Perspectives in AgroecosystemIndian agriculture has witnessed a remarkable progress during the past three decades. Apart from high yielding varieties and modern agricultural technologies, a number of agricultural inputs have played a key role in achieving the phenomenal increase in agricultural production. The present book provides the state of agroecosystem vis-a-vis environment and outlines future directions so that sustainable agriculture is achived without causing extensive damage to the fragile agroecosystem. This book is a unique compilation of 71 research articles of eminent scientists, which would prove useful to students, teachers and research scholars in various disciplines of agricultural science. It would be also helpful to administrators and policy planners to devise strategy to provide pollution-free environment and food to the teeming population. Contents Chapter 1: Role of Vermicompost in Agroecosystem by Arvind Kumar and Chandan Bohra; Chapter 2: Use of Green Manure and Green Leaf Manure in Rice Agroecosystem by A Solaimalai, P T Ramesh and M Baskar; Chapter 3: Accumulated Soil Enzymes in a Soil Profile under Different Agroecosystem by V Sunitha and M A Singara Charya; Chapter 4: Cement Dust Pollution in Kashmir: Response of Phaseolus vulgaris to Cement Dust Treatment under Soil Amendments by A H Zargar, M Y Zargar and M A Khan; Chapter 5: Weed Control Efficiency of Different Herbicides in Transplanted Paddy under Temperate Conditions of Kashmir Himalaya by Zafar Reshi and B L Sapru; Chapter 6: Effect of Azospirillum Inoculation and Growth Regulators Application of Sunflower (Helianthus annus L) by D Reetha, D Stellan and M D Sundaram; Chapter 7: Climatic-Planning and Weather-Monitoring of Crop Production by Venkataraman; Chapter 8: Biodegradation of Lignocelulosic Paddy Straw by Soil Fungi by Ch Vijaya and M A Singaracharya; Chapter 9: Influence of Irrigation Schedules and Herbicide Application Methods on Nodulation in Groundnut by G M Sujith; Chapter 10: Effect of Rice-cum-Fish Culture on Soil Fertility Status of Soil in Rainfed Lowland Ecosystem of Coastal Saline Zone of West Bengal by M Ghosh, D Maiti, P K Jana, P Bandyopadhyay and A K Pal; Chapter 11: Management of Radish Mosaic Disease in Himachal Pradesh by Usha Sharma, S C Chowfla, Anil Handa, P D Thakur and Bhupesh Gupta; Chapter 12: Effect of Simulated Acid Rain on Germination and Seedling of Cymopsis tetragonoloba Var Cazg-9819 by T I Khan and Shikha Devpura; Chapter 13: Isoproturon: A Suitable Herbicide for Weed Management in One of the Rabi Cereal-Wheat by Jaishree Dubey; Chapter 14: Effect of Moisure Conservation Practices on Soil Moisture Content and Growth of Khejri (Prosopis cineraria) by B L Jat, S R Naga, Mahendra Singh and G L & Yadav; Chapter 15: Correlation, Path Coefficient and Partition of Correlation in Summer Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L) under Irrigated Environment by J M L Gulati, D Lenka and B Mishra; Chapter 16: Performance of Castor Genotypes on Growth and Yield under Rainfed Condition by R Govindan, B Sannappa, V P Bharathi, M Byre Gowda, M P Singh and D M Hegde; Chapter 17: Effect of Mulching; Nitrogen Management and Organic Manure and Fertilizer Doses on the Growth and Yield of Sorghum by Shiva Kant, Bhagwan Singh, Vinod Kumar and Hiralal Prasad; Chapter 18: Edible Oil Extraction from Sunflower Seeds: A Review by Ritu Srivastava, B N Mishra, D S Bhargava and Shipra Agrawal; Chapter 19: Effect of Zinc Nurtition on Grain Yield of Cowpea under Rainfed Condition by Narayana S Mavarkar, C Sunil, C J Sreedhara and K S Kamath; Chapter 20: Combined Effect of Organic and Inorganic Nitrogen Sources on Growth and Yield of Sugarcane by D A Sonawane; Chapter 21: A Protocol to Reduce the Cost of Nutrient Media for Large Scale Multiplication of Ginger by M C Gayatri, Seema Prakash and S Kiran; Chapter 22: Inheritance of Resistance