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  • Towards Mathematics, Computers and Environment: A Disasters Perspective

    Edited by Leonardo Bacelar Lima Santos, Rogério Galante Negri, Tiago José de Carvalho ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    With relevant, timely topics, this book gathers carefully selected, peer-reviewed scientific works and offers a glimpse of the state-of-the-art in disaster prevention research, with an emphasis on challenges in Latin America. Topics include studies on surface frost, an extreme meteorological event that occasionally affects parts of Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, and southern Brazil, with serious ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Emerging Trends in Agri-Nanotechnology

    Fundamental and Applied Aspects

    by Harikesh Bahadur Singh, Sandhya Mishra, Professor Leonardo Fernandes Fraceto, Dr Renata de Lima, Amina Antonacci, Marcelo Dutra Arbo, Fabiana Arduini0, Daiana Silva Avila1, Carolina Castro Bueno2, Estefania V R Campos3, R K Chaturvedi4, Deepika Chauhan5, Manoj Kumar Chitara6, Sampa Das7, Jhones L de Oliveira8, Kunzes Dolma9, Carolina Alves dos Santos0, Aniket Gade1, Solange Cristina Garcia2, Renato Grillo3, Kelvii Wei Kelvii Wei4, Indarchand Gupta5, Janmejay Pandey6, Mauricio Tavares Jacques7, Akansha Jain8, Gagan Kumar9, Anupam Maharshi0, S Marimuthu1, Vijay Kumar Mishra2, Arpan Mukherjee3, Jessica Nardi4, Semih Otles5, Raksha Pandit6, Jai Singh Patel7, Mahendra Rai8, K Raja9, Rahul Singh Rajput0, Ratul Moni Ram1, Indira Rathore2, Buket Yalcin Sahyar3, Dr Birinchi Sarma4, Viviana Scognamiglio5, Jyoti Singh6, N N Singh7, Prachi Singh8, Surendra Singh9, Amira S Soliman0, Ankit Srivastava1, Arohi Srivastava2, K S Subramanian3, J C Tarafdar4, Sudheer K Yadav5, Xiaodong Yang6 ...
    The science of nanotechnology, the manipulation, design and engineering of devices at the atomic and molecular scale, is starting to be applied to many disciplines including aspects of agriculture and crop science. This book opens with a brief history of nanotechnology in agriculture. Applications are then examined in detail, including nanopesticides, nanosensors, nanofertilizers, and ... Read more

    $74.69 USD

  • Right-Wing Politics in the New Latin America

    Reaction and Revolt

    by Marcos Costa Lima, Guy Burton, Ms Grace Livingstone, Leonardo Diaz-Echenique, Peter Lambert, Alexander Dawson, Patricio Silva, Andreas Tsolakis, Diane Raby, Andrew Higgingbottom, Francisco Durand ...
    The focus for students of Latin America in the past decade has been on the political forces of the left and the so-called 'pink tide' presidencies attempting to bring about social and economic change in the region. However, there has been far less attention paid to the rightwing political forces resisting such change. Such opposition is being orchestrated by political parties, business, the ... Read more

    $30.79 USD

  • Inorganic Nanopesticides and Nanofertilizers

    A View from the Mechanisms of Action to Field Applications

    Edited by Leonardo Fernandes Fraceto, Hudson Wallace Pereira de Carvalho, Renata de Lima, Subhashis Ghoshal, Catherine Santaella ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book discusses inorganic/metallic nanopesticides and fertilizers. Rather than providing a general review of the topic, it offers a critical assessment of what has been achieved and highlights future measures to allow agriculture to profit from the properties of inorganic nanoparticles. It covers a variety of topics, including strategies for preparing cost-effective nanoparticles, their ... Read more

    $179.09 USD

  • Advances in Nano-Fertilizers and Nano-Pesticides in Agriculture

    A Smart Delivery System for Crop Improvement

    Edited by Sudisha Jogaiah, Harikesh Bahadur Singh, Leonardo Fernandes Fraceto, Renata De Lima ...
    Advances in Nano-fertilizers and Nano-pesticides in Agriculture: A Smart Delivery System for Crop Improvement explores the use of nanotechnology for the controlled delivery of pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers that improve the safety of products while also increasing the efficiency of food production and decreased environmental pollution. The development of nanodevices such as smart delivery ... Read more

