New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering
Sustainable Agriculture: Revisiting Green Chemicals
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Sustainable Agriculture: Revisiting Green Chemicals discusses green technologies that help us to understand new green chemicals to reduce plant pathogens and induce plant growth as well as soil health. The most used green chemicals are antioxidants, osmoprotectants, and phytohormones. This book brings together the most relevant information on how we can use microbial resources to develop new formulations for these types of chemicals and technologies for field application. The book offers reference material to chemical engineers, biochemists, agrochemists, industrialists, researchers, and scientists working on sustainable agriculture.
Key Features
- Highlights the latest developments in green technology in agriculture
- Overviews applied aspects of different green chemicals for crop production
- Identifies the importance and potential of green chemicals in manifold prospects
Readership
Students, Scientists and Researchers at universities, Biochemists, Bioengineers, Biochemical engineers, Chemical engineers, Plant Biochemists, Microbiologist, Microbial industries and Agricultural Industries
Table of Contents
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- List of contributors
- About the editors
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Alternative strategies to synthetic chemical fertilizers: revitalization of soil quality for sustainable agriculture using organic-based approaches
- Abstract
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Green manure for the revitalization of soil quality
- 1.3 Organic compost for the revitalization of soil quality
- 1.4 Biochar for the revitalization of soil quality
- 1.5 Effects of biochar on the nutrient availability in soil
- 1.6 Effects of biochar on soil quality
- 1.7 Microbial carrier of biochar
- 1.8 Use of biochar for remediation in agricultural soils
- 1.9 Uncertainties of biochar
- 1.10 Future prospects of biochar use in agricultural soils
- 1.11 Organo-mineral fertilizers: past, present, and future
- 1.12 Effects of organo-mineral fertilizers on soil productivity
- 1.13 Effects of organo-mineral fertilizers on plant growth and plant nutrient use efficiency
- 1.14 Role of organo-mineral fertilizers in sustainable agriculture
- 1.15 Bio-fertilizers
- 1.16 Future perspectives of bio-fertilizers
- References
- Chapter 2. Application of biostimulants to improve agronomic and physiological responses of plants: a review
- Abstract
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 The response of plants to biostimulant elements
- 2.3 Biostimulants: definitions and classifications
- 2.4 Biostimulant origins
- 2.5 Factors of biostimulants on growth
- 2.6 The efficiency of biostimulants on the chemical composition
- 2.7 Biostimulant use on vegetable crops
- 2.8 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 3. Green nanotechnology: a paradigm, panacea and new perspective for sustainable agriculture
- Abstract
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Review literature and recent developments
- 3.3 Conclusion and future prospects
- References
- Chapter 4. Feasibility and challenges of biopesticides application
- Abstract
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Biopesticides
- 4.3 Merits and disadvantages of biopesticides
- 4.4 Role of biopesticides
- 4.5 Application of biopesticides
- 4.6 Commercialization of biopesticides
- 4.7 Conclusion and recommendations
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 5. How the soil nitrogen nutrient promotes plant growth—a critical assessment
- Abstract
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 6. Morphological and phytochemical changes of Cannabis sativa L. affected by light spectra
- Abstract
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Secondary metabolites in cannabis
- 6.3 Biosynthesis pathway of cannabinoids
- 6.4 How to analyze and measure the amount of cannabinoids in the plant
- 6.5 The importance of light spectra in plant cultivation
- 6.6 Examining the effects of light spectra on cannabis
- 6.7 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 7. Application of phosphite as a biostimulant in agriculture
- Abstract
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Chemistry of Phi and its metabolism in plants
- 7.3 Phosphite as a biostimulant in agriculture
- 7.4 Cereal and pulse crops
- 7.5 Fruits
- 7.6 Vegetables
- 7.7 Other food crops
- 7.8 Beyond agricultural applications of Phi: biotechnological and industrial usage
- 7.9 Conclusion and prospects
- References
- Chapter 8. Sustainable mainframes for control of Sugarcane early shoot borer, Chilo infuscatellus (Snellen)
- Abstract
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Biology of early shoot borer on sugarcane
- 8.3 Integrated pest management for early shoot borer, Chilo infuscatellus
- 8.4 Design making stage for early shoot borer
- 8.5 Role of soil nutrients on the incidence of Chilo infuscatellus on sugarcane varieties
- 8.6 Utilization of eggs parasitoid
- 8.7 Genotype×role of climatic factors in under irrigation condition in sugarcane at advanced screening stages
- 8.8 Adumbrate the molecular markers character of sugarcane forming resistance against early shoot borer
- 8.9 Application of Pheromone traps techniques
- 8.10 In vitro bioassay to determine the toxicity of cry 1 f protein effective against Chilo Infuscatellus
- 8.11 Synthesize Bt genes effective in the management of early shoot borer
- 8.12 Effect of granulosis virus on early shoot borer
- 8.13 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 9. Levulinic acid: a potent green chemical in sustainable agriculture
- Abstract
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Levulinic acid: will it replace fossil fuels?
