Nanotechnology for Food, Agriculture, and Environment

Preface.- 1 Nanoparticles from Fungal Resources: Importance and Applications.- 2 Nanoparticles Incorporated Soy Protein Isolate Films.- 3 Formulation, Characterization, and Potential Application of Nanoemulsions in Food and Medicine.- 5 Advances in Agronanotechnology and Future Prospects.- 6 Nanobiotechnology and Its Application in Agriculture and Food Production.- 7 Application of Nanotechnology for Sustainable Crop Production Systems.- 8 Nanoparticles from Endophytic Fungi and Their Efficacy in Biological Control.- 9 Application of Nanotechnology in Polyphagous Destructive Insect Pest Management of Agricultural Crops.- 10 Myconanoparticles as Potential Pest Control Agents.- 11 Nanoparticles and Their Role in Bioenergy Production.- 12 Remediation of Heavy Metal Ions using Nanomaterials Sourced from Wastewaters.- 13 Application of Nanotechnology in the Bioremediation of Heavy metals and Wastewater Management.- 14 Biogenic Nanoparticles for Degradation of Noxious Dyes.- 15 Ecotoxicity of Nanomaterials in Aquatic Environment.- 16 Impact of Nanomaterials on Beneficial Insects in Agricultural Ecosystem.- Index.

Devarajan Thangadurai is Assistant Professor at Karnatak University, Dharwad, Karnataka, India. He received his PhD in Botany from Sri Krishnadevaraya University in South India as CSIR Senior Research Fellow with funding from the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. He served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Madeira, Portugal, University of Delhi, India and ICAR National Research Centre for Banana, India. He is the recipient of the Best Young Scientist Award with a Gold Medal from Acharya Nagarjuna University, India and the VGST-SMYSR Young Scientist Award of the Government of Karnataka, Republic of India. He has authored and edited more than twenty books with publishers of national/international reputation. He has also visited twenty three countries in Africa, Asia and Europe for academic visits, scientific meetings and international collaborations.
Jeyabalan Sangeetha is Assistant Professor in Central University of Kerala at Kasaragod, Kerala, India. She earned her BSc in Microbiology and PhD in Environmental Science from Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. She holds an MSc in Environmental Science from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. She is the recipient of Tamil Nadu Government Scholarship and Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship of University Grants Commission, Government of India for her doctoral studies. She served as Dr. D.S. Kothari Postdoctoral Fellow and UGC Postdoctoral Fellow at Karnatak University, Dharwad, South India during 2012-2016 with funding from University Grants Commission, Government of India, New Delhi. Her research interests are in the fields of Environmental Toxicology, Environmental Microbiology, Environmental Biotechnology and Environmental Nanotechnology.
Ram Prasad is associated with Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, India, since 2005. His research interest includes plant-microbe interactions,