Efficacy of Weed Management Practices in Organic Finger Millet

Basavaraj Patil

ISBN 10: 3330010495 / ISBN 13: 9783330010499

Published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Aug 2017, 2017

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Neuware -Organic farming is gaining momentum in world owing to the concerns expressed on the safety of environment, soil, water and food chain. A concern about the potential increase in weed population due to non use of herbicides is rated as serious problem in organic farming. Since chemical intervention is not permitted for weed management, non chemical weed management is the major limitation in field crops like ragi, paddy and other cereals under organic farming. Finger millet is one of the major staple food of farming communities of southern Karnataka. It is one of the important crops both in terms of grain and fodder in southern parts of India for its value added products and nutritious fodder.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 192 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Efficacy of Weed Management Practices in Organic Finger Millet
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Aug 2017
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3330010495
• ISBN 13: 9783330010499
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 13D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 13 millimeters depth
• Weight: 304 grams

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Synopsis

Organic farming is gaining momentum in world owing to the concerns expressed on the safety of environment, soil, water and food chain. A concern about the potential increase in weed population due to non use of herbicides is rated as serious problem in organic farming. Since chemical intervention is not permitted for weed management, non chemical weed management is the major limitation in field crops like ragi, paddy and other cereals under organic farming. Finger millet is one of the major staple food of farming communities of southern Karnataka. It is one of the important crops both in terms of grain and fodder in southern parts of India for its value added products and nutritious fodder.

About the Author

Author completed B.Sc (Agri) from UAS, Raichur, M.Sc (Agronomy) from UAS, Bengaluru and Ph.D from UAS, Dharwad. Received UAS Merit fellowship during Doctoral programme. He has credit of more than 10 research articles published in reputed journals. Received IPNI Scholar award 2015 for Doctoral research work.