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Hill Agriculture Prospects, Constraints and Mitigations by Ahamad, Shahid

ISBN: 9789351243823
Binding: Hard Bound
Biblio: x+533p., col. figs., tabls., 25 cm
Weight: 1320 gms
Pages: 543
Imprint: Daya Publishing House
Year: 2013
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The rapid change in the agro-ecosystem leaves a snag in the establishment of harmony the discard of the disturb ecosystem due to wide usage of chemical pesticides, fertilizers and synthetic plant growth regulators. The long term effect were overlooked hence, boom of one time become bane for the ecosystem degradation. At the present context, it has become indispensable to look for sustainable crop protection management approaches for disease, insect-pest and crop management in hills and the present book is an effort to this direction.The layout of each chapter includes a brief introduction and pathogen-wise description of the diseases. Some chapters are vividly illustrated with with photographs of typical symptoms, graphs, tables and line drawing to make the subject more interesting and easy to understand for students, Scientists, Planners, Administrators, Growers and other end users with latest pertinent references. The book contains recent information on IDM, IPM Concepts and Practices in Integrated Plant Diseases, Insect-Pest Management, Diseases of Saffaron, Chili, Maize, Minor millets, Rice, Organic vegetatbles farming: its modern concept, principles and world senario, management of diseases and insect pest in Tomato, Sheath blight disease of Paddy, IPM in Vegetables in Hills,Bio-suppression of Insect pest in hills, Agroforestry in North Eastern Hill Region of India, Advances in Field Pea Production and Protection and Underutilized and Underexploited Vegetables Crops in Hills.