Applications of Biosurfactant in Agriculture

Explores the mechanisms, applications, and methodologies of biosurfactant-induced antimicrobial effects against agricultural pathogens and pests

Inamuddin (Edited by), Charles Oluwaseun Adetunji (Edited by)

9780128229217, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 19 July 2022

340 pages, 75 illustrations (30 in full color)
23.5 x 19 x 2.2 cm, 0.45 kg

Applications of Biosurfactant in Agriculture explores the use of beneficial microorganisms as an alternative to current synthetic plant protection strategies. The book highlights a range of renewable raw substrates including agro-industrial waste as a dependable and cost-effective technology for the mass production of biosurfactant, emphasizes the formulation of biosurfactants using a full-factorial design, scientometric assessment, and presents mathematical modeling for the enhancement of production processes. Recent biotechnological techniques such as functional metagenomics that could help in the molecular characterization of novel biosurfactant with multifunctional activities majorly from uncultured and unexploited microbes available in the soil biosphere are also explored.

This book identifies possible modes of action by which nutrients are normally released to plants through the formation of metal-biosurfactant complexes and presents recent research findings on the utilization of biosurfactants for the management of mycotoxins and microorganisms when evaluated in the field and in greenhouses. Finally, the book emphasizes the application of biosurfactants as a form of potent antibiotics for the management of several zoonotic diseases and in animal husbandry.

1. Post-harvest management of fruits and vegetables
2. Biological control activity of biosurfactant against Plant Pathogen
3. Application of biosurfactant as a replacement to synthetic surfactant used in pesticide industries
4. Biosurfactant as Biostimulant: Factors Responsible for Plant Growth Promotions
5. Production and Commercialization of biosurfactant for Plant Disease Management
6. Significant of advanced methodologies for effective production of biosurfactant from diverse microbial population most especially from uncultivated agricultural soil
7. Cultivation of biosurfactant on Cheap Energy Sources most especially on agricultural wastes
8. Application of biosurfactant as antibiotics for the management of diseases affecting livestock
9. Application of biosurfactants for the management of mycotoxins
10. Screening of efficient strains of agrobiotechnological significant that could produce a high yield of biosurfactant
11. The potential of biosurfactant for improving the bioavailability of nutrient for beneficial plant-associated microbes
12. Synergetic effect of biosurfactant with bioherbicides and their effectiveness in the management of weeds
13. Understanding Mechanisms Underlying genes regulating the production of biosurfactant
14. Molecular and cultural techniques for the characterization of biosurfactant producing strains
15. Microbial biostimulants in protecting against nematodes
16. Microbial biostimulants for the management of insect pests and diseases
17. Biosurfactant for soil bioremediation

Subject Areas: Pest control [TVP], Agronomy & crop production [TVK], Soil science, sedimentology [RBGB], Botany & plant sciences [PST], Microbiology [non-medical PSG], Ecological science, the Biosphere [PSAF]