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1D semiconducting hybrid nanostructures : synthesis and applications in gas sensing and optoelectronics / / edited by Arvind Kumar, Dinesh K. Aswal, Nirav Joshi
| 1D semiconducting hybrid nanostructures : synthesis and applications in gas sensing and optoelectronics / / edited by Arvind Kumar, Dinesh K. Aswal, Nirav Joshi |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Weinheim, Germany : , : Wiley-VCH GmbH, , [2023] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (365 pages) |
| Disciplina | 730 |
| Soggetto topico | Nanostructured materials |
| ISBN |
3-527-83764-7
3-527-83766-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 One-Dimensional Semiconducting Hybrid Nanostructure: Gas Sensing and Optoelectronic Applications -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Synthesis of 1D Hybrid Nanostructures -- 1.2.1 Top-Down Approach -- 1.2.2 Bottom-Up Approach -- 1.2.2.1 Nanotubes -- 1.2.2.2 Nanowires -- 1.2.2.3 Nanorods -- 1.3 Applications of 1D Hybrid Nanostructures -- 1.3.1 Gas Sensing -- 1.3.1.1 Safety Monitoring of Exhaust Gases in Automobile -- 1.3.1.2 Health Monitoring -- 1.3.1.3 Environmental Monitoring -- 1.3.2 Optoelectronic Application -- 1.3.2.1 Photodetector -- 1.3.2.2 Solar Cell -- 1.3.2.3 Light-Emitting Diode -- 1.4 Conclusions -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 2 Synthesis and Gas-Sensing Application of 1D Semiconducting Hybrid Nanostructures -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Noble Metal-Functionalized 1D Metal Oxide Semiconductors for Gas Sensors -- 2.3 1D Metal Oxide/Metal Oxide Heterojunctions-Based Gas Sensors -- 2.4 Conducting Polymer/1D Metal Oxide Nanocomposites for Gas Sensors -- 2.5 Hybrid Conducting Polymer/Carbon Nanotube-Based Gas Sensors -- 2.6 Conclusion and Future Perspectives -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 3 Room-Temperature Gas-Sensing Properties of Metal Oxide Nanowire/Graphene Hybrid Structures -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Synthesis of Graphene and Graphene Oxide -- 3.2.1 Mechanical Exfoliation -- 3.2.2 Electrochemical Method -- 3.2.3 Sonication -- 3.2.4 Exfoliation of Graphite Oxide -- 3.2.5 Unzipping Carbon Nanotubes -- 3.2.6 Epitaxial Growth on Silicon Carbide (SiC) -- 3.2.7 Chemical Vapor Deposition -- 3.3 Graphene/Metal Oxide Nanowires Hybrid-Based Sensors -- 3.3.1 ZnO Nanowires Reduced Graphene Oxide-Based Hybrids for NH3 Detection -- 3.3.1.1 Influence of Weight Percentage on Ammonia-Sensing Characteristics.
3.3.2 NO2 Detection Using Metal Oxide Nanowires Hybrids with Reduced Graphene Oxide -- 3.3.2.1 Cu2O Nanowires/RGO-Based Hybrid -- 3.3.2.2 SnO2 Nanowires/RGO-Based Hybrid -- 3.3.3 H2S Detection Using SnO2 Quantum Wire/RGO-Based Hybrid -- 3.3.4 ZnO Nanowires-Graphene-Based H2 Sensor -- 3.3.5 ZnO Nanowires on Laser-Scribed Graphene-Based Devices for NO Gas Detection -- 3.3.6 UV Light-Activated NO2- and SO2-Gas-Sensing Using RGO/Hollow SnO2 Nanofibers -- 3.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 Highly Sensitive Room-Temperature Gas Sensors Based on Organic-Inorganic Nanofibers -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Classification of Nanofibers for Gas-Sensing Application -- 4.2.1 Organic Nanofibers -- 4.2.2 Inorganic Nanofibers -- 4.2.3 Heterostructure-Based Organic-Inorganic Nanofibers -- 4.3 Different Configurations of Gas Sensors -- 4.4 Synthesis of NFs -- 4.4.1 Electrospinning and Coaxial Electrospinning Techniques -- 4.4.2 On-Chip Fabrication and Direct Writing of NFs-Based Gas Sensors -- 4.5 Role of Physicochemical Properties of Nanofibers in Gas Sensing -- 4.5.1 Surface-Dependent Properties -- 4.5.2 Interface-Dependent Properties -- 4.5.3 Morphology-Controlled Properties -- 4.5.4 Adsorption-Desorption Kinetics -- 4.6 Enhancement of Characteristics of Nanofibers-Based Sensor Performance -- 4.6.1 UV Light/High-Energy Beam Irradiation -- 4.6.2 Noble Metal Sensitizers -- 4.7 Recent Trends -- 4.7.1 Single-Nanofiber-based Gas Sensors Synthesized by Electrospinning -- 4.7.2 E-Noses and Nano-e-Noses Using NFs -- 4.7.3 On-Chip Fabrication of Aligned NFs Heterostructures -- 4.7.4 Wearable Devices -- 4.8 Conclusion and Future Perspectives -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 5 1D Hybrid Tin Oxide Nanostructures: Synthesis and Applications -- 5.1 Main Features of 1D Materials -- 5.2 Synthesis of 1D SnO, Sn3O4, and SnO2 Materials -- 5.2.1 Hydrothermal Method. 