Innovations in Biotechnology for a Sustainable Future

Part I: Biotechnology Overview

1. Introduction

Naga Raju Maddela*, Luz Cecilia Garc?a

2. Biotechnology of 21st Century

Aline Siteneski, Gilberto Vizkino

Part II: Industrial Biotechnology

3. Considerations on the Scaling of biological and chemical reactors

Rodriguez Rico Ivan Leandro

4. Design of a cultivation media for the production of metabolites with practical application in the biodegradation of industrial dyes

Daza Lopez Erlinjka Valentina*, Rosero Delgado Ernesto Alonso, Vera Bravo Peter Leonel

5. Obtaining and characterizing new biomaterials based on starch, for use in the food and health industry

L?pez Ter?n Jorge Luis*, Maribel Beltr?n, Juan Carlos Soriano, Elvia Cabrera

6. Influence of immersion time in pitahaya (Hylocereus undatus) proteolytic enzyme solutions on the texture of bovine meat

Zambrano Flores Freddy Miguel*, Pazmi?o Castro Anderson Javier, Zambrano Flores Freddy Miguel

7. Determination of free amino acids in fermented and toasted cocoa (Theobroma cacao) samples, using high performance liquid chromatography with UV detection by diode arrangement

Brunetto de Gallignani Maria del Rosario*, Gallignani M?ximo, Orozco Wendy, Delgado Yelitza

8. Characterization of cassava and bee wax residues for their use in the obtaining of bioplastic

Briones Mu?oz Joselin Sofia*, Riera Mar?a Antonieta

9. Development of a thermoplastic material from the residues of the banana (Musa paradisiaca)

Maura Gabriela Alc?var Gavilanes*, Katiuska Lisette Carrillo Anchundia, Mar?a Antonieta Riera

Part III: Agricultural Biotechnology

10. Chemical ecology and its role in the conservation of threatened species: a case study in the Galapagos islands

Alejandro E. Mieles Garc?a

11. Energy evaluation of solid biofuels made from mixtures of lignocellulosic biomass

Palacios Bravo Holger Eugenio*, Beltr?n Vinces Irene, Rosero Delgado Ernesto

12. Reforestation and conservation of vegetable germ plasm: challenges and expectations

Georgina Vargas Sim?n, Divisi?n Acad?mica de Ciencias Biol?gicas

13. Characterization of Moniliophthora roreri evans and evaluation of biological control alternatives in cacao (Theobroma cacao), for the Ecuadorian amazon

Carina Carrera Sanchez Carina Mar?a

14. Application of biotechnology to the search and selection of PGPR in the control of phytosanitary problems in cocoa (Theobroma cacao) and banana (Musa acuminata)

Canchignia Martines Ahyron Fabrico

15. Sustainability of organic quinoa cultivation (Chenopodium quinoa) in communities of colta Ecuador.

Julio Cesar Vargas, Alexandra Torres

16. Effects of artificial light intensity and temperature on the growth of lettuce (Lactuca sativa l.) in a vertical urban farm in low cost indoor

M. C. Daniel Fuentes Morales

17. Efficiency of led lights in the propagation and field of summer flowers in Ecuador

Elizabeth Ruth Urbano Salazar

Part IV: Environmental Biotechnology

18. Evaluation of extraction methods to obtain a natural flocculant from the tamarind seed (Tamarindus indica)

Sanchez Mendoza Virginia Annabelt*, Loor Moreira Caroline, Lucas Mendoza Ariana, Moreira Mendoza Carlos

19. Bicomponent adsorption of Brilliant blue FCF and tartrazine under dynamic conditions using rice husk

Fern?ndez Andrade Kevin Jhon*, Gonzalez Vargas Mar?a Cristina.

20. Kinetic approach to the biocoagulation process of mixtures of Moringa ole?fera and Caesalpinia spinosa in synthetic turby water.

Caroline Lisset

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030801071
• ISBN13: 9783030801076
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"