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The book throws insights on the concepts of origin and domestication of spice crops. There are elaborative description regarding different modes of reproduction of plants along with crop specific techniques regarding emasculation and pollination techniques. Conventional plant breeding methods has categorically been explained as these concepts would help spice breeders to choose the appropriate breeding tool. Detailed idea from tissue culture to genomics assisted breeding especially the theory and applications of various omics viz., metabolomics, genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, etc., has been elaborated. Finally, different spice breeding information has been comprehensively documented in this book with some useful references to future directions of spice breeding throughout the world. The book shall pave the way for new age researchers, faculties, plant breeders, policy makers and amateur readers towards theoretical and empirical studies as well.

The literature on fungi is huge and expanding rapidly. Many undergraduate students do not have sufficient time to read original publications, and rely solely on the course teacher due to non -availability of illustrated practical book in this field. The book tries to give important and useful information at one place. The main emphasis of this book is to present the fungi in such a simple way which can be understood by students. This book is designed to fulfill the syllabus by covering various aspects of fungi. It provides something for everyone from beginners to advanced students and researchers. There has been a continuous need to add atleast some additional recent text and more illustrations to the book for the subject which will benefit the students.

Instability of commodity prices has always been a major concern of the farmers, processors, merchandisers as well as the consumers in an agriculture-dominated economy. Farmers' direct exposure to price fluctuations makes it too risky for them to invest in other wise profitable activities. There are various ways to cope with this problem. The agriculture commodity market is one of them. It serves a risk-shifting function and can be used to lock-in prices in advance instead of relying on uncertain price developments in future. Apart from being a vehicle for risk transfer among hedgers and from hedgers to speculators, these markets also play a major role in price discovery. The primary objective of this book is to impart the basic knowledge of derivatives market, types of derivative markets, agriculture futures market, regulator of commodity market, commodity exchanges, price discovery in commodity market and awareness among various stakeholders of commodity market.

The Objective of this book is to explain and discuss the various green processing strategies, so the Book has been divided into distinct sections which cover 5 sub themes i.e. Green technologies in Food Production, Post Harvest Management and Value Addition for Sustainable Value Chains, Green and eco friendly techniques in food packaging, Waste management and valorization. The First section aims at obtaining insight in various green technologies like non thermal processing technologies. In the Second section, technologies related to waste valorization are discussed, and in Third Section, post harvest management and value addition are described in detail. The Last Section deals with the concerns of various stakeholders in this food value chain and also few topics related to eco friendly techniques. The editors hope that the readers of this book will get a broad overview on all the relevant topics and technologies, and will also find valuable information on Green perspectives in the Food Processing Sector. This book is a welcome resource for Food Engineers/Food Scientists/Food Technologists and academia.

This text book is designed to guide students from a basic knowledge of soil, water, plant, hydrologic and hydraulics to the state-of-the-art of irrigation system design, planning and management. The book will be helpful to the students of Agriculture, Agricultural and Civil Engineering and other related fields.The book is written in simple and lucid languages which will make the students interesting in reading the book and understanding the concept of farm irrigation very effectively. The book is written covering the entire syllabus of Irrigation Engineering which is taught in various State Agricultural Universities and is written as per the recommended syllabus of fifth Deans' Committee meeting of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi.The book will not only be helpful to the students at under-graduate and post-graduate level, but also will be a helping tool for all practicing irrigation engineers, agriculturists, design engineers, researchers, extension personnel and all others who are directly or indirectly associated with irrigation science and engineering.

