy studies26 Biomedical applications of ginsenosides nanoparticles synthesized using microbes27 Synthesis of selenium nanoparticles by using microorganisms and agri-based products28 Plant-meditated methods for synthesis of silver nanoparticles29 Rice wastes for green production and sustainable nanomaterials: An overview