Nanotechnology Driven Agriculture

Swarnendu Roy, PhD, is presently working as an assistant professor at the University of North Bengal, Siliguri, India. He has more than 13 years of teaching experience. He has published more than 40 articles in reputed journals with high-impact factors, such as Water Research, Scientific Reports and many others. He has recently edited two books published by Springer and has also published several book chapters in edited volumes to date. Presently, he is actively engaged in research topics encompassing stress management in plants by engineered nanoparticles and the synthesis of starch-based biofilms and edible coatings. He is presently supervising four research scholars. He received International Travel Support (ITS) from DST, Govt. of India in 2019 to present his research paper at the International Conference on Integrative Plant Physiology in Sitges, Spain. He is a life member of prestigious societies such as the Indian Science Congress Association and Association of Food Scientists and Technologists (India).Akbar Hossain, PhD, is working as a senior agronomist at the Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute. He has edited/is editing several books in his research areas, which include plant stress physiology, maize production and uses, input use efficiency for food and environmental security and plant defense mechanisms. He has also authored more than 200 journal articles related to agronomy, plant breeding, plant physiology, nanotechnology, etc. He is serving as a Research Supervisor of the M.Sc. students in Agronomy and Soil Science and Irrigation Engineering at Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University in Dinajpur, Bangladesh. He is also very interested in the prospects of nanotechnology in agriculture in the modern era of climate change.

• Chapter 1Recent developments and applications of nanocomposites in agriculture: Properties, benefits, and prospectsChapter 2Synthesis of Nano fertilizers and Nano pesticides: Current Understanding and Future prospectsChapter 3Applications of nanotechnology in abiotic stress management and biofortificationChapter 4Prospects of nanotechnology for abiotic and biotic stresses amelioration in field cropsChapter 5Nanoparticles in Soil-Water-Plant InferenceChapter 6Nanopriming: A Comprehensive Perspective for Regulating Seed Germination of Crops under Stress ConditionChapter 7Perspectives of nanoparticles as priming agents for amelioration of abiotic stresses in cropsChapter 8Effective use of nanomaterials to maintain soil fertility and reduce heavy metal toxicity in soilChapter 9Alleviation of heavy metal stress through the use of nanotechnologyChapter 10Green synthesis of nanoparticles: Applications and feasibility over chemical synthesis proceduresChapter 11Application of nanotechnology in riceChapter 12Prospects and challenges of nano-films based edible food coatings for enhancement of their shelf-lifeChapter 13Nano-films for enhancing the shelf-life of harvested productsChapter 14Exploiting the bioprospecting potential of nanoparticles with microorganismsChapter 15Applications of nanoparticles as anti-microbial agentsChapter 16Nanotechnology: An exciting perspective for nematode managementChapter 17Agricultural applications of nanobiosensors in disease diagnosis and food toxicity analysis