Nanotechnology for Environmental Engineering - Call for Papers
Recent Developments in Engineered Nanomaterials Interaction with Plant-Soil Environment
Given the raising production of nanomaterials of all types, the potential for their release in the environment and subsequent effects on the biotic (i.e., plant) and abiotic (i.e., soil) components of ecosystem is becoming an increasing concern that needs to be considered.
The study of nanomaterials-plant-soil interaction, and plant responses including uptake, translocation, localization, transformation and activity, as well as fate, behavior and mechanisms of action of nanomaterials in plan-soil systems are new, emerging and interesting field of nanotechnology. As plants uptake nanoparticles of various sizes, translocate them to shoot and accumulate in various aerial parts, the possibility of their cycling in the ecosystem increases through various trophic levels. Also, soils are final sink or major contaminant sources of nanomaterials used. After accumulation, nanomaterials may be toxic or even stimulant to the soil organisms as well as to plants. To safely achieve nanotechnology benefits in environmental science, comprehensive in vitro, in vivo and full life cycle studies need to be conducted, with a special emphasis on their ecotoxicology.
This “Special Issue” (a collection of original research and review articles) aims to provide an overview of the “Recent Developments in Engineered Nanomaterials Interaction with Plant-Soil Environment”, with emphasis on:
- Nanotoxicity based studies (phytotoxicity, cytotoxicity, genotoxicity and ecotoxicity) in plant–soil systems.
- Application of nano-agrochemicals in plant production environment.
- Absorption, enrichment and recycling of nano-agrochemicals.
- Development and commercialization of sensor nanotechnologies in plant-soil science for detection of both valuable metabolites and hazardous materials.
- Nanomaterials application in soil/water desalination processes.
- Nanoparticles effect on soil bacterial community and structure.
- Nanotechnology for phytoremediation of heavy metal-contaminated soils (mechanisms of nanomaterial-mediated alleviation of toxic metals).
Submission deadline: January 31, 2021
Lead Guest Editor
Mansour Ghorbanpour, PhD
Department of Medicinal Plants, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Arak University, Arak 38156-8-8349, Iran.
Email: m-ghorbanpour@araku.ac.ir
Guest Editors
Marian Brestic, PhD
Department of Plant Physiology (KFR), Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Slovakia, marian.brestic@uniag.sk
Mehrnaz Hatami, PhD
Department of Medicinal Plants, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Arak University, Iran, m-hatami@araku.ac.ir
Shabir H. Wani, PhD
Genetics and Plant Breeding ,
Mountain Research Centre for Field Crops,
Khudwani Anantnag-192101, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, J&K, India shabirhussainwani@gmail.com
Marta Sendra Vega, PhD
Institute of Marine Research (IIM), National Research Council (CSIC), Eduardo Cabello 6, 36208, Vigo, Spain, marta.sendra@icman.csic.es
Aryadeep Roychoudhury, PhD
Department of Biotechnology, St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Kolkata, India, aryadeep.rc@gmail.com