https://novapublishers.com Publisher of Books and Journals in Medicine and Health, Science and Technology and Social Sciences Wed, 15 Feb 2023 19:48:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://novapublishers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-nova-favicon-32x32.jpg https://novapublishers.com 32 32 https://novapublishers.com/shop/research-advancements-in-organic-farming/ Tue, 14 Feb 2023 18:05:41 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=142101 Jatindra Nath Bhakta, PhD - Professor, Department of Ecological Studies & International Centre for Ecological Engineering, University of Kalyani, West Bengal, India Sukanta Rana, PhD - Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, Raniganj Girls' College, West Bengal, India Series: Agriculture Issues and Policies BISAC: SCI026000 DOI: 10.52305/VAUE5779 The present book, entitled Research Advancement in Organic Farming, focuses on advanced approaches of organic farming practices for sustainable production of crops and protection of the environment from pollution caused by conventional farming practices. Organic farming is a holistic self-sustaining approach that recycles its own organic wastes in a natural way in an agro-ecosystem for healthier production and a healthier environment. The inclusion of advanced green techniques and human skills in organic farming magnifies its production. Conservation of biodiversity, soil, water, and air and maintenance of local hydrological and nutrient cycles are the great benefits of it. Consequently, pollution-free safe organic crops are produced and the environment is conserved in organic farming systems. Organic farming contributes 1 to 2% of global food production. The demand for organic products in the world market is rising from day to day. On account of the above, the objectives of the present book are to draw current and advanced pictures of different approaches to organic farming for organic food production and conserving the environment by preventing pollutant-generating conventional chemical-based farming practices. The present book comprises current advancements in basic theoretical, practical, and application frameworks in organic farming by focusing latest empirical research findings on the following topics: basic concept, significance and future prospects of organic farming, organic agriculture, aquaculture, animal husbandry, environmental quality management, composting and vermicomposting, bioslurry and bio-fertilizers.]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/legumes-nutritional-value-health-benefits-and-management/ Sun, 05 Feb 2023 16:05:39 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=142117 Phetole Mangena, PhD - Department of Biodiversity, University of Limpopo, Sovenga, South Africa Series: Agriculture Issues and Policies BISAC: TEC003030 DOI: 10.52305/WOFN2369 One of the most important scientific contributions to future generations that the current generation must leave to its successors is a protected, improved and sustainable genetic diversity of legume crop plants. This endeavor can be augmented by establishing efficiently analyzed morpho-physiological and molecular data that provide concrete insights that underline mechanisms playing a critical role in enabling crops to effectively react and respond to biotic and abiotic stresses. Research projects involving genetic improvement of legumes represents some of the advances and technologies aimed at providing new avenues to efficiently improve the growth and yield of these crops. This book consists of eight well-structured and written chapters which discuss different perspectives and management of legume crops. The book embodies a diversity of views, bringing new ideas and sharing new important original information involving cultivation, physiology, nutritional quality, medicinal benefits, traditional uses and in vivo priming for enhanced legume production. This book is intended for use as a reference book for both undergraduate and postgraduate students, together with researchers in the field. **Order the printed version and SAVE 50% on the e-book with Print+eBook. 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This book may benefit people from different fields, including ecologists, landscape architects, researchers, and students to understand in-depth the properties of sandy soil, its characteristics, and functional values. **Order the printed version and SAVE 50% on the e-book with Print+eBook. Price indicated includes shipping**]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/jute-cultivation-properties-and-uses/ Sat, 24 Dec 2022 14:00:38 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=141195 Matthieu Issa (Editor) Series: Agriculture Issues and Policies BISAC:TEC003030 This volume contains five chapters discussing the cultivation, properties, and uses of jute fiber. Chapter One is an overview of the manufacturing processes of jute fiber-based composites. Chapter Two discusses methods of chemical modification of the properties of jute fiber for lifecycle enhancement in wastewater treatment. Chapter Three examines in a scope beyond traditional applications the progress, challenges, and prospects of jute fiber as a green adsorbent. Chapter Four provides a review of the processing of jute fiber from extraction to products. Chapter Five discusses potential applications of jute in projects of environmental recovery and environmental conservation. **Order the printed version and SAVE 50% on the e-book with Print+eBook. 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Structural transformation from agriculture to manufacturing and services is inevitable as a country develops. The role of agriculture in economic development and poverty reduction has long been debated. Due to the growth in agriculture, food becomes cheaper, farm incomes increase, thereby creating more jobs, and increased incomes stimulate economic diversification. Thus, development in the agricultural sector propels the rest of the economy. Hence, there is a need for greater resource allocation in favor of agriculture, particularly in predominantly agrarian areas. These concepts are explored through the chapters of this book. **Order the printed version and SAVE 50% on the e-book with Print+eBook. 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This book would be an excellent resource for data scientists, engineers, students and professors of higher education, computer scientists, researchers, and academicians.]