Fundamentals of Groundwater and Drainage Engineering
This university level text book is written to serve as a ready reference for students of agricultural and civil engineering degree programs. It provides an explicit description of the theoretical concepts on groundwater, well hydraulics, well construction, water lifting devices, waterlogged soils, soil permeability measurement, equations for evaluating depth and spacing of drains, surface and subsurface drains, tube well drainage system, and salt affected soils. Fundamentals of Groundwater and Drainage Engineering, is a book for undergraduate as well as postgraduate students for refreshing their basic knowledge. It is especially useful for the students preparing for the examinations of ASRB and JRF.
Fish Population Dynamics and Stock Assessment
Fisheries tend to collapse because of fleet over-capacity, leading to harvesting the stocks of fish beyond their ability to recover. On the other hand, fish stocks may also be under-utilized because of fleet under-capacity. The fishery managers have to strike a balance by directly controlling the fishing capacity (input control) and/or by setting restrictions on the catch (output control). The key factor in the success of striking this balance is the application of fisheries management based on scientific advice coming from results of stock assessment models. This book entitled "Fish Population Dynamics and Stock Assessment" has been written to meet the requirements of graduate, post graduate students, researchers and scientists in fish stock assessment. Written in a textbook form, this book encompasses the knowledge of principles of stock assessment, sampling techniques, age determination, growth parameters, mortality parameters, gear selection, stock assessment models, fisheries management etc. If this book could help and guide the students and researchers, we shall feel amply rewarded. The book contains 16 chapters that have been explained very clearly with numerous illustrative examples, leaving no scope for confusion.
Diseases of Pulse Crops and their Management
Pulses, a group of leguminous crops belonging to the Fabaceae family of the plants are attacked by many fungi, viruses, bacteria and nematodes causing different diseases resulting in substantial yield losses. This book includes 21 chapters on diseases like wilts, yellow mosaic, sterility mosaic, leaf curl, common mosaic and the diseases caused by Rhizoctonia, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Sclerotium rolfsii and their management. This book shall not only prove to be a valuable reference point but would also be highly useful to the different stakeholders in mitigating yield losses due to diseases in pulse crops and leading to increase in production and farmers' income.
Fish in Nutrition
The present book entitled ""Fish in Nutrition"" comprises of eleven chapters which covers right from the nutritional composition of fish and shellfish to the effect of different cooking methods on nutritional composition of fish. It provides a detailed note on the macro and micro-nutrients present in fish and also the factors affecting their composition. This book will be highly useful for students of fisheries university and researchers pursuing careers in fisheries, food, nutrition and allied courses.
Fundamentals of Molecular Biology and Plant Biotechnology
This book covers the courses offered in Molecular Biology and Plant Biotechnology at under graduate level in all General and Agricultural Universities of India in one compact volume of 22 chapters. Hope, this volume would be useful to the students, teachers and researchers engaged in the teaching and research of Molecular Biology and Plant Biotechnology.
Handbook of Marine Chemistry
The earlier book entitled "Marine Chemistry" written by me and published in 2007 has been thoroughly revised and enlarged to include recent developments in chemical oceanography. The seven chapters included in the earlier book have been expanded into eleven incorporating additional information such as the origin of the ocean, isotopic composition of seawater, speciation of major and minor elements, role of trace metals in global climate control, distribution of reactive (non-conservative) gases such as nitrous oxide (N2O), nitric oxide (NO), Methane (CH4) and dimethyl sulphide [(CH3)2S]. Distribution of CO2 components e.g. partial pressure (PCO2), pH, total alkalinity (TA) and total CO2 ("CO2) in seawater, segregation (horizontal) of bio-limiting elements, iron fertilization, methods of organic matter characterization and major classes of organic bio-molecules such as hydrocarbons, carbohydrates, amino acids and proteins, complex and simple lipids, and pyrroles and porphyrins in seawater are also included. Five new chapters (12-16) of special significance and present day relevance namely, the Global carbon cycle and climate change; Hypoxia (Reducing environments); Hydrothermal vent fluids; Chemical diagenesis and interstitial waters; and fossil and bio-fuels have been incorporated in the book. Important topics such as Role of ocean on global carbon cycle and climate, Use of oceans to mitigate anthropogenic CO2 emissions, Typical anoxic/hypoxic environments for example, Black Sea, Cariaco Trench, Framvaren Fjord, Northern Gulf of Mexico and the Arabian Sea; Categorization of hydrothermal vent fluids and their chemical composition; Diagenesis of organic matter in sediments and typical pore water profiles of major cations and anions, alkalinity, pH and Eh and some redox species are included. Distinction of fossil (petroleum and natural gas) and bio (ethanol, diesel, methane, hydrogen, BtL) fuels; Relative merits and limitations of fossil and biofuels, and future strategies of biofuels have been described in detail. The book thus provides the latest information on marine chemistry to be used as a course material in chemical oceanography to graduate/post-graduate students. It is written in a simple and lucid style that can be easily followed not only by the students but also by the practicing scientists and engineers working in marine environment and related areas.
