Nanotechnology-based sustainable alternatives for the management of plant diseases

Nanotechnology-based Sustainable Alternatives for the Management of Plant Diseases addresses the power of sustainable nanomaterials for plant and food protection. The book highlights dangers arising from bacteria, fungi, viruses, insects, seeds, plants, fruits and food production and summarizes new...

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Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Balestra, Giorgio Mariano (Editor), Fortunati, Elena (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2021.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Nanotechnology-based Sustainable Alternatives for the Management of Plant Diseases addresses the power of sustainable nanomaterials for plant and food protection. The book highlights dangers arising from bacteria, fungi, viruses, insects, seeds, plants, fruits and food production and summarizes new and sustainable strategies. It places a particular focus on plant pathogen control, and in the food packaging sector in agri-food applications. The control of plant pathogens in plants and in food has been conventionally made by adding chemical preservatives and by using thermal processing, but sustainable nanotechnology can be a power tool to aid in this complex set of challenges. Advances in materials science have led to the rapid development of nanotechnology that has great potential for improving food safety as a powerful tool for the delivery and controlled release of natural antimicrobials.
Physical Description:1 online resource illustrations (black and white, and colour)
ISBN:9780128225882
0128225882
9780128233948
012823394X