Conventional tillage and burning crop residues has degraded the soil resource base and intensified soil degradation with concomitant decrease in crop production capacity. The emerging issue of global warming coupled with greenhouse gases emissions has further aggravated the scenario. Conservation agriculture (CA) helps in reducing many negative effects of conventional agriculture such as soil erosion, soil organic matter (SOM) decline, water loss, soil physical degradation, and fuel use. CA helps to improve biodiversity in the natural and agro-ecosystems. Complemented by other good agricultural practices (GAPs) including the use of quality seeds, integrated pest, nutrient and water management etc., CA provides a base for sustainable intensification of the agricultural production system. Moreover, the yield levels in CA systems are comparable and even higher than traditional intensive tillage systems with substantially less production costs. The conservation agriculture (CA) practiced over an estimated 100 M ha area worldwide and across a variety of climatic, soil and geographic zones, has proved to be energy and input efficient, besides addressing the emerging environment and soil health problems. The CA technologies involving no- or minimum tillage with direct seeding and bed planting, residue management (mainly residue retention) and crop diversification have potential for improving productivity and soil quality, mainly by soil organic matter (SOM) build-up.This bring many possible benefits including reduced water and energy use(fossil fuels and electricity), reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, soilerosion and degradation of the natural resource base, increased yields and farm incomes, and reduced labour shortages.

The book has been written as Text Book for Undergraduate level covering all the syllabus of course entitled Fundamentals of Plant Pathology. The main features of this volume are as follows: The book has been carefully designed enabling the children to grasp maximum with minimum efforts. The content is illustrated point wise which not only develops the interest of the children but also makes the understanding process become simple. This book will serve immensely for teachers and students in the field of plant pathology. The language is simple and easily understandable. It covers in its 34 chapters, the major part of syllabi offered by Indian universities especially in plant pathology. The glossary of technical terms has been presented for ready reference.

The present book entitled "Innovations in Fishing and Fish Processing Technologies" highlights various aspects of fish genetic resources, advanced mariculture and ornamental fisheries covering major dimensions of harvest and post-harvest technologies in fisheries and fishery extension. It covers the whole gamut of innovative, advanced and cost-effective technologies dealing with recent trends in fish harvesting including responsible fishing, design of improved gears and trawls; development and standardization of various post-harvest techniques, value added product development, hygienic handling; techniques for extraction of biomedical, pharmaceutical and industrial product from aquatic organisms; developing nutraceuticals from rest raw materials; biotechnological approaches for fish disease diagnostic tools; quality management and maintaining food safety standards; design and development of tools and techniques for harvesting and storage of fishes; effective extension methodologies, value chain management and entrepreneurship development in fishery.

The book deals with different aspects concerning biofertilizers or microbial fertilizers with 15 chapters. The chapter 1-5 deals with basic aspects of microbial fertilizers, chapter 6 deals with the responses of horticultural crops to biofertilizers and chapter 7 deals with the consortial biofertilizers which is very important as the biofertilizers consortia provides multiple functions for sustainable production. The chapters 8-10 deals with formulations, quality and constraints in biofertilizers respectively. The chapter 11-12 deals with recent advances and future research perspectives in biofertilizers. The chapters 13-14 covers major manufacturers and the essential equipments required for biofertilizer production. This book will certainly provide basic and useful information on the various role of biofertilizers for horticultural crops and the users may find this book useful. An attempt has been made in this book to include all the basic and applied aspects of biofertilizers

This book will serve as handy material for farmers and students as well as to the teachers dealing with undergraduate students in animal science discipline and those appearing for various competitive examinations in animal science, will also find this book equally useful.

The prime focus of this book is to present systematically the importance as well as critical research carried out across the globe to benefit humankind by use of fermentation technology which brought revolutionary changes in improving the health of consumer and thrown light on the changes brought down in the form of nutrition, flavor, their beneficial effect on gut micro biota and enhancement of shelf life to reasonable times. This book is unique and provides an up-to-date comprehensive reference of fermented foods and beverages. The handbook of fermented foods provides in-depth information on seven categories of fermented foods prepared using cereals, pulses, millets, fruits and vegetables, fish, meat and dairy produce. Chapters are devoted specifically for fermentation of major foods and their health benefits. Recent trends in genetic manipulation of lactic acid bacteria, safety aspects of complex microorganisms used in production of fermented foods and their impact on human micro biome has been elucidated. Effect of fermentation process on shelf stability, rheology and sensory attributes, bioactive and anti-nutritional components and flavor and aroma profile are also outlined in detail. Recent trends in fortification, interventions of nanotechnology in packaging of fermented foods and challenges faced by industry in scale up and automation of production of fermented foods has been discussed. Moreover, importance of submerged and solid state fermentation, enzyme production, wine making, role of prebiotics and probiotics in modulation of health are also outlined.

