Agriculture & Allied Sciences

Biocontrol Systems and Plant Physiology in Modern Agriculture
Processes, Strategies, Innovations

Editors: Romeo Rojas, PhD
Guillermo Cristian Guadalupe Martínez Ávila, PhD
Juan Antonio Vidales Contreras, PhD
Cristóbal Noé Aguilar, PhD

Biocontrol Systems and Plant Physiology in Modern Agriculture

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Pub Date: September 2022
Hardback Price: see ordering info
Hard ISBN: 9781774639788
E-Book ISBN: 9781003277118
Pages: 310pp w/index
Binding Type: Hardback / eBook
Notes: 11 color and 21 b/w illustrations

Biocontrol Systems and Plant Physiology in Modern Agriculture: Processes, Strategies, Innovations focuses on new production alternatives that do not include pesticides, herbicides, and chemicals for primary food production and instead rely on biologically controlled systems of production. The book also relates a number of advances and innovations in the use of agricultural technologies that employ the study of the physiology of plants to know their resistance to different environments in modern agriculture. The book presents research offering viable alternatives for the control of pests for safe food production that are environmentally friendly and that facilitate the reduction of production costs and improve the quality and yield of produce.

The volume addresses innovative biocontrol systems to reduce or eliminate the use of agrochemicals by controlling plant diseases by minimizing environmental damage through the use of antagonistic organisms. It also presents new strategies of cultivation that maximize production by optimizing light, temperature, humidity, nutrients and humidity in a controlled environment.

The diverse topics in the volume include botanical compounds as adjuvants as an alternative to reduce the pesticide use, on-site production of bio-control agents, plant factory systems that offer controlled safe environments for plant cultivation, promising bio-nematicides for sustainable agriculture, wastewater reclamation for agricultural purposes, the recovery of phytochemicals from plants, using LED lights on plants and microgreens production, and much more.

Covering the new trends in biological control, plant factories, and plant metabolism for application in modern agriculture, this volume provides important research and knowledge that facilitates environmentally friendly plant systems, advances the reduction of production costs, and improves the quality and yield of produce.

CONTENTS:

Preface

PART I: Biocontrol Systems: Processes and Strategies in Modern Agriculture

1. Botanical Compounds as Adjuvants: An Alternative to Reduce Pesticide Use
Saúl Saucedo-Pompa, Guillermo Cristian Guadalupe Martínez-Ávila, José Sandoval Cortés, Araceli Loredo-Treviño, and Janeth Margarita Ventura-Sobrevilla

2. Customization of Bioreactor Technology for On-Site Production of Biocontrol Agents
M. Mousumi Das, M. Haridas, Hector A Ruiz, and A. Sabu

3. Fungal Biomass Supported on Polyurethane Shavings for Removing Dye Direct Black 38
Julia Mariana Márquez-Reyes, Juan Pablo Hernández-Rodríguez, Orquídea Pérez-González, Celestino García-Gómez, and Humberto Rodríguez-Fuentes

4. Purpureocillium lilacinum: A Promising Bio-Nematicide for Sustainable Agriculture
M. Mousumi Das, Raul Rodriguez Herrera, M. Haridas, and A. Sabu

5. Essential Oils: An Overview of Extraction Methods, Applications, and Perspectives
Mireya Vázquez-Aguilar, Israel Bautista-Hernández, Romeo Rojas, Cecilia Castro-López, and Guillermo Cristian Guadalupe Martínez-Ávila

6. Physical and Chemical Water Quality from a Hybrid System for Wastewater Reclamation for Agricultural Purposes
Milton Torres-Cerón, Juan Antonio Vidales-Contreras, Humberto Rodriguez-Fuentes, Alejandro Isabel Luna-Maldonado, Donaji Josefina Gonzalez-Mille, and Juan Napoles-Armenta

PART II: Plant Physiology Innovations

7. Effect of Films Based on Pectin-Hydroponic Mucilage on the Quality and Shelf Life of Golden Apple
Brenda Luna-Sosaa, Dulce Concepción González-Sandovala, Guillermo C.G. Martínez-Ávilaa, Juana Aranda-Ruíza, Mayra Treviño-Garzab, and Romeo Rojasa

8. Vegetable Products from the Huasteca Potosina: A Healthy and Sustainable Option
María Luisa Carrillo-Inungaray, Pedro Aguilar-Zárate, Abigail Reyes-Munguía, Rafael Germán Campos-Montiel, Diana Jaqueline Pimentel-González, Jorge Enrique Wong-Paz, and Diana Beatríz Muñiz-Márquez

9. Strategies for the Recovery of Phytochemicals from Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) Cultivated in the Huasteca Potosina
Fernanda Andrade-Damián, Mariela R. Michel, Naomi G. Álvarez-Díaz, Diana B. Muñiz-Márquez, Jorge E. Wong-Paz, Fabiola Veana-Hernández, and Pedro Aguilar-Zárate

10. Effect of LED Light in Biomass Production and Presence of Metabolites in Medicinal Plants
Luis Enrique Ordóñez López, Humberto Rodríguez-Fuentes, Alejandro Isabel Luna-Maldonado, Julia Mariana Márquez-Reyes, and Romeo Rojas

11. Innovation in Agriculture: A Review of the Plant Factory
Victor H. Avendaño Abarca, Dulce C. González Sandoval, Guillermo Cristian Guadalupe Martínez Ávila, and Romeo Rojas

