ADVANCES IN INTEGRATED PEST AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT IN HORTICULTURAL CROPS, VOLUME 3: ORNAMENTAL, MEDICINAL, AROMATIC AND TUBER CROPS - Hardcover

REDDY P. PARVATHA

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9380012187 ISBN 13: 9789380012186

Publisher: Studium Press (India) Pvt.Ltd., 2009

Synopsis

Floriculture is estimated to cover an area of 126,000 ha with production of 694,000 MT of loose Flowers and 2762 million numbers of cut flowers during 2006. Medicinal Crops form one of the important Groups due to their Demand in various pharmaceutical Industries and also to earn Foreign Exchange by way of export. Aromatic crops occupy an area of 0.262 million ha with production of 0.202 million tonnes. The Annual Tropical root Crop production (potato, sweet Potato and cassava) is in the range of 11.835 million MT grown in 1.909 million ha with Productivity of 19.7 MT/ha, Of the several factors responsible for lower productivity of ornamental, medicinal, aromatic and tuber crops, pests (insect pests, Diseases and nematode parasites) are considered as important limiting factors. The information is very much scattered. The present Book deals with the above aspects in detail using regulatory, physical, cultural, chemical, biological, host plant resistance and Integrated methods. The book i

About this edition

• Publisher: Studium Press (India) Pvt.Ltd.
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 9380012187
• ISBN 13: 9789380012186
• Binding: Hardcover