India has an enormous wealth of cattle and buffalo, which is crucial to the development of the socioeconomic status of millions of rural households as well as the country's economy. Dairying has developed into a full-fledged industry in the nation, positively enhancing the lives of those involved in the industry. With expanding population, growing urbanization and increasing purchasing power, the demand for milk and milk products is expected to go up. We need to catch up with the daunting challenge to produce more milk and to generate sufficient value added products. To meet the domestic demand of milk and to generate sufficient exportable surplus, the growth rate in our milk production needs to be accelerated. The major challenges which require urgent attention are, low productivity, breed improvement, shortage of feed and fodder, emerging new disease, poor penetration of technologies at farmers door etc.This book will be of great use and help to the students, dairy farmers & entrepreneurs, dairy industry personnel, academicians, researchers and stake holders in Indian dairy sector.
In this book the author has selected important topics like global warming, e-wastes management, solid waste management, organic farming, vermicomposting and alternatives to fossil fuels. Lot of information and data are included for the benefit of science and engineering students as well as research scholars working on these lines. Hope this book will be useful to them as reference book and will be a priced collection for their own library. All the topics are debatable, some say in favour while other say against of it while the author has tried to analyze all topics from scientific background. Global warming, though not agreed by many people, has already started showing its symptoms by irregular rains, hot summer in some places while cold winter somewhere else indicating the imbalance of nature. A systematic, low cost and employment generating approach has been discussed to manage the solid waste menace of the urban locality. Easy vermicomposting technique and its prospects and problems are discussed in detail for the benefit of people. The necessity of alternatives to petroleum fuel for keeping the wheels of nations progress always in dynamic speed has also been narrated with facts and figures. Hope, all these will attract the readers to refer the book in different perspective
This book covers most of the topics with updated information of modern diagnostic laparoscopy, laparoscopic surgery, laparoscopic guided organ biopsy and laparoscopic ancillary diagnostic techniques employed in small animal in a very concise from. The book is divided into twelve chapters covering all modern diagnostic and laparoscopic surgical techniques used in small animal practices. The main objective of the book is to provide the latest information to meet the requirements of not only undergraduate and postgraduate students but also to the teachers and veterinarians involved in laparoscopic diagnosis and surgery. The book contains more than 100 good quality colour photographs of laparoscopic diagnosis, laparoscopic surgery and laparoscopic ancillary techniques.
The book consists of 19 chapters on different subjects and in different dimensions, with particular emphasis on the post-harvest handling and processing of fruits and vegetables, including mushrooms. Scope for the technology on fruits and vegetables, non-destructive methods to evaluate fresh quality, radiation preservation, chemistry of pectin and pigments and their applications, nutraceutical compounds, membrane processing of liquid fruits, dehydrated and intermediate moisture products,importance of bamboo and mushrooms as food, influence of process conditions on product quality, food additives in product preparation, packaging aspects, microbiological safety concerns, relevant analytical methods, mushroom nutraceuticals and bio-technological interventions for improvement of banana with a final note on conclusions in the last .
Abiotic stresses have become an integral part of crop production. One or other persist either in soil, water or in atmosphere. The information in the areas of injury and tolerant mechanisms, variability for tolerance, breeding and biotechnology for improvement of crop plants against abiotic stresses are lying unorganized in different articles of journals and edited books. This information is presented in this book in organized way with up-to-date citations, which will provide comprehensive literatures of recent advances. More emphasis has been given to elaborate the injury and tolerance mechanisms, and development of improved genotypes against stress environments. This book also deals with the plants' symptoms of particular abiotic stress, reclamation of soil and crop/cropping pattern to over come the effect of adverse condition(s). Each has been laid out with systematic approaches to develop abiotic stress tolerant genotypes using biotechnological tools. Use of molecular markers in stress tolerance and development of transgenic also have been detailed. Air pollution and climate change are the hot topic of the days. Thus, the effect of air pollution and climate change on crop plants have been detailed in the final three s of this book. Under abiotic stress, plant produces a large quantity of free radicals (oxidants), which have been elaborated in a separate 'Oxidative Stress'. This book has been divided into seven major parts- physical stress (salt), water stresses (drought and waterlogging), temperature stresses (heat and cold), metal toxicities (aluminium, iron, cadmium, lead, nickel, chromium, copper, zinc etc) and non-metal toxicities (boron and arsenic), oxidative stress, and finally atmospheric stresses (air pollution, radiation and climate change). Hope, this book will be of greater use for the students and researchers, particularly Plant Breeders and Biotechnologists as well as the Botanists, to understand the injury and tolerance mechanisms, and subsequently improvement of crop genotypes for abiotic stresses.