5.2.2 Electrospinning Method -- 5.2.3 Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) -- 5.2.4 Reactive Sputtering Method -- 5.3 Tin-Based Hybrid Nanostructures -- 5.3.1 SnO2-Based Hybrid Nanostructures -- 5.3.2 Sn3O4-Based Hybrid Nanostructures -- 5.3.3 SnO-Based Hybrid Nanostructures -- 5.4 Gas-Sensing Performance of 1D Tin Oxide-Based Hybrid Nanostructures -- 5.4.1 Pristine 1D Tin Oxide Nanostructures -- 5.4.2 Doping, Loading, and Surface Functionalization with Noble Metals -- 5.4.3 Heterostructures and the Effect of Heterojunctions in Gas-Sensing Performance -- 5.4.4 Composites with Carbon-Based Materials -- 5.4.5 Composites with Conducting Polymers -- 5.5 Photo(Electro)Catalytic Application of 1D Tin Oxide-Based Heterostructures and Doped Materials -- 5.5.1 Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Pollutants and NO Gas and Photocatalytic Conversion of Benzyl Alcohol into Benzaldehyde Using 1D Tin Oxide-Based Materials -- 5.5.2 Photo(Electro)Catalytic Water Splitting with 1D Tin Oxide-Based Materials -- 5.6 Other Applications of 1D Tin Oxides -- 5.7 Final Considerations and Future Outlook -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 6 Recent Advances in Semiconducting Nanowires-Based Hybrid Structures for Solar Cell Application -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Semiconductor Materials -- 6.2.1 Classification Semiconductors -- 6.2.1.1 Intrinsic Semiconductor -- 6.2.1.2 Extrinsic Semiconductor -- 6.2.2 Solar Photovoltaic Systems -- 6.2.3 Nanomaterials as Semiconductors -- 6.2.4 Effect of Nanomaterial Morphology in Semiconductors Applications -- 6.3 Semiconductor Nanowires Synthesis -- 6.3.1 Advantages of Nanowire Morphology -- 6.3.2 Nanowire Synthesis -- 6.3.2.1 ZnO Nanowire -- 6.3.2.2 SiNWs Preparation -- 6.3.2.3 NaNbO3 Nanowire -- 6.3.2.4 TiO2 Nanowires -- 6.3.2.5 ZnS Nanowire -- 6.3.2.6 CdS Nanowires -- 6.3.3 Characterization. 6.4 Applications of Semiconductors in Solar Cells -- 6.4.1 Si-NWs for Solar Cells -- 6.4.2 ZnO Nanowires for Solar Cell -- 6.4.3 Ag-NWs for Solar Cells -- 6.4.4 III-V NWs -- 6.4.5 Cu-NWs for Solar Cell -- 6.5 Conclusion and Future Perspectives -- References -- Chapter 7 Introduction and Types of Semiconducting Hybrid Nanostructures for Optoelectronic Devices -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Synthesis of Nanostructured Materials -- 7.2.1 1D ZnO Nanostructures (Nanowires/Nanorods) -- 7.2.1.1 Hydrothermal Method: Experimental Steps for ZnO -- 7.2.2 Chemical Vapor Deposition: MoS2 Few Layer Structures -- 7.2.2.1 CVD: Experimental Steps for MoS2 -- 7.2.2.2 CVD: Experimental Steps for ZnO -- 7.2.3 Reduced Graphene Oxide (RGO) -- 7.2.3.1 Experimental Steps for RGO -- 7.2.3.2 Experimental Steps for ZnO/RGO Hybrid Structure -- 7.2.4 Experimental Steps for ZnO/MoS2 Hybrid Structure -- 7.3 Applications of ZnO-Graphene Heterostructure for Photon Detection -- 7.3.1 ZnO Nanowire/Graphene-Based Photodetector -- 7.3.2 Figure of Merits of a Photodetector -- 7.3.3 One-Dimensional Chalcogenide Material for Optoelectronic Applications -- 7.3.4 Heterostructure-Based Solar Cell -- 7.4 Conclusion and Summary -- References -- Chapter 8 One-Dimensional Si Nanostructure-Based Hybrid Systems: Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy and Photodetector Applications -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Si Nanostructures -- 8.3 Fabrication of 1D Si Nanostructures -- 8.3.1 Vapor-Liquid-Solid Growth -- 8.3.2 Dry Etching -- 8.3.3 Metal-Assisted Chemical Etching -- 8.4 Applications of 1D Si Nanostructures Hybrids in SERS and Photodetectors -- 8.4.1 SERS Applications of Si Nanostructure Hybrids -- 8.4.2 Si Nanostructure Hybrids for Photodetector Applications -- 8.4.2.1 Device Geometries of Photodetectors -- 8.4.2.2 1D Si Nanostructure Hybrids for Photodetectors -- 8.5 Conclusions -- References. Chapter 9 Hybrid 1D Semiconducting ZnO and GaN Nanostructures for Light-Emitting Devices -- 9.1 Introduction About 1D Nanostructures -- 9.2 Synthesis Methods for the Growth of 1D Nanostructure -- 9.2.1 Hydrothermal Method for the Synthesis of 1D ZnO Nanorods -- 9.2.2 Pulsed Laser Deposition Method -- 9.2.3 Chemical Vapor Deposition Method -- 9.2.4 Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition -- 9.3 Application of ZnO- and GaN-Based Hybrid 1D Nanostructure for Light-Emitting Devices -- 9.