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Condition: New. Research Papers:Genetic diversity and character association in different seedling pecan (Can?a illinoensis) genotypes :- Dinesh Singh, Rajesh Kumar Kaler, K Kumar and Nirmal SharmaCombining ability and heterosis analysis for yield traits in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) :- Vikrant Singh, Ram Krishna, Sanjay Singh and Prashant VikramPearl millet (Pennisetum glaiicum) restorer lines for breeding dual-purpose hybrids adapted to arid environments :- O P Yadav, K N Rai, F R Bidinger, S K Gupta, B S Rajpurohit and S K BhatnagarGGE biplot based assessment of yield stability, adaptability and mega-environment characterization for hybrid pigeonpea (Cajamis cajan) :- Rakesh K Srivastava, Abhishek Rathore, Isabel M Vales, R Vijaya Kumar, Sanjeev Panwar and Hiren P ThankiTransgressive segregants for yield and its component traits in Recombinant Inbred Line population from a wide cross of sesame {Sesamum indicum) involving Sesamum malabaricum :- Ramya P, K V Bhat and Avinash PandeySeasonal variation in the root activity and appropriate placement of superphosphate in productive Alphonso mango trees as influenced by application of paclobutrazol :- S C KoturEffect of pre-sowing seed bio-inoculation on seed yield, its contributing characters and subsequent seed quality of barley (Hordeum vulgare) :- Birendra Prasad, Rajendra Prasad, Shambhoo Prasad and Sunil KumarTrypsin and chymotrypsin proteinase inhibitors of arid legumes :- S Ramesh Babu and B SubrahmanyamComparative studies on the physical properties of fibres of Bt and non-Bt cottons at various stages of growth :- A.Yadav, G F S Hussain and R P Nachane Differences in physiological traits and protein expression between glyphosate-tolerant glandless cotton and its wild type :- Xianhong Chen, Alieu Mohamed Bah, Li Lin. Shuijin Zhu and Feibo WuMultilocational validation of integrated management practices for Sclerotinia rot of Indian mustard (Brassica jimcea) :- M S Yadav, N Ahmad, S Singh, D K Yadava, S Godika and R B GaurShort Communications:Genetic diversity analysis for moisture stress adaptive and quality traits in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) :- D T Kallesh, G P Singh, Anju M Singh. Arvind Ahlawat and R K SharmaEffect of pre-harvest application of NAA and potassium nitrate on storage quality of winter guava (Psidium guajava) :- Goutam Mandal. H S Dhaliwal and B V C MahajanGrafting methods and time in pomegranate (Punica granatum) under semi-arid agro-climatic condition of Maharashtra :- Ram Chandra and V T JadhavEvaluation of pearl millet {Pennisetum glaucum) and mothbean (iVgna acconitifolia) intercropping systems in hyper arid partially irrigated north-western plains zone :- B R Kuri, R S Yadav and Amit KumawatArbuscular Mycorrhizal fungal strain dependant variation in root colonization, spore population, growth promotion and yield response of Flue Cured Virginia tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) :- D V Subhashini and K PadmajaEffectiveness of buprofezin against mealybug (Phenacoccus solenopsis) and predatory complex in Bt cotton :- A K Dhawan, P S Shera, Anand Aneja, Vijay Kumar and H S BhullarScreening of brinjal {Solarium melongena) varieties/hybrids against two-spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae) :- Gurpreet Singh Walia,Manmeet Brar Bhullar and paramjit kaur.

Condition: New. Research Papers:Example varieties for DUS testing in rice (Oiyza sativa) :- S K Chakrabarty, Monika A Joshi, Yogendra Singh and Malavika DadlaniPhylogenetic analysis of pigeonpea {Cajanus cajan) genotypes using Panzee retrotransposon based SSAP Markers :- Prakash Patil, S Datta, I P Singh, Alok Das, K R Soren, M Kaashyap, A K Choudhary, S K Chaturvedi and N NadarajanEffect of different environments, grafting methods and times on sprouting, graft success and plant growth of walnut (Juglans regia) :- N Ahmed, S R Singh, K K Srivastava, P A Shagoo and Shazia HayatAssessment of production potential of water saving technologies on rice {Oiyza sativa) in India :- P Samal, O N Singh and A GhoshCrop water use, nutrient content and uptake as influenced by irrigation and nitrogen management in potato {Solanum tuberosum) -maize {Zea mays) cropping system :- Sunil Kumar Verma and L K IdnaniLint yield, fibre quality and its nutrient uptake in Bt cotton (Gossvpiuum hirsutum) - groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) intercropping system using different fertility levels :- Raman Jeet Singh and 1 P S AhlawatMulti-tier cropping system profitablity and sustainablity of Bt cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) production system :- K Sankaranarayanan, P Nalayini and C S PraharajNonlinear regression techniques for analysis of onion (Allium cepa) production in India :- Sanjeev Panwar, Anil Kumar, K N Singh, Md Samir Farooqi and Abhishek RathorPerformance of clustering procedures for grouping germplasms based on mixture data with missing Observations :- Rupam Kumar Sarkar, A R Rao, S D Wahi and K V BhatLinking research institute with post offices for dissemination of agricultural technologies an action Research :- Shantanu Kumar Dubey, R R Burman, K Vijayaragavan, J P Sharma, Ishwary Singh, V Sangeetha and H S GuptaShort Communications:Soil erosion-productivity relationship assessment in sloping lands of north-west Himalayas :- B.N Ghosh, P Dogra. N K Sharma and K S DadhwalStudies on different mulching technology lor improving hydrothermal regime of soil in capsicum (Capsicum annum) production at high altitude of Uttarakhand :- Awani Kumar Singh, Ajay Kumar Singh, Vijay Kumar Singh, S S Rawat, Shashi, Kamal, K S Mehta and Rakesh KumarImpact of biopesticide formulation on tomato (Lycopersicon esculemtum): economics and environmental effects :- Sumitra Arora, Ashok K Kanojia, Ashok Kumar, H R Sardana and Susheel Kumar SarkarBioherbicidal activity of Streptomyces spp isolated from tobacco rhizosphere against certain dicot and monocot weeds :- D V SubhashiniFungal and bacterial plant pathogens intercepted in germplasm introduced into India during 2007-10 :- Usha Dev, Baleshwar Singh, P C Agarwal, Dinesh Chand, V Celia Chalam, A K Mauiya and K D JoshiInterception of an exotic plant parasitic nematode (Rotylenchus minutus) on African potato (Hypoxis hemerocallidea) from swaziland :- Zakaullah Khan, M Mahamood, Arjun Lal, Jameel Akhtar and D B PrakashResistance in wheat genotypes to rice {Otyza saliva) weevil (Sitophilus oryzae) :- A N Jha, Chitra Srivastava and Shiva Dhar.