Agroforestry
Agroforestry is the growing of both trees and agricultural crops on the same piece of land. They are designed to provide tree and other crop products and at the same time protect, conserve, diversify and sustain vital economic, environmental, human and natural resources. Agroforestry differs from traditional forestry and agriculture by its focus on the interactions amongst components rather than just on the individual components themselves. Agroforestry is recently gained great importance nationally and internationally due to its role in providing large number of ecosystem services. This book covers all basic and applied aspect of agroforestry e.g. planning, designing, tree improvement, management, ecosystem services, climate change, industrialization, engineering and, agroforestry programmes and policy in an easy and understandable manner. The book has been prepared to serve as a reference book to all the stakeholders engaged in activities related to agroforestry development. This book can also be useful for teachers and students engaged in the field of agriculture, environmental science and engineering, climate science, policy planning and land use system designing, etc.
Aquatic Food Safety and Quality Management
This book gives the general introduction about quality and quality parameters of fish and fishery products. This explains the quality and safety problem associated with seafood industry and their assessment. This book gives details on various standards applicable for export of fish and fishery products. The quality of affluent and treatment of effluent water of seafood Industry was explained with different mechanism. The concept of Total Quality Management in relation with HACCP concept and pre requisite program such as GMP and GHP explained with examples. This book gives importance of overall food safety and quality system through an adequate and appropriate understanding of the quality and safety parameters by all the stakeholders in the food chain.
Commercial Chicken Egg Production
The objective of this book is to elaborate the commercial chicken production system of India with our own farming perspectives. There is a striking difference between western and Indian poultry production systems, which has to be clearly understood for effective professional practice of poultry production in India. Largely, Indian poultry system is tropical climate based and our experience in tropical chicken egg production is unique.The content of commercial chicken egg production is sequentially presented in the book for easy and comprehensive learning and activities have also been provided at the end of each chapter for practice. The target audience for this book is undergraduate and postgraduate students of veterinary science, poultry science, commercial poultry farm managers, farming aspirants and practicing field veterinary technocrats etc.
Soil and Applied Microbiology
In the present book "Soil and Applied Microbiology" subject matter has been presented through nineteen chapters and four units. The first unit soil microbiology briefly explains introduction to soil microbiology, history and development of soil microbiology, distribution and importance of microorganisms, diversity of uncultivable microorganism - metagenomic approach, rhizosphere and its importance, plant growth promoting rhizobacteria, plant - microbe interactions and bio-geochemical cycling. The next unit environmental microbiology deals with introduction to environmental microbiology, soil microorganisms in biodegradation of pesticides and herbicides, biogas production, biodegradable plastics and bioremediation. The third unit food microbiology describes microorganisms associated with food & dairy products. Biofertilizer, microbial agents, microbial products, antibiotics - microorganisms involved & importance and biosensor are depicted in unit fourth. The book will be immense value for students, teachers, researchers, microbiologists, biotechnologist and other people interested in soil and applied microbiology .
Environmental Issues
Due to the ever increasing demands of human beings there is an additional requirement of understanding environmental issues related to human activities, and their effect on the planet. The need to protect the environment seems frequently in conflict with the need to feed the ever growing population, to supply the energy to the industries, transportation and fueling other needs. The present textbook begins with the basic knowledge of environmental issues. The aim of the book is to present an outline of environmental problems created by human beings in their quest to produce food and make life comfortable; to highlight the effects of these problems on environment, living organisms and humans themselves; to draw attention to the work of individuals, groups and governments in their efforts to solve these environmental problems and preserve the environment and the world for the future generations. This book will discuss the broad overview of the global and regional environmental issues including global warming, ozone layer depletion, environmental pollution, regional issues like desertification, eutrophication, siltation etc. It includes coverage of contemporary hot topics such as biodiversity, urbanization and deforestation. This book will be very useful not only for the Environmental Science students, but also for all other PG students who have opted for the Environmental Issues course in open elective course. It is presented in highly readable manner that makes it easy for the students with limited science background, while remaining useful to those with more. Efforts have been made to make the readers understand the causes of environmental problems and find local and global solutions to these problems. It will help the students to understand the need to protect the environment. The easy approach followed in this book will help the students to explore the importance of study of Environmental Issues.
Dynamics of Agricultural Information Management
This festschrift volume is being brought out in honour of Prof. P. A. Shinde, University Librarian, MPKV, Rahuri. The volume is consisting of articles contributed by leading scholars in the field of library and information science from across the country. The volume deals with diversified aspects of Library and Information Science such as ICT in Agricultural Knowledge Management, Digital library, e-resource management, knowledge management, information literacy, Institutional repository, scientometrics and other related topics. It is hoped that this volume will be highly useful for those concerned in the field of Library and Information Science.
