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Author : Stuart J. Smyth
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 881 pages
File Size : 27,84 MB
Release : 2014-03-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 0857938355
This book is a compendium of knowledge, experience and insight on agriculture, biotechnology and development. Beginning with an account of GM crop adoptions and attitudes towards them, the book assesses numerous crucial processes, concluding with detai
Author : Peter W. B. Phillips
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,20 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Agricultural biotechnology
ISBN : 9781781952559
Recent innovations in agriculture and food technologies have brought benefits to many countries, particularly in developing regions, but information about the extent of these has often been sparse. This collection assembles the best papers on the subject to form a comprehensive, global perspective on the impacts of agricultural biotechnology around the world. With an original introduction by the editors and emphasis on the economic, environmental, health and food security aspects of agricultural biotechnology, this book is an invaluable resource for academics, students and researchers alike.
Author : Peter W. B. Phillips
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 32,8 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Agricultural biotechnology
ISBN : 9781784716172
Recent innovations in agriculture and food technologies have brought benefits to many countries, particularly in developing regions, but information about the extent of these has often been sparse. This research review examines the best papers on the subject to form a comprehensive, global perspective on the impacts of agricultural biotechnology around the world. With an emphasis on the economic, environmental, health and food security aspects of agbiotech, Biotechnology, Agriculture and Development will prove to be an invaluable resource for academics, students and researchers alike.
Author : Charles Oluwaseun Adetunji
Publisher : Wiley-Scrivener
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,69 MB
Release : 2024-10-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781394211494
The Handbook of Agricultural Biotechnology, Volume 5: Nanobiofertilizers will be a reference manual for different industries for mass production of sustainable, eco-friendly, and cheaper nanobiofertilizers. Climate change has imposed a lot of dangers to increasing agriculture productivity, especially in temperature-limited environments. The study of nanobiofertilizers provides insights into the applications of metabolomics techniques and their impact on the environment. This book heavily encourages research, development, and commercialization of biofertilizers to develop more research for large-scale production of nanobiofertilizers. This book highlights improvements in nanotechnology for targeted delivery, containing more information on metabolomic techniques for their structure and characterization for enhanced nutritional quality. Learn about the influence of nanobiofertilizer on plant growth and the nutritional profile of crops. Moreover, recent information includes the significance of beneficial microbes for target delivery for enhanced nutritional quality in healthy plants. The contributors to this book on agricultural biotechnology have dedicated efforts to make this book suitable for a diverse community of scientists and students in higher education interested in agriculture.
Author : Arie Altman
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 798 pages
File Size : 43,70 MB
Release : 1997-11-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781420049275
This work integrates basic biotechnological methodologies with up-to-date agricultural practices, offering solutions to specific agricultural needs and problems from plant and crop yield to animal husbandry. It presents and evaluates the limitations of classical methodologies and the potential of novel and emergent agriculturally related biotechnologies.
Author : Paul Christou
Publisher :
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 45,85 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic books
ISBN :
This reference work on plant biotechnology is presented in a logical and informative style, and it brings together the principles and practice of contemporary plant biotechnology, including modern commercial aspects.
Author : Charles Oluwaseun Adetunji
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 25,6 MB
Release : 2024-04-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1119836174
Handbook of AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY The book provides detailed information about the application of repellent products that contain plant-based ingredients known as nanobioinsecticides, including the pesticide evaluation scheme guidelines for repellent testing, relevant information about the procedures to evaluate several repellent compounds, the development of new products that offer high repellency, and guidelines for consumer safety. The chapters of volume IV of this set, focus on a wide range of related topics. They chronicle many traditional repellent plants that could be used in ethnobotanical studies and provides valuable insight into the development of new natural products. It outlines the standardization and numerous investigations used to affirm the level of repellent compounds from various plants. Furthermore, it details the safety, efficacy, and facts about plant-based repellent testing, and reviews new developments in the field. The book also explores the sustainable techniques involved in the structural elucidation and characterization of active constituents found in nanobioinsecticides, and gives relevant information on the use of essential oils, derived from plants, in the preparation of nanobioinsecticides. Audience The book is a useful resource for a diverse audience, including industrialists, food industry professionals, agriculturists, agricultural microbiologists, plant pathologists, botanists, microbiologists, biotechnologists, nanotechnologists, microbial biotechnologists, farmers, policymakers, and extension workers.
Author : Charles Oluwaseun Adetunji
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 50,75 MB
Release : 2024-04-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1119836166
Handbook of AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY This book provides state-of-the-art information about recent advancements in the application of nanobiofungicides for effective management of post-harvest diseases and agricultural fungal diseases, including blights, mildews, molds, and rusts. The book details the formulation and standardization of nanobiofungicides, as well as their application in the management of biotic and abiotic stress. It provides relevant information on the isolation, characterization, purification, and structural characterization of active constituents, using spectroscopic techniques and explains the quarantine and regulatory issues that are associated with nanobiofungicides (derived from plants and other biogenic sources), as well as various regulatory bodies that manage the control of pesticides on agricultural products. Readers will learn about the application of nanobiofungicides when applied as a biocontrol agent against soil-borne and root-borne plant pathogens; the management of mycotoxin; the non-target effect of plant-based nanobiofungicides when applied in the greenhouse and field (such as rate of CO2 evolution, organic carbon content, enzymatic activity, acidic and alkaline phosphatase, dehydrogenases, urease, and protease); and the effect on soil microorganisms using different assay techniques. Furthermore, the book provides information on several plant materials that could serve as nanobiofungicdes, and explains the procedure involved in the characterization of plant-based nanobiofungicides (using TEM, SEM, XRD, EDX, UV, zeta potential, dynamic light-scattering). Finally, it offers a specific illustration on the application of microencapsulation and nanoformulation technology in the synthesis of plant-based nanobiofungicides. Audience The book is a useful resource for a diverse audience, including industrialists, food industry professionals, agriculturists, agricultural microbiologists, plant pathologists, botanists, microbiologists, biotechnologists, nanotechnologists, microbial biotechnologists, farmers, policymakers, and extension workers.
Author : Martina Newell-McGloughlin
Publisher :
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 18,75 MB
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Agricultural biotechnology
ISBN : 9780972709484
New and innovative techniques will be required to improve the production and efficiency of the global agriculture sector to ensure an ample supply of healthy food. This challenge is confounded by the inequity between the affluent and developing countries that is likely to widen. It appears that only a handful of technologies are affordable by the least developed countries and are sufficiently scale neutral to be accessible to poorer countries. In this book the American Council on Science and Health explores the benefits of, and barriers to, biotechnology - one such technology that offers efficient and cost-effective means to produce a diverse array of novel, value-added traits and products.-COVER.
Author : Robert E. Evenson
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 847 pages
File Size : 32,40 MB
Release : 2007-06-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0080545270
Volume 3 of this series of the Handbooks in Economics follows on from the previous two volumes by focusing on the fundamental concepts of agricultural economics. The first part of the volume examines the developments in human resources and technology mastery. The second part follows on by considering the processes and impact of invention and innovation in this field. The effects of market forces are examined in the third part, and the volume concludes by analysing the economics of our changing natural resources, including the past effects of climate change.Overall this volume forms a comprehensive and accessible survey of the field of agricultural economics and is recommended reading for anyone with an interest, either academic or professional, in this area. *Part of the renown Handbooks in Economics series*Contributors are leaders of their areas*International in scope and comprehensive in coverage