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Books in Agricultural and biological sciences

The Agricultural and Biological Sciences collection advances science-based knowledge for the improvement of animal and plant life and for secure food systems that produce nutritious, novel, sustainable foods with minimal environmental impact. Food Science titles include not only those products from agriculture but all other aspects from food production to nutrition, health and safety, chemistry to security, policy, law and regulation. Biological Sciences address animal behaviour and biodiversity, organismal and evolutionary biology, entomology, marine biology and aquaculture, plant science and forestry.

  • Aquaculture Mycology and Bacteriology

    • 1st Edition
    • March 1, 2026
    • Frederick S.B. Kibenge + 2 more
    • English
    Aquaculture Mycology and Bacteriology is a practical reference to address the steadily increasing importance of infectious diseases of aquatic animals. With the burgeoning expansion of the animal aquaculture industry to new geographic areas, new microbial and parasitic species with pathogenic potential will continue to emerge. This necessitates rapid identification of the new pathogens to enable their control. Each pathogenic bacterial or fungal species is accompanied by the full description of both taxonomic and clinical information for the three major aquatic food animals (fish, crustaceans and mollusks).Aquacultur... Mycology and Bacteriology takes a comprehensive approach to facilitate research to develop vaccines or other similar pathogen mitigation measures, and is useful to bacteriologists, mycologists, aquaculturists, clinical practitioners in aquatic animal health and all those in industry, government or academia who are interested in aquaculture, fisheries and comparative biology.

  • Clean Label Starch

    Processes, Properties and Functionality
    • 1st Edition
    • March 1, 2026
    • Parmjit Singh Panesar + 1 more
    • English
    Clean Label Starch: Processes, Properties and Functionality, a volume in the "Applications of Starches in Food and Packaging" series, provides the most up-to-date information on clean label starches, catering to a wide range of readers interested in starch modification and its applications in clean label food and packaging industries. Chapters cover hydro-thermal clean label starch, thermal and non-thermal physically modified starches, biotechnological approaches for clean label starch production, and its nanoencapsulation. Applications of clean label starch in the edible packaging industry, biodegradable packaging, and in bakery and confectionery are also included. The book discusses the challenges, and consumer acceptability, in addition to the quality attributes of clean label starch. Edited by an internationally diverse group of experts and leaders who possess extensive, up-to-date knowledge of native and modified starches and related technologies, this book is an excellent resource which highlights important global perspectives in the field.

  • Red Wine Technology

    • 2nd Edition
    • March 1, 2026
    • Antonio Morata
    • English
    Back in its second edition, Red Wine Technology, Second Edition continues to offer a solutions-based approach to the challenges associated with red wine production. It focuses on the technology and biotechnology of red wines and is ideal for anyone in need of a succinct reference on novel ways to increase and improve overall red wine production and innovation. This updated edition provides emerging trends in modern enology, including molecular tools for wine quality and analysis. In addition to updating existing topics, it is expanded to include a variety of completely new chapters on cutting-edge topics such as the red wine microbiome, the use of viruses in wine biotechnology, smoke taint, the future of yeast research, and environmental winery management for climate change. Red Wine Technology, Second Edition is an essential resource for wine producers, researchers, practitioners, technologists and students.

  • Agricultural Biostimulants for Mitigation of Salt, Drought, and Heat Stress

    • 1st Edition
    • March 1, 2026
    • M. Naeem + 1 more
    • English
    Agricultural Biostimulants for Mitigation of Salt, Drought, and Heat Stress provides up-to-date information on sustainable strategies to enhance the resilience of agricultural crops under adverse environmental conditions. As part of the Biostimulants and Protective Biochemical Agents series, this volume focuses on high-impact challenges and emerging opportunities in crop stress management.Biostimul... represent a promising and effective approach to achieving sustainable agriculture. Widely regarded as renewable sources of plant nutrients, they can enhance crop productivity and improve soil health. Over the past decade, there has been growing interest in the use of diverse biostimulants—includ... plant growth-promoting fungi, rhizobacteria, seaweed extracts, and organic amendments—to increase nutrient use efficiency and boost plant tolerance to abiotic stresses.This book covers a range of key biostimulant categories such as bacteria, algae, plant growth regulators (PGRs), plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB), biochar, and other core approaches. It explores how specific biostimulants contribute to protecting and enhancing plant health and is the first comprehensive reference to focus exclusively on their role in safeguarding crop yields under salt, drought, and heat stress conditions.

  • Emerging Technologies in Yield Optimization and Production of Biomass Feedstock

    • 1st Edition
    • March 1, 2026
    • Yogesh K. Ahlawat
    • English
    Emerging Technologies in Yield Optimization and Production of Biomass Feedstock offers a comprehensive evaluation of biomass feedstock, exploring its diverse productions and the challenges of enhancing transformation efficiency in bioenergy species. The book explores the challenges of bioenergy through case studies, covering various stages: cultivation, harvesting, pre-processing, conversion, and utilization. In each stage, the book explains how to maximize efficiency in yield optimization and production of biomass feedstock using innovative solutions to ensure economic benefits and environmental sustainability. It discusses the molecular farming approach, emphasizing the importance of improving transformation efficiency in bioenergy species.The book then reviews species like algae, switchgrass, corn, poplars, and sugarcane, assessing their potential and stressing the need for appropriate species selection to optimize bioenergy transformation processes. Users will also find new methods for gene delivery, transformation, and regeneration, and their applications in modifying bioenergy species for enhanced traits. Additionally, the book covers synthetic biology tools like biosensors, genetic circuits, and pathway engineering, explaining how these tools can be used to further enhance transformation efficiency in bioenergy species.