in Interspecific Hybrid Cotton to Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) by B Mohite Pandurang and S Uthamasamy; Chapter 23: Studies on the Effects of Pesticidal Seed Treatments on Morphological and Physiological Changes in Some Cultivars of Sunflower during Germination by G Panduranga Murthy and S Leelavthi; Chapter 24: Impact on Secretion of Pectolytic and Cellulolytic Enzymes by Blight Pathogen Alernaria triticina on Tomato Plant Parts Extract of Susceptible and Resistance by M P N Singh, J Ahmed and M P Sinha; Chapter 25: Trends in Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering of Horticultural Crops by Anil Handa, Bunty Shylla and Uday Sharma; Chapter 26: Microflora Population and Phenol Content in the Root-Zone Soil of Rice Cultivars under Problem Soils by R Saraswathy, G Arunachalam and P V Jeegadeeswari; Chapter 27: Effect of EMS on Sex Expression and Yield in Cucumis pubescens Willd by M Babu Rao and J K Bhalla; Chapter 28: Performance of NB4D2 Silkworm Breed Reared at Varied Feeding Regimes on Rainfed Mulberry Raised at Different Levels of Calcium Ammoniumnitrate by B Sannappa, M C Devaiah, R Govindan and Ramakrishna Naika; Chapter 29: Performance of Sunflower-Groundnut Intercropping System as Influenced by Sowing Dates of Groundnut by Sumit Chakravarty, K K Dhingra and Maninderpal Singh; Chapter 30: Germination Performance of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L) Genotypes as Influenced by Application of Saline Water by Gurmeet Singh Buttar; Chapter 31: Effect of Spacings, Nitrogen Levels and Bio-Fertilizers on Growth and Yield of Sugarcane by M Dinesh Kumr, H Narayanaswamy and S Pradeep; Chapter 32: Plate Trapped Antigen-Elisa and Partial Characterization of a Distinct Potyvirus in Chillies by Anil Handa, P D Thakur, S C Chowfla and Usha Sharma; Chapter 33: Effect of Growth Regulators in Seed Production on Sunflower (Helianthus Annuus L) by Sanket Sharma, R K Bajaj, Nrinder Kaul and Gurmit Singh; Chapter 34: Effect of Post-Inoculation Sprays of Virus Inhibitors of Plant Origin on Inhibition of Tomato Mosaic Virus by Bhupesh Gupta and Anil Handa; Chapter 35: Adsorption of Cadmium in Selected Sewer Water Irrigated Soil of Semi-Arid Zone by J S Brar; Chapter 36: Heavy Metal Removal by Food and Non-food Crops in Sludge amended Soils by T Chitdeshwari and P Savithri; Chapter 37: Nutrient Management in Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L) Cultivitation Through Different Sources-A Review by D A Sonawane and S B Kharbade; Chapter 38: Growth and Yield Attributes of Some Castor Genotypes under Rainfed Condition by R Govindan, B Sannappa, V P Bharathi, M P Singh and D M Hedge; Chapter 39: Study of the Combined Effect of Herbicide Clomazone with Pendimenthalin for Weed Control in Soybean by D A Sonawane and RM Gethe; Chapter 40: Quality Parameters of Leaves of Some Castor Varieties with Varies Cultivation Practices in Different Locations of Karnataka by R Govindan, B Sannappa, V P Bharathi, M P Singh and D M Hegde; Chapter 41: Recycling of Waste Water for Agricultural Production by M Elayarajan and P Jothimani; Chapter 42: Par Interception and Light Use Efficiency of Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L) and Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L) in Intecropping System by Sumit Chakravarty, K K Dingra and Maninderpal Singh; Chapter 43: Study of Correlation of Coefficient of Physical, Chemical and Biological Characteristics with Catalse Activity in Industrially Polluted and Unpolluted Soils of Warangal (DT) AP by B Lalitha Kumari and M A Singara Charya; Chapter 44: Assessment of Polluted Soils near Aluminium Industry (Industrial Estate) Warangal, Andhra Pradesh by B Lalitha Kumari and M A Singara Charya; Chapter 45: Development of Issues on Mulberry Cultivation in Relation to Silk Production by N Chenthilnayaki, Selvi Sabhanayakam and V Mathivanan; Chapter 