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Researchers have established that numerable aquatic plants have a
high medicinal value. Despite this, there is currently no book
available in the market which provides full information on the
phytochemical and medicinal uses of exclusively aquatic medicinal
plants growing in fresh and marine water bodies. Provides a
comprehensive overview of aquatic medicinal plants of the world and
their potential uses. This book will be useful for
scientists/researchers working in freshwater, marine, and wetlands
medicinal plants. Moreover, the proposed book will also facilitate
understanding and interaction of medicinal plants in a specific
ecosystem. This book helps identify some important aquatic
medicinal plants and their future possibility for the synthesis or
preparation of modern drugs.
- Covers the state-of-the-art in hybrid power cycles for power
generation with lower emission - Discusses ongoing research &
development activities, challenges, constraints, and opportunities
in both theoretical as well as application aspects of several
hybrid technologies for power generation - Presents new energy
storage technique - Contains exergoeconomic and environmental
analysis for several hybrid configurations - Presents SOFC
integrated blade cooled gas turbine hybrid power cycles
Multi-level Inverters (MLIs) are widely used for conversion of DC
to AC power. This book provides various low-switching frequency
(LSF) modulation schemes (conventional and improved), which can be
implemented on MLIs. The LSF modulation schemes are implemented to
three different MLI topologies to demonstrate their working and
aimed at their application to reader invented MLI topologies.
Highlighting the advantages of LSF over high-switching frequency
(HSF) modulation schemes, the simulations are carried out using
MATLAB®/Simulink along with hardware experiments. The practical
application of MLIs to renewable energy sources and electric
vehicles is also provided at the end of the book. Aimed at
researchers, graduate students in Electric Power Engineering, Power
Electronics, this book: Presents detailed overview of most commonly
used multi-level invertor topologies. Covers advantages of
low-switching over high-switching frequency scheme. Includes an
exclusive section dedicated for an improved low-switching
modulation scheme. Dedicated chapter on application of renewable
energy sources to multi-level invertors and electric vehicles.
Explains all the low-switching frequency modulation schemes.
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Agronomy Algorithm (Hardcover)
Neetu Sharma, B. C. Sharma, Anil Kumar, Rakesh Kumar
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Algorithim (mathematics) helps in understanding the direct and
indirect relationship of plants that exist within it and other
environmental factors. This book helps to understand how yield is
related to different growth parameters, how growth is influenced by
different environmental phenomenon, how best the resources can be
used for crop production, etc. The numerical examples in the book
guide a student to coordinate the different parameters and
understand the subject of Agronomy well. This book is divided into
thirteen chapters and covers comprehensively the different
agronomic aspects to understand the science of mathematical
Agronomy to meet the current and future challenges related to
cropping practices.
Water transmission and distribution systems are pressurized
hydraulic networks, consisting of pipes and other appurtenant
components such as reservoirs, pumps, valves and surge devices.
Analysis, design and flow control problems in such systems can best
be dealt with using network synthesis. This approach aims to
directly determine design variables in order to achieve a specified
behaviour of the system under steady state or transient flow
conditions. There are enormous advantages to be achieved in
applying such a model to a wide variety of problems in engineering
practice. The innovative theoretical framework described in this
thesis, incorporates necessary and sufficient conditions for
solvability, as well as methods/algorithms for the efficient
solution of network problems.
Researchers have established that numerable aquatic plants have a
high medicinal value. Despite this, there is currently no book
available in the market which provides full information on the
phytochemical and medicinal uses of exclusively aquatic medicinal
plants growing in fresh and marine water bodies. Provides a
comprehensive overview of aquatic medicinal plants of the world and
their potential uses. This book will be useful for
scientists/researchers working in freshwater, marine, and wetlands
medicinal plants. Moreover, the proposed book will also facilitate
understanding and interaction of medicinal plants in a specific
ecosystem. This book helps identify some important aquatic
medicinal plants and their future possibility for the synthesis or
preparation of modern drugs.
