Nanotechnology in agro-food: From field to plate

Food Research International

Volumn 69, Issue , 2015, Pages 381-400

  Dasgupta, Nandita ^a   Ranjan, Shivendu ^a   Mundekkad, Deepa ^a   Ramalingam, Chidambaram ^a   Shanker, Rishi ^b   Kumar, Ashutosh ^b  

^a VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b AHMEDABAD UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Food science; Nanotechnology; Research trends; Water quality management (WQM)

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; FOOD PROCESSING; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; NANOSENSORS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; AGRICULTURAL WATER; FOOD SCIENCE; GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS; PATENTS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES; PRODUCT PROCESSING; RESEARCH TRENDS; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 84929401157     PISSN: 09639969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2015.01.005     Document Type: Review

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