The book offers a comprehensive and coherent account of entire fields of agronomy comprising agro-meteorology, soil management, tillage, crop management, nutrient management, water management, dryland agriculture, weed management and agro-forestry.
The first volume of the book is written in subjective question answer form providing a ready material for all inquisitive minds to prepare for any traditional or internal grading system examinations, competitions, interviews, viva-voce in the discipline of agronomy and allied subjects. The answers are self explanatory and enable the readers to revise the knowledge quickly vis-à-vis inculcate an understanding of the subject in depth. The glossary of agronomic terms and other pertinent information appended at the end is an added advantage to the candidates appearing in different competitive examinations and update their knowledge. The book will be useful for students and professionals as well as to agricultural scientists.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR P L Maliwal
Dr. P.L. Maliwal did his B.Sc. (Ag.) and M.Sc. (Ag.) Agraonomy from the University of Udaipur, Udaipur in 1976 and 1979, respectively. He was awarded ICAR scholarship for his under graduate studies. He obtained Ph.D. degree from Mohan Lal Sukhadia University, Udaipur specializing in the field of week management during the year 1987. Dr. Maliwal started his career as lecturer in the field of Agronomy at University of Udaipur, Udaipur. At present Dr. Maliwal is Associate Director Research at Directorate of Research, MPUAT, Udaipur. Dr. Maliwal has published more than 80 research papers and technical articles in various journals and magazines of national and international repute. He has also written books entitled “Agronomy at a Glance†and Agricultural Development in Rajasthan. He is also co-author of, three books for vocational educational (Agriculture) students. He is the recipient of best University teacher award of MPUAT, Udaipur for the year 2001-02.
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