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 10 Optoelectronic Properties of TiO2 Nanorods/Au Nanoparticles Heterostructure -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Theory of Electron Transfer -- 10.2.1 Description of Band Diagram -- 10.2.2 Extinction Estimation -- 10.3 Experimental -- 10.3.1 TiO2 Nanorods -- 10.3.2 Structural, Morphological, Elemental, and Optical Measurement -- 10.3.3 Amperometric Measurement -- 10.4 Results and Discussion -- 10.4.1 Morphology -- 10.4.2 Structural -- 10.4.3 Optical -- 10.4.4 Electrical -- 10.4.4.1 Electron Transfer Mechanism from AuNP to TiO2NR -- 10.4.4.2 Amperometric (Current-Time) -- 10.5 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- Compliance with Ethical Standards -- References -- Chapter 11 2D Materials with 1D Semiconducting Nanostructures for High-Performance Gas Sensor -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Enhanced Gas-Sensing Performances of 1D-Sensing Materials Composited with Different 2D Materials -- 11.2.1 Graphene or Reduced Graphene Oxide-based Composites -- 11.2.2 MoS2-based Composites -- 11.2.3 WS2-based Composite -- 11.2.4 ZnO-based Composite -- 11.2.5 NiO-based Composites -- 11.2.6 Other 2D material-decorated 1D nanomaterial -- 11.3 Remain Challenges and Possible Effective Ways to Explore High-Performance Gas Sensor -- 11.4 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References. Chapter 12 Recent Advancement in the Development of Optical Modulators Based on 1D and 2D Materials. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910686500803321 |
| Weinheim, Germany : , : Wiley-VCH GmbH, , [2023] | ||
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Agriculture, livestock production and aquaculture . Volume 2 : advances for smallholder farming systems / / edited by Arvind Kumar [and four others]
| Agriculture, livestock production and aquaculture . Volume 2 : advances for smallholder farming systems / / edited by Arvind Kumar [and four others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (324 pages) |
| Disciplina | 630 |
| Soggetto topico |
Sustainable agriculture
Farms, Small |
| ISBN | 3-030-93262-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Editors -- Part I: Advanced Approaches to Sustainable Agriculture in Smallholder Farming System -- Chapter 1: Drone Technology in Sustainable Agriculture: The Future of Farming Is Precision Agriculture and Mapping -- 1 Drone Technology at a Glance -- 2 Application Areas of Drone in agriculture -- 3 Crop Health Assessment -- 4 Crop Surveillance -- 5 Monitoring Field Conditions -- 6 Spray Application -- 7 Monitoring Irrigation and Water Requirement -- 8 Scaring Birds -- 9 Planting and Seeding -- 10 Crop Damage Assessment -- 11 Indian Scenario -- 12 Drone Policy in India -- 13 Way Forward -- References -- Part II: Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies in Smallholder Agricultural System under Climate Change Scenario -- Chapter 2: Revolutionizing Crops and Soil Resources' Resilience to Climate Change: A Case for Best-Fit Agronomic Practices in Low and High Input Systems -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Effect of Climate Change on Crops and Cropping Systems -- 1.2 Low and High Input Production Systems -- 2 Enhancing Crops' Resilience to Climate Change -- 2.1 Gene Modification -- 2.2 Spacing -- 2.3 Rainfall Characterization -- 2.4 Drought Tolerance Crops -- 2.5 Supplemental Irrigation -- 2.6 Green House -- 2.7 Soil Management Practices -- 2.8 Ridging and Tie-Rides -- 2.9 Minimum Tillage and Mulch -- 2.10 Organic and Inorganic Resources -- 2.11 Zai Pits -- 2.12 Cover Cropping -- 2.13 Cereal-Legume Systems -- 3 Policy and Legal Frameworks for Resilient Crops Production Systems -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Drought-Resilient Climate Smart Sorghum Varieties for Food and Industrial Use in Marginal Frontier Areas of Kenya -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Traits Favoring Sorghum Production in Kenya -- 3 Challenges in Sorghum Production -- 4 Effect of Drought on Sorghum Grain and Malting Quality.
