The range of nanomaterial applications has expanded recently from catalysis, electronics, and filtration to therapeutics, diagnostics, agriculture, and food because of unique properties and potentials of different nanoparticles and nanomaterials. Research shows that these exquisite particles can interact with an organism at the cellular, physiological, biochemical, and molecular levels. However, our knowledge of how they affect these changes, selectively or generally, in diverse organism or ecosystems is very limited and far from satisfactory. Data indicate that the biological function largely depends on the shape, size, and surface characteristics of the nanoparticles used besides life cycle stages of an organism. Therefore, this compilation will focus on the body of work carried out by distinguished investigators using diverse nanomaterials and plant and animal species. This book includes specific case studies as well as general review articles highlighting aspects of multilayered interactions, and targets not only research and academic scholars but also the concerned industry and policy makers as well.

This book covers the broad biological interactions of nanomaterials at the organismal levels of plant and animal Focuses on both toxic effects as well as growth-enhancing roles of nanomaterials Includes case studies of individual species under controlled laboratory conditions as well as greenhouse and field conditions

Autorentext

Dr. Nilesh SharmaDepartment of Biology
Western Kentucky University1906 College Heights Blvd
Bowling Green, KY USA
Dr. Shivendra SahiProfessor and Chair, Department of BiologyUniversity of the Sciences600 South 43rd StreetPhiladelphia, PA USA

Inhalt
Preface.- 1. Pros and cons of metal oxide nanomaterial use in Australian broadacre agriculture.- 2. Accumulation of metal-oxide nanomaterials by unicellular algae and their transfer within marine and aquatic food-webs.- 3. The chemistry behind nanotoxicological processes in living systems.- 4. Nanoparticles and Sustainable Agriculture: Concepts and controversies.- 5. Elucidating the role of nano-bio interactions in nanotoxicology.- 6. Potential of nonotechnology for increasing micronutrients fertilizer use efficiency in crop production.- 7. Fate and effect of engineered nanomaterials in agricultural systems.- 8. Effects of engineered nanomaterials on the alleviation of abiotic stress in plants.- 9. Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles Interactions: I. In vitro Studies in Animal Cells.- 10. Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles Interactions: II. An Analysis Based on Animal Organ System.- 11. Engineered nanomaterials toxicity at different growth phases of agricultural species.- 12. Nanotoxicology Research Based on Drosophila Models.- 13. Caenorhabditis elegans A unique animal model to study soilnanoparticlesorganism interactions.- 14. Cytotoxic efficacy of green engineered biomolecules-loaded silver nanoparticles on HeLa Cell line using leaf extracts of Leucas aspera .- 15. Zebrafish models of nanotoxicity A comprehensive account.- 16. Responses of terrestrial plants to metallic nanomaterial exposure a Mechanistic analysis.- Index.