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Textbook of Nutrition and Dietetics is an extended version,encompassing the newr,evolving concepts relating to nutrition in health and disease.It is an attempt to keep pace with changes in the world of nutrition and dietetics over the years and prepare the students for a multitude of opportunities and challenges in higher education and professional practice in the realm of nutrition.
The four yearly Symposia on Earthquake Engineering (SEE) organised regularly at the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (formerly University of Roorkee) since 1959, have been among the most important forums in India for discussions on research and advancements in earthquake engineering. Offering a flavor of the important event, as it proved to be, this publication (in two vols.) compiles the full and illustrated text of over 125 research and scientific ...
Book Title: Plant based pesticides. Microbial pesticides.Biological control. Cultural control and transgenics. Pheromones, attractants and repellents.
Topical problems in solid mechanics contains the papers, which were resented in the Indo-Russian workshop held on 11-14 November 2008 at the BIT Pilani, Goa Cam-pus. This workshop was sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology, Delhi, and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Moscow.The papers presented in this workshop deal with which include damage and fracture mechanics, nano- and micromechanics, contact mechanics, dynamics, ...
The farmers in developing countries are now renewing interest in approaches such as biological control, biopesticides and cultural practices to control insect pests. However, these non-chemical methods are not popularized among farmers in developing countries. These ecofriendly methods will play an important role in pest management in future, since they will bring about sustainable development, Systematic approach is required to develop and adapt the ecofriendly ...
Many pest control measures have been employed in recent years. Many of the insect pests have developed resistance to many pesticides. Besides this, indiscriminate use of various pesticides has resulted in environmental degradation and health hazards. This book throws new light on alternative technologies to control insect pests. Scientists from different institutions from all over India have provided various biotechnology based techniques and other means to ...
Ecology and Environment deals with the systematic study of our environment and our place in it. it integrates information from biology, chemistry, geography, agriculture and other fields. It is holistic. It makes us get involved and try to do something about the problems we have created. This book contails the basics of environment and its diversified manifestation. The book is divided into thirteen chapters making it easy for ...