AGRI-NANOTECHNIQUES: Nanotechnology-based Innovative Approaches in Agriculture

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WS.VII AGRI-NANOTECHNIQUES Nanotechnology-based Innovative Approaches in Agriculture September 23
Co-organized with:

Under the patronage of

WORKSHOP COMMITTEE Luca MARCHIOL, University of Udine Giorgio Mariano BALESTRA, University of Tuscia Flavia BARONE, ISS
With the world’s population expected to exceed nine billion by 2050, scientists are working to develop new ways to meet rising global demand for food, energy and water without increasing the strain on natural resources and the environmental pressure. Organizations including the World Bank, and the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, as well as the EU F2F and Green Deal strategies are calling for more innovation to address the challenges of the agri-food sector. The development of AgriNanoTechniques has been started very recently; they will be implemented within the evolving science of precision agriculture, in which farmers use technology to target their use of water, fertilizer, plant protection products and other inputs. A second, broad potential application concerns the issues of reduction and valorization of agri-food wastes. The introduction of nanotechnologies in agriculture still needs deepen basic and applied knowledge, however several promising results were achieved, so far. A huge development is taking place in this sector, therefore nanotech applications currently under development will soon be overtaken by other ideas that are expected to contribute to solve several issues in the field of sustainable agriculture. NanoInnovation 2022 hosts the 6^th edition of the workshop “AgriNanoTechniques” co-organized by the Universities of Udine, Tuscia, and the Italian National Institute of Health (ISS). The workshop will be the forum for discussing the perspective of nanotechnologies in the primary sector among the stakeholders and scientific research.

September 23
09:30 - 10:30 Nanotechnology-based Innovative Approaches in Agriculture - Part 1 WS.VII.1 - TT.IX.A
Chair: Guido FELLET, University of Udine
WS.VII.1.1 TT.IX.A.1	Luca PAGANO - CV University of Parma From mechanistic understanding to application: the plant nanofertilization
WS.VII.1.2 TT.IX.A.2	Youry PII - CV Free University of Bozen-Bolzano Urea-doped hydroxyapatite nanoparticles and effects on crops: from lab to field scale
WS.VII.1.3 TT.IX.A.3	Monica GRANETTO - CV Polytechnic University of Turin Natural mineral materials as sustainable carriers for herbicides: from synthesis to environmental impact assessment
WS.VII.1.4 TT.IX.A.4	Graziella AMENDOLA - CV ISS Nanopesticides for sustainable agriculture: analytical approach for characterisation

11:30 - 13:00 Nanotechnology-based Innovative Approaches in Agriculture - Part 2 WS.VII.2 - TT.X.A
Chair: Guido FELLET, University of Udine
WS.VII.2.1 TT.X.A.1	Irem ALTIN - CV University of Modena and Reggio Emilia Synthesis and Application of Silver Nanoparticles against Xanthomonas vesicatoria, the Causal Agent of Tomato Bacterial Spot
WS.VII.2.2 TT.X.A.2	Sara FRANCESCONI - CV University of Tuscia Bio-based composite of chitosan, gallic acid, cellulose nano-crystals and high-amylose starch as organic control strategy of Fusarium spp. diseases in wheat and as biostimulant on plants
WS.VII.2.3 TT.X.A.3	Giorgio Mariano BALESTRA - CV University of Tuscia 1^st Summer School Nanotechnology in Agriculture – Results