Engineered Nanoparticles in Agriculture

From Laboratory to Field

Vasileios Fotopoulos, Gholamreza Gohari, Vasileios Fotopoulos, Gholamreza Gohari

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN:
  9781501523151
• eBook ISBN:
  9781501515521
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Botany

Engineered Nanoparticles in Agriculture describes synthesis, properties, and application of nanoparticles to crops at pre- and post-harvest level. The book is ideal for research scientists and graduate students working in the area of plant science and nanotechnology. It will also appeal to agrochemical companies interested in new approaches to improve crops quality and yield.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Chapter 1 Nanomaterials: classification, synthesis methods, and physicochemical characterization
• Chapter 2 Nanoparticles and medicinal plants: a visualized analysis of the core and theme content of the reports in the period of 2018–2022
• Chapter 3 Nanofertilizers: recent approach in crop production
• Chapter 4 Iron-based nanomaterials are emerging nanofertilizers to fulfil iron deficiency
• Chapter 5 Nanoparticles as soil amendments
• Chapter 6 Utilization of nanoparticles in plant protection against biotic stresses
• Chapter 7 Recent advances in nano-enabled agriculture for improving plant performances under abiotic stress condition
• Chapter 8 Nanomaterials as new techniques in plant priming technology
• Chapter 9 Nanoparticles for the improved horticultural crop production
• Chapter 10 Nanomaterials and postharvest management of horticultural crops
• Index