12. Sorghum and Aphid (Melanaphis sacchari) Interaction: Plant Physiology, Breeding, and Molecular Overview
B. Rincón-López, A. Flores Naveda, U. Aranda Lara, M. E. Tiznado Hernández, and J. C. Tafolla-Arellano

13. Effect of LED Light on Production of Plants and Microgreens in a Plant Factory System
N. Gallo De La Paz, C. Martínez-Ávila, H. Rodríguez-Fuentes, Medina-Herrera, A. I. N. Luna-Maldonado, and Romeo Rojas

14. New Trends in the Analysis of Abiotic Stress Resistance in Corn: Selected Secondary Metabolites
Cesar De Jesus Ayala-Meza, Francisco Zavala-García, Marisol Galicia-Juárez, and Guillermo Niño-Medina

Index


About the Authors / Editors:
Editors: Romeo Rojas, PhD
Coordinator, Research Center and Development for Food Industries. Scientist, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, School of Agronomy, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Romeo Rojas, PhD, is Professor at the School of Agronomy, Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Mexico, as well as Coordinator of the Research Center and Development for Food Industries. His research and teaching are in food, biotechnology, and agricultural sciences. Dr. Rojas is currently working on several research and collaboration projects funded by the Agricultural Secretariat of Mexico, National Forestry Commission, and the National Mexican Research Council. He has published over 20 original research papers in indexed journals and 16 book chapters and has participated in and contributed to over 50 scientific meetings. He is a member of the Mexican Society of Biotechnology and Bioengineering (SMBB), the National System of Researchers (SNI) (since 2015 [level I]), and other organizations. He directed one PhD thesis, two MSc theses, and four BSc theses. Dr. Rojas became a Food Science and Technology Engineer (2007) from the Autonomous Agrarian University Antonio Narro, with specialization in agricultural sciences. His PhD degree in Food Science and Technology was awarded in 2013 by the Autonomous University of Coahuila, Mexico. He has had academic research stays in Portugal (Univeridade do Minho) and in Queretaro, México (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico).

Guillermo Cristian Guadalupe Martínez Ávila, PhD
Professor, School of Agronomy, Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Mexico

Guillermo Cristian Guadalupe Martínez Ávila, PhD, is Professor at the School of Agronomy, Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Mexico, specializing in research on foods, biotechnology, and agricultural sciences. Dr. Ávila has published 24 original research papers in indexed journals and 10 book chapters and has participated in and contributed to over 50 scientific meetings. He was named as an outstanding reviewer for journals such as Food Research International, Heliyon, LWT-Food Science and Technology, etc. He is a member of the National System of Researchers (since 2012 [level 1]), Mexican Society of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, and Mexican Association of Food Chemistry. He has been a thesis director of two MSc theses and three BSc theses. Dr. Martínez has collaborated and worked on several research projects funded by the Agricultural Secretariat of Mexico, National Forestry Commission and the National Mexican Research Council (SAGARPA-CONACYT; CONAFOR-CONACYT). He became a Chemical Pharmacobiologist (2005) at the Autonomous University of Coahuila, Mexico, and holds a specialization in food sciences. His PhD degree in Biotechnology was awarded in 2011 by the Autonomous University of Coahuila. He has been in two academic stays in Ireland (University College Cork) and in Fortaleza, Brazil (Universidade de Fortaleza).

Juan Antonio Vidales Contreras, PhD
Professor, School of Agronomy, Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Mexico

Juan Antonio Vidales Contreras, PhD, has been a Professor since 1985 at the Agronomy School, Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Mexico, specializing in the field of environmental science and engineering. Currently, he is head of the graduate and research office. Dr. Vidales Contreras currently has developed more than 10 research projects funded by diverse local and national institutions. He has published over 58 original research papers on wastewater treatment and agricultural systems in indexed journals and three book chapters and has participated in and contributed to over 20 scientific meetings. He is a member of the CONACYT National System of Researchers and has desirable PRODEP profile desirable from the Mexican Education Agency. Dr. Vidales Contreras has worked on more than 10 research projects funded by diverse local and national institutions. He has been a thesis director of one PhD dissertation and four and five MSc and BSc theses, respectively. He became an Agronomy Engineer (1984) in the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon (UANL), with a specialization in groundwater hydrology. He was awarded a PhD in Soil Water and Environmental Science from the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon and University of Arizona.

Cristóbal Noé Aguilar, PhD
Director of Research and Full-Professor, Bioprocesses and Bioproducts Research Group, Food Research Department, School of Chemistry, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Saltillo, Coahuila, México

Cristóbal Noé Aguilar, PhD, is Director of Research and Postgraduate Programs at the Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila, Mexico. Dr. Aguilar has published more than 160 papers in indexed journals, more than 40 articles in Mexican journals, and 250 contributions in scientific meetings. He has also published many book chapters, several Mexican books, four editions of international books, and more. He has been awarded several prizes and awards, the most important of which are the National Prize of Research 2010 from the Mexican Academy of Sciences; the Prize “Carlos Casas Campillo 2008” from the Mexican Society of Biotechnology and Bioengineering; National Prize AgroBio–2005; and the Mexican Prize in Food Science and Technology. Dr. Aguilar is a member of the Mexican Academy of Science, the International Bioprocessing Association, Mexican Academy of Sciences, Mexican Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, and the Mexican Association for Food Science and Biotechnology. He has developed more than 21 research projects, including six international exchange projects.




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