Textbook of Agricultural Heritage
The present book has been designed to cover the undergraduate syllabus of Agricultural Heritage as per ICAR 5th Deans' Committee report. It covers the entire syllabus in one concise volume, which is spread over in 16 chapters viz. introduction to Indian agricultural heritage, ancient agricultural practices and present day agriculture, past and present status of agriculture and farmers, astronomy: prediction of monsoon, ancient soil classification and soil fertility, irrigation and water harvesting, description of Indian civilization and agriculture by travellers, Indian agriculture from past to modern era, plant protection through indigenous traditional method, crop voyage in India and world, history of rice, sugarcane and cotton, gardening in ancient and medieval period: arbori-horticulture orchard, vegetable farming: floriculture perfumes and medicinal plants, crop significance and its classification, importance, scope, researches and national agricultural setup, current scenario of Indian agriculture. Presentation of the book is simple, lucid and unambiguous for easy understanding of the subject matter. It is hoped that this book will be greater use for undergraduate students of agriculture, teachers, extension workers and all other interested in agricultural heritage.
Spiders in Rice
Spiders are least explored non-chemical alternative in insect-pest control. Spiders are often confused with other long-legged insects and mistakenly feared as poisonous. This book provides an introduction to the spiders covering its physical characteristics, behaviour and physiology, neurobiology, reproductive characteristics, habits, habitats, prey, relationships to human beings and various challenges faced in rice cropping with special emphasis on its insect pests and role of spiders as an effective biocontrol agent. Along with as a biocontrol agent, spiders also act as an important detrivores agent and play an important role in food web and overall ecology of the rice field. Spiders are described with simple text and full-colour illustrations. With indiscriminate use of pesticides, spiders are facing threat and populations are decreasing reducing its pest control ability. Hence, there is urgent need to conserve this generalist predator by providing artificial shelters, promoting bio-rational control methods and restricting use of chemicals in the rice fields. This book is an asset for students, teacher and researchers of plant pathology, agronomy, entomology, zoology, crop protection as well as person engaged in spiders in rice
Pests of Plantation Crops
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.
Redefining Agricultural Libraries in Knowledge Society
This Festschrift volume is being brought out in honour of Dr. Arun Kumar Jain, which consists of number of articles contributed by learned scholars from different parts of the country. The volume deals with diversified aspects of Library and Information Science such as ICT in agriculture, knowledge management, e-resource management, information literacy, social media, institutional repositories, RFID technology, library automation, scientometrics and other related aspects. It is hoped that this book is highly useful for the persons concerned in the field of Library & Information Science.
Introduction to Maintenance Plant Breeding
This book covers the courses offered in Plant Breeding at Post-graduate level in all Agricultural Universities of India. It includes variety release procedure, categories of improved seed, indian seeds act 2004, protection of plant varieties and farmers' rights act 2001, DUS testing, seed certification, causes of varietal deterioration, basics of maintenance breeding, genetic basis of maintenance breeding, agronomic basis of maintenance breeding, nucleus seed production of cereals, nucleus seed production of millets, nucleus seed production of commercial crops, nucleus seed production of oilseeds, nucleus seed production of pulse crops, nucleus seed production of fiber crops, nucleus seed production of A, B and R lines and intellectual property rights. Glossary of technical terms has been provided at the end for ready reference of readers. Hope, this book would be useful to the students, teachers and researchers engaged in the teaching and research of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Seed Technology.
Biology and Culture Potential of Chitala chitala
The humped featherback, Chitala chitala (Hamilton, 1822) represents an important fishery resource in different parts of South-East Asia and particularly in India. But due to overexploitation and habitat degradation this species has been categorised as endangered (EN) in the Conservation Assessment and Management Plan, 1998 and Near threatened by IUCN (2014). Therefore, large-scale farming would not only ensure the sustainable resource utilisation and biodiversity conservation, but also will help to widen the consumer's preference for this new candidate species to diversify Indian freshwater aquaculture. For the successful culture practice the entire knowledge on the particular species is very important. Thus, we have made an effort to compile all the available information from different national and international publications with some very interesting data collected from the farmers who are presently culturing this important species to increase its production. We hope this contribution will definitely encourage the students and support the future researchers as well as the aqua culturists as a standard guide by providing all the updated research information on Chitala.
Organic Manure
Agriculture - the base for our life has been affected the most due to chemical farming system. Although, this leads to the maximum production of the crops and the vegetables on one side but hyper toxification of soil and water on the other. We have to minimize such farming system at the earliest and adopt organic farming system for the better future of the generations in the years to come. Sources of various raw substrates and their bio-transformation in to organic compost are some of the major issues for the farming communities. The present book is a key to disclose sources and availability of such raw and bio-degradable substrates which are generated every day and are either thrown out or dumped in to different places causing air, water and soil pollution along with their easy bio-transformation technologies in to organic manure.