This book is an attempt to enlighten the learners and to inculcate, among them and other concerned persons, the importance and influence of cropping system on sustainable crop production. The smooth order, clear explanation and simple presentation are expected to help the readers understanding the subject in a better way.
The book deals with some of the important techniques of recombinant DNA technology including ; isolation of plasmids and transformation of bacteria, isolation and characterization of nucleic acids, construction and screening of gene libraries, DNA sequencing, RFLP and RAPD gene mapping, genetic transformation and molecular analysis of the transgenic plants.The book includes protocols of some the important techniques currently in use in the field of plant biotechnology. The book also includes methods used in RFPL and RAPD analysis and a practical example of actual research problem in the field of plant genetic engineering. A glossary of important terms is also included which will be helpful to understand the subject matter. The preparation of common buffers and reagents used in the different protocols is included in the appendix.
The book is intended as a text book for undergraduate students of agriculture and post graduates specializing on Nematology, Plant Pathology and Agricultural Entomology.This book covers all aspects of Plant Nematology which includes an introduction covering the importance of nematodes in Agriculture and Horticulture, estimated loss due to the damage of nematodes.The book provides a brief account of historical background including the developments in India and abroad. Morphology and taxonomy are dealt in detail covering general morphology, structural and functional aspects of nematode morphology with vivid diagrams. Nematological techniques are dealt in detail with suitable diagrams.Anatomy and Physiology of plant parasitic nematodes have been elaborately covered with details of digestive, reproductive, excretory and nervous system with appropriate diagrams.The nematode classification based on their feeding habits and interactions of nematodes with microorganisms viz., fungus, bacteria and virus has been provided. Nematode management in important agricultural and horticultural crops with photographs of root and foliar symptoms are dealt in detail.Exclusive chapter on all the methods of management like regulatory, physical, chemical, cultural, biological and host plant resistance are provided. The book also provides a brief account of Entamopathogenic nematode and also on the nematode Caenorhabitis elegans which is being used as a biological model in most of the biological research as on today.Appropriate examples schematic diagrams, pictorial keys and glossary are used to describe nematode taxonomy, biology and life cycle. In this revised edition all the information have been updated with appropriate information with suitable pictures.
Interest in medicinal plants as a re-emerging health aid has been fuelled by the rising costs of prescription drugs in the maintenance of personal health and well-being. Herbal-based traditional medicine has become popular in developed countries in recent years, and its use is likely to increase in the coming years. This system has advantages over the modern medicine as it is prophylactic. Therefore, it would be a wise step if most of medicinal plants, which are lesser known to mankind but have immense potential, particularly those which are in high demand and rare should be cultivated and brought into limelight.The basis for this book originally have been stemmed from the passion of both the authors in order to develop better methods of conveying and spreading the cultivation aspects of many crops and its uses by compiling the information available. As the world moves further into the advanced age, along with generating vast amount of information, there will be a greater need to access legacy plant materials with technology available. Thus this book helps in accessing the information on rare medicinal plants and thereby breaking down barriers of accessibility of limited information. The information provided has been compiled from various books, bulletins, write ups and journals.Hope this book provides, the readers a comprehensive data and knowledge on cultivation and the uses of lesser known medicinal plants.
The text book entitled "Fundamentals of Veterinary Anatomy" has been prepared for the benefit of B.V.Sc & A.H students as per the Veterinary Council of India (MSVE 2016) syllabus. Previously, the Veterinary Anatomy course was used to be taught system wise to the BVSc & A.H students in first and second academic years. But in the MSVE 2016 regulations the students have to study the entire Anatomy course in the first professional year only on Regional approach. This prompted us to prepare a book as per the MSVE 2016 syllabus to meet the requirements of the students and Faculty.The material available in the this book has been prepared based on our previous experiences in practical classes and also some information was collected from the standard text books of Veterinary Anatomy and also Madras Veterinary College Lecture Notes prepared by Faculty of Madras Veterinary College, Chennai. In this book every topic is supported by hand drawn diagrams and photographs of original specimens available in the department.
