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Nanomaterials and Plant Potential (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
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Nanomaterials and Plant Potential (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
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This book discusses the latest developments in plant-mediated
fabrication of metal and metal-oxide nanoparticles, and their
characterization by using a variety of modern techniques. It
explores in detail the application of nanoparticles in drug
delivery, cancer treatment, catalysis, and as antimicrobial agent,
antioxidant and the promoter of plant production and protection.
Application of these nanoparticles in plant systems has started
only recently and information is still scanty about their possible
effects on plant growth and development. Accumulation and
translocation of nanoparticles in plants, and the consequent growth
response and stress modulation are not well understood. Plants
exposed to these particles exhibit both positive and negative
effects, depending on the concentration, size, and shape of the
nanoparticles. The impact on plant growth and yield is often
positive at lower concentrations and negative at higher ones.
Exposure to some nanoparticles may improve the free-radical
scavenging potential and antioxidant enzymatic activities in plants
and alter the micro-RNAs expression that regulate the different
morphological, physiological and metabolic processes in plant
system, leading to improved plant growth and yields. The
nanoparticles also carry out genetic reforms by efficient transfer
of DNA or complete plastid genome into the respective plant genome
due to their miniscule size and improved site-specific penetration.
Moreover, controlled application of nanomaterials in the form of
nanofertilizer offers a more synchronized nutrient fluidity with
the uptake by the plant exposed, ensuring an increased nutrient
availability. This book addresses these issues and many more. It
covers fabrication of different/specific nanomaterials and their
wide-range application in agriculture sector, encompassing the
controlled release of nutrients, nutrient-use efficiency, genetic
exchange, production of secondary metabolites, defense mechanisms,
and the growth and productivity of plants exposed to different
manufactured nanomaterials. The role of nanofertilizers and
nano-biosensors for improving plant production and protection and
the possible toxicities caused by certain nanomaterials, the
aspects that are little explored by now, have also been generously
elucidated.
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