Agricultural Meteorology and Physics

by John Milton

ISBN: 9789359195919
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Imprint : Agri Horti Press
Year : 2025
Price : Rs. 19595.00
Biblio : xii+546 p. 25 cm

Author Profile

Dr. John Milton served as Faculty at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), Nairobi, Kenya. He has published several research papers in peer reviewed journals. Presently, Dr. Milton working as Consultant of Meteorological Services.

About The Book

The present book is an accessible and up-to-date text covering all essential aspects of agro-meteorology. The book contains 23 chapters which include soil physics, soil genesis, classification and survey, weather and climate, Earth: composition and structure, physics of soil water erosion and control, formation of dew, fog, mist, snow, rain and hail, physics of radiation and solar radiation, solar constant and energy balance, atmospheric constituents and their role in agriculture, meteorological variables, satellite agro-meteorology, weather and crops, evapotranspiration and drought agro-climatic classification, effects of weather on various crops, weather forecasting, crop simulation modelling, seasonal outbreaks of diseases and pests of principles of GIS and GPS, climate change, agriculture and remote sensing is systematic, analytical, simple and lucid. The book serves a good source of information to agricultural scientists and students studying agriculture, agro-meteorology and physics, agronomy, crop science, horticulture, environmental science and scholars interested in agricultural meteorology and physics.