Metal Nanoparticles in Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

This edited book presents recent developments in the field of plant biotechnology involving highly efficient micropropagation for the commercial exploitation of nanomaterials (such as silver, cobalt, copper, zinc, magnesium, silicon, iron, nickel, manganese, and selenium nanoparticles, etc.). The book covers the concept, preparation, and synthesis of metallic and non-metallic nanoparticles, as well as their application in plant cell, tissue, and organ culture.

Metal nanoparticles have gained significant attention in various fields, including plant cell, tissue, and organ culture. Their unique physical, chemical, and biological properties make them attractive candidates for applications in plant science. Nanomaterials are applied as plant growth regulators to improve plantlet quality by enhancing the quality of in vitro shoots, their growth, and development at both in vitro and ex vitro stages. Since then, the application of nanomaterials in micropropagation has paved the way for replacing previous culture mediums with new nanoparticle mediums, bringing better efficiency and simplicity to plant propagation operations. The book discusses mechanisms, explant surface disinfection, media sterilization, abnormal phenomena, morphogenesis, physiological-biochemical processes, and the accumulation of economically valuable crop compounds in culture mediums supplemented or replaced by metal ions with metal nanoparticles.

This book will interest teachers, researchers, scientists, capacity builders, and policymakers. Additionally, it serves as additional reading for undergraduate and graduate students in agriculture, forestry, ecology, soil science, and environmental science.

Duong Tan Nhut graduated from the Kagawa University (Japan) with a major in plant biotechnology. He is the Vice Director and President of Scientific Advisory Council of Tay Nguyen Institute for Scientific Research (VAST). He has more than 460 peer reviewed international and national publications, editor in chief of a book ＂Thin cell layer culture system: Regeneration and transformation application＂ (The Netherlands, 2003), and ＂Plant tissue culture: New techniques and application in horticultural species of tropical region＂ (Singapore, 2022); contributor of near 30 book chapters for the Springer Publishers, Kluwer Academic Publishers, ... and has delivered numerous oral and posters presentations in numerous international meetings. Dr Nhut was President of Biology - Agriculture - Life Sciences Council (Vietnam National Foundation for Science and Technology Development) in year 2015 - 2017; Vice President of Vietnam Plant Physiology Association in year 2003 to date; Member of the Council of Dalat University (Vietnam) in year 2013 to date; Editorial boards of some Journal in International and Vietnam.

Hoang Thanh Tung graduated from the Hue University of Sciences (Vietnam) with a major in plant physiology. He is the researcher of Institute of Applied Sciences, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HUTECH, Vietnam). He is trained Plant Anatomy at Calgary University (Canada) and Field of Bio-industrial Science Tsukuba University (Japan). He has more than 120 peer reviewed international and national publications, book editor of a book ＂Plant tissue culture: New techniques and application in horticultural species of tropical region＂ (Singapore, 2022); contributors of 2 book chapters for the Springer Publishers, and has delivered numerous oral and posters presentations in numerous international meetings. He was a nomination for the ＂Ta Quang Buu＂ Young Award (Vietnam National Foundation for Science and Technology Development, 2020, 2021) and ＂Golden Globe Science and Technology Award＂ (Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, 2022).