Condition: New. Application of GRIiN for climate resilient variety improvement :- S. NagarajanDeveloping drought-resilient crops for improving productivity of drought-prone ecologies :- O. R YadavGenetic enhancement of food legumes for nutritional security and sustainable cereal-based cropping systems :- A. Sarker, Shiv Kumar, F. Maalouf, A. Goyal and S. A. KemalGGE biplot analysis of genotype x environment interaction in rabi grain sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.Moench] :- Sujay Rakshit, K. N. Ganapathy, S. S. Gomashe, M. Swapna, A. More, S. R. Gadakh, R. B. Ghorade, S.T Kajjidoni, B. G. Solanki, B. D. Biradar and PrabhakarEvaluation of specialty corn inbreds for responses to stored grain weevil (Sitophiius oryzae L.) infestation :- R. Zunjare, .F Hossain, N. Thirunavukkarasu, .V Muthusamy, S. K. Jha, R Kumar and H. S. GuptaClimate change and maize productivity in north-western plains regions of India :- K. R Singh, Vinay Mahajan, E. Srivastava and K. RaiDeveloping climate resilient Salix clones through control breeding :- Sapna Thakur, N. B. Singh, Jaipai Sharma, Sanjeev Thakur and R. K. GuptaMolecular approaches for wheat improvement under drought and heat stress Neelu Jain, G. R Singh, .P K. Singh, R Ramya, Hah Krishna, K. .T Ramya, Leena Todkar.B. Amasiddha, K. C. Prashant Kumar, Priyanka Vijay, Vasudha Jadon, Sutapa Dutta, Neha Rai, Nivedita Sinha and K. Vinod Prabhu,Inheritance of MYMIV tolerance in two RIL populations of greengram on lower Gangetic alluvial zone during summer and their parental molecular diversity :- Nidhi Singh, Joyashree Maliick, Sumit Murmu, Diana Sagolsem, Sutanu Sarkar, Nirmai Mandai and Somnath Bhattacharyya.

Hardbound. Condition: As New. New. Contents Foreword. Preface. A. Fungal flora/diversity 1. Fungal flora of two altitudinally different streams of Kumaun Himalaya/M. Belwal and S.C. Sati. 2. Diversity and occurrence of water moulds in Kumaun Himalaya/P.C. Paliwal and S.C. Sati. 3. Aeromycospora of Agra City/S.V.S. Chauhan and Antima Kulshrestha. 4. Perspectives of microbial diversity in forests of Central India/Jamaluddhin. 5. Observations on Waterborne Fungi of Uttara Kannada Region/C. Ramesh and S. Vijaykumar. 6. A new species of Periconiella from Kathmandu Valley Nepal/Usha Budathoki. 7. New fungal record from Kathmandu Valley Nepal/N. Pandey M.K. Adhikari P. Maharjan and Usha Budathoki. 8. Pythium species in the water bodies of Kumaun Himalaya India a review/Archana Tiwari and R.D. Khulbe. B. Fungal diseases/management 9. Eco friendly disease management approach in horticulture/R.C. Sharma Sanjeev Sharma and N.P. Dohroo. 10. Seed storage fungi in mustard and changes in protein oil starch and sugars under storage/S.I. Ghugal and R.P. Thakre. 11. Evaluation of some essential oils for their Fungitoxicity against Penicillium expansum (link)/Pramila Tripathi N.K. Dubey and Prafull Kumar. 12. Diversity of stored grain pest and their role in spreading mould contamination/Neeta Pande. 13. Disease development and disease intensity of Puccinia nepalensis Barclay and Dietal at Nainital Kumaun Himalaya/Anwesha Sah and Uma Tiwari Palni. C. Fungal physiology/ecology/pollution 14. Colonisation and successional pattern of aquatic hyphomycetes in freshwater streams of Kumaun Himalaya/S.C. Sati and N. (Tiwari) Pant. 15. Diversity Biogeography and Ecological Functions of Filamentous Fungi in Mangrove Ecosystem/K.R. Sridhar and K. Ananda. 16. Species composition of waterborne conidial fungi in two altitudinally different streams of Kumaun Himalaya/M. Belwal N. Pargaien and S. Bisht. 17. Dynamics of litter decomposition by fungi in oak forests of Kumaun Himalaya/R.C. Gupta G.P. Pandey and R.L. Fotedar. 18. Leaf litter decomposition in Kumaun Himalayan Forest a review/S.C. Sati and Neetu Gupta. D. Fungal biotechnology/symbiosis 19. Biotechnological approaches for improvement of mycorrhizal fungi and their application in nursery practices/Manoj Bhatt Anurag Yadav and R.C. Dubey. 20. Mycorrhizae as biocontrol agents against plant pathogens a review/Manoj Tiwari A. Tiwari and S.C. Sati. 21. Role of fungi in biodeterioration of museum objects/Arun Arya. 22. Mushroom research and development a perspective /R.P. Singh and Pratibha Bhat. 23. Assessment of fungal diversity a molecular approach/Jyoti Saxena and Bhakti Bajpai. 24. Mushroooms of medicinal importance and their components/Pratibha Bhatt S.C. Sati and R.P. Singh. 25. Ecological study of epiphytic lichens on Cupressus torulosa in Nainital/Neerja Pande S.C. Sati and Prachi Joshi. 26. Perception of elicitors of Arbuscular Mycorrhiza and nitrogen fixing bacteria signal transduction/Mohd. W. Ansari R. Srivastava V. Tewari and A.K. Sharma. Index. Microbes including fungi constitute an important component of biodiversity. They comprise one of the biggest kingdoms in the living world. A lot of work has been done in mycology in the past several years in India and abroad. The present book comprises a collection of 26 original research articles by eminent mycologists. These articles have been categorized under four major sections. This book would be very useful for researchers teachers and students studying mycology. 334 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Preface. 