Silver Nanomaterials for Agri-Food Applications
eBook - ePub

Silver Nanomaterials for Agri-Food Applications

  1. 764 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Silver Nanomaterials for Agri-Food Applications

About this book

Silver Nanomaterials for Agri-Food Applications explores how silver-based nanomaterials are being used to create more efficient systems and products across the agri-food sector. In particular, the book covers silver nanomaterials as antimicrobial agents, in food science, for plant protection, and for water purification. Sections highlight the effect of silver nanoantimicrobials and drug synergism on drug-resistant pathogens, offer an overview of silver nanomaterials-based nanosensors in agri-food applications, explore the use of silver nanostructures in plant science applications, cover plant protection applications, describe silver nanomaterial applications in the removal of dyes and pesticides from wastewater, and more. - Explores the applications of silver-based nanomaterials for plant protection, water treatments, and in food science - Outlines why silver-based nanomaterials have properties that make them beneficial for protection against infectious diseases - Assesses the challenge of integrating silver-based nanomaterials into agricultural systems

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Front Matter
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. Contributors
  6. Preface
  7. Series preface
  8. List of Illustrations
  9. List of Tables
  10. Chapter 1 : Silver-based nanomaterials for sustainable applications in agroecology: A note from the editor
  11. Chapter 2 : Silver-based nanostructures as antifungal agents: Mechanisms and applications
  12. Chapter 3 : Antimicrobial properties of surface-functionalized silver nanoparticles
  13. Chapter 4 : Silver-based nanoantimicrobials: Mechanisms, ecosafety, and future perspectives
  14. Chapter 5 : Silver nanoparticles as nanomaterial-based nanosensors in agri-food sector
  15. Chapter 6 : Silver-based nanomaterials for food packaging applications
  16. Chapter 7 : Emerging silver nanomaterials for smart food packaging in combating food-borne pathogens
  17. Chapter 8 : Novel silver-based nanomaterials for control of mycobiota and biocide analytical regulations in agri-food sector
  18. Chapter 9 : Silver nanoparticle applications in wood, wood-based panels, and textiles
  19. Chapter 10 : Immobilization efficiency and modulating abilities of silver nanoparticles on biochemical and nutritional parameters in plants: Possible mechanisms
  20. Chapter 11 : Controlled-release and positive effects of silver nanoparticles: An overview
  21. Chapter 12 : Comparison of the effect of silver nanoparticles and other nanoparticle types on the process of barley malting
  22. Chapter 13 : Adverse effects of silver nanoparticles on crop plants and beneficial microbes
  23. Chapter 14 : Silver nanoparticles phytotoxicity mechanisms
  24. Chapter 15 : Complex physicochemical transformations of silver nanoparticles and their effects on agroecosystems
  25. Chapter 16 : Detection and mineralization of pesticides using silver nanoparticles
  26. Chapter 17 : Pesticide degradation by silver-based nanomaterials
  27. Chapter 18 : Application of silver nanoparticles as a chemical sensor for detection of pesticides and metal ions in environmental samples
  28. Chapter 19 : Applications of silver nanomaterial in agricultural pest control
  29. Chapter 20 : Silver nanoparticles for insect control: Bioassays and mechanisms
  30. Chapter 21 : Silver-based nanomaterials for plant diseases management: Today and future perspectives
  31. Chapter 22 : Nematicidal activity of silver nanomaterials against plant-parasitic nematodes
  32. Chapter 23 : Silver nanoparticles applications and ecotoxicology for controlling mycotoxins
  33. Chapter 24 : Comparing the biosorption of ZnO and Ag nanomaterials by consortia of protozoan and bacterial species
  34. Chapter 25 : Silver-doped metal ferrites for wastewater treatment
  35. Chapter 26 : Silver-doped ternary compounds for wastewater remediation
  36. Chapter 27 : Potential of silver nanoparticles for veterinary applications in livestock performance and health
  37. Chapter 28 : Silver nanoparticles in poultry health: Applications and toxicokinetic effects
  38. Chapter 29 : Nanosilver-based strategy to control zoonotic viral pathogens
  39. Index
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