Nanofertilizer Delivery, Effects and Application Methods explores the science of nutrient nanoformulation, a potential tool toward sustainable and climate-sensitive crops. The book discusses the potential agricultural benefits of nanofertilizers, from coverage of their formulation and delivery, to application, plant uptake, translocation, and destiny, and their overall effect on plant physiology and metabolism. As the widespread use of chemical fertilizers has been shown to causes significant damage to soil structure, mineral cycles, soil microbial flora, plants, and create human health risk, both immediately and for future generations, this book elucidates on the latest findings.
According to recent studies, through environmental cues and biological demands, nano-fertilizers can respond to specifical challenges and boost agricultural yield by increasing the rate of seed germination, seedling growth, photosynthetic activity, nitrogen metabolism, and carbohydrate and protein synthesis. This book is ideal for researchers in industry and academia.
"Series Preface Preface 1. Nanoengineered Fertilizers: delivery, impacts and application methods PART I: Delivery and sensing 2. Nanochelation: An Efficient Tool in Plant Nutrition Management 3. Nanodelivery systems of micronutrients 4. Slow Release Nanofertilizer for Ecological Farming 5. Nanotechnology-based urea delivery systems as climate-smart fertilizers: Current status and beyond 6. Nanoencapsulation of fertilizers: delivery and applications 7. Electrochemical Methods for Determination of Fertilizers from Soil PART II: Effects and Applications 8. ""Nanofertilizers for the sustainable management of agricultural resources: A pathway to meet UN Millennium Sustainable Development Goals (MDGs)"" 9. Nanoencapsulation of PGPR 10. Nanofertilizers application in horticulture crops 11. Role of Nanofertilizers in Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance 12. Nanoselenium and nanosilicon for nutrition and disease protection of crop plants 13. Positive and negative effects of different metal-based nanoparticles on seed germination and plant growth 14. Silica-based nanofertilizer for soil treatment, and improved crop productivity 15. Nanofertilizers for Sustainable Fruit Growing: Improving Productivity and Quality 16. Differences in crop responses to fertilizers and nanofertilizers 17. Positive effects of microbial-based nano-nutrients on plant growth and crop yields 18. Negative effects of nano-nutrients on plants: Nanotoxicity and genotoxicity issues 19. How nanofertilizers affect soil microbial communities? 20. Complex study of foliar application of inorganic nanofertilizers in field conditions: impact on crop production and environmental-ecological assessment 21. Nanofertilizers versus Traditional Fertilizers for a Sustainable Environment: A Recent Trend in Climate Change Mitigation 22. Agricultural benefits, concerns, fate, and risks of the nanofertilizer's application to plants and the environment 23. Risk Assessment of Nanofertilizers: A Demand for Sustainable Agriculture 24. Economic and commercialization aspects of nonfertilizer applications"
Prof. Kamel A. Abd-Elsalam, Ph.D., is currently a research professor at the Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza. Kamel earned his Ph.D. in Molecular Plant Pathology from Christian Alberchts University of Kiel (Germany) and Suez Canal University (Egypt). Dr. Kamel’s research interests include developing, improving, and deploying plant biosecurity diagnostic tools; understanding and exploiting fungal pathogen genomes; and developing eco-friendly hybrid nanomaterials for controlling toxicogenic fungi, plant diseases, and agroecosystems applications. He published 20 books related to nano-biotechnology applications in agriculture and plant protection. Since 2019, he has served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Elsevier book series “Nanobiotechnology for Plant Protection. He also serves as the Series Editor of the Elsevier book series “Genome Modified Plants and Microbes in Food and Agriculture.
