Agronomy deals with the principles and practices of crop production and soil management. In its broader sense, it includes crop ecology, crop production, crop nutrition, soil fertility, water management, weed control, seed technology etc. To be a good agronomist, one needs to have a sound knowledge of all these agronomic aspects and also name related aspects from other sciences. Rice continues to be the most important food source in the world, with about 20% of the global population depending on it as a staple food. A compilation of available information on rice has been a felt need of students, teachers, research workers and administrators in Agronomy. This book is aimed at providing a comprehensive text on rice cultivation/production with major emphasis on rice based integrated farming system models, organic farming aspects, alternate cropping, new techniques like SRI, role of Biotechnology etc., in an easily understandable manner. This book will help to enrich the knowledge of young researchers in various fields of agriculture and in particular, agronomy, as well as to the teachers and researchers of the Agricultural Universities/Research Organisations.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR B Chandrasekaran
Prof. (Dr.) B. Chandrasekaran is Director of Research, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore where he has served in various positions for a period of 28 years in the areas of research, teaching, extension, management and administration. His major fields of specialization are water management and integrated farming system practices. He is Pioneer in the establishment of Plant Clinic Centre at Tamirabarani river basin, large scale introduction of direct sown rice system in Union Territory of Pondicherry and large scale demonstration on farm mechanization with Ipomoea cutter, Paddy transplanter, Reaper and Combined harvester in Cauvery Delta Zone. He has taught Agronomy courses for the graduate and post-graduates and Doctoral scholars. He has published more than 150 research papers and 12 books. He is life member of eight professional societies. He is a recipient of various fellowships from Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), Rome; International Rice Research Institute IRRI), Philippines; Asian Productivity Organization (APO), Japan; International Bibliography Institute (IBI), USA. He received `Bharathiar Award` for the publication of best Tamil book on Rice Production, Best Research paper award from Indian Society of Agronomy, New Delhi and `Best Agronomist Award` from Makkal Sakthi Iyakkam awarded by Cauvery Delta Zone farmers for his significant contributions for the rice farming. He served as Director, Tamil Nadu Rice Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Aduthurai during 2003-2006. He headed Soil and Water Management Research (SWMR) Institute, Thanjavur for five years and Plant Clinic Centre, Tirunelveli for three years.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR K Annadurai
Dr. K. Annadurai is an Associate Professor of Agronomy in Agricultural Engineering College and Research Institute, Kumulur, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. His major field of specializations is soil fertility management, Organic farming and Irrigation agronomy. He is Teaching graduate students and has several Books and about 30 publications to his credit. He is an active member in many Scientific bodies like J. of Potassium Research (PRII, Haryana), Indian Society of Agronomy (New Delhi), Madras Agricultural Journal (Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu), Oryza (ARRW, Cuttack, Orissa) and Kisan World (Chennai, Tamil Nadu). He was awarded ``MASU-2000`` for the best books published in English (two awards) and a Silver Medal for the best article by SISSTA, India.
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