4.1 Grain Quality -- 4.2 Malt Quality -- 5 Opportunities for Sorghum Research in Kenya -- 6 Approaches for Resolving Sorghum Shortage and Need for Research -- References -- Chapter 4: Optimizing Nitrogen Management for Improved Productivity, Nitrogen Use Efficiency, and Food and Nutrition Security: African Context Perspectives -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 2.1 Role of Nitrogen in Soil and Food Productivity in SSA -- 2.2 Nitrogen and Crop Productivity -- 2.3 Key Nitrogen Management Indicators: Nitrogen Use Efficiencies and Budgets -- 2.4 Fertilizer Subsidy, Socio-economic Status on Adoption of Integrated N and Other Input Management -- 2.5 Policies and Institutions Influencing N Consumption and Management -- 3 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5: Soil Carbon Pools Under Different Farming Practices -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 2.1 Study Sites and Farming Practices -- 2.2 Soil Sampling and Analyses -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 3.1 EC, pH, and Bulk Density -- 3.2 Different SOC Pools -- 3.3 Microbial Biomass Carbon (MBC) -- 3.4 Carbon Stock -- 3.5 Active Pool of Carbon -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Effect of Conservation Agriculture on Energy Consumption and Carbon Emission -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Origin of Conservation Agriculture -- 3 Fundamentals of CA, Its Principles, and Drivers -- 4 Global and National Status of CA -- 4.1 Global Status -- 4.2 Adoption of CA India -- 5 Prospects and Constraints in Adoption of CA Systems -- 5.1 Constraints in Adopting CA -- 6 Resource Efficiencies, Particularly Energy Budgeting in CA -- 6.1 Crop Establishment Strategies Based on Tillage and the Energy Relationship -- 6.2 Crop Residue Retention and Energy Relations -- 6.3 Cropping System and Energy Relations -- 6.4 Energy-Economics Relationship. 7 Scope of Climate Resilience and Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHGs) Mitigation Through CA Adoption -- 8 Indices of Soil Health and Carbon Sequestration Potential Under CA Systems -- 9 The Impact of Conservation Agriculture on Soil Properties -- 9.1 Physical Properties -- 9.2 Soil Moisture Content -- 9.3 Exchangeable Ca, Mg, and Micronutrients -- 9.4 Soil Microbial Biomass Carbon (SMBC) -- 9.5 Soil Enzymatic Activities -- 10 Conclusion -- 11 Future Prospects and Critical Areas of Research -- References -- Chapter 7: Plant Molecular Farming: A Marvelous Biotechnological Approach in Agricultural Production -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Plants as Production System of Plant Molecular Farming -- 2.1 Suspension Culture of Model Plants -- 2.2 Advantages of Plant System for Protein Production -- 3 Biomolecules Production in Transgenic Plants -- 3.1 Expression of Recombinant Biomolecules in Plant -- 3.2 Antibody Production in Plants -- 3.3 Edible Vaccine Production -- 4 Commercial and Economic Opportunities for Plant Molecular Farming in Future -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Part III: Advanced Technology in Agriculture for Smart Faming -- Chapter 8: Examining the Outcome of Coupling Machine Learning with Dual Polarimetric SAR for Rice Growth Mapping -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 2.1 Test Site -- 2.2 Datasets -- 2.3 Data Preprocessing and Analysis -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 3.1 Backscatter Characteristics -- 3.2 Polarimetric Decomposition -- 3.3 Baseline Accuracy -- 3.4 Accuracy Based on the Augmented Dataset -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9: Mapping Prominent Cash Crops Employing ALOS PALSAR-2 and Selected Machine Learners -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 2.1 Research Site and Dataset -- 2.2 Procedure of Analyses -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Variable Importance -- 3.2 Comparing Accuracy of All Variables and the Best Subset. 