This book is the first of the 3-volume Innovative Approaches in
Diagnosis and Management of Crop Diseases, which provides an
abundance of new research and information on major diseases of
various crops along with new techniques and technology for the
detection of plant pathogens along with appropriate management
strategies. Divided into three volumes and with chapters written by
renowned and expert scientists working in different areas of plant
pathology, the volumes cover important diseases of crops incited by
bacteria, fungi, viruses, viroids, phytoplasma, and nematodes. It
addresses these disease challenges to commercial field and
horticultural crops and their management. Chapters cover recent
advances in diagnosis and detection of diseases of rice, wheat,
pulses, guava, aonla, cucurbits, ginger, sesame, cotton, pigeonpea,
field pea, small millets, maize, and cruciferous vegetables as well
as ornamental plants. Innovative Approaches in Diagnosis and
Management of Crop Diseases: Volume 1 focuses on the Mollicute
class of bacteria. It looks at the detection, diagnosis, and
management of phytoplasma diseases and viroids, CRISPR-Cas9 genome
editing in plants for virus resistance, next-generation sequencing
technologies, and more. Key features: Presents diverse research of
leading plant pathologists on detection, diagnosis, and management
of crop diseases Shares innovative and emerging techniques for
diagnosis and management of major plant diseases Covers a vast
array of important crops and their diseases Volume 2 looks
specifically at the diseases of field and horticultural crops,
while Volume 3 reviews the advances in the use of nanomolecules and
biocontrol agents. Diagnosis and management of biotic stresses play
a pivotal role in efficient agriculture production, and together,
these volumes of Innovative Approaches in Diagnosis and Management
of Crop Diseases provide reviews of crucial research to effectively
advance the detection, diagnosis, and management of crop diseases.
Nanomaterials is an encouraging field for scientists and
researchers due to its numerous applications in different fields
such as medicine, energy, pharmaceutical, environmental science,
agricultural food science and technology. Researchers are shifting
towards the synthesis of nanoparticles using various plant systems.
Since Computational Intelligence is a latest technological aspect,
the book is likely to be adopted in almost all leading
Universities. This book aims to provide state-of-art research in
the context of Computational Intelligence related with Healthcare
its applications, challenges and management and it would promote
how optimization or intelligent techniques envisage the role of
Artificial Intelligence-Machine/Deep Learning (AI-ML/DL) in
Healthcare.
This book covers the proceedings of ICISSI 2022 (International
Conference on Intelligent Systems and Smart Infrastructure) held at
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh during April 21-22, 2022. The conference
was jointly organised by Shambhunath Institute of Engineering and
Technology, Prayagraj UP India, Institute of Engineering and
Technology (IET) Lucknow, U.P India, and Manipal University Jaipur,
Rajasthan India with an aim to provide a platform for researchers,
scientists, technocrats, academicians and engineers to exchange
their innovative ideas and new challenges being faced in the field
of emerging technologies. The papers presented in the conference
have been compiled in form of chapters to focus on the core
technological developments in the emerging fields like machine
learning, intelligence systems, smart infrastructure, advanced
power technology etc.
Depletion of fossil fuels and petroleum products due to population
explosion has created a tremendous demand for renewable energy
sources. Non-conventional loads such as electric vehicles and smart
residential systems are increasing daily, creating additional load
to conventional utility grids. The extra energy demand is filled
mainly by energy generated from renewable energy sources such as
solar, wind and geothermal energy sources. This has meant that load
distribution and power flow management have emerged as the most
significant challenges for electrical engineers. Therefore,
advanced power management systems must be designed to operate the
present distribution system smoothly. The fourth industrial
revolution has broken down the walls between the physical, digital
and biological worlds. Advancements in artificial intelligence, big
data, machine learning, the Internet of Things (IoT), genetic
engineering, and quantum computing have made the interface between
machines and users very easy. The fourth industrial revolution has
brought a drastic revolution for users, from controlling battery
charging to planning a suitable control technique for fabricated
electrical equipment. Smooth load sharing between grid and
renewable energy sources, power management as per the availability
of generating sources, and circumventing the sag and swell of
utility grids to operate equipment smoothly is facilitated by
advanced artificial intelligent techniques. The progressive machine
learning approach enables the smooth operation of machines.
