Engineering Practices

New Book Announcement Engineering Practices for Agricultural Production and Water Conservation

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An Interdisciplinary Approach Editors: Megh R. Goyal, PhD, PE Retired Professor in Agricultural and Biomedical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus Senior Acquisitions Editor, Biomedical Engineering and Agricultural Science, Apple Academic Press

R. K. Sivanappan, PhD (Honoris causa), DSc (Honoris causa) Professor and Former Dean, Agricultural Engineering College & Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU); (Former) Founder Director, Water Technology Centre, TNAU, Coimbatore, India; Consultant to World Bank, UNDP, FAO, SIDA, DANIDA, JICA, JPIC, U SAID, Govt of India; Former Member, State Planning Commission, Govt of Tamil Nadu

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his 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, Engineering Practices for Agricultural Production and Water Conservation: An Interdisciplinary Approach presents a selection of chapters from international experts on some of these new and 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 applications of nanotechnology in agriculture

With a growing world population and with continuing food and water shortages in areas of the world, food production needs the application of the latest technologies to conserve water, use fertilizer effectively, and reduce waste. The book’s aim is to connect interdisciplinary research areas and to remove the research gap to provide information that can be applied in practice. The chapters emphasize engineering technology in conjunction with • soil and water conservation and management practices • methods of rainwater harvesting • sustainable ground water in hard rock areas • methods of drainage for increasing crop production • precision application of fertilizer • agricultural processing to save food grains from wastage • potential of renewable sources from solid biomass • medicinal and aromatic plants farming This book will provide valuable information for scientists, researchers, farmers, industry professionals, and students and faculty all over the world who need to stay abreast of the latest engineering technology in food and agricultural production.

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This title is part of the Innovations in Agricultural & Biological Engineering book series. CONTENTS Preface Part I: Soil and Water Conservation and Management 1. Agricultural Water Management: Challenges in Research and Development R. K. Sivanappan 2. Rain Water Harvesting: Status, Prospects, Conservation and Management R. K. Sivanappan 3. Percolation Tanks for Water Conservation for Sustainable Development of Ground Water in Hard-Rock Aquifers Shrikant Daji Limaye 4. Precision Fertilizer Applicator: Localized and Subsurface Placement Thaneswer Patel and G. R. Ramakrishna Murthy Part 2: Agricultural Process Engineering 5. Hypobaric Storage of Horticultural Products: Review P. Vithu and J. A. Moses 6. Convective Drying of Potato Slices at Low-Temperatures in Full Air Recirculation Dryer Ivan Zlatanovic, Dusan Radojicic, and Goran Topisirovic Part 3: Water Quality and Management 7. Sub-Surface Drainage Systems and Flow Monitoring in Canals for Increasing Crop Productivity in Agriculture K. Palanisami, R. Doraiswamy, and M. K. Khaishagi 8. Water Quality of Shallow Groundwater: Case Study Mayank Kumar and Nitin Dabral 9. Electrokinetics Application to Control Nitrate Movement in Soils Vinod Kumar Tripathi Part 4: Scope of Emerging Agricultural Crops 10. Scope of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Farming in Eastern India K. M. Singh

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11. Green Synthesis of AGNPS from Spinacia oleracea Leaves and Their Anti-Microbial Efficacy Against Human Pathogenic Microbes Manbir Kaur, Brahmdutt Arya, and Vedpriya Arya Part 5: Renewable Energy Use in Agriculture 12. A Comparative Study of Biomass Materials Using Downdraft Gasifier P. K. Pranav, Thaneswer Patel, and Y. K. Rao 13. Potential of Renewable Sources from Solid Biomass in Serbian and Hungarian Agriculture Goran Topisirovic and Laszlo Mago 14. Biodiesel Production: A Review on Swida wilsoniana (Wilson’s Dogwood) Peiwang Li, Youping Sun, Changzhu Li, Lijuan Jiang, Liangbo Zhang, and Zhihong Xiao Part 6: Nanotechnology Applications in Agriculture 15. Nanotechnology and Its Applications in Agriculture Rajni Singh, K. P. Singh, and S. P. Singh 16. Nano Particle Based Delivery System and Proposed Application in Agriculture Deepak Kumar Verma, Shikha Srivastava, Prem Prakash Srivastav, and Bavita Asthir 17. Nanotechnology: Pollution Sensing and Remediation Vedpriya Arya 18. Natural Pigments and Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (Dssc): A Correlation Brajesh Kumar Index 21 color and 70 b/w illustrations 438 pages with index. ISBN hard: 978-1-77188-451-8. Cat# N11736 ISBN ebook: 978-1-315-36595-4. Cat# NE12081 $159.95 US | £99.00 hardback. March 2017

ABOUT THE EDITORS Megh R. Goyal, PhD, PE, is a Retired Professor in Agricultural and Biomedical Engineering from the General Engineering Department in the College of Engineering at University of Puerto Rico–Mayaguez Campus; and Senior Acquisitions Editor and Senior Technical Editor-in-Chief in Agriculture and Biomedical Engineering for Apple Academic Press Inc. He has worked as a Soil Conservation Inspector and as a Research Assistant at Haryana Agricultural University and Ohio State University. He was the first agricultural engineer to receive the professional license in Agricultural Engineering in 1986 from the College of Engineers and Surveyors of Puerto Rico. On September 16, 2005, he was proclaimed as “Father of Irrigation Engineering in Puerto Rico for the twentieth century” by the ASABE, Puerto Rico Section, for his pioneering work on micro irrigation, evapotranspiration, agroclimatology, and soil and water engineering. During his professional career of 45 years, he has received many prestigious awards. A prolific author and editor, he has written more than 200 journal articles and textbooks and has edited over 25 books. He received his BSc degree in engineering from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India; his MSc and PhD degrees from Ohio State University, Columbus; and his Master of Divinity degree from Puerto Rico Evangelical Seminary, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, USA. R. K. Sivanappan, PhD, is currently a Consultant and Adviser to World Bank, and other organizations, including UNDP, FAO, SIDA, DANIDA, JICA, JPIC, U SAID, and the Government of India. He is a former professor and the former Dean at the College of Agricultural Engineering at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Coimbatore, India. Dr. Sivanappan has worked as a civil engineer in the Public Works Department in Tamil Nadu State. He was the Founding Director of the Water Technology Centre at TNAU, Coimbatore, which he did by obtaining a sizeable grant from SIDA, Sweden, for his excellent services (Research and Extension Works) in irrigation water management and soil and water conservation, especially for his contribution in the field of drip irrigation. Within India, he has been consultant to the Government of India, national consultancy companies, and other organizations. The recipient of many awards for his work, he was conferred an honorary doctorate degree by the Linkoping University, Sweden, in1989 for his outstanding research on water management. The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) awarded him a Doctor of Science (Honoris causa) for his outstanding services in irrigation management in 2005. He has authored about 30 books on issues in irrigation and water management and innumerable journal articles. He has traveled to more than 30 countries for consultancy work and to attend international conferences, seminars, and workshops.

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