Fumigants are the pesticides used on the agricultural products. It is commonly used on stored stocks or in treating nursery stock. Fumigants are mostly used in vapour form in warehouse where the crops are stored. Fumigation is the process of injecting gaseous pesticides or fumigants into an area. Fumigants that are mostly used for the soil and warehouse are hydrogen cyanide, naphthalene, and nicot...

Agricultural spray adjuvants are generally used for increasing the efficiency of pesticides, insecticides and other agents that control or eliminate unwanted pests. These adjuvants are not themselves active in controlling or killing pests but act as a catalyst. These additives do so by modifying some property of the spray solution. This improves the ability of the pesticide to penetrate, target or...

Agricultural wastewater is majorly the excess water running off the farm fields contaminated with chemicals, slurries, and residues generated. Its treatment requires a farm management plan to control the pollution generated from it. The pollution can be point or nonpoint i.e. with no specific source.When the pollutant is soil washed off the fields, fields utilize erosion controls to reduce it and ...

Surfactants, short for “surface acting agents”, are compounds that reduce the interfacial tension (surface tension) between two liquids or between a solid and a liquid. These “surface acting agents “have ‘wetting' properties, and when added to a liquid, they can alter its ‘spreading' or ‘wetting' characteristics by lowering its surface tension.In agricultu...

Agricultural robots and mechatronics are machines used in agriculture as substitutes for human labor and performing tasks starting from plowing to harvesting which is better than humans. Such machinery is designed in a manner that it can operate in all weather conditions, constrained environmental conditions and in crops as well as animal farms. End-User /Technology The end-users of this market ...

Plowing and Cultivating Machinery has come a long way fromthe time when man first learnt to feed himself, his family and the society. Years of technological advancement have led to the production of these machines. Agricultural activities earlier were mainly dependent on manual labour. However, the farming aided by machines was supported worldwide by the governing bodies of different countries. E...

Planting and Fertilizing Machinery are the usage of machines for agricultural activities like planting seeds and fertilizer spraying. Years of technological advancement have led to the production of these machines. Agricultural activities earlier were mainly dependent on manual labour. However, the farming aided by machines was supported worldwide by the governing bodies of different countries. E...

The agricultural microbial market was valued at USD XX Billion in 2016. It is projected to reach XX Billion by 2022. The microbes live inside the soil and have a very close association with plants. Microbes include bacteria, fungi, and virus among others. They can enhance the growth of plant by improving access to supplements they receive. Many microbes are beneficial in other ways such as they ca...

Irrigation means the supply of water to crops from a nearby water source like a river or stream, by means of channels. Water Scarcity is a primary problem in many areas.To counter the negative effect of water scarcity, irrigation is done. Sprinklers, Pumps are some of these machines End User/Technology Center-pivot irrigation is being used nowadays everywhere.Here the irrigation equipment rotate...

Agricultural Inoculants, also known as soil inoculants and microbial inoculants, are microbes which are formulated to enhance plant health, plant growth and to improve agricultural productivity. These are applied either to the seed or are added to the soil. These formulations could be microbes like bacteria, fungi, protozoa, viruses or algae which help in preventing plants from infections and dise...

Agricultural films or better known as plasticultre refers to the practice of using plastic materials in agricultural applications. These plastic materials are broadly referred to as ‘ag plastics'. They help in improving crop quality and increases the overall productivity. Plasticulture includes irrigation drip tape, nursery pots and silage bags, fumigation films and is often used to refer to...

Agricultural enzymes are complex bioactive proteins, which are used instead of chemical for food protection and production. They are derived from plant and animal tissues and microbes. The factors provided by agricultural enzymes improve crop efficiency and enhance their growth. Agricultural enzymes are used as a protection against pests and diseases and subsequently play an important role in the ...

Micronutrients play an important role in agriculture for increasing the yield and enhancing the quality of agricultural produce. These essential elements are utilized by plants in very small quantities, and they are effectively supplied by complexes containing chelated compounds that are more stable than the non-chelated metals. DTPA, EDTA and EDDHA are the commonly used agricultural chelates. Mic...

Carbon Fiber are fibers of 5-10 micrometers in diameter composed of carbon atoms. The raw material used to manufacture it is called as precursor and about 90% of the carbon fibers produced are made from polyacrylonitrile (PAN). The rest are made from Rayon or petroleum pitch. These are organic polymers characterized by long strings of molecules bound by carbon atoms, it gives the fiber high stiffn...

Aerospace adhesives are applied to the surface of various materials to adhere and seal them together. They are mostly available in the liquid form. This means that they are viscous in nature. They have no or little flow characteristics. Adhesives are characterized based on their bonding and holding power. They exhibit properties such as high tensile strength and shear strength. Adhesives are of tw...