- 9.3 Chemical and physical properties
- 9.4 Application of levulinic acid and its derivatives
- 9.5 Industrially important derivatives of levulinic acid, applications, and synthesis
- 9.6 Synthesis of levulinic acid
- 9.7 Different processes for levulinic acid synthesis
- 9.8 Bottlenecks of levulinic acid production
- 9.9 Conclusion and future remarks
- References
- Chapter 10. Role of chitosan in eco-friendly management of plant diseases for sustainable agriculture
- Abstract
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Sources of chitosan and its chemical structure
- 10.3 Application of chitosan in plant growth promotion and yield improvement
- 10.4 Application of chitosan in plant protection
- 10.5 Mode of action
- 10.6 Factors affecting chitosan activity
- 10.7 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 11. Role of trehalose in plant–rhizobia interaction and induced abiotic stress tolerance
- Abstract
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.2 Trehalose biosynthesis pathways in microorganisms and plants
- 11.3 Genetic modification of plants and microorganisms for higher trehalose biosynthesis and external amendments of trehalose for abiotic stress alleviation
- 11.4 Role of trehalose in microbial protection from abiotic stress
- 11.5 Role of trehalose in Rhizobium-legume symbiosis and abiotic stress tolerance
- 11.6 Use of trehalose in seed priming, improved shelf life, preservation, and maintenance of microbial strains
- 11.7 Conclusion and future prospects
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 12. Combinative effect of seed priming with plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria and green chemicals on plant growth and stress tolerance
- Abstract
- 12.1 Introduction
- 12.2 Biopriming
- 12.3 Mechanism of priming
- 12.4 Molecular, biochemical, and physiological changes in seeds on priming
- 12.5 Recent strategies and operators of seed priming
- 12.6 The potential of green chemicals seed priming synthesized with nanoparticles to promote plant growth
- 12.7 Components influencing the seed priming process
- 12.8 Essentiality of biopriming in stress forbearance
- 12.9 Role of biopriming against abiotic stress
- 12.10 Modes of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria interceded drought and salt stress resilience
- 12.11 Beneficial effects of seed priming
- 12.12 Conclusion and future prospects
- References
- Chapter 13. Burgeoning trends using green chemicals to impede the obliterating invasive insects
- Abstract
- 13.1 Introduction
- 13.2 Future prospects and conclusions
- References
- Chapter 14. Routing microbial biosurfactants to agriculture for revitalization of soil and plant growth
- Abstract
- 14.1 Introduction
- 14.2 Mechanisms of action of surfactant molecules on surfaces and interfaces
- 14.3 Possible applications and environmental toxicity
- 14.4 The surfactants of biological origin
- 14.5 Microorganisms involved in the production of biosurfactants
- 14.6 Production and extraction of microbial biosurfactants
- 14.7 Biosurfactants as a possible stimulant in agriculture
- 14.8 Seed germination and plant growth enhancement
- 14.9 Biosurfactants in nutrient mobilization
- 14.10 Biosurfactants as biocontrol agents
- 14.11 Conclusion and future prospects
- References
- Chapter 15. Nanopriming in sustainable agriculture: recent advances, emerging challenges and future prospective
- Abstract
- 15.1 Introduction
- 15.2 Nanotechnology in agricultural sustainability
- 15.3 Seed priming and its implications in agriculture
- 15.4 Nanopriming
- 15.5 The mechanism underlying the nanopriming of seeds
- 15.6 Influences of nanopriming at different plant growth stages
- 15.7 Nanopriming in improving various abiotic and biotic stresses
- 15.8 Other implications of nanopriming for improving sustainability
- 15.9 Summary
- References
- Chapter 16. Toxicological assessment of biobased products: trends and challenges
- Abstract
- 16.1 Raw material for biobased products
- 16.2 Toxicological aspects of the biobased products and its production chain
- 16.3 Bioproducts toxicity assessment: approaches and results
- 16.5 The trends and challenges of toxicological assessment
- References
- Chapter 17. Advance technology for biostimulants in agriculture
- Abstract
- 17.1 Introduction
- 17.2 Different advanced technology for biostimulants
- 17.3 Nano biostimulant
- 17.4 Mechanism of nanosilver particle
