Description
This book presents a comprehensive overview of new and emerging nanotechnologies. It includes aspects of nanoparticle monitoring, toxicity, and public perception, and covers applications that address both crop growing and treatment of agricultural wastewater. Topics include nanoagrochemicals (nanofertilizers, -pesticides, -herbicides), nanobiosensors, and nanotechnologies for food processing, packaging, and storage, crop improvement and plant disease control. The group of expert authors is led by an experienced team of editors. Mahendra K. Rai is Professor and Head of the Department of Biotechnology at Amravati University in Maharashtra, India. He has published 210 research papers, more than 100 popular articles in Indian and foreign journals and 31 books. He has received several prestigious awards, including the Father T.A. Mathias Award (1989) from the All India Association for Christian Higher Education, and the Medini Award (1999) from the Department of Environment and Forest, Government of India. Caue Ribeiro and Luiz Mattoso are researchers from the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, Sao Carlos Nelson Duran is professor at the Institute of Chemistry, Biological Chemistry Laboratory, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil Nanotechnology in Food Industry.- Strategic Role of Nanotechnology in Fertilizers: Potentials and Limitations.- Nanofertilizers for Balanced Fertilization in Sustainable Agriculture.- Nanofertilizers and Their Smart Delivery Systems.- Nanopesticides.- Nanobiotechnology Strategies for Delivery of Antimicrobials in Agriculture and Food.- Nano-developments for Food Packaging and Labeling Applications.- Strategic Role of Nanobiosensor in Food: Benefits and Bottlenecks.- Emerging Nanotechnologies in Agriculture: Role of Nanocarriers in Delivery of NO.- Gene Transfer in Plants: Role of Nanotechnology.- Perspectives in Nanocomposites for the Slow and Controlled Release of Fertilizers.- Novel Technologies in Animal Health Control and Milk Production: Insights from Nanotechnology.- Nano-enhanced biotreatment for agricultural waste water.- Uptake and Accumulation of Engineered nanomaterials and Their Phytotoxicity to Agricultural Crops.- Ecotoxicology of nanoparticles.- Nanoparticles in Food chains.- Regulatory issues of Using Nanotechnology in Agriculture.- Consumer Acceptance of Agrifood Nanotechnology – Issues and Challenges.
