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.

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Nanohybrid Fungicides

1st Edition
November 21, 2023
Kamel A Abd-Elsalam
English
Paperback
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eBook
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Nanohybrid Fungicides: New Frontiers in Plant Pathology addresses new nanohybrid fungicides and the opportunities that nanoagrochemicals can provide. Organized into two parts, this book addresses the types of nanohybrid fungicides and general applications, commercialization, and remediation. Furthermore, nanohybrid fungicides represent an exciting new frontier in plant pathology. Their ability to enhance the efficacy of conventional fungicides, boost plant defense mechanisms, and reduce environmental impact makes them a promising tool for sustainable disease management in agriculture. Further research and development are necessary to overcome the existing challenges and fully harness the potential of nanohybrid.Plant scientists, plant pathologists, agriculture and food scientists, and professionals and students working in related fields will all benefit from this timely resource.

Sustainable Protein Sources

2nd Edition
November 17, 2023
Sudarshan Nadathur + 2 more
English
Paperback
9 7 8 0 3 2 3 9 1 6 5 2 3
eBook
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Sustainable Protein Sources: Advances for a Healthier Tomorrow, Second Edition explores alternative proteins, including plant, fungal, algal and insect proteins that can take the place of meat as sustainable sources to satisfy human protein needs. This revised edition presents the benefits of plant and alternative protein consumption, including those that benefit the environment, population, and consumer trends and contains new chapters on potato protein, faba bean, chickpea, and coconut. Organized by protein, chapters also cover cereals and legumes, oilseeds, pseudocereals, fungi, algae, insects and fermentation-derived dairy and meat proteins paying particular attention to the nutrition, uses, functions, benefits, and challenges of each.The book also explores ways to improve utilization and addresses everything from consumer acceptability, methods of improving the taste of products containing these proteins and ways in which policies can affect the use of alternate proteins. In addition, the book addresses sustainable protein as a pathway to securing the food supply and considers regenerative versus extractive agriculture alongside new methods in farming and water usage.

Food Packaging and Preservation

1st Edition
November 16, 2023
Amit K. Jaiswal + 1 more
English
Paperback
9 7 8 0 3 2 3 9 0 0 4 4 7
eBook
9 7 8 0 3 2 3 8 8 6 2 0 8

Food Packaging and Preservation: Antimicrobial Materials and Technologies provides a scaffolded introduction to principles of biological science (food contamination and their effect on human health) as well as nanomaterials, natural antimicrobials and emerging non-thermal processing methods. The book's goal is to help users develop sustainable usage of these materials and technologies. It is designed to help researchers in food technology, materials science, nanoscience, and polymer science, but it will also be ideal for researchers and developers who develop antimicrobial technologies for food industry applications, in particular food packaging and the preservation of food products.

Global Regulatory Outlook for CRISPRized Plants

1st Edition
November 16, 2023
Kamel A Abd-Elsalam + 1 more
English
Paperback
9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 8 4 4 4 4
eBook
9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 8 4 4 5 1

Global Regulatory Outlook of CRISPRized Plants summarizes CRISPR/Cas systems and applications for precise editing of plant genomes and discusses global regulatory frameworks for CRISPR edited crops. While CRISPR technology has become a routine, cheap, and efficient method to generate edited crops with superior traits, how these crops are regulated determines the future of this technology. Understanding the current state of regulation, concerns, issues, and foundations for future decisions are key in determining how this technology is used going forward. This important summary will be vital to the successful commercialization of CRISPR technology and biosafety concerns associated with this technology. The book highlights regulatory classification of CRISPR modifications such as SDN1, SDN2 and SDN3 and their global regulation and discusses the social, ethical, governance, and policy issues related to CRISPR edited crops.

Special Volume on Kogia biology Part 1

1st Edition
Volume 96
November 15, 2023
Stephanie Plön
English
Hardback
9 7 8 0 0 8 1 0 2 9 1 8 3
eBook
9 7 8 0 0 8 1 0 2 9 1 9 0

Special Volume on Kogia biology presents in-depth and up-to-date reviews on all aspects of marine biology. Published since 1963, this serial updates on a variety of topics that will appeal to postgraduates and researchers in marine biology, fisheries science, ecology, zoology and biological oceanography.

