Molecular Impacts of Nanoparticles on Plants and Algae

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Molecular Impacts of Nanoparticles on Plants and Algae covers molecular mechanisms of plants/algae related to cellular uptake, translocation of nanoparticles, and genome, transcriptome, proteome, and metabolome responses against it. The book introduces readers to state-of-the-art developments and trends of nanoparticles and plants/algae including interactions of nanoparticles with biological compounds in vitro. Nanoscience and nanotechnology have rapidly been developed in the last few decades, and they have a wide range of applications in industry, medicine, food, and agriculture. In agriculture, nanoparticles (NPs) have successfully been used for growth regulation, crop protection and improvement. This book presents the most recent findings on nanoparticle and plant/algae interaction by focusing on molecular response mechanisms at genome, transcriptome, proteome and metabolome levels. In addition, uptake and translocation mechanism of nanoparticles are assessed both in plant and algae. Throughout this book, the latest developments and discoveries are highlighted, along with open problems and future challenges in molecular mechanisms of plants/algae as a response of nanoparticles.

Contenu

Section 1: Transport phenomena 1. Nanomaterials: properties and characterization 2. Emerging concept on cellular uptake mechanism 3. Nanoparticle: Intracellular transport processes

Section 2: Implication on Omics 4. Nanoparticle: Implication on Genome 5. Nanoparticles: Implications on Transcriptome 6. Nanoparticles: Implications on proteome 7. Nanoparticles: Implications on metabolome

Section 3: Interaction with bio-compounds and systems 8. Impacts of NPs on structural elements within the cells 9. Interaction of nanoparticles with biomolecules 10. Interaction of nanoparticles with photosynthetic machinery 11. Impact of nanoparticles on biochemical reactions

Section 4: Applications 12. Application of nanoparticles, in agriculture: nanobased fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, and nanobiosensors 13. Nanomaterials in plant/algae genetic engineering 14. Understanding the problem at hand: Nanotechnological implications that cannot be foreseen 15. Future perspectives