William M. Nelson, editor ; sponsored by the ACS Division of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Inc
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
x, 206 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
24 cm
SERIES
Series Title
ACS symposium series ;
Volume Designation
887
GENERAL NOTES
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"Developed from a symposium sponsored by the Division of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Inc. at the 223rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Orlando, Florida, April 7-11, 2002"--Title page verso
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
CONTENTS NOTE
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Preface -- Green chemistry and agriculture -- 1. Agricultural applications in green chemistry -- 2. Green chemistry and the path to sustainable agriculture -- 3. Cholorophylls and why plants make them -- Agriculture products as green chemistry -- 4. Plant essential oils as green pesticides for pest and disease management -- 5. Adhesive produced by microorganisms -- 6. Enhancement of ethanol yield from the corn dry grind process by conversion of the kernel fiber fraction -- Agricultural processes in green chemistry -- 7. Chloroplast bioengineering 1: Photosynthetic efficiency, modulation of the photosynthetic unit size and the agricultural of the future -- 8. Subplastidic distribution of chlorophyll biosynthetic intermediates and characterization of protochlorophylide oxidoreductase C -- 9. Green remediation of herbicides: studies with atrazine -- 10. Enzymatic microbial degradation: in-process bioremediation of organic waste-containing aqueous solvents -- Application of green chemistry principles in agriculture -- 11. Management of the soybean cyst nematode by using a biorational stategy -- 12. Potential of entomopathogenic fungi as biological control agents against the formosan subterranean termite -- Indexes -- Author index -- Subject index