Techniques and Management of Field Crop Production

Contents Introduction I Cereal and millet crops 1 Rice 2 Maize 3 Sorghum 4 Pearlmillet 5 Finger millet 6 Kodo millet 7 Wheat 8 Barley 9 Oats II Oil seed crops 10 Groundnut 11 Sesame 12 Castor 13 Sunflower 14 Rapeseed and mustard 15 Linseed 16 Safflower III Pulse crops 17 Soybean 18 Pigeonpea 19 Greengram 20 Black gram 21 Kidney bean 22 Cowpea 23 Bengal gram 24 Lentil IV Fibre crops 25 Cotton 26 Jute V Spices and medicinal crops 27 Fennel 28 Fenugreek 29 Cumin 30 Coriander 31 Dill seed 32 Isabgol VI Narcotic crop 33 Tobacco VII Fodder crops 34 Napier 35 Anjan grass 36 Cluster bean 37 Lucerne 38 Berseem VII Sugar crops 39 Sugarcane 40 Sugar beet VIII Tuber crop 40 Potato IX Appendix 1 Cultivated field crops 2 Important herbicides 3 Availability of biofertilizer in India 4 Common weedsAgriculture is the main enterprise for more than 70 per cent of Indian population With diverse climatic conditions all most all crops are grown extensively throughout India Green and yellow revolution has changed the status of Indian Agriculture from begging bowl to one of the exporter But to feed growing population 18 per cent and to enhance crop productivity we have to achieve an annual growth rate of 45 per cent inspite of declining use of inputs and rapidly deteriorating natural resources Hi tech agriculture is the only way to meet out these challengesGrowth in agriculture in terms of increased sustainable productivity has to come from location specific low input eco-friendly and demand oriented techniques Lot of research work has been carried out in different projects in different parts of India but there is lack of up to date and compiled information to be useful for under graduate and postgraduate students research workers and for progressive farmersThis publication has been brought out with an objective of collecting information regarding location specific research and recommended technologies for harvesting high productivity on sustainable basis To make this publication more informative and relevant chapters on different crops have been invited from scientist working in the field or have a vast experience Efforts have been made to present each chapter in an useful way and readable manner for quick understanding 540 pp.…