3.3 Map of the Best Algorithms -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 10: Crop Assessment and Decision Support Information Products Using Multi-sensor and Multi-temporal Moderate Resolution Satellite Data -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Significance of Wheat in Indian Economy -- 1.2 Crop Inventory -- 1.3 Crop Forecasting and Acreage Estimation -- 2 Location of Study Area -- 3 Material and Methodology -- 3.1 Data Used -- 3.1.1 Remote Sensing Data -- 3.2 Indices Generation -- 3.2.1 Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) -- 3.2.2 Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI) -- 3.2.3 Land Surface Water Index (LSWI) -- 3.3 Crop Classification -- 3.3.1 Supervised Classification: -- 3.3.2 Unsupervised Classification: -- 3.4 Spectral Matching Techniques (SMTs) -- 4 Results and Discussion -- 4.1 Wheat Mapping with Finer Resolution -- 4.2 Wheat Crop Distribution Among the Villages -- 4.3 Mapping Early Sown and Normal Sown Wheat Area -- 4.4 Wheat Crop Condition Analysis -- 4.5 NDVI and LSWI Profiles of Wheat Crop -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Part IV: Livestock Production: Technology Development, Transfer and Opportunities -- Chapter 11: Agriculture, Livestock Production, and Aquaculture: Advances for Smallholder Farming System -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Information and Communication Technologies -- 2.1 Dissemination of Information on Livestock Farm Management -- 2.2 Dissemination of Livestock Health Information and Disease Surveillance -- 2.3 Telemedicine Services -- 2.4 Early Warning System for Disaster Management -- 2.5 Food Safety and Traceability System -- 2.6 Enhanced Access to Market -- 2.7 Financial Insertion -- 3 Animal Identification and Traceability System -- 3.1 Traditional Identification System -- 3.2 Visual Biometric Identification System -- 3.3 Image-Based Animal Identification System -- 3.4 Feature-Based Animal Breed Identification. 3.5 Deep Learning-Based Animal Identification System -- 4 Internet of Things -- 5 Wireless Sensor Networks -- 5.1 Biometric Sensors -- 5.1.1 Noninvasive -- Stationary Sensors in the Farm Area -- Mobile Sensors Attached to the Bodies of the Animals -- 5.1.2 Invasive -- 5.2 Applications of Various Sensors -- 5.2.1 Image Capturing Sensors -- 5.2.2 Sound Capturing Sensors -- 5.2.3 Biosensing Sensors -- 5.3 Big Data Analytics -- 6 Artificial Intelligence -- 6.1 Automated and Intelligent Field Scout (AIFS) -- 6.2 Machine Learning -- 6.2.1 Machine Learning Models for Feature Extraction -- 6.2.2 Regression Analysis in Machine Learning -- 6.2.3 K Nearest Neighbor Algorithm to Predict Production -- 6.2.4 Applications of Machine Learning in Artificial Intelligence-Based Livestock Farming System -- 7 Drones or Unmanned Air Vehicle -- 8 Robots -- 9 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 12: Mobilizing Pig Resources for Capacity Development and Livelihood Security -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Scope of Piggery Sector -- 3 Bottlenecks in Piggery Sector -- 3.1 Insufficiency of Quality Germplasm -- 3.2 Shortage of Feed Resources -- 3.3 Diseases -- 3.4 Veterinary Services -- 3.5 Safe Pork Production and Facility of Hygienic Slaughterhouse -- 3.6 Lack of Skilled Labour -- 3.7 Climate Change -- 4 Strategies to Tap the Potential of Piggery Sector -- 4.1 Production Cost Reduction -- 4.1.1 Non-Conventional Feed Resources (NCFR) -- 4.1.2 Precision Feeding -- 4.2 Pig Productivity Improvement -- 4.2.1 Exotic Breeds -- 4.2.2 Indigenous Breeds -- 4.2.3 Crossbred Varieties -- 4.3 Household Return Hike -- 4.4 Strengthening of Marketing Chain -- 4.5 Control of Emerging Disease and Prevention -- 4.6 Development of Local Cooperatives for Pig Farming -- 4.7 Institutional Support -- 4.8 Science and Technology-Driven Intervention -- 4.8.1 Introduction of Area-Specific Need-Based improved breeds. 4.8.2 Adoption of Artificial Insemination in Pig Breeding. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910568265203321 |
| Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Agriculture, livestock production and aquaculture . Volume 1 : advances for smallholder farming systems / / edited by Arvind Kumar [and four others]
| Agriculture, livestock production and aquaculture . Volume 1 : advances for smallholder farming systems / / edited by Arvind Kumar [and four others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (344 pages) |
| Disciplina | 630 |