The book fulfills the need for a comprehensive text and reference book on livestock production, health, nutrition and crop mixed farming. Though many foreign books are available, they are way too expensive for the student and written in a complex way. In this scenario, this book is very handy as well as written as per the requirements of teachers, scientists, students and industry personnel working in the area of animal production and in general animal health management and crop mixed farming for nutritional security.The authors of this book are eminent researchers and professors from various veterinary and agriculture colleges and ICAR research institutes across the country. It is a compilation of many topics of importance as far as livestock farming, health and production is concerned. Some insights in to the crop mixed farming and aquaculture will be a treat to the readers. This book is unique in its kind in meeting the requirements of its reader community and it will be a solution for many problems related to livestock farming, and agriculture.
Though different titles of plant protection books are available, no book is as much illustrative as the present book of Plant Health Medicines. The book ''A Handbook on Plant Health Medicines" is prepared with an objective to make available the scientific as well as working knowledge of useful and recommended plant protection and plant health medicines to the personnel associated with agriculture in different capacities and at different levels, and to the end users, i.e. farmers.The book contains three sections viz. chemical molecules for control of plant diseases, chemical molecules to control plant physiological process and physiological disorders, and Pesticides for management of plant insect pests. These three sections are divided into 30 chapters. The respective section has got images of all the representative diseases, pests, as well as mineral deficiencies symptoms for the identification of the cause and different molecules for their control and rectification, thus making the book more practical use oriented to all personnel associated with agriculture sector. With its availability particularly, to pesticide shop dealers and farmers, the proper plant protection and plant health medicines will be applied in the agricultural ecosystem to manage the problem associated with plant health.
Subtropical regions are the areas experiencing hot summer and cold or frosty winters. Such regions lie between the temperate and tropical latitudes on the south and north of the equator. Under the NW sub-Himalayan conditions and in the adjoining plains, frost is a serious threat, especially for fruit crop cultivation. The cultivation of evergreen subtropical plants always remains under the threat of frost damage. Agricultural research has made significant advances in crop production practices but the technology for effective frost protection is still lacking. Scientists worldwide are working with enthusiasm, tenacity and dedication to keep up with this threat.This book is a collection of information developed by the author and by others across the globe on the management of frosty situations. It is an initiative for developing understanding amongst the masses about frost, frost-induced freezing and options which can be explored for mitigating its ill effects. Besides giving an overview of frost and its impact on subtropical fruit plantations, this book is an attempt to convey a simplified version of the information on orchard energy balance, mechanism of damage to plant tissues and biomolecular aspects of plant defence. Keeping growers' perspectives in mind, the practical aspects and elaborations derived from open field studies have been duly considered while describing the frost sensitivity of crops, damage symptoms, frost prediction, delineation of frost-prone areas, and frost impact mitigation. The book is therefore a comprehensive narrative of theoretical and practical aspects of frost and its impact mitigation.
The cutting-edge technologies have impacted the library and its operations in an immense way. The technology has impacted and resolves the crucial issues related with information generation, storage, retrieval and management. The overall working pattern and service delivery pattern of library and information centres have totally been changed with the rapid innovations in technology and its implementation in libraries and its activities. The application of information and communication technology has provided great opportunities for information distributed them the way and form the user preferred. Therefore, it is high time that the libraries have to adopt the cutting-edge technologies in the libraries for the fulfillment of the users need on their satisfaction level. The primary aim of this book is to assist and inform the users as well as library & information science professionals about the various issues and concerns related with the cutting-edge technologies and its impact on library and information services. This book contains papers on various issues related with the theme of the present book written by well-known library and information science professionals as well as academicians, which may be useful for the entire library and information science professionals as well as other academicians.
Intercropping system is an age-old cropping system where two or more crops coexist for a significant time of their growth period. In the present context of negative impacts on crop productivity and soil fertility, a system approach in cropping has become more relevant. The book 'Intercropping System' is divided into nine chapters that deal with the theory and practices of the intercropping system including recent research evidence. The first two chapters describe the overview of the intercropping system and complexity as well as the competitive relationship among component crops. The third chapter narrates the management options in the intercropping systems, while the fourth chapter highlights the multifaceted benefits of an intercropping system. Chapter 5 tells the suitability for the adoption of the intercropping system in organic agriculture. The sixth chapter describes how an intercropping system can ensure agricultural sustainability and some of the sustainable development Goals (SDGs). Chapter 7 illustrates the practice of alley cropping, a form of agroforestry, in resource-poor conditions. Legumes are considered an automatic choice in the intercropping system and hence, in the eighth chapter, the benefits of the inclusion of legumes as components have been described. Finally, in the ninth chapter, the performance of important crops in the intercropping system has been highlighted.