- 17.5 Mechanism of agri-nanoproduct
- 17.6 Plant biostimulant
- 17.7 Humic substances
- 17.8 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 18. Chitin and chitosan as elicitors in sustainable production of medicinal crops
- Abstract
- 18.1 Introduction
- 18.2 Immune responses of medicinal plants
- 18.3 Inducing resistance in medicinal plants
- 18.4 Chitin and chitosan: the fungal elicitors
- 18.5 Mechanism of action of chitin and chitosan in medicinal plants
- 18.6 Applications of chitosan in enhanced production of therapeutics
- 18.7 Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter 19. Deciphering the role of phytohormones in the regulation of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal symbiosis and mechanisms involved
- Abstract
- 19.1 Introduction
- 19.2 Phytohormones as biostimulants in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi development
- 19.3 Strigolactones
- 19.4 Gibberellins
- 19.5 Auxins
- 19.6 Abscisic acid
- 19.7 Ethylene
- 19.8 Cytokinins
- 19.9 Brassinosteroids
- 19.10 Jasmonic acid
- 19.11 Salicylic acid
- 19.12 Conclusions and future direction of research
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 20. Biopreservation: an alluring method to safeguard food from spoilage
- Abstract
- 20.1 Biopreservation
- 20.2 Chemical preservatives versus biopreservatives
- 20.3 Advantages of biopreservatives
- 20.4 Lactic acid bacteria and its potential use in food safety
- 20.5 Bacteriocin
- 20.6 Lab bacteriocins
- 20.7 Bacteriocins of various Gram-positive bacteria
- 20.8 Bacillus as biopreservative
- 20.9 Applications of bacteriocin-producing lactic acid bacteria in food
- 20.10 Bacteriophages and their antibacterial life cycle
- 20.11 Endolysins: structure and mode of action
- 20.12 Limitations of biopreservation process
- 20.13 Hurdle technology
- 20.14 Applications of lactic acid bacteria bacteriocins in hurdle technology
- 20.15 Pulsed electric field
- 20.16 Nanotechnology
- 20.17 Future prospects
- 20.18 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 21. Sustainable agriculture through improved on farm processing techniques and value-added organic food products
- Abstract
- 21.1 Sustainable agriculture
- 21.2 Drivers of sustainability
- 21.3 Constraints and consideration of agricultural sustainability
- 21.4 Traditional on-farm processing technologies and challenges
- 21.5 Some selected value-added organic food products and their market status, prospects, and challenges
- 21.6 Benefits of organic agriculture
- 21.7 Conclusion
- References
- Index
Product details
- No. of pages: 562
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier 2022
- Published: July 1, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- eBook ISBN: 9780323855822
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323855815
About the Editors
Harikesh Singh
Prof. H. B. Singh works as Distinguished Professor, Department of Biotechnology, GLA University, Mathura from August 1, 2020 to date. He is a Visiting Professor at Cornell University and University of Illinois, USA, Sau Paulo State University, Sorocaba, Brazil. He is honoured with 22 National and International prestigious awards including the CSIR Award for S&;T Innovation and Fellow of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences Successfully completed 21 research projects funded by various funding agencies. Established fruitful research collaborations with academic and industry researchers and published jointly with national and international collaborators in high impact journals and obtained 19 patents
Affiliations and Expertise
Distinguished Professor, Department of Biotechnology, GLA University, Mathura
Anukool Vaishnav
Dr. Anukool Vaishnav is working as a Postdoctoral Scientist (Swiss excellence fellow) at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. He is also associated with the Department of Biotechnology, GLA University, India, as an Assistant Professor. He has operated the SERB-National Postdoctoral Fellowship as Principal Investigator at the Department of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. As an active researcher, he has published more than 45 publications and 6 books. He has also received several fellowships and young scientist awards from different agencies.
Affiliations and Expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, GLA University, Mathura, India
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