TY  - BOOK
AU  - Goyal,Megh Raj
AU  - Sivanappan,R.K.
TI  - Engineering practices for agricultural production and water conservation: an interdisciplinary approach 
SN  - 9781771884518 
U1  - E-BOOK (Available ON-CAMPUS only) 
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Waretown, NJ
PB  - Apple Academic Press
KW  - Water conservation
KW  - Soil conservation
KW  - Agricultural engineering
N1  -  1: Agricultural Water Management: Challenges in Research and Development
 2: Rain Water Harvesting: Status, Prospects, Conservation, and Management
 3: Percolation Tanks for Water Conservation for Sustainable Development of Ground Water in Hard-Rock Aquifers
 4: Precision Fertilizer Applicator: Localized and Subsurface Placement
 5: Hypobaric Storage of Horticultural Products: A Review
 6: Convective Drying of Potato Slices at Low Temperatures in Full Air Recirculation Dryer
 7: Sub-Surface Drainage Systems and Flow Monitoring in Canals for Increasing Crop Productivity
 8: Water Quality of Shallow Groundwater: Case Study
 9: Electrokinetics Application to Control Nitrate Movement
 10: Scope of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Farming in Eastern India
 11: Green Synthesis of AGNPS from Spinacia Oleracea Leaves and Their Anti-Microbial Efficacy Against Human Pathogenic Microbes
 12: A Comparative Study of Biomass Materials Using Downdraft Gasifier
 13: Potential of Renewable Sources from Solid Biomass in Serbian and Hungarian Agriculture
 14: Biodiesel Production: A Review on Swida wilsoniana (Wilson’s Dogwood)
 15: Nanotechnology and Its Applications in Agriculture
 16: Nano Particle Based Delivery System and Proposed Applications in Agriculture
 17: Nanotechnology: Pollution Sensing and Remediation
 18: Natural Pigments and Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSC): A Correlation

N2  - This informative new book takes an interdisciplinary look at agricultural and food production and how new engineering practices can be used to enhance production. With contributions from international experts from India, Russia, China, Serbia, and USA, this book presents a selection of chapters on some of these emerging practices, focusing on soil and water conservation and management; agricultural processing engineering; water quality and management; emerging agricultural crops; renewable energy use in agriculture; and applications of nanotechnology in agriculture
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