Agroforestry is now recommended as a core subject in the curriculum of undergraduate courses of forestry, horticulture and agriculture. Keeping the needs of the students in mind this book has been written. Besides fulfilling curriculum requirements of the students, it will also help them to prepare for various competitive examinations. The plant lovers may also find this book worth reading. This book has been divided into twenty chapters covering all aspects of agroforestry including concepts, systems classifications, soil productivity, tree-crop interaction, watershed and wasteland management through agroforestry, climate change adaptation and mitigation, carbon sequestration, urban agroforestry, agroforestry design & diagnosis, economics and extension of agroforestry.

This book on Agricultural Engineering integrates post harvest engineering, protected cultivation, land surveying and soil-water conservation engineering. The book organizes the scattered information and provides better practical skills to the students and to serve as a practical reference book for the undergraduate students of Agricultural Science,Horticulture and Agricultural Engineering. The book includes different topics as per the undergraduate agricultural science curriculum. The book will suit to the needs of Agricultural Polytechnics, Trainees of professional training institutions including post harvest laboratories, KVK, Soil Conservations Training Centres.

Analysis of any constituents qualitatively and quantitatively is important to any scientific field. Analytical chemistry is a collection of analytical methods. It is an approach to study chemical problems. It is the ideal place in the undergraduate curriculum in science for explaining topics such as common laboratory tools and apparatus, volumetric, gravimetric and instrumental methods. Analytical methods may come and go but the practice for designing and validating analytical methods are universal. The aim of this book is to find a more appropriate balance between classical and modern analytical methods. Therefore in order to understand the basic analytical principles, various analytical methods such as volumetry, gravimetry and instrumental methods this book has been written in simple and lucid manner to meet out the requirements of students at undergraduate level.

This book "Maize Research in India : Retrospect & Prospect" focuses on 60 years of maize research in India's through first All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) of the country. The book chapters compiled from different part of the country having contemporary and historical importance of maize research for development in the country. Theses state-wise chapters offering a comprehensive overview and provides a detailed information about trend of the major growing areas, maize based industries, cropping systems, agricultural practices, AICRP achievements, constraints in maize production, package of practices, yield gaps, climatic patterns and key R4D challenges and their probable solutions. Overall, it demonstrates the options for future progress and thrust of maize with special reference to nutritional and industrial quality improvement, hybrid seed production, cultivation of specialty corn, value addition, biotic and abiotic stress management, etc. The book also has a chapter on the recent worldwide R4D in maize molecular breeding and frontier technologies in maize improvement like genomic selection, transgenic, phonemics, doubled haploid (DH) technology etc for making plausible future strategy of maize R4D

The information of this book could be of use for the students, researcher any person willing to know about the subject of nutritional management of livestock, poultry and other animal species. Information is presented in a simple, lucid manner and concise form for the wide range of readers, academicians and researchers.

Cropping Systems : Principles and Practices is a textbook which deals with Cropping systems in detail. The topics covered in this book are in an order, which helps in a better understanding of the concept and will serve as a ready reckoner for the undergraduate and post graduate students. The concepts are presented in a gist form, which helps students to grasp more within a short period of time, simple usage of English and concepts explained with examples are the key features of this book. Agronomical calculations are clearly indicated step by step, which leads to furthermore absorption of the concept. Cropping systems being one of the major courses in Agronomy has its own importance to play with. Not only the syllabus covered helps to clear course exams of undergraduate and postgraduate but also help in clearing many competitive exams, in which the present topic will play a crucial role.

