Nano-formulations for Sustainable Agriculture by Seth, Chandra Shekhar; Verma, Ph. D., Krishan K.; Ahmad, Faheem;

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Global agricultural production faces various environmental stresses that affect crop growth and development. The response of plants to abiotic stresses and climate change depends on factors such as the type of crop, the type of stress, and the frequency and duration of exposure. Sustainable agriculture and crop production practices can help improve soil quality, water management, and other resources essential for plant growth. To meet the growing demand for food security and safety, scientific communities are working towards reducing the harmful effects of environmental stresses on crops, improving crop production, and ensuring food sustainability and security.

Nanoscience is a fascinating and rapidly developing area of research that has led to major innovations. Nano-technology based formulations provide significant solutions to agro-ecosystems-related problems and achieve a sustainable and safe future for agriculture. Nanobiotechnology has attracted a lot of attention in recent years due to its large number of applications in different aspects. In sustainable agriculture, nanobiotechnology is mainly utilized in nano-fertilizers and nano pesticides to amplify the quality of output and level of nutrients for promoting growth, development, and productivity/ quality of grains/ fruits and enhancing plant stress resistance efficiency to unfavorable environmental conditions.

Nanoformulatedmaterials offer the possibility to produce more effective and less damaging agrochemicals in the eco-environment. Smart delivery systems for nanosensors, molecules that may assist in finding environmental stressors before they can affect crop productivity/ quality, are being developed and applied. It provides advanced applications for the transformation of genetics. The application of nanoformulated particles in agriculture is being used to increase the value of foods, decrease agricultural inputs, upgrade nutrients delivery systems, and develop a longer shelf life for different products. It is important to discover the role of nanomaterials in mutation breeding, seedling growth and development, as well as their interaction with metabolites. This presents both opportunities and challenges that needs to be explored at the earliest.

This book highlights the advanced strategies of these nanoformulated forms in the field of plant biology. The chapters will be contributed by an international group of experts from across this broad area. This excellent book content will surely be beneficial for graduate-postgraduate students, researchers, and policy-makers associated with the application of nanoscience in sustainable agriculture.

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Fostering nano-formulation strategies: An update.- Potential of nanomaterials on seedlings: their involvement in pre-treatment, growth and development of plants.- Combating adverse agroclimatic variables on plants byfoliar and soil application of nano-micronutrients.- Can formulated nanomaterials boost plant resistance efficacy to abioticstressors?.- Application of nanomaterials stimulate agronomic productivity in combating the climate change scenarios.- Formulated nanomaterials stimulate photosynthetic and antioxidative enzymatic activities to upregulate productivity in environmental stress.- Nanoformulations and plant saline stress resistance.- Nanoengineered particles ease the water-deficit in contaminated soil.- Engineered nanomaterials and their potential involvement in relieving cold and heat stress in plants.- Nanomaterials-mediated mitigation of toxic metals in plants: a way forward towards precision agriculture.- Engineered nanomaterials enhancing sustainability and tolerance in advanced agri-farming systems.- Use of nanomaterials as nanofertilizers for crop betterment.- Nano-engineered particles as an eco-enviro-friendly approach for crop-betterment.- Opportunities and challenges of nano-engineering.- The variations of stress responsive genes in plants during adverse climatic conditions with nanoformulated particles.- Interaction of metallic and non-metallic nanoparticles on secondary metabolites during adverse climatic circumstances.- Field crop responses and mitigation strategies on advance agricultural systems.- Role of nanobioformulations on preharvest and postharvest crop management.- Nanotechnology based Biosensors for early detection of abiotic stress in crops.- Update on Synthesis of microbial magnetic nanomaterials for plant biology.- Nanotechnology based mutation breeding for crop improvement for abiotic stress tolerance.- Green nanotechnology-based formulations for abiotic stress tolerance for sustainable agriculture.- Environmental and safety considerations of nano-formulations for sustainable agriculture.- Emerging nanoformulated approachesfor sustainable agriculture current understanding and future directions.