The book entitled “Weed Management†is an attempt of its first kind to highlight the importance of biology, ecology and control of prevalent weed flora in temperate, tropical and sub-tropical situations in India. Herbicides were developed and availability of selective herbicides brought revolution for timely, effective and economic control of weeds in crop fields. This book assesses the earlier attempts made in the country and else where. There are chapters dealing with ecology, biology and control of weeds, utility and harmfulness of weeds, information on temperate, tropical and sub-tropical weeds, parasitic and problem weeds and their control, fate of herbicides in soil and plants, applications methodology and use of adjuvents, etc. The present publication was planned to make aware of scientific progress and newly emerging concepts like integrated residues and environment to scientists involved in teaching, research and extension.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR K. Ramamoorthy
Dr. K. Ramamoorthy, now Professor in Seed Science and Technology at Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madurai, TNAU, was a Kaira Research Fellow of College of Agriculture from Calcutta University, West Bengal. he pursued his doctoral research under the able guidance of Prof. R.N. Basu, and research, he is the author of 75 research papers of which 15 are in international journals and 60 popular articles. He did his M.Sc. (Ag.) in Seed Science and Technology, Department of Seed Science and Technology, Tamil Committee for monitoring and upgradationof seed testing taboratories in Tamil Nadu, member, Board of Studies, TNAU, Coimbatore and Principal Investigator of GOI sponsored Medicinal Plant Scheme and serving in editorial board, of three leading national journals devoted to agriculture.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR P. Subbian
Dr. P. Subbian (b. 1953) Professor of Agronomy and Joint Registrar in Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. He received his B.Sc. (Ag.) and M.Sc. (Ag.) degrees from TNAU. He completed his Ph.D. in 1989 with specialization in Cropping Systems and Soil Fertility. He has been teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students at TNAU. He was awarded the Best Research award for the year 1995 by Tamil Nadu Agricultural University and also Gold Medal for the best Research work in Agronomy by Madras Agricultural Students Union. He has guided 6 M.Sc. and 4 Ph.D. students. Dr. Subbian is having more than 25 years of research experience mainly on cropping systems and soil fertility and published more than 80 research articles in national and international journals and written two technical bulletins on tobacco agronomy. He was a Post Doctoral Fellow at Ohio State University, Columbus, USA during 1998.
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