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/emerging-environmental-applications-of-nanozymes/ Mon, 10 Oct 2022 19:21:18 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=142641 Seema Nara, PhD - Associate professor, Biotechnology, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, UP, India Smriti Singh - Biotechnology, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, UP, India Series: Environmental Science, Engineering and Technology BISAC: TEC003030; SCI026000; NAT010000 DOI: 10.52305/RFFX4767 This book will cover all aspects of using nanozymes for environmental safety, monitoring and remediation. It will uncover the way nanozymes are being used for sensing different categories of environmental pollutants like pesticides, heavy metals, organic pollutants or microbes. Further, it will provide information on using nanozymes for extraction, removal or remediation of pollutants from soil or water samples and their degradation to relatively safer by-products. This book will also include the challenges to be met by nanozymes and their future prospects. **Order the printed version and SAVE 50% on the e-book with Print+eBook. Price indicated includes shipping**]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/agricultural-research-updates-volume-43/ Tue, 20 Sep 2022 19:28:50 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=141962 Prathamesh Gorawala and Srushti Mandhatri (Editors) Series: Agricultural Research Updates BISAC: TEC003000 This book contains seven selected articles on the topic of agricultural research. Chapter One is a resource and assessment and technological review of the production of biodiesel from spent coffee ground lipids. Chapter Two is a state of the art review of mango fruit aroma compounds. Chapter Three is a review of the Indian scenario and perspectives on non-edible oilseeds storage for biodiesel. Chapter Four examines new research on bioethanol production through agro-industrial wastewaters as feedstocks. Chapter Five explores Mentha piperita essential oil as an effective biopesticide against mosquitoes. Chapter Six reviews a simulation for controlling and predicting grain aeration effects. Finally, Chapter Seven is a comparison of genome-wide association studies in multi environmental trials.]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/pest-management-methods-applications-and-challenges/ Fri, 12 Aug 2022 14:44:27 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=127474 Tarique Hassan Askary, PhD - Division of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Wadura (SKUAST-K), Sopore, Jammu & Kashmir, India Series: Agriculture Issues and Policies BISAC: TEC058000 DOI: 10.52305/VCWF8745 This book contains thirteen chapters focusing on pest management and control. The volume is broadly divided into two parts. Part I contains six chapters that deal with the role of chemicals in pest management. The opening chapter begins with the challenges and opportunities in the application of insecticides. The five additional chapters provide information on the pests of temperate fruits, pulses, spices and rice and the recent advances in their management. The concluding chapter of Part I deals with the utilization of chemicals in plant parasitic nematode management and the challenges faced thereof. In Part II, there are seven chapters devoted to microbes. The first chapter broadly explains the role of biopesticides in pest management, the new developments, challenges and future thrusts in this direction. The emphasis of the subsequent chapters shifts to different biocontrol agents viz., entomopathogenic nematodes, nematophagous fungi, bacteria and baculoviruses. One chapter deals exclusively with the integrated application of entomopathogenic nematodes and chemicals. The last chapter of the book deals extensively with the field application of biopesticides. An attempt has been made to present all important aspects and necessary guidelines for pest management in as simple and lucid a manner as possible with some essential data and nice photographs. This book will help agricultural scientists, research practitioners, extension workers, the farming community and especially those undergraduate and postgraduate students having entomology or nematology as their specialized subject.]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/principles-of-digital-image-processing-for-agricultural-applications/ Fri, 08 Jul 2022 16:37:42 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=141085 Suryaprabha Deenan, PhD - Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Applications, Nehru Arts and Science College, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India Satheeshkumar Janakiraman, PhD - Associate Professor, Department of Computer Applications, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India Seenivasan Nagachandrabose, PhD - Associate Professor, Department of Nematology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India Series: Agriculture Issues and Policies BISAC: SCI003000; TEC003000; TEC015000 DOI: 10.52305/LZGO5867 This book is designed for undergraduate and post-graduate agricultural science students and agricultural engineering researchers to provide a comprehensive insight into the role of digital image processing in agriculture, and its basic principles to solve agriculture issues. This book is constructed with 11 different chapters comprising an introduction to digital image processing, various applications of digital image processing, the role of image processing in the agriculture sector, an overview of fundamental digital image processing procedures, image acquisition methods appropriate for various agricultural situations, image enhancement tools for images acquired in different conditions, image segmentation methods concerned with plant and agriculture images, feature extraction techniques applicable for agricultural images, image classification or pattern recognition to solve agricultural problems, quality assessment metrics of reference and non-reference agriculturally important images and a case study on successful digital image processing application on the banana. **Order the printed version and SAVE 50% on the e-book with Print+eBook. 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Chapter Four describes the application of different machine learning algorithms in banana production systems in Venezuela. Chapter 5 shows an overview of published research studies about the features of nettle source, the extraction methodologies employed to obtain vegetable extracts, their bioactive chemical composition as well as some of their viable exploitation targets in order to summarize updated information for future development investigations on this plant. Chapter 6 investigates the competency factors influencing agricultural programmes. Chapter 7 examines the repercussions of climate change on production systems in small ruminants. Finally, in Chapter 8, the potential applications of drones for livestock management is discussed.]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/diseases-of-fruit-and-plantation-crops-and-their-sustainable-management/ Thu, 30 Jun 2022 18:58:46 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=126128 Mujeebur Rahman Khan, PhD - Professor, Aligarh Muslim University, Uttar Pradesh, India Ziaul Haque, PhD - Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Protection, Aligarh Muslim University, India Series: Agriculture Issues and Policies BISAC: NAT026000; SOC055000 The perineal nature, huge foliage and extensive root system of fruit crops offer conducive conditions for survival and colonization of plant pathogens. Plant diseases in fruit crops are of common occurrence and account for up to 10-20% yield losses. The present book embodies 18 chapters covering major diseases of important temperate fruit crops (almond, apple, apricot, cherry, peach, pear, pistachio, plums, strawberry, walnut, etc.), subtropical and tropical fruit crops (aonla, avocado, bael, banana, cashew, citrus, fig, grapes, guava, jackfruit, jamun, jujube, kiwi, litchi, loquat, mango, papaya, passion-fruit, pineapple, pomegranate, sapota, etc.) and plantation crops (Coconut, Coffee, Date palm, Oil palm, Rubber, Tea, etc.), highlighting the aetiology, symptoms, disease cycle, economic importance, distribution, and management aspects with advanced and sustainable approaches. The present book shall serve as an important reference source to UG/PG students, academics, professionals, scientists, researchers and extension personnel dealing with plant diseases in universities and institutes, bureaus, directorates, research stations etc.]]>