Carbon Dots in Agricultural Systems: Strategies to Enhance Plant Productivity

Carbon Dots in Agricultural Systems integrates and crystallizes the emerging knowledge and application strategies of carbon dots as a powerful tool in agriculture systems. The book includes practical insights into the synthesis of carbon dots from indigenous raw materials and how to employ them in agriculture systems to increase crop productivity and provide renewable and cost-effective strategies that meet agricultural needs. Presented by an international team of experts, this resource updates on the latest in synthesis, physical, chemical and optical properties, along with the effects and mechanisms of carbon dots, all further explained in real-world studies. Finally, the book highlights emerging innovative topics which are of great relevance to scientists, academicians and innovators in agriculture (soil science, agricultural chemistry and agronomy) and biotechnology for further research and development.

Table of Contents:
1. Introduction 2. Current Trends in Carbon dots Applications 3. Overview of Carbon Dot Synthesis 4. Synthesis of Carbon dots from Biomass Resources 5. Physical and Chemical Properties of Carbon Dots 6. Characterization of Carbon Dots for Optical Properties 7. Effect and Mechanism of Carbon dots in Photosynthesis and Plant system 8. Application of Carbon dots in Agriculture system 9. Comparative Studies on Carbon dots Application in Plant system 10. Role of Carbon Dots in Agriculture System: Biotechnology and Nanotechnology Approach 11. Post-harvest Applications of Carbon dots in Agriculture: Food Safety 12. Conclusions and Future Prospects

About the Author :
Raju Khan is a Senior Principal Scientist and Professor, at CSIR-Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute, Bhopal. He did his PhD in Chemistry in 2005 from Jamia Millia Islamia, Central University, New Delhi, and Postdoctoral researcher at the “Sensor Research Laboratory” University of the Western Cape, Cape Town. His current research involved synthesizing novel materials to fabricate electrochemical and fluorescence-based biosensors integrated with microfluidics to detect target disease risk biomarkers for health care monitoring. He has published over 150 papers in SCI journal, which attracted over 5500 citations as per Google Scholar, published 45 book chapters in the reputed book Elsevier and Taylor Francis, editing of 28 books from Elsevier and Taylor Francis, and his research has been highlighted in Nature India. He has supervised 5 PhD and 30 undergraduate/postgraduate theses and has supervised 4 numbers of postdoctoral fellows under the scheme of N-PDF, CSIR-Nehru Fellowship, and DST-Women Scientist Projects. Professor S. Murali is Senior Principal Scientist at CSIR AMPRI in Bhopal, India Assistant Professor at The Assam Kaziranga University Jorhat, India. He received his MSc degree in Organic Chemistry from Dibrugarh University and awarded PhD degree in Material Chemistry by Tezpur Central University. He received prestigious National Post-Doctoral Fellowship by SERB-DST, Govt. of India, and carried out his post-doctoral research at CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat, India. Dr. Gogoi’s research interest includes nanomaterial synthesis, characterization and their application. He has particular interest on carbonaceous nano-structures like carbon dot, graphene oxide, graphene quantum dots, carbon nanotube for their utility in the domain of sensing, environmental monitoring, bio-imaging, photo-catalysis and energy conversion.