1. Potential of Keratinase isolated from Bacillus Badius RSI as a dehairing agent in leather industry/Amit Verma, Hukum Singh Pal, Rachna Singh and Sanjeev Agrawal. 2. Evaluation of bio-pesticidal property of some medicinal plants against tobacco caterpillar spodoptera litura fab./Anju Basera and R.P. Srivastava. 3. Molecular characterization of Salmonella rare serovars isolated from Gangetic water based on REP-PCR/Balwant Singh, D.P. Mishra, Amit Tyagi and M.K. Saxena. 4. Bench scale performance study of the UASB for the treatment of biopharmaceutical effluent/C.T.Puttaswamy, L. Udaya Simha, R. Vinay, K.R. Swathi and N.N. Rakesha. 5. Partial purification and characterization of alkaline protease from Bacillus sp. isolated from soil/R. Agrawal, A. Verma, P. Panwar and A.K. Verma. 6. Isolation and screening of pectinase producing micro organism/Vibha Bhardwaj and Neelam Garg. 7. Screening of bacterial isolates for extra cellular amylase/Rachna, Amit Verma, Piyush Kumar, Vinod Sangwan and Sanjeev Agarwal. 8. Biosorption of carcinogenic dye onto chemically modified rice husk used as adsorbent in packed bed column mode: a low cost environment friendly approach/Rahul Mishra, Praveen Kushwaha and Papita Saha. 9. Bioenergy: a potential source for global cooling/K.P. Singh, Manjul Mungali and Rajesh Kumar. 10. DHS down flow hanging sponge bio-tower: a self sustainable sewage treatment system for developing country/Rakesh Kumar Bhardwaj, Rajpal Singh, Hariom Sharma and Surender Kumar Bhardwaj. 11. Nanobiosensor: a modern tool of diagnostics/K.P. Singh and Sweeti Ahlawat. 12. Biotechnology environemnt and biosafety: predicting long-term implications of GMOs/Vir Singh, Nanda Nautiyal and Akansha Rastogi. 13. Mutagenetic studies in soybean glycine max L. Merrill: a reveiw/Deepika and Deepak Kumar. 14. Induced mutagenesis in urdbean vigna mungo L. Hepper/Deepika, Deepak Kuma and V.K. Vatsa. Index.

Hardbound. Condition: As New. New. Contents Preface. 1. Alternative agricultural practices a sustainable approach for conserving biodiversity as well as developing an eco friendly environment/Arvind Kumar. 2. Biological nitrogen fixation in rice a review/M. Senthil Kumar and S.P. Sundaram. 3. Indirect organogenesis through pseudostem callus in turmeric variety suguna of Curcuma Longa L./M.C. Gayatri V. Roopadarshini and R. Kavyashree. 4. Resource productivity and allocation efficiency in the production of sunflower and groundnut in Andhra Pradesh/Y. Sudhakar Reddy and G.P. Reddy. 5. Identification of Radish (Raphanus sativus L.) and tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) varieties by Gel electrophoresis and isozyme analysis/Adarsh Pal Vig and Navneet Kaur. 6. Effect of different levels of NPK on the growth behaviour of Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de wit and yield of Zea mays L. in Mizoram/U.K. Sahoo P.C. Vanlahluna and R. Mohan. 7. Correlation of physiological and biochemical characters in seed conservation studies of cucumber and watermelon/C. Vanniarajan Sanjeev Saxena and T. Nepolean. 8. Integrated weed management in soybean (Glycine max.)/Pardeep Kumar and Sat Paul Mehra. 9. Response of Eugenia bracteata (Wild.) Roxb. to VAM Rhizobium and molybdenum source/Ramesh H. Ratageri and H.C. Lakshman. 10. Seasonal variation in population of microtermes obesi Holmgren in rose plantations of M.J.P. Rohilkhand University Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh) (Insecta isoptera)/Sachin Srivastava Sudhakar Gupta Pushpa Singh and Kamna Singh. 11. Management of brinjal shoot and fruit borer through insecticidal application and varietal resistance/Rabindra Prasad Muneshwar Prasad Rajesh Kumar and Devendra Prasad. 12. Medicinal plants of ethnobotanical importance curing diabetes from Namakkal District (Tamil Nadu) India/M. Rajasekara Pandian G. Sharmila Banu G. Kumar and K.H. Smila. 13. Consumptive use WUE and moisture extraction pattern by rapeseed and greengram as influenced by fertility levels and straw mulch/B. Mitra P. Bose B.K. Mandal and S.K. Hansda. 14. Relative salt tolerance of selected perennial tree species/B.R. Gurumurthy M.B. Shivanna Naryan S. Mavarkar and H.V. Rudramurthy. 15. Effect of fly ash soil amendment on the cultivation of root crops a case study/N. Tripathi R.S. Singh P.K. Mishra and P.S.M. Tripathi. 16. Distribution and uses of Euryale ferox salisbury in Manipur/P.K. Singh. 17. Evaluation of basmati rice based crop sequences for productivity economic returns and soil health/M.S. Sidhu and R. Sikka. 18. Assessment of phytotoxicity of SO2 and NH3 of Poaceae and Fabaceae crop plants/Nirmala Babu Rao Amena and I. Sobha Rani. 19. A note on air pollution tolerance index of some plants growing at Hyderabad/Nirmal Babu Rao Amena and I. Sobha. 20. Genetic diversity studies in introgressed lines of Gossypium hirsutum cotton using cluster analysis/J.S.V. Samba Murthy and N. Chamundeswari. 21. Seed borne fungi of celastrus paniculatus willd. and their control/R.K. Aher L.S. Gund A.A. Kulkarni and R.R. Saswade. 22. Effects of neem leaf extract on growth characteristics and organic constituents of trigonella foenum graceum L./S.L. Khapke R.K. Aher D.A. Bandal G.V. Vyavahare Y.B. Agre D.B. Shelake and R.K. Shaikh. 