The science of nanotechnology, the manipulation, design and engineering of devices at the atomic and molecular scale, is starting to be applied to many disciplines including aspects of agriculture and crop science. This book opens with a brief history of nanotechnology in agriculture. Applications are then examined in detail, including nanopesticides, nanosensors, nanofertilizers, and nanoherbicides. Topics covered include; the biosynthesis of nanoparticles (through microbes, plants and other biotic agents); the ecological consequences of their delivery into the environment (examining effects and toxicity on soil, soil biota, and plants); safety issues; an overview of the global market for nanotechnology products, and the regulation of nanotechnology in agriculture. The book concludes with speculations on what the future holds for the technology. The book has been written by an international group of researchers and experts from over 12 countries with experience across a wide range of issues relating to the industry. This book will be of use to a wide range of researchers and professional scientists in the agricultural sector, academia and industry, including microbiologists, chemical engineers, geneticists, plant scientists and biochemists.

Contributions by: Amina Antonacci, Marcelo Dutra Arbo, Fabiana Arduini, Daiana Silva Avila, Carolina Castro Bueno, Estefania V R Campos, R K Chaturvedi, Deepika Chauhan, Manoj Kumar Chitara, Sampa Das, Jhones L de Oliveira, Renata De Lima, Kunzes Dolma, Carolina Alves dos Santos, Leonardo Fernandes Fraceto, Aniket Gade, Solange Cristina Garcia, Renato Grillo, Kelvii Wei Kelvii Wei, Indarchand Gupta, Janmejay Pandey, Mauricio Tavares Jacques, Akansha Jain, Gagan Kumar, Anupam Maharshi, S Marimuthu, Sandhya Mishra, Vijay Kumar Mishra, Arpan Mukherjee, Jessica Nardi, Semih Otles, Raksha Pandit, Jai Singh Patel, Mahendra Rai, K Raja, Rahul Singh Rajput, Ratul Moni Ram, Indira Rathore, Buket Yalcin Sahyar, Birinchi Sarma, Viviana Scognamiglio, Harikesh Bahadur Singh, Jyoti Singh, N N Singh, Prachi Singh, Surendra Singh, Amira S Soliman, Ankit Srivastava, Arohi Srivastava, K S Subramanian, J C Tarafdar, Sudheer K Yadav, Xiaodong Yang