Overview
- The first comprehensive volume on fungal nanobiotechnology
- The latest results to improve crop yields by managing fungal disease
- Written by an esteemed group of world-leading authorities from around the globe
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Fungal Biology (FUNGBIO)
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
About this book
Fungal nanobiotechnology has emerged as one of the key technologies, and an eco-friendly, as a source of food and harnessed to ferment and preserve foods and beverages, as well as applications in human health (antibiotics, anti-cholesterol statins, and immunosuppressive agents), while industry has used fungi for large-scale production of enzymes, acids, biosurfactants, and to manage fungal disease in crops and pest control. With the harnessing of nanotechnology, fungi have grown increasingly important by providing a greener alternative to chemically synthesized nanoparticles.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Dr. Ram Prasad is Assistant Professor, Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh. Dr. Prasad has completed his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Microbiology, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, UP, India, in collaboration with School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India. Dr. Prasad received his M.Sc. in Life Sciencesat JNUand was qualified CSIR-NET,ASRB-NET, and GATE. His areas of interest include plant microbe interaction, and agricultural and microbial nanobiotechnology. Dr. Prasad has ninety five publications to his credit, including research papers and book chapters, five patents issued or pending, and edited or authored four books. Dr Prasad also has 10 years of teaching experience, was awarded Young Scientist Award (2007) and Prof. J.S. DattaMunshi Gold Medal (2009) by International Society for Ecological Communications; FSAB fellowship (2010) by Society for Applied Biotechnology; Outstanding Scientist Award (2015) in the field of Microbiology by Venus International Foundation; andwas awarded the American Cancer Society UICC International Fellowship, USA (2014) for Beginning Investigators. In 2014 Dr Prasad served as Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Advances and Applications Through Fungal Nanobiotechnology
Editors: Ram Prasad
Series Title: Fungal Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42990-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-42989-2Published: 15 November 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82711-7Published: 30 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-42990-8Published: 08 November 2016
Series ISSN: 2198-7777
Series E-ISSN: 2198-7785
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 340
Number of Illustrations: 24 b/w illustrations, 48 illustrations in colour
Topics: Mycology, Microbiology