23. Study of important medicinal plants from Parner Tahasil Dist. Ahmednagar India/S.K. Aher V.S. Shinde R.B. Ghogare A.R. Thube Y.P. Date S.R. Paimode and A.R. Kale. 24. Phytochemical studies of ethnobotanically significant plant evolvulus alsinoides Linn. from the tribal region of Deoghar District of santal paraganas/B.N. Jha and S.K. Chaudhury. 25. Physicochemical parameters and elemental analysis of the soils of sugarcane fields with and without red rot disease incidence/S. Velmurugan R. Narayanaswamy and S. Ravi. 26. Inhibitory effect of hemidesmus indicus R.Br. on calcium oxalate crystal growth in vitro/T. Vimala S. Gopalakrishnan and Y.M. Fazil Marickar. 27. Effect of saline irrigation on chlorophyll and proline contents in selected tree species/B.R. Gurumurth.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Contents: Theme I : Pharmacology of Natural Plant Products: 1 Traditional and modern medicines from Fungi/Cedric J. Pearce and Nicholas H. Oberlies. 2 Tribulus terrestris L. and Smilax species Chemistry and bioactivity/I. Kostova, D. Dinchev and A. Ivanova. 3. Evaluation of the toxic effect of aqueous extract of the bark of Morinda morindoides root in male Wistar rats/Olukunle, J.O., Abatan, M.O., Adenubi, O.T., Ajayi, O.L. and Thomas F.C. 4. Molecular basis for anticancer and adjunctive therapeutic potential of Thymoquinone in oncologic disease/Sanjeev Banerjee, Mansi Parasramka, Fazlul H Sarkar and Ramzi M Mohammad. 5 Antimicrobial guided isolation of three bioactive constituents from Ficus botryocarpa Fruit Latex/J.S. Wau, A.H. Harakuwe, S. Akoitai, D. Timi, H. Sakulas, R. Gubag-Sipou and P. Wangiwan. 6 Supercritical fluids technology in new herbal drug discovery/Vimal Kumar. 7 Anti-ischemic effect of Ginkgo biloba extract: facts and myths/Jan Lehotsky, Martina Pavlikova, Maria Kovalska, Stanislav Straka and Peter Kaplan. 8. Scientific validation of the anticancer activity of the Alstonia scholaris Linn/Manjeshwar Shrinath Baliga. 9. In vitro antimicrobial activity of roots of Bombax ceiba Linn. An ethnomedicinal plant/Vartika Jain, S.S. Katewa and S.K. Verma. 10. Pharmacognostic standardization of leaves of Buchanania lanzan Spreng/Hitesh Shingadia, Meenakshi Vaidya and Hardik Joshi. 11 Essential oil growth for predication of major chemical constituents of an isointermedeol rich Strain of Cymbopogon flexuosus (Nees ex Steud.) Wats (a chemotype of Indian origin) by using energy indices at sub tropical environment having potential anticancer activity/A.K. Shahi. 12 Pharmacognostic standardization of Vitex negundo Linn. (Verbenaceae)/Meenakshi Vaidya. 13. Influence of initial concentrations of cholesterol on the uptake of cholesterol by the standard Lactobacillus strains and Lactobacillus isolates/Khushbu Singhal, Joshi Harshada and Chaudhary B.L. 14. Enhancing the yield of Gymnemic acid, a potent antidiabetic agent from Gymnema sylvestre R.Br. by Microwave-assisted extraction and evaluation of its bioavailability/Suhas Pednekar , Nilesh Joshi, Sasikumar Menon, Sunita Shailajan and Bhalerao Khairnar. 15. Esophageal mucoprotective effects of curcumin on cadmium chloride induced toxicity in swiss albino mice/Preeti Singh, Priya Mogra, Vandana Sankhla, Kanchan Deora, and Abha Patni. Theme II: Traditional Knowledge and Biodiversity Conservation: 1 The role of folk or herbal medicine in developing modern drugs and nutraceuticals/P. Pushpangadan and Vipin Mohan Dan. 2. Impact of historical texts on today s medicinal plant knowledge Implications for ethnopharmacology/Marco Leonti. 3. Creation of a sustainable economic and social business model between Senna-producing villagers in the Thar Desert and a California herbal product company/Josef A. Brinckmann. 4. Ethnomedicine and discovery of drugs in Indian context: An overview/N. C. Shah. 5. Ethnomedicine in drug discovery - Let history tell the future/Pulok Mukherjee, Neelesh K. Nema, S. Pandit, P. Venkatesh, S. Bhadra and Kakli Mukherjee. 6. Ethnomedicine: A potential resource for some typical health ailments of global concern/Tribhubana Panda. 7. In situ conservation of medicinal plants in Rajasthan/Satish Kumar Sharma, Anita Jain and S.S. Katewa. 8. Ethnomedicinal plants and practices of Coastal Karnataka/ M.J. Bhandari and K.R. Chandrashekar. 9. Ethnomedicinal practices of Nyishi (Daffla) tribe of Arunachal Pradesh/R.C. Srivastava. Subject Index. Traditional medicines, especially the folk herbal medicines have recently been receiving heightened interest the world over. A less visible, but potentially more important application of recent advances in biosciences is the research and validation of herbal medicines used in experience based medicines, such as Chinese medicine and Indian Ayurveda. Ethnobotanical approaches to drug discovery which relies on using the knowledge of ind.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Preface. 1. Biodiversity conservation and wild life management/G.N. Vankhede. 2. Taxonomy and diversity of the fish fauna of the Ganga river in Garhwal hills/S.P. Badola and Smita Badola Budakoti. 3. Unsafe water contact: cause for new amoebic disease/A.K. Sharma and Tabrez Ahmad. 