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This book has been written to cover the contents of the Post-Graduate course on 'Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management' offered by the departments of Agronomy and Soil Science at the state agricultural universities in India and at the ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. The narrative in the book is brief and to the point in a simple and easy to understand language, demanding least possible time of students. Also at the end of each chapter a few questions of varying kind are provided to recapitulate the main points. This book is intended for preparing the Post-graduate students for their university examinations, competitive examinations and interviews. It is short and permits revision in a short time. The present book discusses the fundamentals of soil fertility conditions in India and the reactions that various plant nutrients undergo in Indian environmental conditions and fulfil the plant need.

The present book is outcome of valuable contributions made by various scientists and researchers across the country. This book has comprehensive coverage and advances in agriculture for sustainable development and is expected to provide a valuable sources book for scholars and researchers, as well as guide book to famer's community and development agencies. Contents in the book are organized in 20 chapters, which includes advances in production technologies of crops e.g. rice, wheat, barley, maize, pearl millet, pulses and oilseeds; sugarcane; medicinal and aromatic plants; vegetable crops; fodder crops; resource conservation technologies; management of degraded and sodic lands; soil biodiversity; farm mechanization etc. The text is adequately illustrated with tables, figures and photographs to bring out the significant findings. The book provides cutting edge scientific knowledge as well as solid background information that are accessible for those who have a strong interest in agricultural research and development and want to learn more on the challenges facing the global agricultural production systems.

This book aimed at learning various aspects / disciplines covered under the very broad / plethora of plant sciences facts and figures. The primary objective of this compilation is to help students analyse their knowledge of plants in context to cell biology, biochemistry, biotechnology, genetics, breeding, plant physiology, medicinal and aromatic plants along with botany. With the vast and enormous explosion of information available in plant sciences and allied disciplines, exam patterns are totally oriented towards multiple choice questions and objective type questions, as it is more reliable, precise and easier.

The 2nd Fully Revised Edition of the very well accepted book contains all the relevant, updated and revised topics including current and emerging areas pertaining to extension science which includes Concepts and Principles of Extension, Rural Sociology and Psychology, Research Methodology, Developmental Schemes in India, Management, Programme Planning and Evaluation, Process of Communication, Information and Communication Technology, Diffusion of Innovation, Training for Development, Farm Journalism, Women empowerment and Gender Mainstreaming. The data has been fully updated with years clearly marked against each to avoid confusion. Students who are aspiring to become experts in the field of Extension Science, this book will be quite helpful for them to prepare for all competitive exams including ARS and PG entrance examination in addition to equipping them in all the dimensions of extension education.

Agricultural Microbiology is a book designed with adequate number multiple choice question book specially designed to improve the knowledge of students and to provide them a powerful knowledge and feedback in their progress and future opportunities. thus, primarily this book can serve as a self-assessment guide for the students who are preparing for competitive examinations specially ASRB,ARS, PRE, ICAR-NET, ICAR-SRF, ICAR-JRF etc. and secondly, meant for those who appearing for UG, PG study in agriculture colleges/ agriculture institutes/ agriculture universities etc. the main objective of this book is to help students to enrich their powerful knowledge of microbiology because it is essential for the development of students in the area of agriculture science

The present book entitled" Question Bank in Fruit Science" will fulfil a long felt need of Indian students. This volume has been designed to cover the courses offered by various Indian universities for Graduate and Post graduate level and also the ICAR syllabus of various competitive examinations.

This book contains information on plant-based nutrients and phytochemicals in vegetable crops that are commonly consumed. The information generated by researchers using modern methods of biochemical analysis and, results mostly validated using cell line cultures or animal models, and to a limited extent on human volunteers have been presented. The vegetable crops have been grouped based on the family they belong to, because most often members of same family have similar biomolecules as active ingredients and have similar effects on health.The book will help the students/ researchers/ scientists and common man alike to look at the fruits as protective foods not just because it is said so, but with a scientific explanation.

