Nanotechnology in Plant Growth Promotion and Protection

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Bilal Haider AbbasiDepartment of Biotechnology Quaid‐i‐Azam University Islamabad Pakistan

Heba Mahmoud Mohammad Abdel‐AzizBotany Department Faculty of Science Mansoura University Mansoura Egypt

Nadeesh AdassooriyaDepartment of Chemical and Process Engineering Faculty of Engineering University of Peradeniya Peradeniya Sri Lanka

Sumaira AnjumDepartment to Biotechnology Kinnaird College for Women Lahore Pakistan

Tatiana BauerFederal Research Center the Southern Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences Rostov‐on‐Don Russia

Adalberto Benavides‐MendozaDepartment of Horticulture Autonomous Agricultural University Antonio Narro Saltillo Mexico

Rahul BhagatDepartment of Biotechnology Government Institute of Science Aurangabad Maharashtra India

Hao ChenDepartment of Agriculture University of Arkansas Pine Bluff AR USA

Svetlana DenevaInstitute of Biology of Komi Scientific Centre of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Nalchik Russia

Pavel DivišFaculty of Chemistry Brno University of Technology Brno Czech Republic

Laura Olivia Fuentes‐LaraDepartment of Animal Nutrition Autonomous Agricultural University Antonio Narro Saltillo Mexico

Nobuhide FujitakeGraduate School of Agricultural Sciences Kobe University Kobe Japan

Olga GorobtsovaInstitute of Mountain Ecology of Russian Academy of Science Nalchik Russia

Yolanda González‐GarcíaDepartment of Horticulture Autonomous Agrarian University Antonio Narro Saltillo Mexico

Magín González‐MoscosoPhD Program in Protected Agriculture Autonomous Agricultural University Antonio Narro Saltillo Mexico

Indarchand GuptaDepartment of Biotechnology Government Institute of Science Aurangabad Maharashtra India

Christophe HanoLaboratoire de Biologie des Ligneux et des Grandes Cultures (LBLGC) INRA USC1328 Université d’Orléans France

Mohammed Nagib Abdel‐ghany HasaneenBotany Department Faculty of Science Mansoura University Mansoura Egypt

Hipólito Hernández‐HernándezInstitute of Agro‐engineering Papaloapan University Oaxaca Mexico

Avinash P. IngleBiotechnology Centre Department of Agricultural Botany Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Agricultural University Akola Maharashtra India

Antonio Juárez‐MaldonadoDepartament of Botany Autonomous Agrarian University Antonio Narro Saltillo Mexico

Marek KolenčíkNanotechnology Centre VŠB Technical University of Ostrava Ostrava Czech Republic Department of Soil Science and Geology Faculty of Agrobiology and Food Resources Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra Nitra Slovakia

Amna KomalDepartment to Biotechnology Kinnaird College for Women Lahore Pakistan

Pradeep KumarDepartment of Forestry North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology Nirjuli, Arunachal Pradesh India

A. LakshmananDepartment of Nano Science & Technology Tamil Nadu Agricultural University Coimbatore Tamil Nadu India

Alonso Méndez‐LópezDepartament of Botany Autonomous Agrarian University Antonio Narro Saltillo Mexico

Tatiana M. MinkinaSouthern Federal University Rostov‐on‐Don Russia

Dámaris Leopoldina Ojeda‐BarriosLaboratory of Plant Physiology Autonomous University of Chihuahua Chihuahua Mexico

Harris PanakkalDepartment of Biotechnology Government Institute of Science Aurangabad Maharashtra India

C. Sharmila RahaleDepartment of Nano Science & Technology Tamil Nadu Agricultural University Coimbatore Tamil Nadu India

Vishnu D. RajputSouthern Federal University Rostov‐on‐Don Russia

Illa RamakanthDepartment of Chemistry Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies Nuzvid India

Ryan RienzieAgribusiness Centre Faculty of Agriculture University of Peradeniya Peradeniya Sri Lanka

Martin ŠebestaInstitute of Laboratory Research on Geomaterials Faculty of Natural Sciences Comenius University in Bratislava Bratislava Slovakia

Martin ŠedaDepartment of Applied Chemistry Faculty of Agriculture University of South BohemiaČeské Budějovice Czech Republic

Anna SindirevaUniversity of Tyumen Tyumen Russia

Abhishek SinghSardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology Meerut Uttar Pradesh India

Garima ShandilyaNanotechnology Unit Department of Mechanical Engineering Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University College of Engineering Pune Maharashtra India

Sudhir S. ShendeSouthern Federal University Rostov‐on‐Don Russia Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University Amravati Maharashtra India

Tahsin ShoalaEnvironmental Biotechnology Department College of Biotechnology Misr University for Science and Technology 6th of October City Egypt

K. S. SubramanianDepartment of Nano Science & Technology Tamil Nadu Agricultural University Coimbatore Tamil Nadu India

Anita TanwarDepartment of Chemistry GDC Memorial College Bahal Haryana India