TY - CONF TI - Preparation of Low Molecular Weight Chitosan by Radiation and its Application for Plant Growth Promoter. Chapter 10 AB - Chitosan was prepared through the alkaline deacetylation of chitin from shrimp shell waste. Chitosan with a degree of deacetylation of about 70% was produced by hot alkaline deacetylation (DDA) at 90°C for 8 hours or at room temperature deacetylation for 7 days. Through these processes, chitosan with an average molecular weight (Mw) of 141 k Dalton was obtained. Low molecular weight chitosan, Mw 14 k Dalton called “Fitosan” was prepared by irradiating chitosan using gamma rays at a dose of 75 kGy. The results showed that gamma irradiation is an effective method of degrading chitosan by cleavages of glycosidic bond. To improve crop yields and suppress diseases due to virus, bacteria, and fungi, Fitosan was successfully applied to chili, potato, and soybean. Socio-economic impacts of the use of Fitosan on the plants include increased income and improvement of the welfare of farmers. (author) AU - "Darwis, D." AU - "Puspitasari, T." AU - "Iramani, D." AU - "Susilowati, Sri" AU - "Pangerteni, D.S., E-mail: darmawan_p3tir@batan.go.id [National Nuclear Energy Agency, Centre for Application of Isotopes and Radiation Technology (Indonesia)]" KW - "60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES" KW - "63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS" KW - "AMINO ACIDS" KW - "BACTERIA" KW - "CHITIN" KW - "CLEAVAGE" KW - "CROPS" KW - "DISEASES" KW - "DOSES" KW - "FUNGI" KW - "GAMMA RADIATION" KW - "MOLECULAR WEIGHT" KW - "OLIGOSACCHARIDES" KW - "PLANT GROWTH" KW - "POTATOES" KW - "SHRIMP" KW - "SOYBEANS" KW - "VIRUSES" DO - https://doi.org/ UR - https://www.osti.gov/etdeweb/servlets/purl/22304754 PB - CY - IAEA PY - 2014 DA - 2014-07-15 LA - English J2 - [] VL - C1 - International Atomic Energy Agency, Radioisotope Products and Radiation Technology Section,Vienna (Austria) C2 - C3 - IAEA-TECDOC-1745 C4 - C5 - Available from INIS in electronic form. Also available on-line: http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Publications/PDF/TE-1745_web.pdf; Enquiries should be addressed to IAEA, Marketing and Sales Unit, Publishing Section, E-mail: sales.publications@iaea.org; Web site: http://www.iaea.org/books L3 - Conference: Technical Meeting on Radiation Processed Materials in Products from Polymers for Agricultural Applications, Vienna (Austria), 8-12 Jul 2013; Other Information: 24 refs., 7 figs., 4 tabs.; Related Information: In: Radiation Processed Materials in Products from Polymers for Agricultural Applications| 222 p. ER -