Nanotechnology-based Sustainable Alternatives for the Management of Plant Diseases addresses the power of sustainable nanomaterials for plant and food protection. The book highlights dangers arising from bacteria, fungi, viruses, insects, seeds, plants, fruits and food production and summarizes new and sustainable strategies. It places a particular focus on plant pathogen control, and in the food packaging sector in agri-food applications. The control of plant pathogens in plants and in food has been conventionally made by adding chemical preservatives and by using thermal processing, but sustainable nanotechnology can be a power tool to aid in this complex set of challenges.
Advances in materials science have led to the rapid development of nanotechnology that has great potential for improving food safety as a powerful tool for the delivery and controlled release of natural antimicrobials.
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Table of Contents
1. IntroductionGiorgio Mariano Balestra and Elena Fortunati
2. Natural or green synthesis nanomaterials and impact on plant pathogens
Manoj Choudhary, Jeffrey B. Jones, and Mathews L. Paret
3. Controlled biocide release from smart delivery systems: materials engineering to tune release rate, biointeractions, and responsiveness
Francesca Biondo, Francesca Baldassarre, Viviana Vergaro, and Giuseppe Ciccarella
4. Nanoscale characterization methods in plant disease management
Francesco Marinello, Francesca Anna Scaramuzzo, Simone Dinarelli, Daniele Passeri, and Marco Rossi
5. Organic antimicrobial nanomaterials and reducing copper use in sustainable plant protection
Giorgio Mariano Balestra, Veronica di Lorenzo, and Elena Fortunati
6. Inorganic nanomaterials usable in plant protection strategies
Sara Francesconi, Daniele Schiavi, Veronica di Lorenzo, and Giorgio Mariano Balestra
7. Utility of nanoparticles in management of plant viruses
Renato Carvalho, Jeffrey B. Jones, and Mathews L. Paret
8. Potential applications of nanotechnology in seed technology for improved plant health
Ying-Yu Liao, Alejandra I. Huerta, Jeffrey B. Jones, and Mathews L. Paret
9. Nanotechnology-based green and efficient alternatives for the management of plant diseases
Angela Tartaglia, Marcello Locatelli, Felisa Cilurzo, Christian Celia, Luisa Di Marzio, Francesca Froiio, Donatella Paolino, D'Ambrosio Francesca, and Ramundo Piera
10. Nanotechnology-enabled phytodiagnostics on the brink of farm usage
Jyutika Rajwade and Kishore Paknikar
11. Carbon nanostructure-based sensor: a promising tools for monitoring crops
Shagufta Afreen, Neetu Talreja, Mohammad Ashfaq, and Divya Chauhan
12. Plant and human health: the new era of biobased nanoscale systems
Elisa Panzarini, Elisabetta Carata, Stefania Mariano, Bernardetta Anna Tenuzzo, Stefano Tacconi, Marco Fidaleo, and Luciana Dini
13. Metal-organic framework as an emerging material: a novel plant growth stimulant
Divya Chauhan, Rishabh Anand Omar, R.V. Mangalaraja, Mohammad Ashfaq, and Neetu Talreja
14. Nano metal-carbonebased materials: emerging platform for the growth and protection of crops
Rishabh Anand Omar, Neetu Talreja, Divya Chauhan, R.V. Mangalaraja, and Mohammad Ashfaq
15. Biopolymers and nanomaterials in food packaging and applications
Vaishally Dogra, Deepak Verma, and Elena Fortunati