46: Population Dynamics of Sucking Pests in Rainfed Cotton and Its Relationship with the Weather Parameters at Akola, Maharashtra by Pradnya Kadam and H G Dandale; Chapter 47: In vitro Micropropagation of Cardiospermum halicacabum Lin from Nodal Segments by Anamika Baro and M C Kalita; Chapter 48: Effect of Plant Growth Regulators on Physiological Disorders, Quality and Yield of Summer Tomato by A B Bhosale, A N Wagh, S B Kharbade and D P Pacharne; Chapter 49: Soil Nutrient Content and Correlations in an Apple Growing Region of Himachal Pradesh by Uday Sharma, B Shyalla and S K Chaudhary; Chapter 50: Flowering and Fruitset in Gherkin (Cucumis anguria L) as Influenced by Plant Densities and Ethrel Concentrations by G M Sujith and Mallikarjun Janamtti; Chapter 51: Cytological Effect of Sewage Water on Root Meristem of Allium cepa by M Sakhivel and S Muthalagi; Chapter 52: Partial Characterization of a Potyvirus Causing Mosaic Disease in Radish (Raphanus sativus) from Himachal Pradesh by Usha Sharma, S C Chowfla, P D Thakur, Anil Handa and I D Garg; Chapter 53: In vitro Interspecific Hybridization in the Genus Gossypium by Pandurang B Mohite and S Uthamasamy; Chapter 54: Influence of Sulphur Sourse and Level on Yields Uptake and Sulphur Use Efficiency of Rice by M Ravichandran, M Rasavel and M V Sriramachandrasekharan; Chapter 55: Dry Matter Production and Nutrient Uptake by Rice in Rice-cum-Fish Farming System in Coastal Saline Zone of West Bengal by M Ghosh, D Maiti, G Sounda, A K Pal and P Bandyopadhyay; Chapter 56: Performance of Different Fish Species in Rice-Fish Farming System in Coastal Saline Zone of West Bengal by M Ghosh, D Maiti, D Datta, A K Pal and P Bandhyopadhyay; Chapter 57: Deposition and Movement of Mercury in MEMC Exposed Rice Seeds During Germination by Narasing Prasad Padhi, Pallabi Padhi and Ashok Kumar Panigrahy; Chapter 58: Influence of Feeding Leaves of Some Castor Varieties on Rearing Performance of ERI Silkworm, Samia cynthia Ricini Boisduval by R Govindanm B Sannappa, V P Barathi, M P Singh and D M Hedge; Chapter 59: Successional Trends of Vegetation on 2-10 Years of Coal Waste Dump of Jharia Coal Field by S K Singh; Chapter 60: Effect of Salinity Stress in the Chlorophyll Content of Three Rice Cultivars of Manipur under Low Temperature Exposures by M H Khan and P K Singh; Chapter 61: A Study on Impact of Hinterland Farm Practices on Coringa Mangroves with Some Eco-economic and Sustainable Solutions by E U B Reddi; Chapter 62: Study on Adoption of Scientific Farm Innovations in Some Selected Areas of Andaman and Nicobar Islands by A K Bandyopadhyay & Shakila Nawaz; Chapter 63: Correlation and Regression Studies in Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L) by Banwari Lal Jat and M S Shktawat; Chapter 64: Autogamy Studies in Sunflower (Helianthus annus L) by R K Bajaj, Sanket Sharma, Narinder Kaur and S R Sharma; Chapter 65: Influence of Weather Parameters on the Incidence of Mosaic Disease of Broadbean by Anil Handa, S V Bhardwaj, Usha Sharma and Bhupesh Gupta; Chapter 66: Effect of Different Herbicidal and Mechanical Methods for Weed Control in Kharif Soybean by D A Sonawane & R M Gethe; Chapter 67: Seed Mycoflora of Some Paddy (Oryza sativa) Varieties Grown in Karnataka (India) by V Lalitha and K A Raveesha; Chapter 68: Yield and Yield Attributes of Maize (Zea mays L) as Influenced by Flooding under Different Planting Methods and Nitrogen Levels by S S Mahal, D G Dejenu, M S Gill and D S Kler; Chapter 69: Effect of Vermicompost of Lantana on Two Cultivars of Wheat by Kavita Grag and Nagendra Bhardwaj; Chapter 70: The Changing Pattern of Demand for Jute Goods in the Context of Environment-An Economic Analysis by Tapati Bhattacharya and Kamal Ray; Chapter 71: Mechanism of Lodging and its Control in Maize (Zea mays L): A Review by D S Kler, Sumit Mishra, Anshuman Kohli, R S Uppal and Monica Mahajan. |