This book entitled "Objective Agriculture Statistics - 2nd Revised Edition is an enlarged version of the previously published book in year 2011. This book comes with additional topics on "Sample Survey" which is included in the book as "Supplementary Part".New to This Edition, 94 pages covering(1) Sampling on Successive Occasions(2) Non- Sampling Errors(3) National Sample Surveys(4) Agricultural Statistics system in India.(5) 10 Model PapersIt will provide better coverage to the students and will help them appear in various competitive examinations as cited in first edition.
This book contains the details of exercises about analytical determination of physical, physico-chemical and chemical characteristics of soils. In addition, the glassware, stepwise procedures, observations to be recorded and calculation are given for evaluation of results. Some important information about atomic weights of elements, important conversion factors, procedure for preparing standard solutions, optimum range of macro and micro nutrient elements in plants etc; has also been added in the form of appendix. Besides, a chapter on laboratory precautions and emergency first aid treatment will be helpful in systematic working in the laboratory and avoiding any accident etc. The book describes the procedures of chemical analysis of soil, water and plant sample in simple way for the use of students, research workers, teachers and persons involved in soil-plant tissue and water analysis laboratories.
The meaningful purpose to write present book to formulate the multiple questions in simple manner that are asked in many competitive examinations like M.Sc. , Ph.D. , Assistant Professor, SRF, JRF, NET etc. Students have to depend on various books, literature, monograms, research papers and other materials to collect information on various subjects offered in Plant Breeding and Genetics. The objective type questions are being use for evaluation schemes for the entrance and also assessment for the various courses offered in UG and PG programmes. Large number of questions has been formulated chapter wise, which requires considerable efforts. The book entitled "Genetics and Plant Breeding for Competitive Examinations" covers all the courses being offered in UG and PG programme.Content - Genetics and Cell Biology, Introduction in Plant Breeding, Mutation Breeding, Polyploidy, Agricultural Biotechnology, Crop Breeding, Seed Technology, Biometrical Genetics, Intellectual Property Rights, Landmarks in Plant Breeding, List of Agricultural Institutes, List of National Research Centers, List of National Bureau, List of Directorates/Project Directorates, All India Coordinated Research Projects, Agricultural Research Centers in the World, Agricultural Universities, Achievements in Plant Breeding
The book entitled Descriptive and Objective Insect Taxonomy is comprehensive treatment of textbook cum objective type questions on all aspect of insect taxonomy. This book covers the entire field of insect taxonomy step by step in the form of notes / objective questions and answers. This book will be helpful in recollecting knowledge within a short period of time and meet the requirement of students those who are appearing in different competitive examinations such as ICAR-JRF, SRF, NET, ARS etc. and also useful to B.Sc(Ag.), M.Sc (Ag), Agricultural Entomology students. Contents : 1. Introduction 2. Entognatha, 3. Ectoganatha (Apterygota), 4. Palaeoptera, 5. Oligoneoptera, 6. Paraneoptera, 7. Endopterygota (Holometabola), 8. Collection and Preservation of Insects, 9. Objective Question
The book "Breeding of Fruit & Plantation Crops' is covers the entire syllabus in 24 chapters including An Overview of Fruit and Plantation Crop Breeding, Breeding Strategies, and Breeding of 16 Fruit Crops (Mango, Banana, Citrus, Grapes, Papaya, Guava, Pineapple, Litchi, Ber, Aonla, Pomegranate, Apple, Pear, Peach, Almond, Walnut) and 06 Plantation Crops (Coconut, Arecanut, Cashewnut, Tea, Coffee and Oil Palm). Simple and lucid language has been used for easy understanding of the beginners. Questions are set at the end of each chapter to assess the understanding of the students. It may also serve as a help book for post-graduate students.Though the book is primarily written for B.Sc. (Hons.) Horticulture students, the counterparts of B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture also may be benefitted. It may serve as a help book for post-graduate students. We seek suggestions from learned teachers and students for further improvement of the book.