A Handbook of Agricultural Sciences Vol. 2 compiled based on the syllabus of different competitive exams in Agriculture and Allied subjects. This book encompasses 4 units and they are Crop Protection Principles and Practices (Crop Pests, Diseases, Nematodes, Weeds and their Management), Farm Business and Finance Management, Agricultural Marketing and Marketing Intelligence and Agricultural Extension - Principles and Methods. One liner version of book is extremely valuable for preparation of competitive exams like Union and State Public Service Commissions, Agricultural Research Services - National Eligibility Test (ARS - NET), Institute of Banking Personnel Services (IBPS), PG entrance exams of State Agricultural Universities (SAU's), All India Entrance Examinations for UG and PG admissions to agriculture, National Seeds Corporations (NSC), Food Corporation of India (FCI), Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC), Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO), Tamil Nadu Public Service Examinations (Agricultural Officer, Assistant Agricultural Officer), JRF, SRF, RA of Central and State Government schemes and externally funded schemes and other competitive examinations.

There are many textbooks available for plant physiology, difficulty in understanding the terminologies in crop physiology become a hindrance to fully utilizing the textbooks of crop physiology. This book has most of the terminology which is commonly used mainly in Crop physiology and also from biochemistry, plant breeding & genetics, Agronomy, soil science. Besides, few statistical terms that are commonly used in biological research also included. This book will be of immense use to the undergraduates and postgraduates' students of agriculture, biochemistry, and botany and would also helpful in various competitive exams including UPSC, TNPSC, Agricultural officers, Horticultural officers and other exams.

Weather is a basic input for agriculture. It affects the agricultural planning in a big way starting from land preparation to harvesting, processing and transportation. Thus, climate and weather may be considered as the most critical factor determining the sustainability of agricultural systems. Agrometeorology is now recognised as a full-fledged discipline and recommended as a core subject in the curriculum of the agricultural universities. The book covers the syllabus of the course 'Introductory Agrometeorology and Climate Change' meant for undergraduate students of agriculture, horticulture and forestry.

The book covers different topics of nationally economic importance of diseases of fruits and their management. There is a record of huge losses of fruits in terms of yield and quality, which is caused by different plant pathogens.This edited book will be helpful for the students pursuing their degree in agricultural sciences, growers, teachers, extension personnel's and fellow researchers in their respective fields. This book will also helpful as a ready reckoner on the diseases of fruits.

The present book is an amalgamation of various topics which are quite relevant to academics pertaining to food science and technology. Sincere attempts have been made to map consumer's perception in terms of sensory evaluation of processed foods and their role on quality determination. To cover food safe

Animal protein sources such as meat, egg and milk are complete proteins as they provide all essential amino acids in highest quality. To provide high quality protein to humans, livestock have to be fed with toxin free quality feedstuffs. Animal feed plays a major role in the global food industry, as it has highest returns to the producer throughout the world. Animal feeds are produced either by livestock farmers themselves locally or feed manufacturing companies. Feeds produced have to be secured and stored in a proper manner to avoid microbial as well as any other biotic agents. Mycotoxins are such naturally occurring toxin produced by the fungal growth. The molds can grow in any of the feed stuffs like maize, other cereals, Groundnut cake and other oil cakes in warm humid climatic conditions.Mycotoxins can have variety of serious health hazards ranging from mild irritation to deadly cancers in livestock and humans. Addressing the issues related to mycotoxin is the need of the hour. With globalisation of the feed industry and rapid climatic changes, it is very difficult to enumerate the occurrence and presence of the toxin in the feedstuff. These unnoticeable toxin effects may have direct and indirect impact on animal production system. It is very essential to have adequate knowledge about the metabolism, growth and reproduction of various mycotoxins and the toxicological properties of their intermediate products produced during metabolism to neutralize these toxins.