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Silver Nanomaterials for Agri-Food Applications
- 1st Edition - August 13, 2021
- Editor: Kamel A. Abd-Elsalam
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 3 5 2 8 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 3 5 2 9 - 4
Silver Nanomaterials for Agri-Food Applications explores how silver-based nanomaterials are being used to create more efficient systems and products across the agri-food sector. I… Read more
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Request a sales quoteSilver Nanomaterials for Agri-Food Applications explores how silver-based nanomaterials are being used to create more efficient systems and products across the agri-food sector. In particular, the book covers silver nanomaterials as antimicrobial agents, in food science, for plant protection, and for water purification. Sections highlight the effect of silver nanoantimicrobials and drug synergism on drug-resistant pathogens, offer an overview of silver nanomaterials-based nanosensors in agri-food applications, explore the use of silver nanostructures in plant science applications, cover plant protection applications, describe silver nanomaterial applications in the removal of dyes and pesticides from wastewater, and more.
- Explores the applications of silver-based nanomaterials for plant protection, water treatments, and in food science
- Outlines why silver-based nanomaterials have properties that make them beneficial for protection against infectious diseases
- Assesses the challenge of integrating silver-based nanomaterials into agricultural systems
Plant scientists, materials scientists and engineers
- No. of pages: 764
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: August 13, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128235287
- eBook ISBN: 9780128235294
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Kamel A. Abd-Elsalam
Kamel Ahmed Abd-Elsalam is a molecular plant pathologist in the Agricultural Research Center at the Plant Pathology Research Institute, Egypt. His areas of research are plant pathogenic fungi, using a polyphasic approach based on multilocus phylogeny (gene-barcoding) and its correlation with polyphasic characters. His current research interests include developing, improving and deploying plant biosecurity diagnostic platforms and response tools, understanding and exploiting pathogen genomes and developing new nanotechnology-based platforms and materials.
Affiliations and expertise
Molecular Plant Pathologist, Agricultural Research Center, Plant Pathology Research Institute, Giza, EgyptRead Silver Nanomaterials for Agri-Food Applications on ScienceDirect