4. Evaluation of construction industry role and its related activity in the changing climate circumstances/D.R. Khanna, Dheeraj Kumar, R. Bhutiani, Gagan Matta and Vikas Singh. 5. A case study of ambient noise pollution in Agra city (U.P.) India/Shakun Singh and J.P. Singh. 6. Brassinosteroids: biochemical and physiological perspective (s)/H. Punetha, Shivom Singh, Kajal Srivastava and A.K. Gaur. 7. Herbaceous structure and species diversity pattern in quercus leuchotrichophora forest of phakot watershed Uttarakhand Himalaya, India/P. Pokriyal, G.K. Dhingra, Ramdas and Sanjeev Lal. 8. Environmental monitoring and assessment during the construction of Indian scientific base Bharti station in Antarctica/Pawan Kumar Bharti. This book Biodiversity Conservation and Environmental Management covers the rich biodiversity of various states of India and different strategies applied by the local people as well as national agencies for their conservation. Biodiversity is of very much importance and care of each species is very much essential as its extinction could disturb the ecosystem, which will ultimately harm us. So this book could provide basic knowledge and conservation steps for some of important species. Work presented in chapters of this book could be very much helpful for various other researchers, working in the field of biodiversity conservation. The book consists of 31 chapters and well tabulated and graphical representation is also done where necessary.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Foreword. Preface. Introduction. 1. Management of genetic resources of horticultural crops in the emerging IPR regime/J.C. Rana and Sanjeev Saxena. 2. Horticultural biodiversity heritage sites/Anurudh K. Singh and J.P. Yadav. 3. Impact of climate change on biodiversity/Anita Srivastava and Om Kumar. 4. Role of sacred groves in the perspective of biodiversity conservation with special reference to Kumaon Himalayas/Tariq Husain, Priyanka Agnihotri and Harsh Singh. 5. Biodiversity in anthurium/Manjunath S. Patil and Anil R. Karale. 6. Capsicums and paprikas/K. Madhavi Reddy. 7. Chrysanthemums/P. Narayanaswamy. 8. Custard apple/S.S. Hiwale. 9. Jujube/Sunil Kumar Sharma. 10. Papaya/Sunil Kumar Sharma. 11. Potato/K.M. Indiresh and H.M. Santhosha. 12. Sponge gourd/D.K. Singh and Mangaldeep Sarkar. 13. Tamarind/V. Ponnuswami, M. Prabhu, S.P. Thamaraiselvi and J. Rajangam. 14. Tomato/Ravindra Mulge. 15. Aonla/Sant Ran and S.K. Sharma. 16. Bael/S.K. Sharma, R.S. Singh and A.K. Singh. 17. Citrus/T.K. Hazarika. 18. Okra in Thailand/Amnuai Adthalungrong. 19. Orchids in Arunachal Pradesh/Krishna S. Tomar and Sunil Kumar. 20. Orchids of Himalayas/R.B. Ram, Rubee Lata and M.L. Meena. 21. Temperate and sub tropical vegetables/D.Ram, Mathura Rai and Major Singh. Index. Biodiversity of Horticultural crops-their conservation documentation characterization morphological and molecular description bio prospecting and studies on uses and product development are assuming considerable significance. Biodiversity is even described as wealth of nation and even linked to wellness and happiness of man and fitness of planet earth as his abode. Climate change, natural disasters like flood drought earthquakes and hurricanes and above all greed of man are shrinking the biodiversity spectrum. Number of plants in red data book is on rise and plants getting extinct are increasing recorded and unknown. There is limited interest in the profession of taxonomy.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Contents: 1. Breeding Strategies for Development of Chicken Varieties: Past, Present and Future/R. N. Chatterjee. 2. Breeding for Disease Resistant Poultry - Current Status and Way Forward/Sanjeev Kumar, Manjari Pandey. 3. Current Status of Artificial Insemination in Poultry/Jag Mohan. 4. Technological Advancement in Pre-hatch Sex Determination and Their Applications in Layer Chickens/S.K. Bhanja. 5. Post-hatch Feeding Delay in Chicken and Remedial Strategies/MT Banday and S. Adil. 6. Recent Advances in Application of Natural Antimicrobials for Improving Quality and Safety of Poultry Products/A.K. Biswas, Vandita Mishra and Sagar Chand. 7. Strategies for Sustainable Duck Production for Livelihood and Nutritional Security/M. K. Padhi. 8. Significance of Postbiotics in Poultry Production/J.S. Tyagi, Monika M. and Gautham, K. 9. Genetic Markers: Tools for Genome Analysis/R. Amutha. 10. Recent Novel Techniques in Hurdle Technology for Shelf Life Extension of Poultry Meat Products/Vikas Pathak, Meena Goswami, Sanjay Kumar Bharti and R. Sirohi. 11. Livelihood and Nutritional Security Through Poultry Farming in Assam and North East India/Niranjan Kalita, Mihir Sarma, Arfan Ali and Dipak Goswami. 12. Alternate Feed Resources for Sustainable Poultry Production/B.K. Swain, C.K. Beura P.K. Naik, D. Kumar, S.K. Mishra. 13. Poultry Farm Litter and Waste Management: Challenges and Opportunities/D. Kannan and K. Sivakumar. 14. Japanese Quail Farming: A Promising Enterprise in India/S.C. Edwin. 15. Recent Advances in Organic Minerals in Poultry Feeding/Chandra Deo, Avishek Biswas and Divya. 