Insecticidal Proteins and RNAi in the Control of Insects

1st Edition
Volume 65
November 14, 2023
Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes
English
Hardback
9 7 8 0 3 2 3 9 5 4 6 6 2
eBook
9 7 8 0 3 2 3 9 5 4 6 7 9

Insecticidal Proteins and RNAi in the Control of Insects, Volume 65 in the Advances in Insect Physiology series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on topics including Insecticidal RNAi delivered as biopesticide, Cry toxins, Vip3 insecticidal proteins: Structure and Mode of Action, New plant/other bacteria toxins, Engineered insecticidal proteins, Resistance to insecticidal proteins, and Photorhabdus toxins across Gram-negative bacteria. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors.

Handbook of Food Powders

2nd Edition
November 11, 2023
Bhesh Bhandari + 3 more
English
Paperback
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eBook
9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 8 4 3 6 9

Handbook of Food Powders: Chemistry and Technology, Second Edition covers current developments in food powder technology, such as Microbial decontamination of food powders, Gas and oil encapsulated powders, and Plant-based protein powders among other important topics. Sections introduce processing and handling technologies for food powders, focus on powder properties, including surface composition, rehydration and techniques to analyze the particle size of food powders, and highlight specialty food powders such as dairy powders, fruit and vegetable powders and coating foods with powders. Edited by a team of international experts in the field, this book continues to be the only quality reference on food powder technology available for the audiences of professionals in the food powder production and handling industries. It is also ideal for development and quality control professionals in the food industry who use powders in foods, and for researchers, scientists and academics interested in the field.

Starch Based Nanomaterials for Food Packaging

1st Edition
November 7, 2023
Gulzar Ahmad Nayik + 1 more
English
Paperback
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eBook
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Starch-Based Nanomaterials for Food Packaging: Perspectives and Future Prospectus presents the properties and sources of starch- based nanomaterials, new perspectives, safety aspects, applications and future trends. The book's chapters cover nanostructured materials, polysaccharide based bionanocomposites, starch based nanofibers, starch food packaging applications, nano gold imprinted starch bio nanocomposites, cereal starch-based nanoparticles, and edible packaging reinforced with starch-based nanomaterials. This is a complete resource to food industrialists who deal directly with food packaging and fruit and vegetable preservation.

The Science of Human Milk

1st Edition
November 4, 2023
Josef Neu
English
Paperback
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eBook
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The Science of Human Milk offers readily understandable, scientifically sound information related to the compositional features of human milk at different stages of lactation. The book also debunks many myths about human milk and provides an analysis of the differences in human milk and baby formulas, offering suggestions for how the latter can be improved. The correlation between human milk composition and infant physiology and metabolism, growth, development, health and disease is explored in detail, placing emphasis on preterm infants. In addition, the dynamic nature of human milk, including its microbes, immunology, metabolites, cell components and epigenetically active molecules are covered. Written for researchers working in nutrition and neonatology, as well as health care professionals working in related fields, this book is sure to be a welcomed reference.

Spray Drying for the Food Industry

1st Edition
November 3, 2023
Seid Mahdi Jafari + 1 more
English
Paperback
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eBook
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Spray Drying for the Food Industry, in the Unit Operations and Processing Equipment in the Food Industry series, explains the fundamental and applied research in all aspects of spray drying from engineering to technology. The book thoroughly examines the spray drying of food materials with an emphasis on production, processing, engineering, characterization, and applications of spray dried food powders that enable novel/enhanced properties or functions. Divided into four sections, "Fundamentals of Spray drying process", "Application of spray drying for production of food powders", "Encapsulation of food bioactive ingredients by spray drying", and "Characterization and analysis of spray dried powders", all chapters emphasize the engineering, optimization and control of spray dryers and the relevant processing equipment. 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 drying unit operations.　

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