| Soggetto topico |
Sustainable agriculture
Farms, Small |
| ISBN | 3-030-93258-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Editors -- Part I: Current Approaches to Sustainable Agriculture in Smallholder Farming System -- Chapter 1: Impact of Future Climate Change on Agriculture, Livestock Production and Aquaculture: Challenges and Policy -- 1 Impact of Climate Change -- 2 Climate Change: Global status -- 3 Climate Change Impacts in South Asia and India -- 3.1 Floods -- 3.2 Droughts -- 3.3 Biotic Stresses, Biosafety and Biosecurity -- 3.4 Post-Harvest Losses, Value Addition and Value Chain Management -- 3.5 Secondary Agriculture, Renewable Energy, Smallholder and Marginal Farmers -- 4 Climate Change Impact on Indian Agriculture -- 5 The Changing Socio-Economic Environment -- 6 Indian Agriculture - Past, Present and Future -- 7 Policy and Institutional Issues -- 7.1 Investment in Agricultural Research -- 7.2 Human Resources -- 7.3 Gender Dimension -- 7.4 Collaboration and Coordination at National and International Level -- 8 Conclusion -- References -- Part II: Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies in Smallholder Agricultural System Under Climate Change Scenario -- Chapter 2: Managing Agricultural Nitrogen Losses in Crop Production and Mitigation of Climate Change Effects -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Nitrogen and Climate Change -- 2 Major Factors Leading to High Risk of Nitrogen Losses in Agriculture -- 2.1 Soil Characteristics -- 2.2 Temperature, Moisture, and Aeration -- 3 Management Strategies to Reduce Nitrogen Losses from Agricultural Lands While Maintaining Crop Production -- 3.1 Improving Nitrogen Use Efficiency -- 3.2 Nitrification Inhibitors -- 3.3 Controlled- and Slow-Release Fertilizers -- 3.4 Diagnostic and Decision Support Tools -- 3.4.1 Remote Sensors and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) -- 3.4.2 Use of Airborne and Satellite Imagery.
3.4.3 Web, Computer, and Phone-Based Decision Support Tools -- 3.5 Use of Cover Crops -- 3.6 Adoption of Conservation Tillage -- 3.7 Manure Application and Management -- 3.8 Site-Specific Nutrient Management -- 3.9 Stakeholder Involvement and Integration -- 4 Tools for Integrated Management of Nitrogen -- 4.1 National Nitrogen Strategy -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3: Critical Analysis and Evaluation of Groundnut Value Chain for Revamping Its Production for Global Food Security -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Groundnut Value Chain and Its Development -- 3 Components of the Value Chain -- 3.1 Input Suppliers -- 3.2 Producers -- 3.2.1 Recommended Nutrients for Groundnuts -- 3.2.1.1 Primary Nutrients -- 3.2.1.2 Secondary nutrients -- 3.3 Traders -- 3.4 Processing -- 3.5 Exporters -- 3.6 Consumers -- 3.7 Linking Producers to Markets -- 4 Conclusion and Prospects -- 5 Recommendations -- References -- Chapter 4: Aluminum Uptake, Callose Accumulation, and Invertase Activity in Lowland and Upland Rice Genotypes in Relation to Aluminum Stress Tolerance -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 2.1 Plant Material and Treatment Levels -- 2.2 The Impact of Morin Staining in the Localization of Al in Roots -- 2.3 Hematoxylin Staining in the Detection of the Accumulated Al in Root Tips -- 2.4 Determination of Loss of Plasma Membrane Integrity -- 2.5 Eriochrome Cyanine R Staining -- 2.6 Histochemical Detection of Callose in Root Tissues -- 2.7 Measurement of Callose Content -- 2.8 Analysis of Invertase Activity -- 2.9 Statistical Analysis -- 3 Results -- 3.1 The Impact of Morin Staining in the Localization of Al in Roots -- 3.2 Determination of Aluminum Uptake -- 3.3 The Damage in a Membrane Formed Due to Al in Root Tips -- 3.4 Eriochrome Cyanine R Staining -- 3.5 Callose Accumulation -- 3.6 Invertase Activity Assay -- 4 Discussion -- References. Chapter 5: Gender Issues in Farming: Challenging Socially Embedded Positions in Agrarian Context -- 1 Gender: A Social Construct -- 2 Gender Roles in Agriculture -- 2.1 Gender and Natural Resource Management -- 2.2 Gender and Livestock -- 2.3 Gender Participation in Value Chains -- 3 Gender Issues in Agriculture -- 3.1 Women: The Invisible