This book aims to provide a thorough understanding of the concepts in soil and resource inventory - Concepts - Standard soil survey - Scope and objectives - Soil systematic - Soil mapping units - Methods and types of soil survey - Soil maps. Soil Classification - Modern Soil Taxonomy - USDA System - Diagnostic horizons- Soil orders . Soil survey reports-Soil Survey Interpretations - Land Capability Classification - Soil and Land Irrigability Classification Storie's Index Rating - Fertility Capability Classification- Land suitability for field crops, horticultural crops and forest trees - Land Use Planning concepts and objectives.The book has been compiled in order to provide sound knowledge and to improve the technical competence of the Bachelor Degree of Agriculture students based on Undergraduate curriculum. The topics and contents have been presented to make it easy understanding for the students.

Based on the biocontrol potential of entomopathogenic nematodes it can be used in the pest combat strategies and bacteria, fungi and actinomycetes having biocontrol potential against plant parasitic nematodes. The book on "Beneficial Nematodes and Nematode Antagonistic Bioagents" comprises of two sections, the first section (chapter 1 to 16) deals with isolation, identification, molecular characterization, mass multiplication, formulations and shelf life of bacteria, fungi and actinomycetes.The second section (chapter 17 to 24) deals with isolation, identification, mass culturing of insect host and mass multiplication, formulations and field potential of entomopathogenic nematodes against economically important insect pests.

The present book is based on twenty five excellent scientific contributions of seventy researchers from topmost research organizations. The book begin with plants used in Sowa-Rigpa system of food and medicine, followed by traditional uses of plants as medicine among Khasi tribe living in northeast India.This compilation contains several research techniques highlighting methods and analysis of documented data, and procedure for scientific validation of findings. Methods for assessing traditional knowledge of highly threatened plants such as Hodgsoniaheteroclita, pharmacological applications of family asteraceae, ethnobotany of family apiaceae, plants used in managing leucorrhea, plants as animal care, phytochemistry of Arisaemajacquemontii, Andrographispaniculata, Blumealacera, Boerhaaviadiffusa, Hemidesmusindicus, Pterocarpussantalinus, Rauwolfiaserpentina, Rauwolfiatetraphylla, and several other ethnobotanical and ethnopharmacological parameters used in studying current science is described in this book.Besides, it is followed by several research topics focused to the clinical arena, plants used in relation to cancer, diabetes, skin disorders and many other aspects relates to animal and human health care. Today's food supplements derived from plants are of high demand, and this compilation also highlighted several plants used as nutraceuticals. It has been observed that herbs contain many bioactive compounds with powerful antioxidant properties as evidence from the scientific data, and few research on lianas, lichens and role of allylisothiocyanate as a bioprotective agent also discussed added more value to this compilations. Focused theme such as ethnobotanical trends and techniques, phytochemistry, biological activities, ethnopharmacology and clinical studies is adding and contributing a lots value to this book in discovering leads for medicine formulations.

The book provides facts of fruits and their role in curing of diseases with cell line or animal studies and their pharmacological evidence would help the readers to understand the subject in greater depth. It provides information on the subject and will help researchers to carry the interest forward. The book links the traditional knowledge available on each fruit crop regarding their curative properties and the information on their scientific validation. The contents have been organized crop wise in a logical sequence, with references been provided at the end of each chapter for further reading and better understanding of the subject.The book will help the students/ researchers/ scientists and common man alike to look at the fruits as protective foods not just because it is said so, but with a scientific explanation.

The book covers the entire syllabus for the civil services examination conducted by UPSC and State Public Service Commission. The chapters have been arranged subject wise so as to cover the entire syllabus of agriculture paper. All the subjects viz. agronomy, forestry, plant breeding, soil science, horticulture, vegetables, entomology, pathology, extension education, economics, genetics, seed technology, plant physiology etc have been covered in the book.

Changing climate in micro and macro level attribute to influence and bring changes in productivity and production trend of every industry including agriculture and its ecosystem. The influence of climate change and its environmental impact on coastal ecosystem greatly influence the life and livelihood of agrarian communities and people involved in allied industries.The book has been authored with objectives of providing understanding on the environmental problems, features of coastal ecosystem, advanced strategies for environmental protection, mitigation strategies for environmental problems in coastal areas and augmenting agriculture income from coastal areas

The ancient history of India depicted an important and precious place of flowers and garden through paintings, murals, coins, etc. All this gives an idea about the close association of floriculture with our life and culture. The book is covering up to date information based on ICAR and SAU's horticulture syllabus for students of B. Sc. (Ag.), B. Sc. (Hort.) and M.Sc. (Ag.) in Horticulture. It presents all the basics and advanced information in their easiest way for the readers thus, especially designed to cover all the aspects of floriculture and landscaping.

