Advances and Applications Through Fungal Nanobiotechnology

Dr. Ram Prasad is Assistant Professor, Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh. Dr. Prasad completed his Ph.D. from the Department of Microbiology, CCS University-Meerut, UP, India for which he performed experimental work at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India. Prasad received his M.Sc. in Life Sciencesat JNUand was qualified CSIR-NET,ASRB-NET, and GATE. His areas of interest include plant microbe interaction, and agricultural and microbial nanobiotechnology.Dr. Prasad has 93 publications to his credit,including research papers and book chapters, five patents issued or pending, and edited or authored four books. Dr Prasad also has 10 years of teaching experience, was awarded Young Scientist Award (2007) and Prof. J.S. DattaMunshi Gold Medal (2009) by International Society for Ecological Communications; FSAB fellowship (2010) by Society for Applied Biotechnology; Outstanding Scientist Award (2015) in the field of Microbiology by Venus International Foundation; andwas awarded the American Cancer Society UICC International Fellowship, USA (2014) for Beginning Investigators. In 2014 Dr Prasad served as Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, USA.

Contents1.Understanding Mechanism of Fungus Mediated Nanosynthesis: A Molecular ApproachAnal K. Jha, Kamal Prasad2.Innovation of Strategies and Challenges for Fungal NanobiotechnologyNecdet Saglam, Ozfer Yesilada, Ahmet Cabuk, Mesut Sam, Semran Saglam, Sedef Ilk, Ezgi Emul, Pınar Aytar, Ekrem Gurel3.Marine-derived Fungi : Potential Candidates for Fungal NanobiotechnologyAnjana K Vala, Hiral B Trivedi, Bharti P Dave4.Green Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles by Fungi: Current Trends and ChallengesLuciano Paulino Silva, Cínthia Caetano Bonatto, and Vera Lúcia Perussi Polez5.Microbial Enzymes: Current Features and Potential Applications in Nanobiotechnology Mohammadhassan Gholami-Shabani, Masoomeh Shams-Ghahfarokhi, Zeynab Gholami-Shabani, Mehdi Razzaghi-Abyaneh 6.The Effect of Mycobiota on the Biointerface of Polyaniline SurfaceElena Binkauskienė, Vitalija Jasulaitienė, Ausra Selskienė, Albinas Lugauskas7.Methods and Techniques of Synthesis and Evaluation of Nanoparticles Activity as Fungicides Youn Su Lee and I.S. Ahmed8.Plant Fungal Disease Management using Nanobiotechnology as a Tool Sandra Pérez Álvarez, Norma Elena Leyva López, Jesús Méndez Lozano, Edgar Antonio Rodríguez Negrete, María Elena Santos Cervantes9.Antifungal Products by Fungi in Food Nano-PackagingArash Babaei, Mohamad Javad Akbarian, Samaneh Faraji10.Fungal Nanoparticles: An Emerging Tool of Medical BiologyAnurag Yadav, Amit Verma, Kusum Yadav11.Intervention of Fungi in Nano-particle Technology and ApplicationsRamesh Raliya1, Vinod Saharan, Ramprakash Saran, Kailash Choudhary, Jagadish C. Tarafdar, Pratim Biswas12.Microbial Laccases and Nanobiotechnology: Environmental PerspectiveSunita J. Varjani13.Polymer Inorganic Nanocomposites: A Sustainable Antimicrobial AgentsAyat F. Hashim, Mousa A. Alghuthaymi, Alexander Yu. Vasil'kov, Kamel A. Abd-Elsalam14.Advances in Botanicals Formulations with Incorporation of Nanotechnology in Intensive Crop Management Pinki Bhandari, Megha Pant, P.K. Patanjali, S.K. Raza15.Nano-biofungicides: Emerging Trend in Insect Pest ControlAtanu Bhattacharyya, Prabha Duraisamy, Marimuthu Govindarajan, Abdul A. Buhroo, Ram Prasad