Böcker av P Chowdappa

This book addresses all biotic constraints in plantation crops and innovative means to counter them. Cutting edge technologies on biological pest suppression, chemo-ecological approaches as well as neuropeptides are lucidly highlighted for all stakeholders in accomplishing higher and sustainable production. It will be a good guide for all undergraduate and post-graduate students, researchers, plantation mangers and officials from developmental agencies for the recent updates in pest management of plantation crops.

In order to popularize organic farming among the farmers, it is felt that such technologies without the use of any inorganic fertilizers and plant protection chemicals are made available to them. Though many technologies have been generated but, there continues to be considerable gap between the needs and availability. This book, "Organic Farming in Plantation Crops" written by experts in the field, covering organic farming practices of important plantation crops, tries to bridge this gap. As valuable source of information to all those involved in organic farming including scientists, developmental personnel, policy makers, NGOs and farmers, it is expected to stimulate and motivate more intensified R & D efforts, favourable policy initiatives to spread organic farming of plantation crops at the grass roots level for the production of safe food under healthy environmental conditions.

In keeping with advances in technologies, this book is a comprehensive and illustrated up-to-date resource on the diseases of important field and horticultural crops. This book offers full information on the causes, distribution, symptoms, epidemiology and integrated management strategies for diseases found in 30 crops. The text is illustrated with diagrams, colour photographs and tables for quick and easy understanding of the subject. It serves as source book for professional plant pathologists, students, seed companies and growers who want to identify and manage diseases.