R A Raju
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Herbicides offer one of the most effective means by which farmers can reduce labour costs because of less labour input-herbicides are now used extensively in Asian and African crop production systems primarily because they are profitable to farmers. Literally hundreds of herbicide products are emerging in the world market and becoming accessible to farmers in even the poorest regions. In addition to potential displacement of unskilled workers, the cost of ...
There is an accumulation of new knowledge for the last decade on various aspects of rice technology. The salient features of the book are the progress of research in rice management which include nutrient, water and weed management, plant protection and others. It is a recent treasure of scientific information on rice production technology, which will be great practical value. The book is concise yet comprehensive richly illustrated and offers a coherent account ...
The present book has been specially written keeping in view the biology, ecology and economic importance of weeds present in Peninsular India. An understanding of the biology of weeds helps in better control with less expenses. This work is an outcome of years of visionary planning, sincere efforts and positive approach. It has been prepared as a text and refernece book for graduate and postgraduate students of agriculture and researchers of India and ...
The book covers more than one hundred seventy herbs, most of which are readily available in paddy fields and bunds. It describes the food, feed pharmacentical and other uses of rice weed found in arable, swampy, shallow water, deep water ecosystems. The distinchre feature of the book is its reasonably comprehensive information about the habit, habitat, morphological description, occurrence and ethnobiological value of prominent weeds present in South Asia. ...
A large variety of wildflora are found in Indian subcontinent because it is endowed with a variety of physiographical features and climates. Such a diversity of wildflora does not exists to any country due to lack of various evolutionary determinants such as mountain systems, plateaus, plaines and river systems etc. Wild plants have variety of uses. Apart from providing animal feed, fuel wood and improving the land productivity, the different part of the various ...
Water is essential for every living biological system. India's irrigation resources are one of the largest in the world and imparting a high degree of stability to agricultural production. Even with full utilization of our irrigation potential, nearly half of our cultivated area will remain rainfed. Enormous losses of irrigation water occurs during conveyance, through over irrigation and other faulty practices. Besides high yielding crops, efficient soil and ...
One of the key natural resources gifted by nature to support plant life is the soil. It is the transformation product of mineral and organic substances on earths' surface under the influence of climate which is the growth medium of plant kingdom. Soil is the sole base of entire agricultural production enterprise. Intensive cropping coupled with high yielding cultivars increased the drain of nutrients recently. Exhausted soil show several mineral stresses and ...