Farmers -- 3.2 Time Poverty -- 3.3 Few Formal Work Opportunities and Low Wages/Income -- 3.4 Limited Accessibility to Extension Services and Trainings -- 3.5 Women Suffer Restricted Mobility -- 3.6 Identity Crisis as a Farmer of Farmer's Wives -- 3.7 Limited Cooperative Membership -- 3.8 Inequitable Decision-Making -- 3.9 Women-Headed Households Are Resource-Poor Households -- 3.10 Heavy Workloads and Ignored Occupational Health -- 4 Strategies for Mainstreaming Gender Concerns in Agriculture and Allied Sectors -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Characterization and Appraisal of Crop-Based Farming System for Sustainable Development of Agriculture -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Material and Methodology -- 2.1 Study Area -- 2.2 Satellite Data and Pre-processing Analysis -- 2.3 Field-Based Investigations -- 2.4 Statistical Investigations -- 3 Result and Discussion -- 3.1 Major Cropping Systems -- 3.2 Variability and Spatial Distribution of Soil Nutrients -- 3.3 Crop Yields with Irrigation Intensity -- 3.4 Land Resource and Land Utilization Index -- 3.5 Complex Relation of LUI and Systems Production -- 3.6 Crop Yield and Regression Analysis -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7: A Perspective View of Nitrogen: Soil, Plants and Water -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Nitrogen in Soil-Plant Systems -- 2.1 Forms of Nitrogen in Soil -- 2.2 Functions of Nitrogen in Plants -- 2.3 Nitrogen Status in Indian Soils -- 3 Nitrogen Sources for Crops -- 3.1 Crop Residue -- 3.2 Manure -- 3.3 Fertilizers -- 3.4 Biofertilizers. 4 Nitrogen in Soil -- 4.1 Mineralization of Organic Nitrogen -- 4.1.1 Aminization -- 4.1.2 Ammonification -- 4.1.3 Nitrification -- 5 Nitrogen Conversion After Fertilizer Application -- 6 Nitrogen Losses -- 6.1 Denitrification -- 6.2 Volatilization -- 6.3 Leaching -- 7 Nitrogen Pollution -- 7.1 Atmospheric Pollution -- 7.2 Groundwater Pollution -- 7.3 Eutrophication -- 8 Conclusions -- References -- Part III: Advanced Technology in Agriculture for Smart Faming -- Chapter 8: Resilience Against Salt Tolerance in Rice Cultivars, Using Various Strategies of Conventional Breeding, Molecular Breeding and Transgenic Approaches -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Rice and Salinity -- 3 Conventional Approaches to Development of Salt-Tolerant Rice Cultivars -- 4 Molecular Breeding for Incorporation of Salt Tolerance in Rice Cultivars -- 5 Transgenic Approaches to Salinity Tolerance in Rice -- 6 Future Prospects and Challenges -- References -- Chapter 9: Geoinformation for Land Suitability Modelling for Climate-Smart Farming in Africa -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Land Suitability Mapping -- 3 Available GIS Models for Land Suitability Assessment -- 4 Climate-Smart Farming -- 5 Conclusion and Future Prospects -- References -- Chapter 10: Climate Change Adaptation: Remote Sensing-Based Flood Crop Loss Assessment to Support Crop Insurance -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 2.1 Study Location -- 2.2 Datasets and Processing -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 3.1 Flood Events and Their Impact on Agriculture -- 3.2 Agricultural Insurance -- 3.3 Flood Analysis -- 4 Conclusion and Policy Implications -- References -- Part IV: Livestock Production: Technology Development, Transfer and Opportunities -- Chapter 11: Smallholder Pig Value Chains Development and Livelihood Security -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Future of Pig Farming -- 2 Pigs as Resources -- 3 Present Scenario of Pig and Pig Products. 