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Allelopathy is a new and potential field, hence, it is current area of research in developed countries. The present book is result of the first ever conference on allelopathy in Asia, First National Symposium "Allelopathy in Agroecosystem (Agriculture and Forestry)" was organised from February 12-14, 1992 at H.A.U., Hisar. These chapters provide update information on basic and applied aspects of allelopathy in the fields of agriculture and forestry and ...
Allelopathy offers great potential: (a) to increase agriculture production (food grains, vegetables, fruits, forestry), (b) to decrease harmful effects of modern agricultural practices (multiple cropping, leaching losses from N fertilizers, indiscriminate use of pesticides viz. weedicides, fungicides, insecticides and nematicides and development of pesticides tolerant/resistant biotypes in pests) on soil health/productivity and on environment and (c) to maintain ...
Neem is a versatile tree of Indian origin. Since ancient times, its various plant parts have been used to control domestic insects, stored grain pests, crop pests and human and livestock medicine. Recently, these properties have been attributed to hundreds of chemicals present in this golden tree. Being a storehouse of chemicals, with multiple uses and adaptability to diverse habitats and climatic conditions, the developed countries have been shown keen interest ...