Plant Nanotechnology Principles and Practices /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kole, Chittaranjan (Editor), Kumar, D. Sakthi (Editor), Khodakovskaya, Mariya V. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biotechnology.; Agriculture.; Plant physiology.; Plant breeding.; Biology > Technique.; Life Sciences.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Biological Techniques.; Plant Physiology.

This book highlights the implications of nanotechnology in plant sciences, particularly its potential to improve food and agricultural systems, through innovative, eco-friendly approaches, and as a result to increase plant productivity. Topics include various aspects of nanomaterials: biophysical an...

Table of Contents:

• Plant Nanotechnology: An Overview on Concepts, Strategies and Tools
• Physical and Chemical Nature of Nanoparticles
• Biophysical Methods of Detection and Quantification of Uptake, Translocation and Accumulation of Nanoparticles
• Methods of Using Nanoparticles
• Effects of Nanoparticles on Plant Growth and Development
• Effect of Nanoparticles on Plants with Regard to Physiological Attributes
• Molecular Mechanism of Plant-Nanoparticle Interactions
• Uptake, Translocation, Accumulation, Transformation and Generational Transmission of Nanoparticles in Plants
• Nanotechnology for Crop Improvement
• Role of Nanoparticles for Delivery of Genetic Material
• Agri-nano techniques for Plant availability of Nutrients
• Utilization of Nanoparticles for Plant Protection
• Nanotechnology in Soil-Plant System
• Concerns of Nanoparticle Hazard to Human Health and Environment
• Future Roadmap for Plant Nanotechnology.