As the cultivation of brassica crops continues to contribute to western diets, new approaches to maximizing yields are welcome. This book presents chapters on various aspects of this issue, with a particular focus on canola crops and the oil produced from them. Those chapters address the relevance of transgenic and molecular breeding techniques to develop cold tolerance in Brassica napus L. crops grown over the winter in North America, the effects of seed-placed ammonium sulphate and monoammonium phosphate on the germination and growth of brassicae oilseed crops and the cultivation of high-erucic Brassicaceae in a Mediterranean environment. Other chapters cover oil presses, sesame seeds and oilseed pests, as well as the nitrogen efficiency of oilseed rape.
Go to the bookSorption is the collective term used for both adsorption and absorption. Absorption involves the diffusion of molecules of a substance into a material due to the material’s ability to dissolve the substance, while adsorption involves the attachment of molecules of a substance to a material surface. Sorption has been gaining significant attention in recent years as a promising separation technique because it is simple, efficient, and low-cost. Some new perspectives and applications of sorption are Sorption in Nanotechnology, water treatment, gas separation and Medicine and Biotechnology. Sorption is a promising alternative to traditional separation methods, which have significant economic and environmental drawbacks. Sorption can serve numerous applications across various sectors, including industry, medicine, and energy. This technique is easy to execute, energy-efficient, and economical, and has the potential to develop sustainable solutions through resource recycling, green technology and waste reduction. In this chapter, we discussed the impact of green technology on sorption processes, recent developments and the challenges that needs more research that can proffer solution and make sorption processes more reliable and attractive.
Part of the book: Sorption - New Perspectives and Applications [Working title]