3.1 Pigs in Global Economy -- 3.2 Contribution of Pigs to Indian Economy -- 4 Scientific Pig Farming -- 4.1 Breeding Management -- 4.2 Feeding Management -- 4.3 Housing Management -- 4.4 Health Management -- 4.5 Reproduction Management -- 4.6 Symptoms of Heat in Females -- 4.7 Signs of Approaching Farrowing -- 5 General Management -- 5.1 Neonatal Care in Pigs -- 5.2 Management of Pregnant and Lactating Females -- 5.3 Care of Sow During Gestation -- 5.4 Care During Farrowing -- 5.5 Care of Sows During Lactation -- 6 Capacity Development and Pig Production -- 6.1 Extension Services -- 6.2 Legislation -- 6.3 Veterinary Services -- 6.4 Financial Services -- 6.5 Input Supply Chains -- 6.6 Access to Markets -- 6.7 Transport -- 6.8 Organizational Options and Gender -- 7 Target Groups for Capacity Development -- 8 Livelihood Security and Pig Production -- 9 Way Forward -- 10 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 12: Revolutionizing Impact of Poultry Resources in Food Security and Rural Economy -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Global Scenario -- 3 Indian Scenario -- 4 Small-Scale Poultry Farming -- 5 Genetic Resources -- 6 Egg and Poultry Meat as Valuable Food Source -- 7 Food Safety -- 8 Food Security -- 9 Impact of Poultry Produce on Food Security -- 10 Promoting Poultry Produce -- 11 Economic Contribution of Smallholder Poultry -- 12 Value Addition -- 13 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 13: Milk and Milk Product Safety and Quality Assurance for Achieving Better Public Health Outcomes -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Quality and Safety Issues Associated with Milk and Milk Products -- 2.1 Chemical Hazards -- 2.1.1 Sources of Chemical Residues in Milk and Milk Products -- 2.1.2 Antibiotic Drugs -- 2.1.3 Bovine Growth Hormone -- 2.1.4 Steroid Hormones -- 2.1.5 Pesticides and Insecticides -- 2.1.6 Mycotoxins -- 2.1.7 Nitrates and Nitrites -- 2.1.8 Heavy Metals. 2.2 Microbial Hazards. |
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Effects of Radiation on Materials: 19th International Symposium
| Effects of Radiation on Materials: 19th International Symposium |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Place of publication not identified], : American Society for Testing & Materials, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1274 pages) |
| Disciplina | 620.11228 |
| Collana | ASTM special technical publication |
| Soggetto topico |
Materials - Effect of radiation on
Metals - Effect of radiation on |
| ISBN | 0-8031-5419-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Effects of Radiation on Materials |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910164286803321 |
| [Place of publication not identified], : American Society for Testing & Materials, 2000 | ||
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Plans and policies for soil organic carbon management in agriculture / / edited by Ram Swaroop Meena, Cherukumalli Srinivasa Rao, and Arvind Kumar
| Plans and policies for soil organic carbon management in agriculture / / edited by Ram Swaroop Meena, Cherukumalli Srinivasa Rao, and Arvind Kumar |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (262 pages) |
| Disciplina | 628.53 |
| Soggetto topico |
Soil restoration
Carbon sequestration |
| ISBN | 981-19-6179-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910620197003321 |
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White Rust of Crucifers: Biology, Ecology and Management [[electronic resource] /] / by Govind Singh Saharan, Prithwi Raj Verma, Prabhu Dayal Meena, Arvind Kumar
| White Rust of Crucifers: Biology, Ecology and Management [[electronic resource] /] / by Govind Singh Saharan, Prithwi Raj Verma, Prabhu Dayal Meena, Arvind Kumar |
| Autore | Saharan Govind Singh |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Delhi : , : Springer India : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (275 p.) |
| Disciplina | 632.3 |
| Soggetto topico |
Agriculture
Plant pathology Plant breeding Biodiversity Plant genetics Plant Pathology Plant Breeding/Biotechnology Plant Genetics and Genomics |
| ISBN | 81-322-1792-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- 2. The Disease -- 3. The Pathogen -- 4. Survival of Pathogen -- 5. Spore Germination -- 6. Infection -- 7. Disease Development/ Epidemiology -- 8. Physiologic Specialization/ Pathogenic Variability -- 9. The Genetics of Host-Parasite Interaction -- 10. Sources of Resistance -- 11. Fine Structures -- 12. Biochemistry of Host-Pathogen Interaction -- 13. Disease Management -- 14. Techniques -- 15. Future Research Priorities. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910298342103321 |
Saharan Govind Singh
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