Kamel Abd-Elsalam, Ph.D. is a head researcher at 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 and plant diseases. He has edited or authored books and published 8 book chapters, 6 review articles, a translated book and more than 120 research articles in international peer reviewed journals including Fungal Diversity, Fungal Biology, FEMS Review Microbiology, PLOS One and PLOS Genetics. He is associate editor for Mycosphere, and review editor for Frontiers in Genomic Assay Technology and referees for journals, including the Plant Pathology, Journal of Phytopathology, Crop Protection, IET Nanotechnology, Fungal Diversity, BMC Genomic and, Foodborne Pathogens and Diseases. Dr. Kamel has also served as molecular mycologist for 5 years in the Department Botany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. He received the Federation of Arab Scientific Research Councils Prize for distinguished scientific research in biotechnology (fungal genomics) during 2014 (first ranking). Dr. Kamel pursued his Ph.D. in Molecular Plant Pathology from Christian Alberchts University of Kiel (Germany) and Suez Canal University (Egypt). He did a postdoctoral fellowship from Christian Alberchts University of Kiel in 2008. Dr. Kamel served as visiting associate professor in Institute of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand; Institute of Microbiology, TUM, Germany, Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University, The Netherlands; and Plant Protection Department, Sassari University, Italy. 

Ram Prasad, Ph.D. is assistant professor at the Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, India. His research interests includes plant-microbe interactions, sustainable agriculture, and microbial nanobiotechnology. Dr. Prasad has more than a hundred publications to his credit, including research papers and book chapters. He has filed patents issued or pending and has edited or authored several books. Dr. Prasad has 11 years of teaching experience. He has been awarded the Young Scientist Award (2007) and Prof. J. S. Datta Munshi Gold Medal (2009) by the International Society for Ecological Communications, the FSAB fellowship (2010) by the Society for Applied Biotechnology, the Outstanding Scientist Award (2015) in the field of microbiology by Venus International Foundation, and the American Cancer Society UICC International Fellowship for Beginning Investigators (USA, 2014). In 2014-2015, Dr. Prasad served as visiting assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, USA.

Preface

Atanu Bhattacharyya and Ram Prasad

1Department of Biomedical Engineering, Nanotechnology Section, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology and Research Centre, Cholanagar, R.T. Nagar Post, Hebbal, Bangalore, 560032, India

Email: atanubhatt@rediffmail.com

2. Application of nanomaterials in plant protection

Department of Plant Protection, Aligarh Muslim University,

Aligarh-202 002, India Cell: 00919412527112

mrkhan777in@yahoo.co.in

3. Role of Biologically synthesized Nanoparticles on Seed Germination

Kalagadda Venkateswara Rao

Centre for Nano Science and Technology, IST, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

E-mail: kalagadda2003@jntuh.ac.in

4. Zinc-Based Nanostructures aganist toxicogenic fungi and plant pathogens

Manal Mostafa Kamel and A. Abd-Elsalam

1 CIHEAM IAMB - Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari, Via Ceglie, 970010 Valenzano (BA), Italy 2Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Egypt

E-mail: kamelabdelsalam@gmail.com

5. Magnetic and Supramagentic Nanostructures in plant protection applications

Mohamed, and Kamel A. Abd-Elsalam

Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Egypt

E-mail: kamelabdelsalam@gmail.com

6. Botrytis Grey Mould Nano or Bio Control: Present Status and Future Prospects

1Agricultural Sciences and Resource Management in the Tropics and Subtropics (ARTS), Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bonn, Germany , 2Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza 12655, Egypt

E-mail: kamelabdelsalam@gmail.com

7. Bionanomaterials as antimicrobials

Sankar Narayan Sinha

Microbiology and Virology Section, Department of Botany, University of Kalyani, Kalyani 741235

West Bengal, India

E-mail: sinhasn62@yahoo.co.in

Rajesh Kumar Pandey

Department of Botany, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi-284128,

Email: rkp_vam@rediffmail.com

9. Nanopesticides: Synthesis, formulation and application in agriculture

Anurag Yadav

Department of Microbiology, College of Basic Sciences & Humanities, Sardarkrushinagar Agricultural University Dantiwada, Banaskantha, Gujarat, India

Email: anuragyadav123@gmail.com

10. Present status and future prospects of nanobiopesticides in pest management

Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad- 500030, India

E-mail: ps.vimaladevi@icar.gov.in

11. Intellectual Property Rights aspects of Nanobiopesticides

Prabuddha Ganguli

Visiting Professor, Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India

CEO, Vision-IPR, Mumbai, India

E-mail: pgang@mtnl.net.in

12. Nano-scale fertilizers: Harnessing boons for enhanced nutrient use efficiency and crop productivity

Anu Kalia, Sat Pal Sharma, and Harleen Kaur Electron Microscopy and Nanoscience Laboratory, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-141004, Punjab, India

E-mail: kaliaanu@pau.edu

13. Nanodiagonstic tools in phytopathology

Tahsin Shoala

College of Biotechnology - Misr University for Science and Technology - Egypt

E-mail: tahsinshoala2000@gmail.com; tahsen.shoala@must.edu.eg

14. Nanomaterial's applications in Nematology

Kazafy Hassan

Pests and Plant Protection, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt

E-mail: kazafysabry@yahoo.com; alkazafyhassan@yahoo.com

15. Cytotoxic potential of plant nanoparticles

Ahmed Abdul Haleem Khan

Dept. of Botany,Telangana University, Dichpally, Nizamabad-503322, Telangana State

Mob: +91-9848588901

16. Nanotechnology and environmental remediation

Elham Farouk Mohamed

Air pollution Department, Division of Environmental Sciences, National Research Centre, El Bohppth St, Dokki, Giza, Cairo, Egypt

e-mail: elham_farouk0000@yahoo.com

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