Contents 1 Introduction 2 Growth and Development of Crops 3 Crop growth in relation to environment 4 Growth and the factors affecting growth 5 Crop growth and yield maximization 6 Factors affecting crop production 7 Crop ecology and agro-ecological zones of India 8 Modern concepts in tillage 9 Soil fertility and productivity 10 Integrated nutrient supply for crop production 11 Organic farming 12 Precision farming 13 Dry land farming 14 Farming systems 15 Crop and Land management practices 16 Bioconservation of the environment 17 Systems of crop production 18 Concept of ideal plant type 19 Production and package of practices 20 Natural disasters and its management 21 Role of sustainable agriculture 22 Soil amendments 23 Biofertilizers 24 Land utilization and production pattern 25 Modern concepts of agricultural research References IndexThis book entitled Modern Concepts and Advanced Principles in Crop Production is written to serve a textreferenceguide book for the students of agriculture agricultural meteorology agronomy veterinary soil conservation agricultural engineering-farm machinery and power Agricultural Economics and field practitioners The book fills the need for an up-to-date comprehensive text on Increase the crop production by controlling the physical environment and more accurate forecasting for the students at under graduate and post graduate levels Forecasting may be of weather it may be the predictions of crop yield and quality or it may the estimation of livestock production and climatic hazards The control of the physical environment consists in preventing frost growing windbreaks adopting flood control measures controlling temperature and humidity in livestock barns Contingent crop planning for different aberrant weather situations like flood drought cyclone hail storm land slide heat and cold waves epidemic out breaks and industrial hazards should be taken up in appropriate time to increase the crop production minimizing the loss or damage for adopting alternate methods or techniques for managementThis book will be of immense use in imparting knowledge on the basic principles and applied aspects of the agricultural meteorology Natural disasters and its management and contingent crop planning for increasing crop production through the greenhouse and adopting modern scientific agricultural practices for students teachers scientists extension workers and professionals engaged in agricultural development 728 pp.

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Title: Modern Concepts and Advances Principles in Crop Production
Publisher: Agrobios
Publication Date: 2012
Language: English
ISBN 10: 8177544357
ISBN 13: 9788177544350
Binding: Hardcover

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