The book Textbook of Plantation Crops gives an overview of plantation crops, and production technology of coconut, arecanut, oil palm, palmyrah palm, date palm, cashewnut, coffee, tea, cocoa and rubber.Simple and lucid language has been followed for clear and easy understanding of the beginners. The book is illustrated with photographs and diagrams. Questions are set at the end of each chapter under Outcomes Assessment to assess the understanding of the students. Content -1. Plantation Crops: An Overview, 2. Production Technology of Coconut, 3. Production Technology of Arecanut, 4. Production Technology of Oil Palm, 5. Production Technology of Palmyrah Palm, 6. Production Technology of Cocoa, 7. Production Technology of Cashewnut, 8. Production Technology of Coffee, 9. Production Technology of Tea, 10. Production Technology of Date Palm, 11. Production Technology of Rubber.
The text in the book is clear, well presented, sequentially arranged. Each chapter has further be divided into sub-heads such as important diseases and their causal organisms, diagnostic symptoms on different parts, etiology, disease cycle, favourable conditions and integrated management. The chapters are designed in a way that leads to the comprehensive learning of the key concepts, help in the development of the investigative skill of the students. Content - Diseases of Field Crops, Diseases of Horticultural Crops
Drying is an important unit operation used in the industry for processing and preservation of food products. Food industry always looks for cost effective and energy efficient drying techniques to commercially succeed in their ventures and to fulfill demand of high quality dried food products. Although a large volume of technical literature is available on drying of foods, it is still quite challenging for scientists and engineers to improve upon the existing drying systems and quality of the products. The book consists of 14 chapters detailing freeze drying, atmospheric freeze drying, swell drying, multi-flash drying, electro-hydrodynamic drying, pulse combustion drying, foam mat drying, ultrasound- assisted drying and fluidized bed drying. It also includes chapters which are commodity-specific such as mushroom drying, drying and roasting of cocoa and coffee beans. The degradation mechanism and kinetics of vitamin C degradation in fruits and vegetables, kinetics modeling of drying process for the recovery of bioactive compounds and energy calculation procedures for dryers is also covered which would be helpful to improve dryer operation and efficiency.
Scheduling means Which nutrient? How much? and When to apply?The basic quantum of NPK used to prepare the schedules is actually the recommended doses (RD) of NPK by relevant public institutions or state agriculture universities. Using these basic recommendations, schedules are prepared to match the growth and the known developmental stages of each crop. In order to enhance the use of the schedules to other regions/countries where different RD is in practice, the book gives information on the basic nutrient split ratios for each growth stage duration. Using these ratios the fertilizers are to be partitioned for each stage of the crop. Each of these parts of fertilizers are then converted into farmer-usable daily doses. However, the schedule is not given on a daily application basis as it was found that most farmers do not want to go for daily dosing (injection). Hence the schedule is reported using a dose for every three days. It is also found that more frequent application schedule will give better yield and nutrient use efficiency.The schedules of most of the crops given in this book are actually field applied by farmers during the last two decades and been in use for several seasons. 1. Introduction 2. Fertigation Ratios and Scheduling
This book fulfils the need for a comprehensive book on the significance of nanotechnology in plant pathology, which furnishes the latest information on this fast developing topic. The book "Nanotechnology in Plant Pathology" explicates essential aspects and is conveniently divided into nine unique chapters, covering the latest information and developments in nanotechnology with respect to plant diseases. The chapters include Introduction to nanotechnology, Categories and characterization of nanoparticles, Nanotechnology in plant disease diagnosis, Nanoparticles in plant disease management, Nanotechnology and pesticides, Nanotechnology in pesticides delivery, Regulations and risks in nanotechnology, Nanotoxicity and Nanosafety. Quality diagrams at appropriate places, convincing tables and suitable graphs / illustrations have been furnished for an impressive reading. Under each chapter, a bibliography providing the list of references cited has also been included for additional reading. The contents of this book, reflecting an extensive literature search, will be useful particularly for teachers, researchers and students in Plant Pathology, the State Departments of Horticulture & Agriculture, Commercial protection centers, Administrators, Policy planners and all those who are interested and concerned with the use and application of nanoparticles in plant pathology.
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