Cutting-Edge Agri-Technologies for Next-Generation Farming explores how emerging innovations such as nanotechnology, genome editing, artificial intelligence, precision agriculture, and smart sensing systems are reshaping modern food production. Bringing together insights from leading global experts, this volume presents interdisciplinary perspectives on improving crop productivity, enhancing resource-use efficiency, and strengthening resilience to climate change. It offers a holistic roadmap for developing sustainable, technology-driven farming systems that balance economic viability with environmental stewardship. Designed for researchers, policymakers, students, and industry professionals, this book serves as a comprehensive reference for advancing the future of agriculture through science-based innovation.
Cutting-Edge Agri-Technologies for Next-Generation Farming explores how emerging innovations such as nanotechnology, genome editing, artificial intelligence, precision agriculture, and smart sensing systems are reshaping modern food production.
Preface. Section I: General
1. Nanotechnology and AI in Next-Generation
Agriculture. Section II: Novel Nanotechnologies for Shaping Farming
2.
Nanomaterials in Agriculture: Enhancing Soil Health and Plant Growth.
3. Seed
Nanopriming for Sustainable Crop Production.
4. Emerging Nanopesticides:
Opportunities and Challenges.
5. Nanofertilizers for Sustainable Agriculture:
Limitations and Future Trends.
6. Next-Generation Farming: Crop Monitoring
with Nanosensor Technologies.
7. Nanobiotechnology for the Management of
Plant Diseases.
8. Nanotechnology for Plant Growth Promotion and Stress
Tolerance. Section III: CRISPR-Cas9 Technology
9. CRISPR-Cas9 Editing
Technology: Concept, Applications, and Prospects for Agriculture.
10. Genome
Editing in Cereal Crops Using CRISPR-Cas9 Technology.
11. Genome Editing of
Horticultural Crops Using CRISPR/Cas for Enhanced Improvement.
12.
Opportunities and Challenges of CRISPR/Cas Systems in Crop Breeding. Section
IV: Artificial Intelligence Technology
13. Introduction to the Application of
Artificial Intelligence-based Solutions in Agriculture.
14. Deep Learning for
Crop Improvement.
15. Precision Farming and Decision Support Systems,
Utilizing Convolutional Networks for Plant Detection.
16. Leveraging
Artificial Intelligence for the Detection, Monitoring, and Forecasting of
Plant Diseases.
17. Application of AI in Identification of Pests and Weeds.
18. Ethical and Social Implications of AI in Agriculture. Index. Editors
Biography.
Dr. Mahendra Rai is presently a Senior visiting Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Piaui (UFPI), Teresina, Brazil. Formerly, he was Professor and Head of the Department of Biotechnology, SGB Amravati University, Maharashtra State, India. He was a visiting scientist at the University of Geneva, Debrecen University, Hungary; University of Campinas, Brazil; VSB Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic; National University of Rosario, Argentina, and the University of São Paulo. He has published more than 450 research papers in national and international journals, with 95 h-index. In addition, he has edited/authored more than seventy-five books owns 6 patents. He has been featured among the top 2% scientists in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology by Stanford University and is ranked 7th nationally in Biology and Biochemistry by Research.com.
Dr. Graciela Avila Quezada is a Professor at Faculty of Agrotechnology Science, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, in México. She has been conducting research related to plant pathogens for thirty years, beginning with her undergraduate thesis work focused on the control of Puccinia graminis f. sp. avenae. She was a visiting scientist at the Volcani Center in Israel; Colegio de Postgraduados, Texcoco, Mexico; SENASICA Laboratories, Ministry of Agriculture in Tecamac, State of Mexico; the California Polytechnic State Univ-San Luis Obispo California (Calpoly); Institut de Recherche pour le Développement IRD Montpellier, France; Universidad Autonoma Chapingo, Mexico State; Universidad de Córdoba, Spain. Dr. Avila was President of the Mexican Society of Phytopathology; Vice-president of the National Phytosanitary Advisory Council (CONACOFI); Executive Secretary of the National System for Research and Technology Transfer (SNITT) of the Minister of Agriculture (Sagarpa); and Director of Academic Cooperation, in the Coordination of Science and Technology, Presidency of Mexico. Besides, she has conducted more than twelve research projects and published more than 70 research papers in national and international journals focused on plant pathogens. She is presently a visiting professor at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.
