Reshaping Technology for Agricultural Development

Contents: Foreword. 1. Policies, procedures and strategies for optimization of WTO's effects/Sudhakar Dwivedi, Pawan Kumar Sharma, M.C. Dwivedi and R.R. Kushwaha. 2. Biotechnological tools in modern agriculture/Bijendra Singh and Aakansha Goswami. 3. Plant genetic resoruces conservation, evaluation, characterization and utilization in vegetable crop improvement/S.K. Maurya, Amar Singh, Monisha Rawat and V.K. Singh. 4. Precision farming under changing climate situation/A.K. Singh, Birendra Prasad and Pravesh Kumar. 5. Recent approaches for improvement of seed quality/S.K. Yadav, Manjunath Prasad C.T., Sangita Yadav and V.A. Tonapi. 6. Influence of climate change on agriculture/Seema Yadav and Neeraj Tandan. 7. Ecological aspects of metagenomic approach/Ravindra Soni. 8. Management of soil fertility for sustainable agricutlure/S.P. Vishwakarma and O.P. Maurya. 9. Medicinal and aromatic plants for sustainable agriculture development/A.K. Prabhakar, Puja Srivastava and Ajay Kumar. 10. Temperate fruits: an overview/Abhishek Bahuguna, Sandhya Bahuguna, Birendra Prasad and R.S. Bali. 11. Post harvest management of food crops/Rupa Upadhyay. 12. Rats and their managements/Surendra Prasad, Reena and Birendra Prasad. 13. Recent advances in diseases of cucurbits and their management/Gireesh Chand, J.N. Srivastava, Randhir Kumar and R.B. Verma. 14. Physiological disorders of vegetable crops/M.L. Kushwaha, S.K. Mishra and V.K. Singh. 15. Integrated management of botrytis grey mould of chickpea/Lajjavati, Neelam and K.P.S. Kushwaha. 16. Trichoderma: a bio agent for plant disease management under organic agriculture/Ashish Kumar, Mansee Govil, Gaurav Mahajan, T.K. Singh, Jameel Akhtar and Z. Khan. 17. Farmer's perception and buying behaviour regarding nitrogenous and customized fertilizers in Ludhiana District of Punjab/Ashutoash Singh, S.K. Dubey and Harpreet Singh. 18. Agro eco tourism and livelihood enhancement in Uttarakhand: a case study of Corbett's village Chhoti Haldwani/Mustfa Hussain and Ashutosh Singh. 19. Dairy-based functional foods: concept and application/V.P. Singh, Neelam Sachan and Sunil Kumar. 20. Nutraceuticals for animal health and production: concept and potential/A.K. Pathak, R.K. Sharma, Ankur Rastogi, Pavan Kumar and Pranav Kumar. 21. SHG and rural development/Veena Kumari, Sanjeev Kumar and Abhay Kumar. This book entitled Reshaping Technology for Agricultural Development edited keeping in view that by the introduction of modern technologies in agriculture along with excess use of chemical fertilizer and pesticides is a major problem associated with agriculture ecosystem and danger for agricultural sustainability and in this context, it is urgently required to reshape the agricultural technology which is to be technically sound, economically viable, eco-friendly and socially acceptable. Present book may be expected to stimulate the interest in the field of agriculture and to think for reshaping the agriculture technology among scientist, researchers, users, curators, student and all those who are engaged and interested really to promote sustainable agriculture intensification for the benefit of human kind and next generation. …