Nanotechnology for Food, Agriculture, and Environment / edited by Devarajan Thangadurai, Jeyabalan Sangeetha, Ram Prasad.

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Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Nanotechnology in the Life Sciences | Springer eBook CollectionPublisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2020Publisher: Cham : Imprint: Springer, 2020Edition: 1st ed. 2020Description: 1 Online-Ressource(XVI, 405 p. 74 illus., 44 illus. in color.)ISBN:

9783030319380

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DOI: DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-31938-0Online resources:

Summary: Preface -- 1 Nanoparticles from Fungal Resources: Importance and Applications -- 2 Nanoparticles Incorporated Soy Protein Isolate Films -- 3 Formulation, Characterization, and Potential Application of Nanoemulsions in Food and Medicine -- 5 Advances in Agronanotechnology and Future Prospects -- 6 Nanobiotechnology and Its Application in Agriculture and Food Production -- 7 Application of Nanotechnology for Sustainable Crop Production Systems -- 8 Nanoparticles from Endophytic Fungi and Their Efficacy in Biological Control -- 9 Application of Nanotechnology in Polyphagous Destructive Insect Pest Management of Agricultural Crops -- 10 Myconanoparticles as Potential Pest Control Agents -- 11 Nanoparticles and Their Role in Bioenergy Production -- 12 Remediation of Heavy Metal Ions using Nanomaterials Sourced from Wastewaters -- 13 Application of Nanotechnology in the Bioremediation of Heavy metals and Wastewater Management -- 14 Biogenic Nanoparticles for Degradation of Noxious Dyes -- 15 Ecotoxicity of Nanomaterials in Aquatic Environment -- 16 Impact of Nanomaterials on Beneficial Insects in Agricultural Ecosystem -- Index.Summary: Nanotechnology progresses its concerts and suitability by improving its effectiveness, security and also reducing the impact and risk. Various chapters in this book are written by eminent scientists and prominent researchers in the field of nanotechnology across the world. This book is focused to put emerging techniques forward using nanoparticles for safe and nutritional food production, protecting crops from pests, increasing nutritional value and providing solutions for various environmental issues. The outcome of this book creates a path for wide usage of nanoparticles in food, agriculture and the environment fields. This book has clear and simple illustrations, tables and case studies to understand the content even by non-experts. This book especially deals with the nanotechnology for controlling plant pathogens, food packaging and preservation, agricultural productivity, waste water treatment and bioenergy production. Hence, this book can be adopted and used by many researchers and academicians in the fields of food, agriculture, environment and nanotechnology for catering the needs of sustainable future. The salient features of this book are • Describes nanotechnology as an interdisciplinary and emerging field in life sciences • Useful for researchers in the cutting edge life science related fields of nanoscience, nanobiology and nanotechnology • Deal with various problems in food, agriculture and environmental sector for sustainable solutions through the application of nanotechnology • Supported with illustrations in color, tables and case studies (wherever applicable), and • Contributed and well written by nanotechnology experts from across various disciplines.PPN: PPN: 169152509XPackage identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-2-SBL | ZDB-2-SEB | ZDB-2-SXB

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