Application of phosphate fertilizer has been an important factor for improved crop productivity in India leading to Green Revolution. Phosphate Rich Organic Manure (PROM) – a value added product produced by co-composting different organic wastes with high-grade rock phosphate in fine size has become a useful and effective alternative to costly chemical fertilizers. The present volume is a compilation of researchers carried out on different aspects of PROM, during the last couple of years, in different agroclimatic conditions on diverse crops. It is hoped that the outcome of researches contained in this volume will significantly contribute in the so called "Second and Evergreen Revolution" and the PROM technology will prove to be a boon to the industries producing organic waste, such as pressmud, and will provide a most suitable way for the safe and profitable utilization of these wastes.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR B.N. Swami
BN Swami (b 1945) is widely known for his work on Soil Fertility, Soil technology and Soil Chemistry. He has had a long tenure of about fourty years as teacher, researcher & extension worker in Rajasthan and retired as professor, Department of Agriculture Chemistry & Soil Udaipur. Dr. Swami has guided number of research students and his writing has been published widely. During his long carrier he has occupied many important positions in the field of Soil Science mainly First Vice Chairperson, Commission Vi (Soil technology), International Society of Soil Science (Now IUSS), Member to editorial board of Journal of Indian Society of Soil science, and Counsellors of Indian Society of Soil Survey & Land use Planning, Nagpur. Dr. Swami is considered as pioneer worker on Soil Potassium studies in Rajasthan. He is currently Project Director RSMML on magnesium and Director (IIMS), jaipur.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR N.C. Aery
Prof. N.C. Aery is Professor of Botany and Associate Dean, University College of Science, M.L. Sukhadia University, Udaipur. For the last 30 years or so, Dr. Aery has worked in various fields of environment namely, Geobotany and Biogeochemistry of Mineral Deposits, Phytoremediation, Biomonitoring, Ecotoxicology and Biodiversity. Dr. Aery visited Colombo, sri Lanka and Budapest, Hungary to attend ICRO/IUBS/ICSU Training Programmes on Biomonitoring, published more than 100 research papers in National and International journals of repute and has handled 10 major research projects funded by various agencies. Eighteen students have completed their Ph.D. and 08 are pursuing research work under his guidance. Presently, his group is pursuing studies on the environmental monitoring of naturally occurring radionucllides, essentiality/toxicity of Se, Li, si, Ag and U in plants, phytoremediation of mining wastelands integrating Remote Sensing and GIS technology and relative agronomic evaluation of certain phosphatic fertilizers. He is making serious efforts to digitise the plant collection of this region in order to establish the first Electronic Herbarium in the state of Rajasthan.
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