Plant Pathology at a Glance
In this book, attempts have been made to deliver the core of the subject in a concise, easily assimilated form designed to compete the JRF, SRF, NET and ARS. It may be useful to seek admission in Ph. D. in Plant Pathology through entrance examinations of various institutions and get through screening tests conducted by Public Service Commission of various states for jobs in Plant pathology/Plant Protection. This book covers all the chapters of plant pathology including historical background, molecular plant pathology, breeding for resistance to disease, physiology of diseased plants, root diseases, seed-borne diseases, postharvest diseases of fruits and vegetables, diseases caused by fungi, bacteria, viruses, viroid, virusoid, phytoplasmas, spiroplasmas, protozoa and abiotic stresses etc. It contains objective questions with answers to be asked in various competitive exams. This book is designed to satisfy the needs of students preparing for competitive exams and to understand the fundamental aspects clearly and easily.
Microbiology of Fish and Fishery Products
This book gives the general introduction about the historical evaluation of basic microbiology and food microbiology. The clear understanding on the intrinsic and extrinsic parameter associated with the bacteria growth explains in details. This book individually deal with the spoilage and pathogenic bacteria of chilled, frozen, cured, thermal processed and value added fishery products. The occurrence of indigenous and non-indigenous seafood-borne pathogen such as Vibrio spp., Listeria spp., Clostridium spp., Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., Staphylococcus spp., Escherichia coli. etc. This book also provides details on fungus, parasitic and viral pathogen associated with fish and fishery products. This book gives details on conventional and advance techniques involved in microbial analysis.
Question Bank on Agricultural Extension
The book is a compilation work and questions are substantially acquired from different competitive exams. A wide coverage of entire subject divided into nine chapters viz. Introduction to Agricultural Extension, Agricultural Communication, Media and Information Technology, Programme, Planning and Rural Development in Agriculture, Management in Agricultural Extension, Training and Research Methodology, Adult Education, Rural Sociology and Educational Psychology, Entrepreneurial Development and Elementary Statistics. This book consists of chapter-wise objective type questions like Multiple Choice, Fill in the Blanks and Mark True or False will enable the readers to update their knowledge quickly. Glossary are given at the end for ready reference. This book would be very useful for those appearing for various competitive examination, like post-graduate, SAUs Entrance, Ph.D. JRF, ARS, ICAR- NET, SET, Agricultural Officer, Bank (PO) (Agriculture), ADO and Allied Agricultural Examinations conducted by different agencies.
Fundamentals of Soil and Water Conservation Engineering
The textbook titled 'Fundamentals of Soil and Water Conservation Engineering' broadly covers and illustrates basic concepts of soil and water engineering taught to the students of B.Sc. (Agriculture) Honours. Considering the emerging challenges, the scope of the book has been widened to include few chapters that may find place in any future revision of the courses by the Dean's committee. Besides, inclusion of these chapters makes this book a handy guidebook to the students of agricultural engineering. It covers most issues of interest for the students in an easy to understand manner. The textbook has a total of 32 Chapters, divided into four sections. The book begins with a section on Engineering Survey having 10 chapters. Farm development is grouped into five chapters and includes issues such as land levelling, groundwater and pumps, open and underground conveyance systems and farm drainage. The third section on irrigation water management is divided into 6 chapters. The section on soil and water conservation engineering is the largest section divided in 11 chapters. This section can serve as an independent textbook in several universities that have made soil and water conservation engineering a separate one semester course. Objective type questions, glossary of terms and subject index are included. Besides serving as a text book, it will prove to be a handy resource book to conduct specialized training programs on soil and water management. This book will find its due place in the shelves of students and teachers, field functionaries and college libraries of state agricultural universities, deemed universities and engineering colleges. The textbook titled 'Fundamentals of Soil and Water Conservation Engineering' broadly covers and illustrates basic concepts of soil and water engineering taught to the students of B.Sc. (Agriculture) Honours. Considering the emerging challenges, the scope of the book has been widened to include few chapters that may find place in any future revision of the courses by the Dean's committee. Besides, inclusion of these chapters makes this book a handy guidebook to the students of agricultural engineering. It covers most issues of interest for the students in an easy to understand manner. The textbook has a total of 32 Chapters, divided into four sections. The book begins with a section on Engineering Survey having 10 chapters. Farm development is grouped into five chapters and includes issues such as land levelling, groundwater and pumps, open and underground conveyance systems and farm drainage. The third section on irrigation water management is divided into 6 chapters. The section on soil and water conservation engineering is the largest section divided in 11 chapters. This section can serve as an independent textbook in several universities that have made soil and water conservation engineering a separate one semester course. Objective type questions, glossary of terms and subject index are included. Besides serving as a text book, it will prove to be a handy resource book to conduct specialized training programs on soil and water management. This book will find its due place in the shelves of students and teachers, field functionaries and college libraries of state agricultural universities, deemed universities and engineering colleges.
