Advanced Nanotechnology in Plants

Jen-Tsung Chen is currently a professor at the National University of Kaohsiung in Taiwan. He teaches cell biology, genomics, proteomics, medicinal plant biotechnology, and plant tissue culture. Dr. Chen’s research interests include bioactive compounds, chromatography techniques, plant tissue culture, phytochemicals, and plant biotechnology. He serves as an editorial board member in Plant Methods, Biomolecules, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, and a guest editor in Frontiers in Plant Science, Frontiers in Pharmacology, Journal of Fungi.

• Chapter 1 Nanotechnology in Plant Sciences and Agriculture: An OverviewMasudulla KhanChapter 2 The Application of Nanotechnology to Accelerate Plant Adaptation to Abiotic StressesSaira Zaheer, Junaid Shehzad, Sunbal Khalil Chaudhari, and Ghazala MustafaChapter 3 Methods for Nanotechnology in Plant Biotic Stress ManagementSagnik Nag, Subhrojyoti Ghosh, Anuvab Dey, Sourav Majhi, Abhijit Mondal, Anamika Mishra, Oishi Mitra, and Faheem AhmadChapter 4 The Use of Nanopesticides in Crop ProtectionAnam Choudhary, Nasreen Musheer, Rabiya Basri, Arshi Jamil, and Sabiha SaeedChapter 5 Synthesis and Application of Nano-biofertilizers in PlantsBattana Swapna, Srinivasan Kameswaran, and Mandala RamakrishnaChapter 6 Biofortification with Zinc: The Use of Nanoparticles as an Alternative to Improve the Nutritional Quality of Crops Alejandro Palacio-Márquez, Carlos A. Ramírez-Estrada, Esteban Sánchez, and Celia Chávez-MendozaChapter 7 Green Synthesis of Nanoparticles and ApplicationsArshi Anees, Rishil Gupta, P V Phanindra, Oluwatoyin Adenike Fabiyi, Uday Kumar Thera, Tesleem Taye Bello, and Faheem AhmadChapter 8 Green Nanotechnology for Remediation of Heavy Metal–Contaminated Soils: Current Status and Future Scope Kanika Khanna, Nandni Sharma, Jaspreet Kour, Arun Dev Singh, Sandeep Kour, Tamanna Bhardwaj, Neerja Sharma, Puja Ohri, and Renu BhardwajChapter 9 In vitro Production of Plant Bioactive Compounds Enhanced by Nanoparticle ElicitationGilberto Velázquez-Juárez, Janet María León-Morales, José Juvencio Castañeda-Nava, Soledad García-MoralesChapter 10 Green Synthesis of Nanoparticles using EndophytesMehreen ShahChapter 11 Phyto-carrier Systems Based on NanoparticlesAdina-Elena SegneanuChapter 12 Silver Nanoparticles in Agriculture: Synthesis and ApplicationsIqra Munir, Sunbal Khalil Chaudhari, Madiha Manzoor, Sundas Asghar, and Ghazala MustafaChapter 13 Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Plant Extracts for Photocatalytic and Antibacterial ActivityMuhammad Nazim Lakhan, Abdul Hanan, Irfan Ali Soomro, Anisa Ratnasari, Altaf Hussain, Kishore Chand, and Mukhtiar AhmedChapter 14 Physiological Responses of Plants to Nanoparticles and Chelating AgentsSoleyman Dayani, Maryam Mazaheri-Tirani, and Ramin HosseiniChapter 15 The Exploitation of Marine Seaweeds for Nanoparticle Biosynthesis and ApplicationsPragya Tiwari, Muhammad Adil, Subir Kumar Bose, Jen-Tsung Chen, and Laurent DufosseChapter 16 Recent Methods for Producing Alginate Nanoformulations to Alleviate Climate Change EffectsFatima El Amerany and Mohammed RhaziChapter 17 The Application of Nanoparticles in Phytoremediation of Soil and Water PollutionAmna Mustafa, Hajra Abid, Khawaja Shafique Ahmad, Ansar Mehmood, Fahim Nawaz, Muhammad Asif Shehzad, Saiqa Nazir, and Sajjad Hussain