Nanofertilizers for Sustainable Agroecosystems

lt;p>Kamel A. Abd-Elsalam, Ph.D. is currently a Research Professor at the Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt. Dr. Kamel's research interests include developing, improving, and deploying plant biosecurity diagnostic tools, understanding, and exploiting fungal pathogen genomes, and developing eco-friendly hybrid nanomaterials for controlling toxicogenic fungi, plant diseases and Agroecosystems applications. He published 23 books related to nano-biotechnology applications in agriculture and plant protection were published by the world's major publishing houses (Springer, Tylor Frances, and Elsevier). Since 2019, he has served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Elsevier book series, Nanobiotechnology for Plant Protection, he also serves as the Series Editor of the Elsevier book series Applications of Genome Modified Plants and Microbes in Food and Agriculture. He has also participated as an active member of the Elsevier Advisory Panel, giving feedback and suggestions for improvement of Elsevier's products and services since 2020. Published more than 232 scientific research in international and regional specialized scientific journals with a high impact factor, and has an h-index of 40, i-10 index of120 with 6312+ citations. Also, he served as a Guest Editor for the Journal of Fungi, Plants, and Microorganisms, and as a Review, Editor for Frontiers in Genomic Assay Technology and referred for several reputed journals. He was ranked in Top 2% most influential scientist in the world in nanobiotechnology for the 2020 and 2021 by Stanford University, In 2014, he was awarded the Federation of Arab Scientific Study Councils Prize for excellent scientific research in biotechnology (fungal genomics) (first ranking). Kamel earned his Ph.D. in Molecular Plant Pathology from Christian Alberchts University of Kiel (Germany) and Suez Canal University (Egypt), and in 2008, he was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from the same institution. Dr. Kamel was a visiting associate professor at Mae Fah Luang University in Thailand, the Institute of Microbiology at TUM in Germany, the Laboratory of Phytopathology at Wageningen University in the Netherlands, and the Plant Protection Department at Sassari University in Italy.

Mousa A. Alghuthaymi is currently a professor, he obtained a Ph.D. in Microbiology from King Saud University in 2013. Dr. Mousa research interests include the development, improvement, and deployment of plant biosecurity diagnostic tools, the understanding and exploitation of fungal pathogen genomes, and the development of eco-friendly hybrid nanomaterials for the control of toxicogenic fungi, plant diseases, and Agroecosystems applications. The head of the Biology Department at the College of Science and Human Studies in Shaqra University, Saudi Arabia and a member of the University's Scientific Council since March 2022, and previously worked as the Head of the Chemistry Department between 2016-2018, and He published 14 chapters in 12 books and published about 40 research papers in refereed scientific journals.

Preface.- 1. Introduction: Nano fertilizers for development agriculture production.- 2. Fabricated Nano Fertilizers as a clean and viable substitute for conventional fertilizers.- 3. Nano fertilizers: types, synthesis methods, mechanisms.- 4. Nanocomposite fertilizers.- 5. Environmentally Benign Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles for Fertilizer Applications in Agriculture.- 6. Smart Fertilizers and slow-release of N and Zn.- 7. Plant Nanonutrients for sustainable agriculture.- 8. Microalgae-based nanofertilizers for sustainable agriculture.- 9. Green synthesis of nanofertilizers and its role in plant protection.- 10. Preparation and Characterization of Nanofertilizers and Their Utility in Control of Phyto-pathogens: Towards Sustainable Agriculture.- 11. Green Synthesis of Nanofertilizers and Their Application for Rice Production.- 12. Nano-biofertilizers: Applications in sustainable agriculture and crop productivity.- 13. ZnO nanoparticles: sustainable plant production.- 14. Influential Relevance of Nanofertilizers in the Sustainable Cultivation of Horticultural Crops.- 15. Nano-engineering of Metal-based Fertilizers Using Biopolymers: An Innovative Strategy for A More Sustainable Agriculture.- 16. Silica Nanoparticles for Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance.- 17. Smart fertilizers: the prospect of slow-release nanofertilizers in modern agricultural practices.- 18. Metal nanoparticles in agriculture: impacts on plants, and associated microorganisms.- 19. The Use of nanobiofetilizers in Agricultural production: An ecofriendly technology towards environmental sustainability.- 20. Large-scale production of Nanofertilizers: Commercialization, Challenges and Future trends.- 21. Impact of Nanofertilizers for Mitigation of Multiple Environmental Stresses.- 22. Ecotoxicological and regulatory aspects of environmental sustainability of nanofertilizers.- 23. The fate of nanofertilizers in agroecosystems.- Bibliography.- Index.