HRM in Agri-Business
Human Resource Management is the process of proper and maximise utilisation of available limited skilled workforce. The core purpose of the HRM is to make efficient use of existing human resources in the organisation. ABM applied business theories and practices to the agricultural industry for lower costs, boost profits and ensure that farm or food products are grown and distributed effectively. The present book entitled "HRM in Agri-Business" comprises of eleven chapters. Efforts have been made to incorporate information on introduction to human resources management, introduction to human resource planning, human resources and business growth, career planning, training and development, agri-business planning, HRM in Agri-business expansion, agri-business financial management, working capital management in agri-business, agri-business capital budgeting compensation management and HRM training. Detailed glossary of important terms are provided at the end of each chapter will enable the readers to update their knowledge. It is hoped that the book is quite useful for students, teachers and researchers of management, commerce, economics, agri-business management, policy makers and people having concern for HRM and agri-business management.
Toxicity in Fishes
This book provides glimpses into the recent 'Mechanisms of toxicity in fishes' and it is first such holistic and explicable attempt, incorporating a comprehensive update account of the heavy metals as water pollutants and almost every essential fundamental aspect about their chronic toxicity in fishes. The book has 2 parts and each is well defined to its contents in total 14 chapters, such as 'Scope of water pollution and the important definitions; Industrial and non-industrial water pollutants; Metal epidemiology; Occurrence of heavy metals in water bodies; Metal uptake and their accumulation in fish tissues; Health risks of metals in fishes; Symptomatic morphological and behavioral aberrations; Metal induced biochemical changes in fish tissues; Hematological and Immunological alterations; Enzymatic alterations; Stress proteins and a specific chapter on 'The Oxidative stress and the Arsenic toxicity'. This book will essentially be of much importance to the fish scientists, ecologists, and the agricultural scientists working in various state universities and ICAR institutes.
Sustainable Development through Innovative Agriculture
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) deals with aspects like poverty, hunger, food and nutritional security, health, education, gender and empowerment, resource conservation and combating climate change etc., which requires intervention of innovative technologies in agriculture capable of ensuring sustainable agriculture and rural development. An attempt has been taken on these perspectives to document the emerging promising innovative technology and institutional intervention in agriculture. The contents in the book largely focuses on the potential technologies addressing the contemporary challenges and issues: natural resource conservation, complex diversified risk prone agriculture, climate smart agriculture, crop management, pest and disease management, nutrient management, irrigation management, weed management, waste management, ICT application -sustainable livelihood and institutional interventions. The book will be greatly useful to the technology creators, disseminators, adopters, agricultural educationist, extension professionals, students, research scholars, policy makers and administrators.
Crop Improvement for Sustainability
The present book covers the latest development in the field of crop improvement which includes Use of crop wild relatives/Underutilized Plants, Diversification of Agriculture, Biofortification, Organic farming using Vermicompost, Peri-urban farming, Integrated pest management, Post harvest management, Value addition, 'Omic` approaches for improving crop production, Energy Sustainability, Advancement in bio-nanotechnology with Computational and Statistical tools, which address critical issue for agricultural sustainability for the benefit of researchers, policy makers and government agencies. An important strategy to overcome the challenges in providing food for the world population in a sustainable manner is through concerted efforts by crop scientists to embrace new technologies in increasing yield, quality and improving food safety while minimizing adverse environmental impact of the agricultural activities Thirty noted researchers currently working in crop improvement and related fields bring together the best thinking about achieving crop improvement-especially the development of new genetic combinations; to create a sustainable agriculture.
Perspectives in Animal Ecology and Reproduction Vol. 8
The present volume of the book series "Perspectives in Animal Ecology and Reproduction-Vol. 8" is an excellent compilation of twenty four research as well as review communications, lucidly written by stalwarts from various research institutions and universities. The authors have tried to analyse the ecological spectra vis--vis breeding strategies adopted by diverse group of animals in nature and under controlled conditions, some of which are as given below: (A) Sodium fluoride induced toxicity in the eggs and larvae of Drosophila melanogaster; (B) Does predation affect the life style of freshwater copepoda? (C) Body metric variation in populations of the giant African snail, Achatina fulica (Bowdich) from two different environ; (D) Ionic variability of aquatic environment and osmoregulatory adaptations in teleost fishes: An ecological perspective; (E) Behavioural alterations of freshwater airbreathing teleost, Channa punctatus (Bloch) in response to heavy metal exposure; (F) Fisheries and aquaculture in India-dimension towards development- A review; (G) A critical review on certain aspects of anuran integument; (H) Time budget activity pattern of behavioural displays of captive axis deer (Axis axis); (I) Study of age related changes in the activity of some metabolic enzymes in Cyprinus carpio as biomarkers; (J) Biopesticides- Its prospects and limitations: An overview; (K) Light microscopic as well as ultrastructural changes in adrenal cortex of Mus norvegicus induced by sub-lethal heroin administration; (L) Mating behaviour of commercially important portunid crab Portunus pelagicus; (M) Leydig cell differentiation in adult amphibian (Euphylctis cyanophlystis) testis; (N) Biochemical changes in ovary and uterus of mice after exposure to indoxacarb; (O) Ethno-medicinal use of herbal drugs for enhancing male fertility; (P) Sexual selection and mating systems across the animal world: A review. It is hoped that this volume shall generate further database and interest for the benefit of academicians, researchers and scientists working on animal ecology, breeding, reproduction and other aspects in these fields who shall find the book very useful and indispensable in their relevant research pursuits.
