Academic Press Nano-enabled Agrochemicals in Agriculture

Nano-Enabled Agrochemicals in Agriculture presents a targeted overview of the safe implementation of nanotechnologies within agricultural and horticultural settings, with the purpose of achieving enhanced production while maintaining ecological integrity. The growing global request for agricultural crops and products requires high standards of quality and safety, which has stimulated the search for new technologies that preserve their quality and delay their decomposition. Nanotechnology may boost plant production by improving nutrient uptake/use efficiency with nanoformulations of fertilizers and agrochemicals for plant enhancement, detection and treatment of diseases, and host-parasite interactions at the molecular level using nanosensors. It also may improve plant disease diagnostics, removal of contaminants from soil and water, postharvest management of vegetables and flowers, and reclamation of salt-affected soils.  Although the markets for nanoproducts and nanoformulations continue to increase, there are also growing concerns regarding the fate and behavior of nanomaterials in environmental systems. Exploring important topics related to nanotechnology and nanomaterials, the book includes the use of nanochemicals in insect pest management, as nanofungicides, nanoherbicides, micronutrient supply, and nanosensors to monitor crop and soil health conditions, from detection of agrochemicals to their slow release of agrochemicals, and their impact on related environs.  This book will serve as an excellent resource for a wide range of plant scientists who have concerns about nanomaterial interactions with terrestrial and aquatic plants.  Review Safely achieve nanotechnology benefits in agriculture and horticulture through the insights of these comprehensive studies, including a special emphasis on their ecotoxicology From the Back Cover <i>Nano-enabled Agrochemicals in Agriculture</i> presents a targeted overview of the safe implementation of nanotechnologies within horticultural and agricultural settings with the purpose of achieving enhanced production while maintaining ecological integrity. The growing global request for agricultural crops/products requires high standards of quality and safety, which has stimulated the search for new technologies that preserve their quality and delay their decomposition. Nanotechnology may boost plant production by improving nutrient uptake/use efficiency with nanoformulations of fertilizers; agrochemicals for plant enhancement, detection and treatment of diseases, host-parasite interactions at the molecular level using nanosensors, plant disease diagnostics, contaminants removal from soil and water, postharvest management of vegetables and flowers, and reclamation of salt-affected soils. Although the markets of nano products and formulations continues to increase, there are also growing concerns regarding the fate and behavior of nanomaterials in environmental systems. Since plants are the primary producers, the phytotoxicity of a nano-based pollutant can be considered as an indicator for predicting the harmful impacts of the concerned pollutant on the entire ecosystem.<br><br>Exploring important topics related to nanotechnology and nano-materials, <i>Nano-enabled Agrochemicals in Agriculture</i> includes the use of nano-chemicals in insect pest management, as nano-fungicides, nano-herbicides, micro-nutrient supply, and nano-sensors to monitor crop/soil health conditions, from detection of agrochemicals to their slow release of agrochemicals, and their impact on related environs.<br><br>This book will be of interest to a wide range of plant scientists, who have concerns about nanomaterial interactions with terrestrial and aquatic plants. About the Author Mansour Ghorbanpour is a faculty member at the Department of Medicinal Plants, and the Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at Arak University (Arak, Iran). Dr. Ghorbanpour