Overview
- Contains the most recent research on nanotechnology and plant responses
- Lavishly illustrated
- Written by a team of leading scholars
- Fully referenced for further research
Part of the book series: Nanotechnology in the Life Sciences (NALIS)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
The population of the world continues to increase at an alarming rate. The trouble linked with overpopulation ranges from food and water scarcity to inadequacy of space for organisms. Overpopulation is also linked with several other demographic hazards, for instance, population blooming will not only result in exhaustion of natural repositories, but it will also induce intense pressure on the world economy. Today nanotechnology is often discussed as a key discipline of research but it has positive and negative aspects. Also, due to industrialization and ever-increasing population, nano-pollution has been an emerging topic among scientists for investigation and debate. Nanotechnology measures any substance on a macromolecular scale, molecular scale, and even atomic scale. More importantly, nanotechnology deals with the manipulation and control of any matter at the dimension of a single nanometer.
Nanotechnologyand nanoparticles (NPs) play important roles in sustainable development and environmental challenges as well. NPs possess both harmful and beneficial effects on the environment and its harboring components, such as microbes, plants, and humans. There are many beneficial impacts exerted by nanoparticles, however, including their role in the management of waste water and soil treatment, cosmetics, food packaging, agriculture, biomedicines, pharmaceuticals, renewable energies, and environmental remedies. Conversely, NPs also show some toxic effects on microbes, plants, as well as human beings. It has been reported that use of nanotechnological products leads to the more accumulation of NPs in soil and aquatic ecosystems, which may be detrimental for living organisms. Further, toxic effects of NPs on microbes, invertebrates, and aquatic organisms including algae, has been measured. Scientists have also reported on the negative impact of NPson plants by discussing the delivery of NPs in plants. Additionally, scientists have also showed that NPs interact with plant cells, which results in alterations in growth, biological function, gene expression, and development. Thus, there has been much investigated and reported on NPs and plant interactions in the last decade.This book discusses the most recent work on NPs and plant interaction, which should be useful for scientists working in nanotechnology across a wide variety of disciplines.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dept of Botany
Koriya 497335
Chhattisgarh, India
vijaypratap.au@gmail.com
Dr. Samiksha Singh
Ranjan Plant Physiology and Biochemistry Laboratory
Dept of Botany
University of Allahabad
211002 Allahabad
Uttar Pradesh, India
samikshasingh2010@gmail.com
Dr. Durgesh Kumar Tripathi
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology
211004 Allahabad
Uttar Pradesh, India
dtripathiau@gmail.com
Dr. Sheo Mohan Prasad
University of Allahabad
211004 Allahabad
Uttar Pradesh, India
profsmprasad@gmail.com
Prof. Devendra Kumar Chauhan
University of Allahabad
211004 Allahabad
Uttar Pradesh, India
dkchauhanau@yahoo.com
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Plant Responses to Nanomaterials
Book Subtitle: Recent Interventions, and Physiological and Biochemical Responses
Editors: Vijay Pratap Singh, Samiksha Singh, Durgesh Kumar Tripathi, Sheo Mohan Prasad, Devendra Kumar Chauhan
Series Title: Nanotechnology in the Life Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36740-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-36739-8Published: 01 April 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-36742-8Published: 02 April 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-36740-4Published: 01 April 2021
Series ISSN: 2523-8027
Series E-ISSN: 2523-8035
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 334
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 26 illustrations in colour
Topics: Plant Breeding/Biotechnology, Plant Anatomy/Development, Plant Pathology, Nanotechnology