Introduction to Horticulture
The present book entitled "An Introduction to Horticulture" covering all related disciplines. These includes general horticulture. Principles of garden making, soil types and soil preparation, irrigation methods, hydroponics, propagation methods, manures and fertilizers, garden and its components, lawns and landscaping, greenhouse, indoor garden, roof garden, flower, fruit and vegetables, harvesting methods and storage, marketing of fruit, vegetables and flowers, procedures for fruit and vegetables storage and preservation, growth regulators, common diseases of fruit and vegetables and their management, common weedicides, fungicides, pesticides and herbicides. This book is highly useful for the students, teachers, researchers and extension workers engaged in the field of horticulture, fruit science, floriculture, vegetable science and post-harvest technology.
Fish Products and Value Addition
This book deals with the principles of fish preservation and traditional methods of fish preservation like salting, drying, smoking and fermented fish products. It also deals with the value added fish products like extruded fish based products and battered and breaded products.
Fish and Fisheries of Indian Reservoirs
Reservoirs are man-made lakes created by impounding river water for the purpose of irrigation, hydel power generation, flood control and industrial water needs. In India a large number of river valley projects have been commissioned since independence as a part of our development activities, resulting in a chain of such artificial impoundments. These water sheets, by virtue of their sheer magnitude and due to their high biogenic production potential, constitute one of the most important resources for inland fisheries development in the country. In present book the existing literature on limnology and fisheries of Indian reservoirs has been reviewed by covering more than 165 reservoirs located in different parts of the country. An attempt has been made to gather authentic information on reservoir morphometry, seed stocking, fish yield, crafts and gears, socio-economic conditions of fishermen and fisheries management followed in different reservoirs scattered in different states of the country. The reservoir fisheries resources and their utilization are dealt with separately in respect of each state. With its application oriented and interdisciplinary approach, It is hoped that the students, teachers, researchers, scientists and policy makers in India and abroad will find this book much more useful.
Biochemical Techniques and Instrumentation
This book consists of detail information on several biochemical techniques such as spectroscopic, chromatographic, and centrifugation methods involved in aquaculture and fisheries. This manual also provides basic information on molecular techniques, instruments and their applications involved in fisheries science. This shall help students and researchers to gain depth knowledge on the fundamentals of instrumentation.
Instant Agriculture Success
Agriculture created enormous job opportunities in various fields, which are based on all those examinations conducted by ICAR, SAUs, state board and banking institutions. All these examination are mostly objective based and students always look for study material that is ready to use and easy to grasp. There are only few books available in market on agriculture which completely fulfil the requirement of the students particularly for those who are preparing for competitive examinations. Keeping in view, it was felt to bring out a book which could serve the basic and innovative knowledge of various fields of agriculture. The present book "Instant Agriculture Success" has been prepared in most simple and precise manner. The main objective of this book is to help readers to quickly grasp the facts comprehensively and systematically from various branches of agriculture.
Commercial Plant Breeding
This book has been designed to cover the undergraduate syllabus of Commercial Plant Breeding in an objective manner. It covers the entire syllabus in one compact volume of 15 chapters. Hope, this volume would be useful to the students, teachers and researchers engaged in the field of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Seed Technology.
Native North-Eastern Ornamental Fish Breeding Techniques
The book covers detailed information about mass production of living capsules, freshwater rotifers, in both the ways, conventional and advanced systems. Further, the book covered detailed information about design, construction and operation of RAS based rotifer culture system with minimum water wastage for commercial operation of finfish and shellfish hatcheries. The detailed experiments on algal production focused on enhancement of pigment content and biomass production of most cultured algal species, Chlorella vulgaris. All cultured ornamental fish species groups from North East India are addressed. Species collection, acclimatization, brood stock development, design and construction of advanced hatcheries & larval rearing raceways have been explained in details. Essential new facts on induced breeding and larval rearing of North East Indian ornamental fishes namely Danio dangila and Puntius sophore in advanced aquaculture system for mass production have been included. Further the book covered the most important portion of nutrition and feeds for effective growth of larva during their initial life stages. This book will be helpful for fish and crustacean farmers to understand the basic principles of advanced aquaculture systems all over the world and will surely help nation to develop blue economy more stable without affecting natural biodiversity.