    $211.49 USD

  • Nanopesticides

    From Research and Development to Mechanisms of Action and Sustainable Use in Agriculture

    Edited by Leonardo F. Fraceto, Vera Lucia S.S. de Castro, Renato Grillo, Daiana Ávila, Halley Caixeta Oliveira, Renata Lima ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book explores the development of nanopesticides and tests of their biological activity against target organisms. It also covers the effects of nanopesticides in the aquatic and terrestrial environments, along with related subjects including fate, behaviour, mechanisms of action and toxicity. Moreover, the book discusses the potential risks of nanopesticides for non-target organisms, as well ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

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  • Nanomaterials in Plants, Algae, and Microorganisms

    Concepts and Controversies: Volume 1

    Edited by Parvaiz Ahmad, Shivesh Sharma, Devendra Kumar Chauhan, Nawal Kishore Dubey, Durgesh Kumar Tripathi ...
    Nanomaterials in Plants, Algae and Microorganisms: Concepts and Controversies: Volume One discusses the vast amount of nanomaterials that have been released into the environment in a relatively short amount of time. There is a need to understand what the implications to the health of our biota and ecosystems are as the earth is increasingly inundated with these materials. Not all of the effects ... Read more

    $166.49 USD

  • Toxicity of Nanoparticles in Plants

    An Evaluation of Cyto/Morpho-physiological, Biochemical and Molecular Responses

    Edited by Vishnu D. Rajput, Tatiana Minkina, Svetlana Sushkova, Saglara S. Mandzhieva, Christopher Rensing ...
    Series series Nanomaterial-Plant Interactions
    Toxicity of Nanoparticles in Plants: An Evaluation of Cyto/Morpho-physiological, Biochemical and Molecular Responses, Volume Five in the Nanomaterial-Plant Interactions series, reviews the latest research on toxicological effects of using nanotechnology in plants. Key themes include analyzing plant exposure to nanomaterials, mechanisms of toxicity of nanoparticles to plants, and effects, uptake ... Read more

    $179.99 USD

  • Green Polymer Composites Technology

    Properties and Applications

    Edited by 0 Inamuddin, ...
    This book is a comprehensive introduction to "green" or environmentally friendly polymer composites developed using renewable polymers of natural origin such as starch, lignin, cellulose acetate, poly-lactic acid (PLA), polyhydroxylalkanoates (PHA), polyhydroxylbutyrate (PHB), etc., and the development of modern technologies for preparing green composites with various applications. The book also ... Read more

    $180.00 USD

  • Nanotechnology in Plant Growth Promotion and Protection

    Recent Advances and Impacts

    by Avinash P. Ingle ...
    Discover the role of nanotechnology in promoting plant growth and protection through the management of microbial pathogensIn Nanotechnology in Plant Growth Promotion and Protection, distinguished researcher and author Dr. Avinash P. Ingle delivers a rigorous and insightful collection of some of the latest developments in nanotechnology particularly related to plant growth promotion and protection. ... Read more

    $183.00 USD

  • Nano-enabled Agrochemicals in Agriculture

    Edited by Mansour Ghorbanpour, Muhammad Adnan Shahid ...
    Nano-Enabled Agrochemicals in Agriculture presents a targeted overview of the safe implementation of nanotechnologies within agricultural and horticultural settings, with the purpose of achieving enhanced production while maintaining ecological integrity. The growing global request for agricultural crops and products requires high standards of quality and safety, which has stimulated the search ... Read more

    $157.49 USD

  • The Role of Nanoparticles in Plant Nutrition under Soil Pollution

    Nanoscience in Nutrient Use Efficiency

    Edited by Vishnu D. Rajput, Krishan K. Verma, Neetu Sharma, Tatiana Minkina ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Nanotechnology has shown great potential in all spheres of life. With the increasing pressure to meet the food demands of rapidly increasing population, thus, novel innovation and research are required in agriculture. The principles of nanotechnology can be implemented to meet the challenges faced by agricultural demands. Major challenges include the loss of nutrients in the soil and nutrient ... Read more

    $170.09 USD