Biotic Stress Management of Crop Plants using Nanomaterials Advances in Bionanotechnology Series

This book summarizes nanotechnology-based agricultural research for crop productivity and the management of various plant pathogens. It deals with the application of nano-molecules for quick, cost-effective, and precise plant disease diagnostic procedures, plant pests and disease management, nano-pesticides, and nano-diagnostics. Further, it explains nanomaterials for biotic stress management, with an insight into the synthesis and modification of nanomaterials and their potential applications in different domains for disease management.

Features include:

• Compilation of current research on the Nanomaterials as well as their versatile applications in plant biotic stress management
• Description of the role of nanomaterials as enzyme-mimicking nanoparticles, nano-pesticides, nano-fertilizers, and nanomaterials
• Review of day-to-day problems related to crop plants, their diagnostics, and stress management
• Exploration of trends in nanomaterial utility in diagnostics, enzyme-mimicking, and crop protection, and their possible role in plant disease management
• Study of pertinent nanomaterials including synthetic strategies, properties, chemistry, and applications

This book is aimed at researchers and graduate students in plant pathology, genetic engineering, environmental science, botany, bioengineering, and nanotechnology.

Chapter 1. Overview of Nanomaterials and their Synthesis. Chapter 2. Nanomaterial as Nano-Pesticides. Chapter 3. Nanomaterials as Nano-Fertilizers. Chapter 4. Natural Biopolymer Nanomaterials in Biotic Stress Management. Chapter 5. Role of Enzyme-Mimicking Nanoparticles in Crop Plants. Chapter 6. Nanomaterial Impact on Genetic Transformation: An Outline. Chapter 7. Nanodiagnostics: Tool for Diagnosis of Plant Pathogens. Chapter 8. Myconanoparticles: Synthesis and Probable Role in Plant Pathogens Management. Chapter 9. Nanotechnology in Biotic Stress Management: Future Challenges and Opportunities.

Krishna Kant Mishra is currently working as Principal Scientist and Incharge Head, Crop Protection Division in Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-Vivekananda Parvatiya Krishi Anusandhan Sansthan, Almora, Uttarakhad, India. Dr. Mishra received his B.Sc. (Biology) degree from the University of Allahabad, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India with Gold Medal. He obtained his M.Sc. (Plant Pathology) and Ph.D. in Plant Pathology with minor in Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering from G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India. He worked as Junior Research Officer at the Department of Plant Pathology, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India from 2006 to 2010. He was given the P.R. Verma Award by the Indian Society of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Udaipur, India in 2006 for his Ph.D. thesis, as well as the Young Scientist Award by Uttarakhand State Science and Technology Congress in 2011. During his career, Dr. Mishra has published a more than 50 research papers, two edited books, two authored books, three technical bulletins, more than 30 book chapters, 30 extension leaflets, and more than 50 popular articles. He has attended and participated in many local and international workshops and conferences. He was elected the Zonal President-2021, Mid-Eastern Zone by the Indian Phytopathological Society, New Delhi. He has served as a member of organizing committees and as editorial board member and reviewer for a number of scientific journals.

Santosh Kumar is currently working as Associate Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Harcourt Butler Technical University, Kanpur, India. He has also served as Research Professor in the Department of Organic and Nano System Engineering, Division of Chemical Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea. Dr. Kumar received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Chemistry and D.Phil. in Organic Chemistry from the