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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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Preface
1. Chemistry and biochemistry of nanomaterials Mahmoud Nasrollahzadeh, S. Mohammad Sajadi, Zahra Isaabadi, Mohadeseh Sajjadi
2. Nanomaterials fabrication from plantsPriyanka Singh, Josua Markus, Yu-Jin Kim, Dabing Zhang, Deok Chun Yang
3. Natural product based-nanomaterials (ZnO, Ag and Au): fabrication, mechanisms and characterization for cutting-edge bio-applicationsMyalowenkosi Sabela, Suvardhan Kanchi, Krishna Bisetty
4. Impacts of metal and metal-oxides nanoparticles on physiology and functioning of plantsMukesh Kumar Kanwar, Xianyao Chu, Jie Zhou
5. Fabrication of silver nanoparticles by plant system and their applicationVinod Kumar Mishra, Azamal Husen, Syed Sohrab Sartaj
6. Biogenic fabrication of gold nanoparticles and their applicationAzamal Husen, Muhammad Iqbal, R.K. Bachheti, Nazia Khanam
7. Phytomediated synthesis of cerium-oxide nanoparticles and their applicationsShakeel Ahmed, Annu and Saiqa Ikram
8. Plant-mediated green synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles and their applicationR.K.Bachheti, Archana Joshi Bachheti, Azamal Husen
9. Plant-mediated synthesis of copper oxide nanoparticles, their characterization and applications in cutting-edge areasArchana Joshi Bachheti, R.K.Bachheti, Ashutosh Sharma, Azamal Husen
10. Andrographolide from Andrographis paniculata: From traditional to nano medicine for cancer therapyRabea Parveen, Bushra Parveen, Sayeed Ahmad
11. Impact of nanomaterials on plant physiology and functionsRubbel Singla, Avnesh Kumari, Sudesh Kumar Yadav
12. Biochemical/Phytochemical changes in plants due to exposure to nanomaterials Pasupuleti Visweswara Rao, T.N.V.K.V.Prasad
13. Non-enzymatic defense and the protection of plant against metallic nanoparticles toxicity A.C. Durate, N.A. Anjum
14. Genetic exchange and production of secondary metabolites in plants exposed to different manufactured nanomaterialsMahmood Rasool, Arif Malik, Sara Zahid, Fatima Zahid, Syed Sohrab Sartaj
15. Nanofertilizers and plant productionSyed Sohrab Sartaj, Ihsanullah Daur
16. Nanomaterials as nanofertilizers for plant growth improvement and protectionMd. Kamrul Hasan, Yongcai Lai, Wei Li, Jie Zhou
17. Nanoparticulate delivery of plant nutrients for sustained crop productivity and biofortificationT.N.V.K.V.Prasad, P. Visweswara Rao
18. Nanomaterials: a better tool for crop disease managementRakesh Kumar
Glossary
Index
List of Contributors: Mahmoud Nasrollahzadeh, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Qom, Qom 37185-359, IranS. Mohammad Sajadi, Department of Petroleum Geoscience, Faculty of Science, Soran University, PO Box 624, Soran, Kurdistan Regional Government, IraqZahra Isaabadi, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Qom, Qom, 37185-359, IranMohadeseh Sajjadi ?
Priyanka Singh, Department of Oriental Medicinal Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Kyung Hee University, KoreaJosua Markus, Graduate School of Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University, KoreaYu-Jin Kim, Department of Oriental Medicine Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Kyung Hee University, Yongin 446-701, KoreaJoint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Developmental Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University-University of Adelaide Joint Centre for Agriculture and Health, State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, ChinaDabing Zhang, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Developmental Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University-University of Adelaide Joint Centre for Agriculture and Health, State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, ChinaDeok Chun Yang, Department of Oriental Medicinal Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Kyung Hee University, Korea
Myalowenkosi Sabela, Department of Chemistry, Durban University of Technology, P.O. Box 1334, Durban 4000, South AfricaSuvardhan Kanchi, Department of Chemistry, Durban University of Technology, P.O. Box 1334, Durban 4000, South AfricaKrishna Bisetty, Department of Chemistry, Durban University of Technology, P.O. Box 1334, Durban 4000, South Africa
Mukesh Kumar Kanwar, Department of Environmental Sciences, Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University, Fatehgarh Sahib 140406, Punjab, IndiaXianyao Chu, Jie Zhou
Vinod Kumar Mishra, Syed Sohrab Sartaj, Special Infectious Agent Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University
R.K. Bachheti, Graphic Era University, Dehra Dun, IndiaNazia Khanam, P. G. Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Berhampur-760002 Orissa, India
Shakeel Ahmed, Department of Chemistry, Jamia Millia Islamia (A Central University) New Delhi, India-110025Annu, Department of Chemistry, Jamia Millia Islamia (A Central University) New Delhi, India-110025 Saiqa Ikram, Department of Chemistry, Jamia Millia Islamia (A Central University) New Delhi, India-110025Archana Joshi Bachheti, Graphic Era University, Dehra Dun, IndiaAshutosh Sharma, Department of Applied Sciences, Graphic Era University, Dehradun India
Rabea Parveen, Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi-110062Bushra Parveen, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, IndiaSayeed Ahmad, Department of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, Faculty of PharmacyHamdard UniversityNew DelhiIndia
Rubbel Singla, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Himachal Pradesh 176062, IndiaAvnesh Kumari, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Himachal Pradesh 176062, IndiaSudesh Kumar Yadav, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, India
Pasupuleti Visweswara Rao, Faculty of Agro-Based Industry, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Campus Jeli, Jeli, Kelantan, MalaysiaT.N.V.K.V.Prasad, Nanotechnology Laboratory, Institute of Frontier Technology, Regional Agricultural Research Station, Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University, AP, India
A.C. Durate, CESAM-Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies & Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, PortugalN.A. Anjum, CESAM-Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies & Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
Mahmood Rasool, Center of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research (CEGMR), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaArif Malik, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, (IMBB), The University of Lahore, Lahore 54000, PakistanSara Zahid, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, (IMBB), The University of Lahore, Lahore 54000, PakistanFatima Zahid,
Ihsanullah Daur, Department of arid land agriculture, King Abdulaziz University Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Md. Kamrul Hasan, Yongcai Lai, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, China Wei Li, ?Rakesh Kumar, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Mumbai, India