16. Transportation of Broilers, A Welfare Concern: Indian Perspective/Jaydip Jaywant Rokade, Bhanja S.K., Mukund Kadam and Monika M. 17. Sustainable Livelihoods and Nutritional Security with Improved Birds at Backyard: A Scenario in Rural India/Naga Raja Kumari Kallam and Gautham Kolluri. 18. Backyard Poultry Farming to Improve Rural Livelihood and Nutritional Security in Tribal Areas/Sushil Prasad. 19. Waste Management as a Tool for Sustainable Poultry Farming/Chandrahas and Raj Narayan. 20. Family Poultry Production for Livelihood Improvement, Nutrition Security and Gender Equity in India/A. K. Panda, B. Sahoo and Anil Kumar. 21. Backyard Poultry - An Opportunistic Rural Venture for Employment and Women Empowerment/Bhagirathi Panigrahi, Babita Mishra and Niranjan Panda. 22. Best Farm Practices to Enhnace Poultry Welfare/M.M. Kadam, A.S Ranade, D.B. Bhaisare, A.R. Patil, J. J. Rokade and S.K Bhanja. 23. Antimicrobial Peptides of PoultryConcepts and Applications/Ambika Sharma and Ashish Kumar. 24. Scope and Future of Poly-hebal Formulation in Minimizing Antibiotic Use in Poultry Production/Divya Sharma and Chandra Deo. 25. Mycotoxin in Poultry Feed: Occurrence, Effects and Management/Avishek Biswas and Chandra Deo. 26. Poultry Housing Systems for Sutainable Production in Tropical Climate/P. Muthusamy. 27. Nutritional and Livelihood Security Through Backyard Poultry Production in India/K. Sangilimadan and B.Vasanthi. 28. One Health Paradigm in Poultry Management for Mitigating Human Health/Archana Kadam, Mukund Kadam and Rupesh Waghmare, Kakasaheb Khose. 29. Poultry Waste Management/Om Prakash Dinani. 30. Reproductive Physiology of Avian Species/A.K. Singh and M.K. Singh. 31. Role of Nutrition in Fertility and Hatchability of Breeder Flock/Lonkar Vijaysinh D. 32. Poultry Birds: Valuable Animal Model in Biomedical Research/Girraj Goyal. 33. Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS) as Replacement for Soybean Meal in Poultry Feed/K. K. Khose, M. G. Nikam and M. M. Kadam. 34. Exploring Indigenous Treasure: Poultry Rearing for Nutrition and Rural Livelihood/R.C. Kulkarniand M.M. Kadam. 35. In-Vitro Genome - Conservation of Chickens, Current Status and Prospects/Suryakant Mishraand Adnan Naim. 36. Development and Improvement of Domesticated Japanese Quail in India/Raj Narayan, Chandrahas and S.K. Bhanja. 37. Prospects and Challenges to Diversified Poultry Pro.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Contents: Vol. I: 1. DNA Barcoding of Medicinal Plants/Saloni Malik, Sadhana Babbar and Shashi B. Babbar. 2. Evolution of leaf forms in the genus Indigofera L. (Papilionoideae, Leguminosae) based on morphological and molecular sequence data/Devender S. Meen, Mayank D. Dwivedi, Vibha Chauhan and Arun K. Pandey. 3. The agro-ecosystem engineers: Cyanobacteria and Azolla/Ashwani K Rai and Naveen K Sharma. 4. Certain common and interesting coccid blue-green algae (Cyanobacteria) from India/Richa Tandon, Rama Kant, Sarika Kesarwani and G.L. Tiwari. 5. Unicellular Fungal Spores from the Cenozoic Sediments of India/Ramesh K. Saxena. 6. Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal fungi in Indian Sub-Continent/Harbans Kaur Kehri, Ifra Zoomi, Dheeraj Pandey and Ovaid Akhtar. 7. Diversity and Conservation of Aphyllophoraceous Fungi in Himalayan Forests/Deepa Mishra and J.R. Sharma. 8. Diversity and Distribution of Lichens in Andhra Pradesh Including two New Records For India/Satish Mohabe, Gangadhar Pandava, Anjali Devi B, A. Madhusudhana Reddy and Sanjeeva Nayaka. 9. Bryofloral Diversity: Distribution and Conservation of Amphibian Members of Plant Kingdom in India/Subhajit Dutta, Subhasis Panda and Subhash C Mandal. 10. The Genus Ophioglossum L. in India: brief review on field work/Hit Kishore Goswami. 11. Ethnomedicinal uses of Pteridophytes for Treating Various Human Ailments in India/Priti Giri, Pratibha Kumari, Prabha Sharma and P.L. Uniyal. 12. An Analysis of Pteridophytic Flora of Jammu and Kashmir State/Brijesh Kumar, Pushpesh Joshi, Himanshu Dwivedi and Vineet Kumar Rawat. 13. Mycorrhizal Association in Pteridophytic Flora of Pachmarhi Hills of Central India: Occurrence, Ecological and Evolutionary Significance/Santosh Kumar Shukla, Sarvesh Kumar Singh, Pradeep Kumar Shukla, Nawal Kishore Dubey and Gopal Krishna Srivastava. 14. Gymnosperms of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India: An Overview/Lal Ji Singh, Gautam Anuj Ekka, Vivek C. P. and D. R. Misra. 15 Angiospermous Flora during Siwalik (Miocene) period in the Tanakpurarea, Uttarakhand and their Climatic and Phytogeographical implications/Sanjai Kumar Singh, Sanjeev Kumar, Mahesh Prasad and Pawan Kumar Singh. 16. Diversity of Natural Dye Yielding Plant wealth of India/Nitisha Srivastava and Lal Ji Singh. 17. A Taxonomic Review and an Enumeration of Commelinaceae in India/Mayur D. Nandikar and Rajaram V. Gurav. 18 Distributional trends of Caprifoliaceae Juss. In India/Ambarish Mukherjee and Joydeep Acharya. 19. On Some Medicinal Plants Curing Orthopaedics Ailments/Saumya Mishra, Shruti Mishra, Sidharth Tiwari and D.R. Misra. 20. Vedic Plants of India and their Medicinal uses/Anil Kumar Dhiman and Purshotam Kaushik. 