Concepts of Tropical Agriculture
by Arvind Kumar
ISBN: 9789383129348
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Imprint : Daya Publishing House
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 10995.00
Biblio : x+313p., figs., tabls., ind., 25 cm
Author Profile
Dr. Arvind Kumar is Vice-Chancellor of Magadh University and had been Vice-Chancellor of Vinoba Bhave University. Dr. Kumar is recipient of several awards and medals including Prof. WA Nizam Gold Medal by the Zoological society of India, Dr. S.Z Qasim Gold Medal.
About The Book
Indian agriculture has witnessed a remarkable progress during the past three decades. The Indian agriculture is standing at the cross roads because of the fast changing scenario in global economy of which Indian economy is an integrated part and agriculture continues to be backbone of Indian economy. The book discuss exhaustive studies on various aspects of agricultural sciences. The present book provides the state of agro-ecosystem vis-a-vis environment and outlines future directions so that sustainable agriculture is achieved without causing extensive damage to the fragile agro-ecosystem. The present book entitled “Concept of Tropical Agriculture” is the compilation of some most recent research articles of eminent scientists from different parts of the country. With its application-oriented and inter-disciplinary approach, the book would be immensely useful to everyone dealing with agriculture sciences, such as University teachers, farmers, academics, technocrats, politicians, researchers and postgraduate students as well.
Table of Contents
Contents Chapter 1: Alternative Agricultural Practices: A Sustainable Approach for Conserving Biodiversity as well as Developing an Eco-friendly Environment by Arvind Kumar; Chapter 2: Biological Nitrogen Fixation in Rice: A Review by M Senthil Kumar and S P Sundaram; Chapter 3: Indirect Organogenesis through Pseudostem Callus in Turmeric Variety Suguna of Curcuma longa L by M C Gayatri, V Roopadarshini and R Kavyashree; Chapter 4: Resource Productivity and Allocation Efficiency in the Production of Sunflower and Groundnut in Andhra Pradesh by Y Sudhakar Reddy and G P Reddy; Chapter 5: Identification of Radish (Raphanus sativus L) and Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) Varieties by Gel Electrophoresis and Isozyme Analysis by Adarsh Pal Vig and Navneet Kaur; Chapter 6: Effect of Different Levels of NPK on the Growth Behaviour of Leucaena leucocephala (Lam) de Wit and Yield of Zea mays L in Mizoram by U K Sahoo, P C Vanlalhluna and R Mohan; Chapter 7: Correlation of Physiological and Biochemical Characters in Seed Conservation Studies of Cucumber and Watermelon by C Vanniarajan, Sanjeev Saxena and T Nepolean; Chapter 8: Integrated Weed Management in Soybean (Glycine max) by Pardeed Kumar and Sat Paul Mehra; Chapter 9: Response of Eugeia bracteata (Wild) Roxb to VAM, Rhizobium and molybdenum Source by Ramesh H Ratageri and H C Lakshman; Chapter 10: Seasonal Variation in Population of Microtermes obesi Holmgren in Rose Plantations of MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh) (Insecta: Isoptera) by Sachin Srivastava, Sudhakar Gupta, Puspha Singh and Kamna Singh; Chapter 11: Management of Brinjal Shoot and Fruit Borer through Insecticidal Application and Varietal Resistance by Rabindra Prasad, Muneshwar Prasad, Rajesh Kumar and Devendra Prasad; Chapter 12: Medicinal Plants of Ethnobotanical Importance Curing Diabetes from Namakkal District (Tamil Nadu), India by M Rajasekara Pandian, G Sharmila Banu, G Kumar and K H Smila; Chapter 13: Consumptive Use, WUE and Moisture Extraction Pattern by Rapeseed and Greengram as Influenced by Fertility Levels and Straw Mulch by B Mitra, P Bose, B K Mandal and S K Hansda; Chapter 14: Relative Salt Tolerance of Selected Perennial Tree Species by B R Gurumurthy, M B Shivanna Naryan S Mavarkar and H V Rudramurthy; Chapter 15: Effect of Fly Ash-Soil Amendment on the Cultivation of Root Crops: A Case Study by N Tripathi, R S Singh, P K Mishra and P S M Tripathi; Chapter 16: Distribution and Uses of Euryale ferox Salisbury in Manipur by P K Singh; Chapter 17: Evaluation of Basmati Rice Based Crop Sequences for Productivity, Economic Returns and Soil Health by M S Sidhu and R Sikka; Chapter 18: Assessment of Phytotoxicity of SO2 and NH2 of Poaceae and Fabaceae Crop Plants by Nirmal Babu Rao, Amena and I Sobha; Chapter 20: Genetic Diversity Studies in Introgressed Lines of Gossypium hirsutum Cotton using Cluster Analysis by J S V Samba Murthy and N Chamundeswari; Chapter 21: Seed Borne Fungi of Celastrus panicul
