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Fundamentals of Food Plant Layout
(Springer, Cham, 2026) Jan Sabura Shabeer, Seerat Manzoor, Kaiser Younis, Owais Yousuf
Fundamental principles of food plant design are explored by integrating management practices with layout planning. The discussion covers key managerial concepts, the various functions of a manager, and different levels of management, highlighting their importance in ensuring efficient planning, coordination, and control within food processing operations. This discusses the principles and best practices of efficient plant layout, including various types of plant layouts and flow patterns commonly adopted in food industries. Factors affecting the work environment, such as safety, hygiene, and operational efficiency, are also assessed. By means of illustrative case studies, the chapter focuses on practical approaches for optimizing plant layout to increase productivity, reduce material handling expenditures, and maintain adherence to food safety standards. Overall, this chapter provides a comprehensive foundation for understanding and designing efficient, safe, and economically viable food processing plants.
Managerial Concepts for Food Technologists
(Springer Cham, 2026) Owais Yousuf, Kaiser Younis
This book offers a deep dive into crucial management concepts tailored for professionals involved in food technology. It provides theories and examples designed to provide food technology professionals with the critical managerial knowledge they need for the complex world of food production and distribution. Covering a wide range of topics, the book explores the details of designing production facilities, crafting innovative marketing strategies, managing human resources effectively and enforcing strict quality control measures, all through the unique lens of food technology.
Managerial Concepts for Food Technologists provides a manual for experienced professionals looking to boost their managerial skills in the field. By bridging the gap between academic management theories and the practical demands of the food industry, the book stands out as an essential tool for those in the field. With its comprehensive coverage of broad and detailed topics, the text covers classical management theories to the modern-day challenges faced in managing food technology. This approach ensures readers gain a rich understanding, equipping them to excel in the fast-paced and ever-changing food industry.
Biology as an Interdisciplinary Subject: Bridging Disciplines for a Deeper Understanding of Life
(Bentham Science, 2026) Shifa Suhail, Kashifa Khatoon, Arpita Tripathi, Pallavi Awasthi, Reena Vishvakarma, Swati Sharma
Biological science has always been portrayed as an interdisciplinary subject. Essentially, botany, zoology, and microbiology deal with all the life forms, while biochemistry relates to all the chemical reactions in living beings. Biophysics and biostatistics have always been a part of biological assays and investigations. From school education to higher studies, currently, biology is a part of the STEM (Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education system and curriculum. Although they are distinct, these are related technical disciplines. The term is typically used in the context of education policy or curriculum choices in schools and colleges. The STEM curriculum with experiential learning and appropriate content surely increases students' competency levels. Nowadays, the relation of biological sciences with social, behavioural or neurosciences has also been well established and studied. With the advent of technology, biology was redefined, and new areas of computational biology emerged. Moreover, AI has further elevated the levels and created a lot more sub- branches. Though all these areas of interdisciplinary research were growing in specific research fields, the interdisciplinary nature of the subject is yet to be established in the education system. With the advent of new educational policies such as NEP 2020 in India, these gaps might be filled, and this can lead to a change in students’ overall learning and research experience for lifelong learning.
Selection, Characterization and Biomass Conversion Approaches for Biofuel Production
(Springer, Cham, 2026) Fouziya Parveen, Nafisa Shaheen, Ayush Saxena & Mohammad Ashfaque
The mounting problem due to global warming and the increase in the price of conventional fuel have alarmed researchers towards the production of biofuel to meet the future energy demand and reduce the environmental impact. Biofuel is considered as an alternative source of energy. Lignocellulose Biomass, Algal Biomass, Starch Crops, and Oil Crops/Waste Oils are the potential feedstock sources for biofuel production. Biomass to biofuel conversion requires two processes viz, thermochemical conversions such as combustion, gasification, pyrolysis, and hydrothermal liquefaction, and biochemical conversions such as anaerobic digestion, fermentation, and transesterification. The efficiency of biofuel conversion depends on the type of biomass; hence it is vital to understand the biomass composition and its properties. This chapter offers a comprehensive overview of biofuels, focusing on biomass characterization and its conversion approach. Additionally, the chapter examines diverse biofuel production methodologies that elucidate the process of converting biomass into biofuel.
Virus-Induced Gene Silencing (VIGS): A powerful genetic silencing tool for plants
(Book Rivers, 2026) Mushfa Khatoon, Km Janhvi, Saleena Siddiqui, Amita Dubey
Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) is an RNA-mediated reverse genetics technique that has proven to be instrumental for understanding gene function. VIGS utilizes the plant’s posttranscriptional gene silencing (PTGS) machinery to suppress the endogenous gene expression, preventing systemic viral infections. The identification of various VIGS vectors has revealed the functions of genes in cellular signaling, disease resistance, abiotic stress, and secondary metabolite biosynthesis. As a functional genomics tool in plant biology, VIGS is used for genotype identification, breeding, and genetic generation. It has also led to significant advances in creating heritable epigenetic alterations, paving the way for transgene-free genetically modified plants. However, this strategy comes with risks, including viral resistance and transient effects. VIGS may be combined with other functional genomic approaches for agricultural breeding research. For a VIGS system to be effective, it must meet the following requirements: proper viral vector development, an appropriate inoculation technique, optimal inoculum type and concentration, positive controls, and proper plant care. This chapter discusses the mechanism, applications and limitations of the VIGS.