Overall, the fourth industrial revolution has brought enormous
advantages to help electrical users. The work presented in this
book deals with the advanced design methods adopted by electrical
researchers to facilitate smooth utilization of the fourth
industrial revolution. The content of the book includes but is not
limited to the following research areas: * Topological improvement
of electrical equipment to facilitate smooth user interfaces. *
Improvement of techniques to tackle advanced power system problems
such as sag, swell, reactive power imbalance and power flow
management. * Advanced practices to facilitate smooth electric
vehicle charging systems. * Grid to smart residence (G2S) and smart
residence to grid (S2G) operation of the utility grid. * Stability
analysis of the utility grid amid non-conventional loading. *
Artificial intelligence, big data and machine learning applications
to power system problems. * Intelligent controllers for an advanced
residential system. * Intelligent storage systems for residential
buildings.
This book is the first of the 3-volume Innovative Approaches in
Diagnosis and Management of Crop Diseases, which provides an
abundance of new research and information on major diseases of
various crops along with new techniques and technology for the
detection of plant pathogens along with appropriate management
strategies. Divided into three volumes and with chapters written by
renowned and expert scientists working in different areas of plant
pathology, the volumes cover important diseases of crops incited by
bacteria, fungi, viruses, viroids, phytoplasma, and nematodes. It
addresses these disease challenges to commercial field and
horticultural crops and their management. Chapters cover recent
advances in diagnosis and detection of diseases of rice, wheat,
pulses, guava, aonla, cucurbits, ginger, sesame, cotton, pigeonpea,
field pea, small millets, maize, and cruciferous vegetables as well
as ornamental plants. Innovative Approaches in Diagnosis and
Management of Crop Diseases: Volume 1 focuses on the Mollicute
class of bacteria. It looks at the detection, diagnosis, and
management of phytoplasma diseases and viroids, CRISPR-Cas9 genome
editing in plants for virus resistance, next-generation sequencing
technologies, and more. Key features: Presents diverse research of
leading plant pathologists on detection, diagnosis, and management
of crop diseases Shares innovative and emerging techniques for
diagnosis and management of major plant diseases Covers a vast
array of important crops and their diseases Volume 2 looks
specifically at the diseases of field and horticultural crops,
while Volume 3 reviews the advances in the use of nanomolecules and
biocontrol agents. Diagnosis and management of biotic stresses play
a pivotal role in efficient agriculture production, and together,
these volumes of Innovative Approaches in Diagnosis and Management
of Crop Diseases provide reviews of crucial research to effectively
advance the detection, diagnosis, and management of crop diseases.
Both process planning and scheduling are very important functions
of manufacturing, which affect together the cost to manufacture a
product and the time to deliver it. This book contains various
approaches proposed by researchers to integrate the process
planning and scheduling functions of manufacturing under varying
configurations of shops. It is useful for both beginners and
advanced researchers to understand and formulate the Integration
Process Planning and Scheduling (IPPS) problem effectively.
Features Covers the basics of both process planning and scheduling
Presents nonlinear approaches, closed-loop approaches, as well as
distributed approaches Discuss the outfit of IPPS in Industry 4.0
paradigm Includes the benchmarking problems on IPPS Contains
nature-algorithms and metaheuristics for performance measurements
in IPPS Presents analysis of energy-efficient objective for
sustainable manufacturing in IPPS
Multi-level Inverters (MLIs) are widely used for conversion of DC
to AC power. This book provides various low-switching frequency
(LSF) modulation schemes (conventional and improved), which can be
implemented on MLIs. The LSF modulation schemes are implemented to
three different MLI topologies to demonstrate their working and
aimed at their application to reader invented MLI topologies.
Highlighting the advantages of LSF over high-switching frequency
(HSF) modulation schemes, the simulations are carried out using
MATLAB (R)/Simulink along with hardware experiments. The practical
application of MLIs to renewable energy sources and electric
vehicles is also provided at the end of the book. Aimed at
researchers, graduate students in Electric Power Engineering, Power
Electronics, this book: Presents detailed overview of most commonly
used multi-level invertor topologies. Covers advantages of
low-switching over high-switching frequency scheme. Includes an
exclusive section dedicated for an improved low-switching
modulation scheme. Dedicated chapter on application of renewable
energy sources to multi-level invertors and electric vehicles.
Explains all the low-switching frequency modulation schemes.
