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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 competi...

The Text Book has been written including various topics of the Economics, Marketing, accountancy, Entrepreneurship, Livestock Projects and contemporary issues on Animal Husbandry practices in simple and lucid manner referring varied resources. The students undergoing the courses are needed to refer different books and resources for more in-depth knowledge. The diverse experience of the authors through this informative compilation will be helpf...

Postharvest losses, loss reduction technology, handling, maturity indices, postharvest treatments, fruit and vegetable processing aspects, juice processing, drying, extrusion cooking, osmotic dehydration, technology for production of mushroom products, technology for production of health foods, indigenously fermented food products, flavour production technology, fermentation technology for wine production, lactic fermented beverages, latest te...

The Internet, new information and communication technologies today are being entrenched into the fabric of our society at a very rapid rate. The Internet has emerged as an extraordinary prominent medium having a tremendous impact on and within society. Its remarkable attributes and rapid growth, and their profound influence within society have been the subject of enormous media coverage, scholarly publications, specialty magazines, and public ...

Commercial Plant Breeding, R&D, structure in commercial organizations like private seed companies, field crops seed business, international agricultural research centres working on field crops improvement and a few most pertinent seed related regulations and global status of commercialized GM crops. Part-II of the book deals with commercial plant breeding of 14 major crops of commercial interest with emphasis on genomics, phenomics, field leve...

The book is written for students of agriculture, horticulture dealing in Nematology and Entomology. This book covers the historical background including the developments in India and abroad, details of morphology, anatomy and taxonomy of plant parasitic nematodes, relevant nematological techniques and focus on nematode problems in important crop plants and their management.

Pongamia pinnata, popularly known in India as Karanj has been found to be one of the most sustainable trees with regard to its soil enhancement and carbon sequestration properties apart from its stability in seed and oil yield. Pongamia pinnata is also credited with several preventive and curative properties as established by Ayurvedic medicine. It may be recalled that in the decades of nineteen seventies a few villages reaped sustainable inco...

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 na...

Floriculture is a fast emerging and rapidly expanding industry through strong research and development. It covers all aspects related to commercial growing, marketing, arrangement of seeds and bulbs, plants, flowers etc. On the other hand gardening is all about the planning and planting of an area to secure a relationship between the landscape and plants to meet the human needs for beauty and function in the best way. The present title has bee...

The emergence of Digital Technologies integrated with a robust Information and Communication Technology (ICT) framework holds tremendous potential to impact agriculture sector to overcome production, productivity and profitability stagnancy, strengthening market linkages, and enhancing farm management practices. The adoption of digital technologies in precision agriculture modernizes farmers' production practices and leads to uniform annual in...

This book is primarily supposed to be used as a textbook on Soil Chemistry and Plant Nutrients. This has been written to fulfil the requirements of the students studying agriculture at the undergraduate level of all agricultural Universities or other educational institutes in India and abroad. However, postgraduate student and research scholars of soil science and allied field may also equally be benefitted. This book is dealing with fourteen ...

Present era is most tough for highly aspirant youngsters mainly because of highly competitive environment all over the world and only toppers are preferred by employers, hence the competitive examinations are organized for final selection. The general mathematics and aptitude has been the criteria to judge the ability of the candidates. Performance in the examination of the candidates is considered the most suitable parameter for final selecti...

The book provides not only basic information about ultrasound, its application and limitations, patient preparation, selection of transducer, setting the machine, land marks for the organs being scanned, sonographic features of healthy normal organs, ultrasound guided aspiration and biopsy taking, Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (FAST), variations in sonographic imaging of dogs and cats, sonographic findings in different diseases:...

The soils which possess characteristics that make them uneconomical for the cultivation of crops without adopting proper reclamation measures are known as problem soils. For the management of problematic soils, some general principles have to be considered for proper implementation of the reclamation measures. Some soils have serious physical and chemical limitations to cultivation. Physical limitations can be managed by irrigation, drainage, ...

Ch. 10 has a utilization of pectin in semi solids or intermediate food products. Ch.11 may have applications of Ionizing radiation in food processing and other related activities. Ch.12 ranges Rice milling system from the home-scale to the large, complex modern rice-processing installations. Ch.13 covers antifungal agents or antimicrobial food additives need to utilize at extreme concentration or levels in a food to be effective when used alon...

Oilseed crops are a heterogeneous group of plants without common morphological and genetic features except production of seed oil. Nevertheless, the importance of the seed oil or vegetable fat, has resulted in increased scientific interest in improving the yield and quality of the produce. The Oilseeds sector has been one of the most dynamic components of world agriculture, in the past three decades growing at 4.1% per annum surpassing the gro...

It is an introductory level textbook a first course in plant breeding. So, the size is limited so that it can be taught in one semester. Horticultural plant breeders. The book is simple, lucid and correct in presentation.

The present book starts with the soil glossary followed by six main sections namely General Soil Information, Soil Fertility, Soil Microbiology, Soil Chemistry, Soil Physics and Pedology. The distinction in the sections would help students to be more specific toward the potential opportunity which would save their valuable time while preparing for their career.The book will be of immense use to the students who wish to make their career in Soi...

Organic farming is one of the alternate forms of agriculture that is aimed at sustainable agricultural production. It is a holistic way of farming in which quality agricultural production is achieved with an aim to conserve rather improve our natural resources. It relies on crop rotations, green manures, organic manures, biofertilizers, composts and biological pest management for crop production excluding or strictly limiting the use of synthe...

In the recent era, the ability to future generation to produce food and enjoy productivity decreases in a faster rate due to the depletion of the natural resource base through high external input based agriculture. It is believed that, the decline of ancient civilizations in Mesopotamia, the Mediterranean region, Pre-Columbian southwest U.S. and Central America is strongly influenced by natural resource degradation from non-sustainable farming...