FARM ENGINEERING
CONTENTS PART I: POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS OF NANOTECHNOLOGY IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 1 APPLICATIONS OF NANOTECHNOLOGY IN AGRICULTURE—A REVIEW: CONCEPTS, ASPECTS, PROSPECTS, AND CONSTRAINTS ???????? 2 NANOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS IN AGRICULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 3 POTENTIAL OF NANOTECHNOLOGY IN DAIRY PROCESSING: A REVIEW ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? PART II: EMERGING ISSUES, CHALLENGES AND SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF NANOTECHNOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 4 PLANT-NANOPARTICLES (NP) INTERACTIONS—A REVIEW: INSIGHTS INTO DEVELOPMENTAL, PHYSIOLOGICAL, AND MOLECULAR ASPECTS OF NP PHYTOTOXICITY ???????????????????????????????????????????????????? 5 EXTRACELLULAR AND INTRACELLULAR SYNTHESIS OF SILVER NANOPARTICLES ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 6 BIOSENSORS: A POTENTIAL TOOL FOR DETECTION OF MICROBIAL CONTAMINANTS FOR FOOD SAFETY ??????????????????????????????????????????????? 7 MODELING AND FERMENTATATION ASPECTS OF PULLULAN PRODUCTION FROM JAGGERY ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 8 ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS: A REVIEW ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? PART III: POTENTIAL OF NANO- AND BIO?FERTILIZERS IN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 9 ROLE OF NANOFERTILIZERS IN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE ?????????????? 10 ROLE OF SEAWEED AND WATER HYACINTH BIOFERTILIZERS: QUALITY AND PRODUCTION OF OKRA ???????????????????????????????????????????? 11 ROLE OF SEAWEED AND WATER HYACINTH BIOFERTILIZERS: QUALITY AND PRODUCTION OF COWPEA (VIGNA UNGUICULATA) ???? PART IV: EMERGING FOCUS AREAS IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS ???????????? 12 FISHPOND WASTEWATER: THE POTENTIAL IRRIGATION SOURCE ?????? 13 URBAN WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS: ASSESSMENT OF REMOVAL EFFICIENCY BASED ON MICROBIAL PATHOGENS: A CASE STUDY IN MYSORE, INDIA ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? 14 PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING, FORMULATION AND EVALUATION OF POLYHERBAL OINTMENT CONTAINING MIMOSA PUDICA AND SAMADERA INDICA ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 15 BIOINFORMATIC ADVANCEMENTS IN POST TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATIONS (PTMS): AN EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH ???????????? 16 APPROXIMATING THE QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING (QP) PROBLEM ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? PART V: PERFORMANCE OF FARM MACHINES FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 17 CITRUS FRUIT HARVESTER ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 18 ROTARY HARVESTING MECHANISM: SORGHUM ???????????????????????????? 19 PERFORMANCE OF STATIONARY POWER CUTTER: SUGARCANE SETS AND SORGHUM ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 20 TRACTOR THREE-POINT LINKAGE SYSTEM: COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN AND SIMULATION ANALYSIS ?????????????????????????????????????????????