Showing all 4 books
The challenges before the Agricultural Scientists of our country today are much more complex than even before. The first issue and the cause of some major problems in the future ? the depletion of the ozone layer, threatens the inhabitants of Earth due to the advent of harmful ultraviolet radiation. The second issue ? global warming and the plight of Antarctica, involves the melting of polar ice caps threatening our coastal regions in the future. Forecast of ...
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 ...
This book makes an attempt to present the available information on organic agriculture in a cogent and easily understandable manner. Though it is not exhaustive, which it is not meant to be, it is felt that book will a give an overview on the subject to the interested reader. A viewpoint on organic agriculture has been presented in the book, based on the experience of the authors. The book contains chapters on organic manures (including green manures), recycling ...