Carbon Nanotubes in Agriculture

Auteur
Dr. Manzer H. Siddiqui is Associate Professor, Department of Botany & Microbiology, King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He received B.Sc. (1997), M.Sc. (2000) and Ph.D. (2005) degrees in Botany from the Aligarh Muslim University. Dr. Siddiqui then joined as a Young Scientist (DST) in the AMU. He has received awards, fellowships and research grants including the National Plan for Sciences and Technology (NPST). His research focuses on crop production with special emphasis on the management strategies of different fertilizers and plant growth regulators under different environmental conditions. His laboratory focuses on the emerging field of plant physiology and nanotechnology. His research aims explores the beneficial role of nanoparticles in plant growth and metabolism under abiotic stress. Dr. M. Nasir Khan did his Ph.D. in Botany with the specialization in Plant Physiology from the Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India. After completing his Ph.D. he was awarded research associate from council of scientific and industrial research (CSIR), New Delhi, India and environmentalist of the year award (2011) from the national environmental science academy (NESA), India. Dr. Khan is currently Associate Professor at the University of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. His research is focused on the mechanism of abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants. Dr. Khan has published in international journals of international repute and has been served as guest editor of special issues of multiple international journals.Dr. Soumya Mukherjee is a faculty member in the Department of Botany, Jangipur College, University of Kalyani, West Bengal, India. He has worked as a CSIR- research fellow in the area of abiotic stress physiology of plants, and has published in SCOPUS and SCI indexed international journals. He has authored chapters on plant physiology and abiotic stress signaling, and authored an e-learning module in Plant Physiology and Biochemistry published as an effort of National Mission on Education through ICT. He has developed course content for Master of Science in Botany (distance education) for the subjects of Plant physiology from Lalit Narayan Mithila University and Alagappa University, and is currently focused on undergraduate teaching to Botany (Hons.) and Life Science students in fundamental aspects areas of Plant Physiology. His research interests are in salt-stress physiology associated with the aspects of hormone signaling, soil-root interaction and other biomolecular crosstalk in plants.

Texte du rabat
Carbon Nanotubes in Agriculture: Specifications and Applications presents overviews the beneficial roles of carbon nano-tubes (CNT) in regulation of seed germination, plant metabolism and their applications in plant stress management. In light of current climate change trends, CNT-assisted crop yield is likely to play a significant role in improving plant health, enhancing root growth, and improved tolerance in plants to a number of abiotic and biotic stresses. Primarily targeted towards scientists and researchers in nanotechnology, nano-agriculture, nanomaterial-assisted crop improvement, as well as plant stress tolerance, plant biotechnology and crop yield, this book is the first to focus on this important topic.

Contenu

1. Introduction to carbon nanotubes and their specifications
   
   2. Beneficial roles of carbon nanotubes in regulation of seed germination physiology
   3. Carbon nanomaterials: Roles in agriculture and environment management
   4. Roles of carbon nanotubes in root growth regulation in various plants
   5. Potential roles of Carbon nanotubes in flowering and regulation of fruit ripening
   6. Physico-chemical properties of carbon nanotubes and their role in water absorption and capillary action in plants
   7. Recent updates on the antimicrobial properties of carbon nanotubes. Potential source for novel agrochemicals
   8. Applications of carbon nanotubes in bio fertilizers
   9. Role of carbon nanotubes in stress tolerance in crop plants
   10. Carbon nanotube encapsulation and production of nano-pesticides
   11. Uptake and transport mechanisms of carbon nanotubes in plants
   12. Phytotoxicity issues associated with the use of carbon nanotubes in agriculture
   13. Impact of carbon nanomaterials in plant development, agricultural and environmental applications
   14. Carbon nanotubes as plant growth regulators
   15. Toxicity and Risk assessment associated with CNTs in agriculture
   16. Commercialization of CNTs in agricultural sector: Current Scenario
   17. Role of CNTs in transgenic plants
   18. Interplay between CNTs and gasotransmitters (Nitric oxide, hydrogen sulphide, carbon monoxide) in plants under stress