Applications
of Biosurfactant in Agriculture explores the use of beneficial microorganisms
as an alternative to current synthetic plant protection strategies. The book
highlights a range of renewable raw substrates including agro-industrial waste
as a dependable and cost-effective technology for the mass production of
biosurfactant, emphasizes the formulation of biosurfactants using a
full-factorial design, scientometric assessment, and presents mathematical
modeling for the enhancement of production processes. Recent biotechnological
techniques such as functional metagenomics that could help in the molecular
characterization of novel biosurfactant with multifunctional activities majorly
from uncultured and unexploited microbes available in the soil biosphere are
also explored.This book identifies possible modes of action by which nutrients
are normally released to plants through the formation of metal-biosurfactant
complexes and presents recent research findings on the utilization of biosurfactants
for the management of mycotoxins and microorganisms when evaluated in the field
and in greenhouses. Finally, the book emphasizes the application of
biosurfactants as a form of potent antibiotics for the management of several
zoonotic diseases and in animal husbandry.