Textbook of Biology
The present book provides information about the zoological as well as botanical aspects of life. The subject material of the book is divided into seven chapters. Chapter 1 covers the world of living and life processes, chapter 2 and 3 present the control, co-ordination and reproduction in animals and plants, chapter 4 covers the basic concepts of evolution, sex determination and origin of life, chapter 5 deals with sources, forms and utilization of energy, chapter 6 and 7 cover the environment and management of natural resources. The most important feature of this book is that we have included a different types of questions with remember sockets in the last of each chapter from core material for evaluating the learning skill of the students. The language of book is very plain and diagrams are keeping to the simple with concept maps to understanding the student's easily during the study. Thus, this book can be used as a basic subject material for the students and teachers in academics and technical institutes.
Aquaculture in Reservoirs
The present book entitled ""Aquaculture in Reservoirs"" deals with various fishery enhancement tools that can be used to improve the productivity and production of Indian reservoirs. Any fishery enhancement activity in a reservoir should be based on the morpho-edaphic factors of the reservoir. Keeping this requirement in view, the broad coverage on deployment of cage and pen culture methodologies to enhance fish production and use of advanced aquaculture practices were covered. Limnological profile of the major reservoirs and strategies to improve the fish production in these reservoirs were discussed in vivid . The status and potential for applying fisheries management at small, medium and large reservoirs are reviewed with reference to the revised syllabus based on the fifth Deans Committee and ICAR policies as well as the socioeconomic setting and possible alternatives for management systems. This book will be highly useful for students of fisheries university and researchers pursuing careers in fisheries and allied courses.
Fish Genetics and Breeding
This book deals with the various practical problems on concepts based on Mendalian genetics such as monohybrid cross, incompletely dominant genes, lethal genes, dihybrid cross, heterosis in fish breeding, sex determination, inbreeding and effective breeding number, selection and heritability and gene and genotype frequency are given with solution and answers. It is also provides detailed protocol with explanation is also given for induction of Triploidy in fishes, Induction of Gynogenesis in fishes, Preparation of metaphase chromosomes from fish tissues, chromosome preparation from embryos, Cryopreservation of fish sperm and checking the fish sperm motility.
Seed Spices
This book of "Seed Spices" is the concise compilation of scientific information in a bridged form on seed spices production technologies. The book has been divided in to fourteen chapters covering all the cultivation aspects of major and minor seed spices. The efforts have been made to incorporate latest production, protection and postharvest technologies of seed spices developed and generated at ICAR-NRCSS, Ajmer and other research and development organization working under the umbrella of AICRP on spices. It is hoped that the book will be of interest and benefit the researchers, students, development workers, teachers, policy makers, and all interested in seed spices.
Five Inventions in Electro-Fishing in India
The book, "Five Inventions in Electric Fishing in India" describes how a research endeavour could be nourished for such a long period to find out new ways and means to solve the problems of fish capture with the aid of electric stimulation against all odds and difficulties. Neither sophisticated instruments and equipments for the work was available in the country, nor the trained and knowledgeable personnel to assist in the inventory work. With the available materials and equipments in the country, how the new ways and means have been explored, one after another, to solve the problems. Voices have been raised in many quarters about the illegal and improper use of electricity for fishing, which is not only harmful and causing injuries to fishes, but also has become the cause of fatality to the unauthorized applicators. Proper use under the guidance of qualified and knowledgeable persons, the technique was proved to be very useful for fish capture and less harmful than other fishing gears. The technique of harmless electric fishing described in this book will show a new way of using electric stimulation for mass scale fish capture. The book will be useful for the students and will inspire the research workers.
Textbook on Fish Food Organisms
Aquaculture-culture of aquatic organisms including aquatic vegetations under controlled conditions which are now recognized as a viable and profitable farming or enterprise worldwide. Marine larviculture without live feed or crustacean cultures without microalgae are rarities in commercial aquaculture. The development of commercial formulated feeds remains today's upcoming challenge. In the mean time, the industry continues the struggle to produce stable quantities of high quality live feeds. There are important major areas of interest in which twenty three chapters are included. This textbook aims for a better understanding of biology and culture requirements live feeds with examples. This is a guide for anyone who interested in areas range from general aquaculture to animal nutrition to live feed manufacture and student communities in particular.
Biology Hatchery and Culture Technology of Tiger Prawn and Giant Freshwater Prawn
Prawns though not belonging to the group of fishes are the most priced arthropoda and high ranking of the list of delicacies of the people all over the world. Due to its exorbitant demand in the international market, the culture of prawns has become lucrative vocation. In the recent years, the export of prawns from India has increased manifold. There is a enormous potential for the culture of the prawns in India. The book highlights the following aspects of prawn and its culture methods: taxonomy, morphology and biology of prawn. Hatchery, culture technique and diseases of the prawn are described in detail. This edition deals exclusively with the design and construction of the rearing ponds, management practices and feeding strategies.