Vegetables are important constituents of our healthy diet and provide more profits to the growers. Crop improvement is the most satisfying method of increasing the productivity of any crop. Production and consumption of vegetables has expanded greatly. Improved varieties have had a main role in the increase in yield and quality of vegetable crops. The diversity of vegetable crops is appalling and greatly contributed to increased production and consumption of vegetables world over. For improvement of crops information on origin, distribution and evolution of crop and its related species is very essential. Information on genetics and genetic resources is prerequisite to choose the appropriate breedinng strategies to fulfill the objectives. Objectives of breeding vary with region and also purpose for which the product is used i.e., for fresh market, for processing or dual purpose and how the crop is grown i.e., under protection, open field cultivation or kitchen garden etc. Depending on the objectives and genetic resources, breeding methods or procedures can be adopted and it will results in useful varieties or hybrids. Information on breeding of vegetables crops is covered in very abridged form. More number of crops covered in this book by appending and updating information on genetics, genetic resources, breeding methods/procedures and varieties developed in each of the 26 vegetable crops wherever information is available. Origin and evolution, genetic resources, genetics of fruits, breeding methods and varieties/hybrids developed is the sequence followed in presenting the and varieties/hybrids developed is the sequence followed in presenting the information on each of the crops.

This book deals comprehensively in all important aspects of animal genetics and breeding, nutrition and livestock management. In this book I don't pretend to claim credit for any original contribution on the subject rather than it should be viewed as a concise collection of various important topics. This book has been divided into 3 sections dealing with animal genetics and breeding, animal nutrition, livestock production and management, respectively.

Question bank for agriculture is a very handy and useful book for undergraduate, post-graduate as well as Ph.D. students and it is also useful for competitive exams like ARS, NET, UPSC, PG entrance (SAUs), ICAR JRF/SRF and other state entrance exams. Nationwide this is one of fine approaches as number of multiple choice based questions from several different fields of agriculture have been combined in this book. 1. Genetics 2. Seed Science and Technology 3. Biotechnology 4. Environmental Science 5. Entomology 6. Nematology

The foremost objective of this book is to help the students of B.Sc., M.Sc. for JRF, SRF, ICAR NET, UGC NET, ARS, other competitive examination related to subject to quickly grasp the facts comprehensively. Present book is a collection and compilation work from various sources and has been endeavoured to include as much information as could be possible. It is realized that the coverage of material in this book is likely to be far from complete as the information available in the Agricultural Economics is enormous. In present book, we have covered multiple choice questions, contributions of economists, glossary of each sub subject of economics and abbreviations to success with limited time in various competitive examinations.

The present book has been planned with 19 chapters specified by the authors on recent techniques on bio-intensive integrated approaches of horticultural pest's management. The book attempt to made compile information's on non-chemical ways of pest management strategies including from agronomic approaches to physical, mechanical, biopesticides, biocontrol agents, biorational pesticides etc. which are non harmful to environment and economically viable. This book can be useful reference material for organic product producing farmers, researchers and students who are involving bio-intensive pest management strategies.

Technological advances have profoundly influenced the food industry with deep imprints on food safety and quality. Food safety and quality assurance demands a huge expertise from food technologists and an enormous commitment from food industry. An exquisite presentation of an array of novel technologies to guarantee safety and quality in food supply chain of diverse food composites is an innovative venture to inspire the students, to guide researchers and to persuade entrepreneurs.Chapters on oil and water quality, sensory analysis through fuzzy logic, hazards and its detection in milk, meat, fish and different agricultural produce accentuate the uniqueness of this book. Emerging technologies for non-destructive quality analysis, pragmatic approaches to ensure safety and quality in milling and baking industry as well as a comprehensive sketch of regulatory norms for promoting export are the notable highlights of this book. HACCP protocols pertinent to different food industries are vividly depicted. With an enriching academic background and proven experience, authors of each chapter have contributed abundantly to uphold the promise of this book to be a robust pillar to promote a healthy society.