Aerosol paint is a type of paint product that is most of the time in a form of mist stored in a sealed pressurized container. It is released in an aerosol spray when depressurizing a valve. Aerosol paint leaves a smooth, evenly coated surface, unlike many traditional rolled or brushed paints. Aerosol paints has wide range of applications in automotive, construction, furniture and in various other ...

Aerosol cans are a simple way to store a chemical or any liquid or foam under pressure. A pressurized propellant gas is also present in the can to foster fast and smooth operation of the can spray. Aerosol cans are made up of aluminium, steel or plastic and are easily disposable. Aerosol particles are looked down upon as they contain particles which are harmful to us and to the atmosphere. However...

The Global Advanced Wound Care Management Market was valued at around XX billion USD in 2016 and is expected to grow by X% CAGR to reach nearly XX billion USD by 2022. Advanced wound care products are used to promote healing of chronic wounds that do not heal as per the normal biological sequence. Advanced wound care products may be of different types like hydrogels, collagen products, antimicrobi...

Global advanced protective gear and armour market consists of all the protective gears such as head gears, eye gears etc. and various advanced protective armour and suits used in industries, and the defence sector in order to increase the security of a person.Due to a rise in terrorist activities around the globe and rise in territorial disputes between countries, global advanced protective gear a...

The advanced process control (APC) consists of a variety of advanced technologies and tools. These tools are used to optimize plant performance. The advanced process control market is forecasted to grow at a CAGR of 12% and reach $1,465.62 million by 2020. Some of the benefits of advanced process control are: Improvement in the production capacity, improved monitoring of process parameters, faste...

Advanced material refers to glasses, polymers, ceramics, composites, metals and alloys. Advanced materials can outperform conventional materials, in terms of their applications because the former has superior properties than conventional materials available. They exhibit properties such as high specific strength, excellent fatigue, abrasion resistance and stiffness. A leading report has published ...

A ceramic is an inorganic, non-metallic solid that can be molded into shapes by heating to extremely high temperatures. Bio ceramics such as alumina are durable and chemically unreactive. A combination of existing materials or new materials have been designed that show surprising variations over properties attributed to ceramics and thus are named ‘Advanced Ceramics'. Advanced ceramics can p...

The market size for the global advanced carbon materials was 58.3 kilo tons in 2015. According to a report by Grand View Research, the market share of the global advanced carbon materials market is expected to reach USD 5.29 billion by 2024. Various forms of carbon materials are graphene, carbon foams, structural graphite, carbon nano tubes and carbon fibers. They are widely used as engineering ma...

Global Advanced Authentication Market is the provider of solutions to the threats of information breaches and hacking of data due to inefficient data security systems. The loss of data due to stealing of information by hackers and leakages in the information systems of the companies has led to the rapid adoption of this technology across all the sectors. Also with the increasing number of people s...

To counter the plots of terrorist organizations, criminals, and smugglers across the globe the airports have started incorporating advanced technologies in devices, such as information display solutions, screening & handling systems, terminal expansions, and emergency services. The screening systems used by airport authority find it difficult in identifying the explosives planted using laptops and...

Adipic acid is an organic hydrocarbon whose biggest use is in the commercial production of nylon 6,6 or polyamide 66. This is one of the most important polyamide from industrial perspective because it possesses high mechanical strength, high quality, durability, high absorption capacity, rigidity, good stability under heat and high chemical resistance. Adipic acid is also used in the production of...

Introduction Adhesives and sealants are every so often combined together, as both of them are applied to the surface of the materials to stick and seal them together. Generally, they are available in the liquid form, that is viscous in nature, having no or little flow characteristics. Majorly, adhesives are chosen for their holding and bonding power & they have high shear and tensile strength. Th...

The additive manufacturing material market is expected to reach $1,082.0 million by 2020, at a CAGR of 19.3% from 2014 to 2020. The term” Additive Manufacturing” is defined as the process of making objects from 3D model data by using additive materials. It is also referred to as 3D printing. The term also represents all additive processes, technologies, systems, and applications. It is...

With fossil fuel prices fluctuating continuously renewable sources of energy are the answer to the world's growing need for power. Apart from hydropower, which can have environmental implications, the other renewable source of energy in abundance is solar energy. The Earth receives 274 million gigawatt-years of solar energy, the largest energy source, every year. Other resources like oil and gas, ...

Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) is used to maintain and control the speeds of connected vehicles automatically according to the traffic and weather conditions. Hence, the ACC systems have a great impact on the safety of the driver. The Blind Spot Detection (BSD) system is generally used in large vehicles on the side view mirror to recognize the vehicles travelling behind the driver's vehicle. It ale...