Mushroom Biotechnology for Improved Agriculture and Human Health (eBook)

Charles Oluwaseun Adetunji, Chukwuebuka Egbuna, Oluwatosin Ademola Ijabadeniyi, Samantha C. Karunarathna (Herausgeber)

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2025
397 Seiten
Wiley-Scrivener (Verlag)
978-1-394-21268-2 (ISBN)

Infos

The book is essential for those seeking to understand innovative and sustainable solutions to global food insecurity and health challenges, as it offers invaluable insights into the transformative potential of mushroom biotechnology and its applications.

The intervention of microbial biotechnology in various sectors has displayed remarkable growth linked to sustainable innovations and biotechnological utilization of beneficial microorganisms, such as mushrooms, for the benefit of humanity. Recent advancements in mushroom biotechnology will prove successful due to mushrooms' nature as natural problem solvers, including their ability to enhance nutritional values obtained from agricultural crops, sustained health benefits derived from pharmacologically active substances used to manage human diseases, and improve crop production.

This book will serve as one of the first volumes addressing the usefulness of mushroom biotechnology, giving detailed state-of-the-art information on recent advancements and how the industry could maximize profits. The volume will also assist the pharmaceutical and medical sectors by examining the discovery of novel pharmacological and bioactive compounds that could replace the various adverse effects when using synthetic drugs. It presents a simple, adaptable, reproducible methodology that will help researchers and scientists adopt these methodologies for similar projects.

Readers will find that the book:

• Presents recent advances in the application of mushroom biotechnology in various sectors (food, agriculture, and health) for sustainable innovations for optimum benefit of mankind;
• Details applications of mushrooms for sustainable agriculture through their plant growth-promoting attributes and management of pests and diseases in plants and soils;
• Discusses the discovery of novel pharmacological substances from mushrooms for applications in the biomedical sector.

Audience

The book is valuable reference work for scientists and researchers working in the fields of pharmaceutical sciences, agricultural microbiology, plant pathology, botany, agriculture, microbiology, biotechnology, nanotechnology, environmental microbiology, and microbial biotechnology.

Charles Oluwaseun Adetunji, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Microbiology at the Edo University Iyamho, in Edo State, Nigeria. Currently, he is the Director of Intellectual Properties and Technology Transfer and Chairman of the Committee on Research Grants at EUI. He has won several scientific awards and grants from renowned academic bodies such as the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) India. He has published more than 600 papers in peer-reviewed national and international journals as well as more than 50 books, 340 book chapters, and many scientific patents.

Chukwuebuka Egbuna, PhD, is a chartered chemist and academic researcher. He has published numerous articles in international journals of repute and edited over 20 internationally published books. He serves as a reviewer and editorial board member of several journals and a member of the Institute of Chartered Chemists of Nigeria, the Nigerian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and the Royal Society of Chemistry. His primary research interests include biochemistry, phytochemistry, pharmacology, nutrition and toxicology, food and medicinal chemistry, and analytical biochemistry.

Oluwatosin Ademola Ijabadeniyi, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, Durban University of Technology, South Africa. He has published numerous scientific papers, edited one book, and authored four books. His work in this field has also earned him several awards including an Association of Commonwealth Universities fellowship and an Association of Public Health Libraries Centers for Disease Control fellowship.

Samantha C. Karunarathna, PhD, is a professor at Qujing Normal University, China. He has published over 360 publications and co-authored two books. His current research interests are taxonomy, phylogeny, and domestication of wild edible and medicinal mushrooms.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.3.2025
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik
• Schlagworte: Bioactive Compounds • Biotechnology • CRISPR • Cross-Breeding • Genetic Engineering • healthy food • medical sector • mushroom • Mutagenesis • nanotechnology • nutritious • Pharmaceutical • Population • practical application • quality • sustainable agriculture • synthetic drugs • Xenobiotic Degradation
• ISBN-10: 1-394-21268-2 / 1394212682
• ISBN-13: 978-1-394-21268-2 / 9781394212682