This edited book is a compilation of tangible research findings and
actual experiences on various salt tolerant rice breeding
programmes, that have been successfully practiced and continuing to
do so by research centres in South East Asia, with major emphasis
in India, Bangladesh and Philippines. Rice being one of the most
important staple crops of the world, its production and
productivity have to be kept on increasing so as to feed the
burgeoning population. This is a very challenging task in the midst
of shrinking resource base and arable lands in the face of climate
change. Salt stress is the second major abiotic stress, next only
to drought, which greatly affects rice production. To overcome this
problem, development of improved salt tolerant rice cultivars
coupled with appropriate package of practices, an ecologically
sound and socially acceptable strategy should be developed which is
well within the reach of marginal farmers. With rapid advances in
molecular biology, mechanisms underlying the complexity of the
trait are better understood now than before. Selection of
appropriate parents, desired mapping populations, precise
phenotyping are the key components to underpin the mapping and
utilization of reliable QTLs. Understanding genetics of salt
tolerance, identifying the robust molecular markers and targeted
utilization of available molecular markers form the sound basis to
develop the commercial products with more precision and speed. This
book covers entire range of topics: starting from biophysical
characterization of salt stressed areas in different rice
ecologies, conventional and molecular breeding approaches for
mapping salt tolerance and subsequent development of improved rice
varieties for commercial cultivation and their societal impacts.
This book is of interest to scientists, faculty, policy makers and
administrators. It also serves as a resource guide to graduate
students of agriculture particularly plant breeding, plant
physiology, molecular biology and soil science.
This book gives a complete overview of current developments in
nanotechnology-based environmental remediation and sustainable
agriculture practices/sectors. It will provide the use of
nanotechnology in the agricultural sector such as crop production
and improvement, soil fertility management along with benefits and
risks of nanotechnology on ecological farming. Additionally, the
book also discovers how nanotechnology is used in water, air
remediation techniques and major challenges in using nanomaterials
for improving water and air quality. The book can be a reference
source for academicians, scientists, policymakers, students, and
research scientists working in minimizing the environmental
pollution and increasing agricultural production using
nanoparticles.
This edited book brings out a comprehensive collection of
information on the modern omics-based research. The main focus of
this book is to educate researchers about utility of omics-based
technologies in rapid crop improvement. In last two decades, omics
technologies have been utilized significantly in the area of plant
sciences and has shown promising results. Omics technology has
potential to address the challenge of food security in the near
future. The comprehensive use of omics technology occurred in last
two decades and helped greatly in the understanding of complex
biological problems, improve crop productivity and ensure
sustainable use of ecosystem services. This book is of interest to
researchers and students of life sciences, biotechnology, plant
biotechnology, agriculture, forestry, and environmental sciences.
It is also a useful knowledge resource for national and
international agricultural scientists.
Forests cover thirty-one percent of the world's land surface,
provide habitats for animals, livelihoods for humans, and generate
household income in rural areas of developing countries. They also
supply other essential amenities, for instance, they filter water,
control water runoff, protect soil erosion, regulate climate, store
nutrients, and facilitate countless non-timber forest products
(NTFPs). The main NTFPs comprise herbs, grasses, climbers, shrubs,
and trees used for food, fodder, fuel, beverages, medicine,
animals, birds and fish for food, fur, and feathers, as well as
their products, like honey, lac, silk, and paper. At present, these
products play an important role in the daily life and well-being of
millions of people worldwide. Hence the forest and its products are
very valuable and often NTFPs are considered as the 'potential
pillars of sustainable forestry'. NTFPs items like food, herbal
drugs, forage, fuel-wood, fountain, fibre, bamboo, rattans, leaves,
barks, resins, and gums have been continuously used and exploited
by humans. Wild edible foods are rich in terms of vitamins,
protein, fat, sugars, and minerals. Additionally, some NTFPs are
used as important raw materials for pharmaceutical industries.
Numerous industry-based NTFPs are now being exported in
considerable quantities by developing countries. Accordingly, this
sector facilitates employment opportunities in remote rural areas.
So, these developments also highlight the role of NTFPs in poverty
alleviation in different regions of the world. This book provides a
wide spectrum of information on NTFPs, including important
references. We hope that the compendium of chapters in this book
will be very useful as a reference book for graduate and
postgraduate students and researchers in various disciplines of
forestry, botany, medical botany, economic botany, ecology,
agroforestry, and biology. Additionally, this book should be useful
for scientists, experts, and consultants associated with the
forestry sector.