21. An Overview of Phytodiversity of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India/Lal Ji Singh, Vinay Ranjan, B. K. Sinha, Sanjay Mishra, Chandan Singh Purohit, Vivek C.P., M. Chennakesavulu Naik and Gautam Anuj Ekka. 22 Endemic Trees of South India/M.Y. Kamble and S. Kaliamoorthy. Vol. II: 23 Diversity of the genus Impatiens in the Anamudi-Anamalai endemic zone of the Southern Western Ghats region of Kerala/R. Jagadeesan, A. Gangaprasad and Sam P. Mathew. 24. Floristic Diversity of Odisha: An Overview/M.R. Mohanta and S.C. Sahu. 25. Flora of Sikkim- A Synoptic view/Debabrata Maity. 26 Alien Flora of Indian Himalayan Region: Taxonomic, Biogeographical and Ecological Assessment/Anzar A. Khuroo, Rameez Ahmad, Maroof Hamid, Ruquia Gulzar, Akhtar H. Malik and Irfan Rashid. 27. Weed Flora of Uttar Pradesh, India/R.B. Yadav, Ajay Kumar, S.K. Verma and Lal Ji Singh. 28. Diversity of Climbing Plants in Tropical Forest of Madhya Pradesh, India/R.L.S. Sikarwar and Arjun Prasad Tiwari. 29. An Outline of Angiospermic Diversity of Gujarat State, India/S.L. Meena, Sanjay Mishra, P. Hari Krishna and Vinod Maina. 30. Ethnomedicinal Plants of Assam, North-East India/Ajit Kumar Das. 31. Biodiversity of Some Medicinal Plants of Uttrakhand State/SidharthTiwari, Saumya Mishra, Shruti Mishra, Dharm.

Hardbound. Condition: As New. New. Contents Foreword. Preface. I. Neem Its Botany and Forestry 1. Neem an introduction/Alka Tomar and K.K. Singh. 2. Geographical distribution ethnobotany and indigenous uses of Neem/Anjana Chowdhary and Vinod Singh. 3. Botany of Neem/R.S. Dhillon K.S. Ahlawat and J.S. Pundeer. 4. Neem (Azadirachta Indica) based agroforestry systems/D.P.S. Nandal and R.S. Beniwal. 5. Silviculture of Neem and its role in agroforestry and social forestry/C. Swaminathan and S. Raguraman. 6. Techniques of neem plantation and its economic benefits/V. Phogat Sanjay Kumar K.K. Singh and Satyavan. II. Cultivation and Improvement of Neem 7. Molecular markers challenges and applications in neem improvement/R.S. Dhillon Y. Kumar and M.S. Hooda. 8. Sexual and asexual propagation in neem and selection for High Azadirachtin content/Rajni Chauhan H.S. Saralch and Sanjeev K. Chauhan. 9. Tissue culture an indispensable tool in neem improvement/M.S. Punia R.S. Dhillon R.P. Saharan K.S. Ahlawat and J.S. Pundeer. 10. Diseases of neem an overview/J.C. Kaushik and D.P.S. Nandal. 11. Impact of industrial pollutants on growth of neem/Bimlendra K D.P.S. Nandal and J.C. Kaushik. III. Chemical Constituents and their Bioactivity 12. Secretory cells of neem and in vitro production of chemicals/P. Ravichandran and P. Dayanandan. 13. Chemical wealth of Azadirachta indica (neem)/Bina S. Siddiqui Syed Tariq Ali and Syed Kashif Ali. 14. Chemistry of Azadirachtin and other bioactive isoprenoids from neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss.)/Navneet Saxena and Yogesh Kumar. 15. Synthesis and biological activity of Neem (Azadiricta indica A. Juss.) Compounds/Suman Phogat K.K. Singh Seema and B.S. Yadav. IV. Bioactivity Against Microflora and Microfauna 16. Bioassay methods and risk assessment with neem based pesticides/S. Raguraman and N. Ganapathy. 17. Hormetic action of Azadirachtin in an insect system implications in pest management a case study/Samindranath Mukherjee. 18. Biological effects of neem/S. Durairaj and S. Muthazhagu. 19. Integration of botanical and microbial pesticides for the sustainable management of insect pests/Murugan K. and Vanithakumari G. 20. Role of neem (Azadirachta indica) in the management of plant diseases/Datar V.V. and Khalikar P.V. V. Bioactivity Against Insect Pests 21. Bioactivity of neem against phytonematodes/E.I. Jonathan and R. Uma Maheswari. 22. Efficacy of neem cake against soil nematodes fungi and nematode fungal complex diseases/E.I. Jonathan and R. Uma Maheswari. 23. Role and scope of neem based products in cotton pest management/Rajbir Singh and V.R. Bhagwat. 24. Recent studies in the management of insect pests of cotton/K.K. Dahiya J.S. Rana and Deepika Kalkal. 25. Neem as an insecticide against aphid (Homoptera Aphididiae)/J.S. Rana R.S. Jaglan and K.K. Dahiya. 26. Stored grain insect pests management/S. Jeyarajan Nelson Y.S. Johnson and T. Edward. 27. Neem in pest management of horticultural crops/R.P. Soundararajan and V. Lakshmanan. VI. Enhancing Fertilizer Use Efficiency 28. Neem in insect pests and fertilizer management/K.K. Singh Alka Tomar and Gayatri Verma. 29. Role of neem in increasing Nitrogen use efficiency/D.J. Dahiya Ravi Kumar V. Phogat and R.P. Narwal. 30. Role of neem in fertilizer industry/I.K. Suri. VII. Contribution to Human and Veterinary Medicine 31. Neem in health and cosmetics/Alka Tomar Gayatri Verma Suman Phogat and Mahadevi Singh. 32. Neem in Malaria and vector control/B.R. Mirdha. 33. Role of neem oil in control of vectors of Malaria Filariasis and Dengue/B.N. Nagpal Aruna Srivastava and A.P. Dash. 34. Neem a broad spectrum contraceptive/Mandeep Singh Dhingra Vikas Gautam and Meera Sharma. 35. Role of neem in ancient veterinary medicine/K.K. Jakhar and S.K. Gupta. VIII. Promoting Neem and Its Cultivation 36. Encouraging on farm neem cultivation for sustainable livelihoods of subsistence farmers/Kamal Kishor Sood. 37. Promoting neem at the global level/S. Vincent. Index. The present volume provides a comprehensive an.

