Plant Science & Botany

Current Advances in Biodiversity, Conservation and Environmental Sciences

Algal Farming Systems
From Production to Application for a Sustainable Future

Editors: Jeyabalan Sangeetha, PhD
Devarajan Thangadurai, PhD

Algal Farming Systems

Published. Available now.
Pub Date: April 2024
Hardback Price: see ordering info
Hard ISBN: 9781774916520
E-Book ISBN: 9781032700359
Pages: 432pp w index
Binding Type: hardback / ebook
Series: Current Advances in Biodiversity, Conservation and Environmental Sciences
Notes: 13 color and 15 b/w illustrations

The farming and cultivation of algae can provide sustainable solutions for issues like food security-related problems, costly health-related products, sustainable fuels, and more. However, the use of algae is currently restricted to high-value, low-volume markets, mainly due to the high investment and production costs involved. In recent years, algaculture for food and fuel purposes has begun a transition from R&D and pilot-scale operations to commercial-scale systems. This new book, Algal Farming Systems: From Production to Application for a Sustainable Future, presents the latest technological innovations in algae production, market status, and prospects for algal applications.

The book provides informative overviews of different perspectives on the commercial production of algae-based food, health, and high-value cosmeceutical products, providing an institutional framework to support and promote the development and commercialization of algal farming. The book has been divided into four parts. Part I discusses phycotechnology and highlights the current trends and future scope of algal technology. Part II presents new information on algal culture conditions and cultivation strategies, including a look at geographic position and local climate as key factors in the implementation of microalgae-based processes. Algal production, marketing strategies, and their commercialization are discussed in Part III. A case study on the microalgae market from Allmicroalgae, a biotechnology company in Portugal, is also presented. In Part IV, chapters extensively cover the industrial applications of algae, focusing mainly on nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, and cosmeceutical applications of microalgae and macroalgae. The green synthesis of nanoparticles from algae for various commercial applications is also highlighted in the book.

This book consolidates the latest research on algae in the field, together with market potential and policy considerations. It will be of immense benefit to researchers, academicians, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and those interested in the current status and future possibilities of algae commercialization.

CONTENTS:
Preface

PART I: PHYCOTECHNOLOGY
1. Algal Technology: Current Trends and Future Scope
Mamata Deb

PART II: CULTURE CONDITIONS AND CULTIVATION STRATEGIES
2. Algae Cultivation Strategies: An Overview
Divya Divakaran, Gomathi Manickam, Indran Suyambulingam, Sanjay Mavinkere Rangappa, Suchart Siengchin, and Merlin Christy Paul

3. Geographic Position and Local Climate as Key Factors in the Implementation of Microalgae-Based Processes
Rosangela Rodrigues Dias, Mariany Costa Depra, Ihana Aguiar Severo, Paola Lasta, Leila Queiroz Zepka, and Eduardo Jacob-Lopes

PART III: PRODUCTION, MARKETING, AND COMMERCIALIZATION
4. A Road to the Microalgae Market: An Allmicroalgae Case Study
Pedro Cunha, Margarida Costa, Joana Laranjeira Silva, Joao Cotas, Ana Marta Mendes Gonçalves, and Leonel Pereira

5. Microalgal Biotechnology: From Cultivation to Incorporation in a Range of Foods
Juliana Botelho Moreira, Barbara Franco Lucas, Thaisa Duarte Santos, Jessica Hartwig Duarte, Jorge Alberto Vieira Costa, and Michele Greque De Morais

6. Exploring Algal Varieties for Value-Added Commercial Products
Priya Rai and Anjana Pandey

PART IV: INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS
7. Nutraceutical Potential of Marine Macroalgae
Nitin Trivedi, Arijit Sankar Mondal, Ritu Sharma, Nisha Prajapati, and Dhanashree Mone

8. Nutraceutical Applications of Marine Macroalgae Towards DNA Integrity Protection
Ana Marques, Joao Ferreira, Isabel Gaivao, and Mario Pacheco

9. Algae-Based Pharmaceuticals for Cancer Treatment: Present Status and Future Applications
Iffat Zareen Ahmad and Anamika Singh

10. Algae-Based Cosmeceutical Products in the Market: Present Scenario and Future Perspectives
Afroz Jahan and Iffat Zareen Ahmad

11. Nanoparticles from Algae: A Green Approach for Synthesis and Their Biological Activity
Ekta Khare

Index


About the Authors / Editors:
Editors: Jeyabalan Sangeetha, PhD
Assistant Professor, Central University of Kerala at Kasaragod, South India

Jeyabalan Sangeetha, PhD, is Assistant Professor at Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod, South India. She has edited/coedited several books in her research areas, which include environmental toxicology, environmental microbiology, environmental biotechnology, and environmental nanotechnology. She is the recipient of a Tamil Nadu Government Scholarship and a Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship of the University Grants Commission, Government of India, for her doctoral studies. She served as Dr. D.S. Kothari Postdoctoral Fellow and UGC Postdoctoral Fellow at Karnatak University, Dharwad, South India, during 2012–2016, with funding from the University Grants Commission, Government of India, New Delhi. She earned her BSc in Microbiology and PhD in Environmental Science from Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. She holds an MSc in Environmental Science from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.

Devarajan Thangadurai, PhD
Professor, Karnatak University, Dharwad, South India

Devarajan Thangadurai, PhD, is Professor at Karnatak University in South India. He has authored/edited over 30 books with national and international publishers and has visited 24 countries in Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East for academic visits, scientific meetings, and international collaborations. He served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Madeira, Portugal; University of Delhi, India; and ICAR National Research Centre for Banana, India. He is the recipient of a Best Young Scientist Award with a Gold Medal from Acharya Nagarjuna University, India, and the VGST-SMYSR Young Scientist Award of the Government of Karnataka, India. He received his PhD in Botany from Sri Krishnadevaraya University in South India as a CSIR Senior Research Fellow with funding from the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India.




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