Emerging Technologies for Agriculture and Environment (eBook)

This book comprises select proceedings of the International Conference on Emerging Technologies for Farming - Energy & Environment - Water (ITsFEW 2018). The contents are divided into three parts viz., (i) Developments in Farming, (ii) Energy and Environment, and (iii) Water Conservation and Management. The book aims to provide timely solutions, using innovative and emerging technologies, to the global challenges in agriculture, energy, environment, and water management. Some of the topics covered in this book include remote sensing for smart farming, GIS, irrigation engineering, soil science and agronomy, smart grids, renewable energy, energy management systems, energy storage technologies, biological water treatment, industrial waste water treatment, watershed management and sustainability. Given the wide range of topics discussed, the book will be very useful for students, researchers and practitioners interested in agricultural and environmental engineering.

Dr. Babu Subramanian is currently Professor and Dean of VIT School of Agricultural Innovations and Advanced Learning (VAIAL). He graduated from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Tamil Nadu, India with vast post-doctoral research experience from University of Angers, France, University of Alberta, Canada, Pennsylvania State University, USA, North Eastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, USA, Florida Atlantic University, USA. His research areas include molecular plant-microbe interactions and functional genomics and he is currently working on proteome level investigations on cross-talking genes in rice during abiotic and biotic stress, role of transcription factors and their downsteam genes in plant disease resistance, metabolic engineering of tomato for over-expression of stigmasterol biosynthesis, molecular interactions of human enteric bacteria in fruits and vegetables, compatibility of bicontrol and biofertilizer bacteria in crop growth and health and bacterial biofilms: metagenomics and bioinformatics. He has published around 75 papers in notable journals and more than 100 papers in reputed conferences. 

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This book comprises select proceedings of the International Conference on Emerging Technologies for Farming - Energy & Environment - Water (ITsFEW 2018). The contents are divided into three parts viz., (i) Developments in Farming, (ii) Energy and Environment, and (iii) Water Conservation and Management. The book aims to provide timely solutions, using innovative and emerging technologies, to the global challenges in agriculture, energy, environment, and water management. Some of the topics covered in this book include remote sensing for smart farming, GIS, irrigation engineering, soil science and agronomy, smart grids, renewable energy, energy management systems, energy storage technologies, biological water treatment, industrial waste water treatment, watershed management and sustainability. Given the wide range of topics discussed, the book will be very useful for students, researchers and practitioners interested in agricultural and environmental engineering.