tables, figs (illustrator). Contents Preface Contributors I Climate Change 1 Research status and future strategiesS Naresh Kumar and PK Aggarwal 2 Impact on productivity and qualityGurbachan Singh 3 Rainfed regionB Venkareswarlu NN Reddy VS Rao and JVNS Prasad 4 Coastal regionP Rethinam and K Sivaraman 5 Coastal regionP Rethinam and K Sivaraman 6 Cold Arid RegionBrahma Singh and Sanjayi K Dwivedi II Bioversity Management 7 Tropical fruit genetic resources conservationRamanatha Rao and BMC Reddy 8 Endangered and wild fruit speciesH Ravishankar and AK Singh 9 Biotechnological interventionsV Celia Chelam DB Parakh AK Maurya and RK Khetarpal 10 Phytosanitary issuesRK Khetarpal and Kavita Gupta 11 IPR issuesS Mauria and Sanjeev Saxena III Innovative Production Technologies 12 Genetically modified cropsP Ray Choudhury and SK Datta 13 Breeding fruit cropsAK Singh 14 Breeding vegetable cropsAS Sidhu and K Madhavi Reddy 15 Canopy architectureGorakh Singh 16 Drip fertigationP Soman 17 Micro irrigation and fertigationTBS Rajput 18 Organic farmingRP Mattoo and DC Das 19 Conservation horticultureVN Sharda 20 Protected cultivation R and DR Krishna Manohar 21 Integrated pest managementOM Bambawale HR Sardana and Naved Sabir 22 Insect pest disease forecastingCD Mayee OM Bambawale and HR Sardana 23 Pesticides residuesKaushik Banerjee Ajay K Upadhyay PG Adsule and Sagar C Utture IV Mechanization 24 Horticultural cropsMM Pandey and SC Mandhar 25 Plant protection equipmentSL Patel 26 Post harvest equipmentRT Patil RK Gupta and RK Vishwakarma V Value Chain 27 Horticulture to horti-buisness a win-win opportunityAshok C Khosla 28 Organized retailGokul Patnaik 29 Commodity exchangesR Ramaseshan 30 Medicinal and aromatic plantsNagendra P Singh VI Post Harvest Management 31 Handling of fruits and vegetablesHN Mishra 32 Storage and shipment for exportBijay Kumar VII Value Addition 33 Innovation in fruits and vegetablesAS Bawa OP Chauhan and PS Raju 34 Medicinal and aromatic plantsP Pushpangadan and Vipin Mohan Dan VIII Human Health and Nutrition 35 Bioactive substanceT Longvah 36 NutraceuticalsPritam Kalia and Partha Saha 37 Functional foodsSuman PS Khanuja and Ashutosh K Shukla IX Standards in Horticulture 38 Planting materialNC Mistry 39 Cold chain qualityRK Sharma 40 Produce and productsChinmayee Deulgaonkar 41 Quality and safetySC Khurana X Horti Inputs 42 Vegetable seedsSurinder K Tikoo 43 Plant nutrientsSatish Chander 44 PlasticsKrish S Iyengr Alok Mishra and Rohit Lall 45 PesticidesSali Singhal XI Livelihood Opportunities 46 Diversification to horticultureHS Gupta JK Bisht M Kumar AK Sivstava and JC Bhatt 47 Raising income of poor farmersKD Kokate 48 Mango plantation by tribal peopleRajeev Ranjan 49 Interventions by AVRDC the world vegetable centerML Chadha SK Sain M Ravishankar Bharat Bhushn and Roohani Pal 50 Horticultural CRSP USAIDR Voss E Mitcham P Kasemsap KV Raman M Reid M Bell and A Crump 51 Interventions by ABSP IIK Vijayaraghavan KV Raman A Medakker and Chiranth CR XII Skill Development 52 Manpower requirementR Rama Rao SK Nanda Sreelatha and Ram Prasad 53 Development small producers institutional infrastructureSangita Ladha XIII Integrated Horticulture Development 54 Policy initiativesSanjeev Chopra 55 Cold chainPrasanta Kumar Swain 56 Maharashtra StateKD Kokate and PM Haldankar 57 Gujarat StateSR Chaudhari 58 Sikkim StateKK Singh 59 Himachal Pradesh StateGurdev Singh XIV Technology Transfer and Adoption 60 Horticulture informatics networksMadaswamy Moni 61 Mobile advisory serviceAmit Mehra 62 Krishi Vigyan Kendras 63 Agri-Science ParkWilliam D Dar and Abdul Rahman Ilyas XV Finance 64 Credit for horti-businessKG Karmakar 65 Micro financingNV Ramana 66 Contract farming and value chainSK Srivastava 67 Agri insuranceKN Rao Author indexThe book delineates precisely the growth of Indian horticulture in the recent past the role this sector has played in alleviating the malnutrition and income raising and its contribution in overall agricultural GDP of the nation The ro.