Sugarcane Production
Sugarcane is the most extensive food-cum-cash crop and occupies a very prominent position in the world. The sugar industry is an integral part of the food and agriculture sector. At present time, it is facing a critical global challenge to ensure access to safe, healthy and nutritious food for a growing population. Better agricultural yields and sugar content have been a major factor in improving productivity in the sugar industry. The present book aims to provide latest techniques of sugarcane cultivation which can help to improve quality and quantity of sugarcane crop in scientific and sustainable manner. This book is also useful for students, researchers, sugar industries official and extension workers who are involve in sugarcane production and technology dissemination.
Practical Handbook on Ostrich Husbandry
This book has been written for the sole purpose of reaching those who are interested to establish an Ostrich farm. Ostrich farming is as old as any other traditional farming, but with higher rate of return. Ratites (Ostrich and emu) are the only poultry species which have wide variety of products which are accepted universally. This book provides all the recent and relevant information required for the establishment of Ostrich farming. There have been very few authors who have written on Ostrich farming. Both the authors had been closely associated with Ostrich rearing for many years. The wide gaps felt during their days of rearing ostriches have been filled up in this book for the new comers. Ostrich farming has been one of the money spinners in South Africa for many decades. The market for Ostrich products has not been as steady as expected in other enterprises. Initially they were reared for their beautiful flumes, then for their priceless skin and now for their exceptional health beneficial meat and oil. Lack of technical knowledge on nutrition, breeding, reproduction, health cover, etc. have further led to the decline in Ostrich rearing. The contents of this book has been conscientiously experienced and written. This book deals with the topics from the history of Ostrich farming to the future of Ostrich farming covering all aspects of Ostrich farming from chick to adult management, their nutrition, their health, their housing, their breeding, saleable products, etc.
Cow Planner 2024
Cow Planner 2024 Schedule Each Appointment and Stay Organized in 2024!Would you like to: - See your schedule at a glance?- Have a clear overview of your to-do list?Then look no further...This beautiful Daily Planner 2024 lets you keep track of everything you care about.Get This 2024 Monthly Planner and Start Organizing Your LifeThis stylish agenda scheduler will make things easy. Take back control of your time, to do what really matters.This is What You Can Use This Planner For: - Keep track of appointments- Birthdays of loved ones- Meetings at the office- Family events- Medical visits- HolidaysBasically, anything you want to plan!What Will You Get If You Buy This 2024 Year Planner?- 2024 Calendar: January - December- Monthly calendar spread (2 pages!), giving you a birds-eye view of each month- For every day, space to write down your goals, tasks, and appointments- Large size: lots of space to write + quick overview of your schedule- Perfect bound and printed on high-quality durable paper- Soft, premium coverSo, would you like to be on top of things in 2024?Then don't wait any longer and click the 'Buy' button to get this 2024 planner.
China's High-Tech Companies
China is now considered a tech superpower in many areas. This book illustrates certain aspects and case studies of China's technological developments and further analyzes them under various areas like coal energy, housing, connectivity, digital and space technologies. Furthermore, it examines technological developments in the periphery of China, focusing especially on Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). This book does not pretend to be comprehensive in its coverage albeit surveys a spectrum of sectors in China and Hong Kong to get an idea of their developments. By peering into China through the mainland continental perspective and also looking into China from its periphery (e.g., 'Greater China' perspectives from HKSAR), this book provides readers with the broad contours of technological development in China through a multidisciplinary area studies perspective.
Analyzing Farmer Stubble Burning Behavior
In "Analyzing Farmer Stubble Burning Behavior," Govind Kumar delves into the complex and pressing issue of stubble burning, a practice that has garnered significant attention due to its detrimental effects on the environment, public health, and agriculture. Kumar, a distinguished researcher and expert in the field of agricultural sustainability, offers a comprehensive examination of the factors driving this behavior among farmers in agricultural regions.Kumar's book presents a meticulous analysis of the socioeconomic, cultural, and ecological drivers behind stubble burning practices. Drawing on extensive fieldwork, data analysis, and a deep understanding of rural communities, the author sheds light on the motivations and constraints faced by farmers. By exploring the multifaceted nature of this issue, Kumar provides valuable insights into crafting effective policies and interventions to mitigate stubble burning.Throughout the book, readers will encounter a rich synthesis of empirical evidence, case studies, and policy recommendations. Kumar's writing is accessible, making this book a valuable resource for policymakers, researchers, students, and anyone interested in understanding and addressing the challenges of stubble burning in agriculture."Analyzing Farmer Stubble Burning Behavior" serves as an essential guide for navigating the complex dynamics surrounding this critical environmental issue and offers hope for sustainable solutions to ensure a healthier future for our planet
