Inorganic Nanopesticides and Nanofertilizers : A View from the Mechanisms of Action to Field Applications / [E-Book]

Chapter 1 - Properties of inorganic nanoparticles that can be applied to agriculture -- Chapter 2 - Strategies to produce cost-effective fertilizer-based nanoparticles -- Chapter 3 - Physicochemical properties of inorganic nanoparticles in aqueous media and agricultural tank mixtures -- Chapter 4 - Mechanisms of root and leaf uptake, transport, storage, metabolism, and detoxication of inorganic nanoparticles -- Chapter 5 - Nanoparticles for seed treatment -- Chapter 6 - Pesticide effects of inorganic nanoparticles -- Chapter 7 - Nanoparticles in soils: transport, fate and capacity to enhance soil properties -- Chapter 8 - Nanoparticles for remediation of agricultural contaminated soils -- Chapter 9 - Implications of nanoparticles on the dynamics of the rhizosphere and microbial community -- Chapter 10 - Nanoparticles as bio stimulants Chapter 11 - Nanoparticles in plant diagnosis -- Chapter 12 - Nanoparticles used as biosensors in the agri-sector -- Chapter 13 - A comparison of the performance of inorganic and organic nanocarriers in agriculture -- Chapter 14 - Balancing the benefits to agriculture and adverse ecotoxicological impacts of inorganic nanoparticles -- Chapter 15 - Efficacy of nanoparticles on crops: lab versus field trials -- Chapter 16 - Porous inorganic nanoparticles as pesticide or nutrient carriers -- Chapter 17 - Uptake and translocation of nanomaterials by plants and their possible inclusion in the trophic chain.

This book discusses inorganic/metallic nanopesticides and fertilizers. Rather than providing a general review of the topic, it offers a critical assessment of what has been achieved and highlights future measures to allow agriculture to profit from the properties of inorganic nanoparticles. It covers a variety of topics, including strategies for preparing cost-effective nanoparticles, their chemistry both within and outside the plant, the effects of nanoparticles in the field and whether the current strategies were successful in increasing crop yields. This book will appeal to readers in academia and industry, as well as stakeholders and anyone who has an interest in the applications of inorganic nanopesticides and nanofertilizers as well as the potential use of these technologies in agriculture.