Book Description Hardcover. Condition: As New. Contents Foreword Preface 1 Introduction to higher Himalayas Brahma Singh 2 Production technology of field crops Dorjay Namgyal 3 Vegetable production technology Anand Kumar Singh BK Singha and VK Yadav 4 Vegetable seed production Ankur Agarwal 5 Technology for production of fruit crops Sanjai K Dwivedi and Deepa H Dwivedi 6 Floriculture an untapped potential venture Deepa H Dwivedi and Sanjai K Dwivedi 7 Woody elements of plant wealth of Trans Himalayas Anup Raj 8 Soil and plant nutrition VK Sharma 9 Principles for breeding of crops Vijay K Yadav Vinod K Sah and AK Singh 10 Greenhouse technology for higher Himalayas Sanjai K Dwivedi and Eli Palzor 11 Weeds and their management Ajay Kumar Pandey Dorjay Namgyal HV Singh and Tahir Salim 12 Agricultural insect pests and their management Ajay Kumar Pandey 13 Diseases of field crops and their management HV Singh 14 Poultry farming a potential venture Bal Gangadhar Roy Deepok Gogoi and Manzur Ahmed 15 Pashmina producing goat a unique resource FD Sheikh TAS Ganai and T Tsewang 16 Changthangi sheep a valuable genetic resources FD Sheikh TAS Ganai T Tsewang SS Misra and S Azmat 17 Yak husbandry an overview Gautam Mondal 18 Double humped camel the endangered animal Champak Bhakat and KML Pathak 19 Potential of plant biotechnology Tsering Stobdan Sanjay K Dwivedi and Zakwan Ahmed 20 Extension in the changing agriculture scenario MS Nain and GR Bhagat 21 Conservation of genetic diversity in trans Himalayas Sandhya Gupta and Sanjai K Dwivedi 22 Ethnobotancal uses of plants by tribal communities Basant Ballabh and OP Chaurasia 23 Sowa Rigpa the traditional science of healing Padma Gurmet 24 Traditional food and beverages Dorjey Angchok and Sanjai K Dwivedi 25 Local knowledge system for sustainable development Dorjey Angchok About 20 per cent of the worlds total population is residing in the mountains and this proportion is likely to increase in the present century as environmental degradation and population is driving the human population for settlement in the clean and serene environment of the mountains Himalayan region has sizeable area in countries like India China Tibet Pakistan Afghanistan Bhutan etc Remarkable progress has been made on agro animal research and development all over the globe However Higher Himalayan Regions 3000 m MSL which reserve unique flora and fauna have attracted little attention so far The present volume is created to highlight the unique agro animal wealth of the region to enable the researchers policymakers and other agencies for conserving and utilizing the rare and valuable resources for the welfare of the mankind The book covers 25 chapters on soil climate crops field fruits vegetables flowers medicinal and forest animals yak pashmina double humped camel sheep poultry etc and their latest production technologies with traditional knowledge and possibilities of using modern scientific tools The contributions for the present volume have been made by 36 eminent researchers belonging to 12 institutions universities The chapters are scientifically planned and cover exhaustive information on the subject Put together the volume presents a wide range of latest RD highlights on unique topics on plants animals for sustainable development of Higher Himalayas 554 pp. Seller Inventory # 85180

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