Azamal Husen 
Plant Response to Silver Nanoparticles [PDF ebook] 
Plant Growth, Development, Production, and Protection

1. Plant response to silver nanoparticles in terms of growth, development, production, and protection: an overview.- 2. Beneficial and adverse effects of silver nanoparticles on plant.- 3. Beneficial and adverse effects of silver nanoparticles on rhizosphere biology.- 4. Genotoxicity of silver nanoparticles in plants and underlying mechanism.- 5. Proteomic study on the effects of silver nanoparticles under abiotic stress.- 6. Silver nanocomposite for improved plant-soil system and underlying mechanism.- 7. Interaction of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and silver nanoparticles in a soil matrix for enhanced plant growth and production.- 8. Effect of silver nanoparticles on seed germination and seedling growth.- 9. Mitigation of metal toxicity in plants using silver nanoparticles.- 10. Mitigation of drought stress in plants using silver nanoparticles.

Professor Azamal Husen is a Foreign Delegate at Wolaita Sodo University, Wolaita, Ethiopia; and also working as an Adjunct Professor at Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. He has served the University of Gondar, Ethiopia, as a Full Professor of Biology, and worked there as the Coordinator of the MSc Program and as the Head of the Department of Biology. He was a Visiting Faculty member of the Forest Research Institute, and the Doon College of Agriculture and Forest at Dehra Dun, India. Dr Husen’s research and teaching experience of 25 years includes biogenic nanomaterial fabrication and application, plant responses to nanomaterials, plant adaptation to harsh environments at the physiological, biochemical, and molecular levels, herbal medicine, and clonal propagation for improvement of tree species. Dr Husen contributed to R&D projects of World Bank, ICAR, ICFRE, JBIC etc. To his credit are >300 publications; and he is Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Plant Physiology. He is also working as Series Editor of ‘Exploring Medicinal Plants’, published by Taylor & Francis Group, USA; ‘Plant Biology, Sustainability, and Climate Change’, published by Elsevier, USA; and ‘Smart Nanomaterials Technology’, published by Springer Nature Singapore, Pte., Ltd., Singapore.