Nanomaterials is an encouraging field for scientists and
researchers due to its numerous applications in different fields
such as medicine, energy, pharmaceutical, environmental science,
agricultural food science and technology. Researchers are shifting
towards the synthesis of nanoparticles using various plant systems.
Water transmission and distribution systems are pressurized
hydraulic networks, consisting of pipes and other appurtenant
components such as reservoirs, pumps, valves and surge devices.
Analysis, design and flow control problems in such systems can best
be dealt with using network synthesis. This approach aims to
directly determine design variables in order to achieve a specified
behaviour of the system under steady state or transient flow
conditions. There are enormous advantages to be achieved in
applying such a model to a wide variety of problems in engineering
practice. The innovative theoretical framework described in this
thesis, incorporates necessary and sufficient conditions for
solvability, as well as methods/algorithms for the efficient
solution of network problems.
This edited book brings out a comprehensive collection of
information on the modern omics-based research. The main focus of
this book is to educate researchers about utility of omics-based
technologies in rapid crop improvement. In last two decades, omics
technologies have been utilized significantly in the area of plant
sciences and has shown promising results. Omics technology has
potential to address the challenge of food security in the near
future. The comprehensive use of omics technology occurred in last
two decades and helped greatly in the understanding of complex
biological problems, improve crop productivity and ensure
sustainable use of ecosystem services. This book is of interest to
researchers and students of life sciences, biotechnology, plant
biotechnology, agriculture, forestry, and environmental sciences.
It is also a useful knowledge resource for national and
international agricultural scientists.
Forests cover thirty-one percent of the world's land surface,
provide habitats for animals, livelihoods for humans, and generate
household income in rural areas of developing countries. They also
supply other essential amenities, for instance, they filter water,
control water runoff, protect soil erosion, regulate climate, store
nutrients, and facilitate countless non-timber forest products
(NTFPs). The main NTFPs comprise herbs, grasses, climbers, shrubs,
and trees used for food, fodder, fuel, beverages, medicine,
animals, birds and fish for food, fur, and feathers, as well as
their products, like honey, lac, silk, and paper. At present, these
products play an important role in the daily life and well-being of
millions of people worldwide. Hence the forest and its products are
very valuable and often NTFPs are considered as the 'potential
pillars of sustainable forestry'. NTFPs items like food, herbal
drugs, forage, fuel-wood, fountain, fibre, bamboo, rattans, leaves,
barks, resins, and gums have been continuously used and exploited
by humans. Wild edible foods are rich in terms of vitamins,
protein, fat, sugars, and minerals. Additionally, some NTFPs are
used as important raw materials for pharmaceutical industries.
Numerous industry-based NTFPs are now being exported in
considerable quantities by developing countries. Accordingly, this
sector facilitates employment opportunities in remote rural areas.
So, these developments also highlight the role of NTFPs in poverty
alleviation in different regions of the world. This book provides a
wide spectrum of information on NTFPs, including important
references. We hope that the compendium of chapters in this book
will be very useful as a reference book for graduate and
postgraduate students and researchers in various disciplines of
forestry, botany, medical botany, economic botany, ecology,
agroforestry, and biology. Additionally, this book should be useful
for scientists, experts, and consultants associated with the
forestry sector.
Increasing world population, unpredictable climate and various kind
of biotic and abiotic stresses necessitate the sustainable increase
in crop production through developing improved cultivars possessing
enhanced genetic resilience against all odds. An exploration of
these challenges and near possible solution to improve yield is
addressed in this book. It comprehensively and coherently reviews
the application of various aspect of rapidly growing omics
technology including genomics, proteomics, transcriptomics and
metabolomics for crop development. It provides detailed examination
of how omics can help crop science and introduces the benefits of
using these technologies to enhance crop production, resistance and
other values. It also provides platform to ponder upon the
integrative approach of omics to deal with complex biological
problems. The book highlights crop improvement such as yield
enhancement, biotic and abiotic resistance, genetic modification,
bioremediation, food security etc. It explores how the different
omics technology independently and collectively would be used to
improve the quantitative and qualitative traits of crop plants. The
book is useful for graduate and post-graduate students of life
science including researchers who are keen to know about the
application of omics technologies in the different area of plant
science. This book is also an asset to the modern plant breeders,
and agriculture biotechnologist.
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