Organic Horticulture : Principles Practices and Technologies

Contents Foreword Preface About the editors Contributors I Current scenario and principles 1 Organic horticulture current trend prospects and strategies HP Singh II Technological advances 2 Emerging technologies in organic production of fruit crops BMC Reddy and RA Ram 3 Technological advances in organic farming of plantation crops George V Thomas 4 Technological intervention for organic production of cashew N Yadukumar MG Nayak and MG Bhat 5 Prospects of organic vegetable cultivation in India M Prabhakar and SS Hebbar 6 Potentials in organic farming of spices VA Parthasarathy V Srinivasan and R Dinesh 7 Organic production of seed spices SK Malhotra 8 Organic farming technologies for arid horticulture TA More and BD Sharma 9 Soil health the key to success of organic agriculture KV Ahamed Bavappa 10 Advances and approaches in ecofriendly pest management in organic agriculture CPR Nair 11 Achieving eco friendly management of pests and diseases using bioresources in organic horticulture R Samiyappan III Input management 12 Organic amendment for production of black pepper Peper nigrum Hemant G Hegde and MS Lokesh 13 Organic cultivation of medicinal plants as intermixed crops in coconut gardens HP Maheswarappa DV Srinivasa Reddy V Krishnakumar P Subramanian and R Dhanapal 14 On farm recycling of biomass for sustainable farming an analysis of farmers experiences in the production and use of vermicompost C Thamban C Palaniswami and K Muralidharan 15 Effect of different nutrient enriched compost on cashew root stock Mini Poduval and Tapas Biswas IV Organics versus inorganics 16 Evaluation of organic management system for sustainable production of turmeric V Srinivasan KP Sangeeth M Shamsudeen CK Thankamani S Hamza TJ Zachariah and A Kumar 17 Agronomic nutritional and economic implications of organic elephant foot yam production G Suja and S Sundaresan 18 Effect of organics and integrated nutrient management on coconut TB Basavaraju and M Hanumanthappa 19 Yield and nutrient status of coconut as influenced by different sources of nutrients in sandy soil of Konkan Region of Maharashtra DD Nagwekar VS Desai VS Sawant SC Talashikar PM Haldandar AD Rangwala S Arulraj and BB Jadhav 20 Performance of coconut palms during pre and post cyclonic period in response to nutrient management in littoral sand of coastal Orissa DK Dash DP Ray and SC Sahu 21 Potential for biomass recycling in oil palm S Sunitha MVM Shareef and M Kochu Babu 22 Studies on organic and biodynamic agriculture in tea B Radhakrishnan R Sasidhar and P Sankaranarayanan 23 Standardization of organic farming practices for banana var Nendran R Pushpakumari KR Sheela C Nandakumar and Annamma George 24 Comparative evaluation of soil health and fertility under organic inorganic and integrated nutrient management in coconut based mixed farming system C Palaniswami George V Thomas P Subramanian R Dhanapal and V Selvamani V Soil health management 25 Coconut leaf vermiwash for soil health improvement and quality yield of vegetable crops validation in farmers fields Murali Gopal Alka Gupta BT Rayudu and George V Thomas 26 Plant growth promoting Rhizobacteria from selected clones of Hevea brasiliensis Kochuthresiamma Joseph TV Ajitha Mohan Shaji Philip Amith Abraham Roshini Susan Elias Geetha Jose VK Arunkumar and C Kuruvilla Jacob 27 Biomass and nutrient addition in a cycle of rubber plantation KK Ambily A Ulaganathan Annie Philip Sankar Meti AN Sasidharan Nair MD Jessy and N Usha Nair 28 Phosphorus mobilization by leguminous cover crops grown in rubber plantations P Prasannakumari MD Jessy Annie Philip ANS Nair and N Usha Nair 29 Evaluation of soil quality in vegetable based cropping system under organic practices P Panneerselvam AN Ganeshamurthy BS Prabhakar SS Hebbar and PR Ramesh 30 Windrow composting of sugar and distillery industrial wastes evolution of temperature chemical transformation and phytotoxicity GC Satisha and L Devarajan 31 Production of quality bio manure from non conven.…