Nanotechnology and Plant Sciences Nanoparticles and Their Impact on Plants /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Siddiqui, Manzer H. (Editor), Al-Whaibi, Mohamed H. (Editor), Mohammad, Firoz (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biotechnology.; Agriculture.; Plant physiology.; Plant breeding.; Biology > Technique.; Life Sciences.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Plant Physiology.; Biological Techniques.

This book presents a holistic view of the complex and dynamic responses of plants to nanoparticles, the signal transduction mechanisms involved, and the regulation of gene expression. Further, it addresses the phytosynthesis of nanoparticles, the role of nanoparticles in the antioxidant systems of p...

Table of Contents:

• Chemistry, Biochemistry of Nanoparticles and Their Role in Antioxidant Defense System in Plants
• Role of Nanoparticles in Plants
• Implications of Nanotechnology on Plant Productivity and Its Rhizospheric Environment
• Nanoparticles in Sustainable Agricultural Crop Production: Applications and Perspectives
• Interactions Between Engineered Nanomaterials and Plants: Phytotoxicity, Uptake, Translocation, and Biotransformation
• Toxicity of Nanomaterials to Plants
• Latest Developments of Nanotoxicology in Plants
• Early Developmental Responses of Plants Exposed to Metals and Oxides Nanomaterials
• Abiotic Stress Tolerant Transgenic Plants and Nanotechnology
• Carbon Nanotubes and Modern Nano-Agriculture
• Phytosynthesis of Nanoparticles
• Phytosynthesis of Metal Nanoparticles
• Plant Based Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles and Their Characterization
• Nanoparticles Applied to Plant Mass Spectrometry Metabolomics.