  • Packaging Operations in the Food Industry

    Unit Operations and Processing Equipment in the Food Industry
    • 1st Edition
    • March 1, 2026
    • Seid Mahdi Jafari + 1 more
    • English
    Packaging Operations in the Food Industry, a volume in the Unit Operations and Processing Equipment in the Food Industry series, explains the processing operations and equipment necessary for the packaging of different food products including conventional and modern packaging techniques. These processes and unit operations are important in the manufacture of various food products.Divided in four sections, “Principles of packaging “, “Different stages of packaging”, “Different packaging operations”, and “Novel packaging processes”, all chapters emphasize basic texts relating to experimental, theoretical, computational, and/or applications of food engineering principles and the relevant processing equipment to packaging unit operations.Written by experts in the field of food engineering, in a simple and dynamic way, this book targets industrial Engineers working in the field of food processing and within food factories to make them more familiar with the food processing operations and equipment.

  • Exploring Plant Peptide Potentials

    A Comprehensive Guide
    • 1st Edition
    • March 1, 2026
    • Abhijit Sarkar + 3 more
    • English
    Exploring Plant Peptide Potentials offers an in-depth overview of the latest research on these functional molecules, emphasizing their diverse biological roles and growing relevance across disciplines. The book brings together insights into their discovery, mechanisms, and applications to deepen understanding and inspire future research.Plant peptides are key regulators of growth, development, defense, and stress responses, and they show considerable promise in pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and herbal medicine applications. The volume spans topics from peptide identification and imaging to signaling pathways, molecular interactions, and bioinformatics approaches. It also covers both conventional and advanced tools in peptide science, including post-translational modifications, peptide mimicry, and innovations in nanotechnology and biotechnology.Explor... Plant Peptide Potentials is a valuable resource for researchers and professionals in plant biochemistry, physiology, molecular biology, and biotechnology, as well as those developing plant-derived health and therapeutic products.

  • Emerging Omics Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture

    • 1st Edition
    • February 20, 2026
    • Geerten W. Vuister + 3 more
    • English
    Emerging Omics Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture provides a comprehensive overview of the transformative potential of advanced tools such as AI, genomics and proteomics to ensure future agricultural production.The integration of genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics has advanced the understanding of plant and microbial systems and the application of this knowledge has enabled precision farming, optimizing crop yield and minimizing environmental impact. There are unprecedented opportunities to enhance crop yields, improve pest and disease management, to optimize resource utilization and to mitigate environmental impacts. Through the use of advanced data analytics, machine learning, and predictive modeling, researchers can decipher complex biological processes and develop innovative solutions for agricultural challenges.Emerging Omics Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture explores the advancements in AI-driven omics technologies, such as genome editing, transcriptomics, and phenomics, and their applications in crop improvement, soil health monitoring, and precision agriculture.

  • Advances in Food and Nutrition Research

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 118
    • February 13, 2026
    • English
    Advances in Food and Nutrition Research, Volume 118 provides the latest advances on nanoformulations that can be used in the food industry, including chapters that cover important topics such as Nanoformulation Used In The Food Industry, Advances in Rapid On-Site Detection Techniques for Food Safety and Authenticity, Utilizing Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Sustainable High-Quality Food Production: Current State, Challenges, and Future Directions, Advances in High Hydrostatic Pressure Processing of Fruit and Vegetable Juicesm Functionality, Health Benefits, and Applications of Fish-Derived Hydrolysates and Peptides, and more.Additional chapters explore Maximizing the utilisation of seafood resources, A novel cooking technique for seafood: sous-vide, and Vegetable oils as a source of omega-3 fatty acids – transgenic vegetable oil.

  • Marine Microbial Products

    Applications and Opportunities
    • 1st Edition
    • February 12, 2026
    • Sesan Abiodun Aransiola + 2 more
    • English
    Marine Microbial Products: Applications and Opportunities delves into the extensive world of marine microbes, an assemblage of organisms that contain a broad array of bioactive chemicals. Written and edited by a diverse team of environmental microbiologists, this book provides readers with a foundational understanding of marine microbial taxa, the products that may be synthesized from these organisms, technological innovations, and future directions of research. Chapters collate the most current research in healthcare, sustainability, and commercial production, presenting readers with the latest information on antibiotics, antivirals, anticancer therapeutics, immunosuppressive chemicals, bioremediation, food processing, biofertilizers, biopesticides, cosmetics, pigments, probiotics, and functional foods.The book is structured for accessibility to academic and professional audiences, spanning a variety of sectors. It is an indispensable resource for students, professors, researchers, and industry professionals in biology, biotechnology, sustainable development, food, healthcare sciences, and adjacent industries.

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