Palit Kataki, Suresh Chandra Babu

The Rice-Wheat Cropping System of South Asia

Efficient Production Management

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book critically analyzes and discusses production issues for the rice-wheat cropping system of South Asia, focusing on the questions of soil depletion, pest control, and irrigation. It compiles information gathered from research institutions, government organizations, and farmer surveys to analyze the condition of this regional system.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juni 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 662g
• ISBN-13: 9781560220862
• ISBN-10: 1560220864
• Artikelnr.: 26043718

Autorenporträt

Palit Kataki (Author), Suresh Chandra Babu (Author)

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
* Preface
* Foreword
* Tillage and Crop Establishment in South Asian Rice-Wheat Systems:
Present Practices and Future Options
* Efficient Management of Primary Nutrients in the Rice-Wheat System
* Management of Soil Micronutrient Deficiencies in the Rice-Wheat
Cropping System
* Sterility in Wheat and Response of Field Crops to Applied Boron in
the Indo-Gangetic Plains
* Management of Insect, Disease, and Nematode Pests of Rice and Wheat
in the Indo-Gangetic Plains
* Plant Parasitic Nematodes in Rice-Wheat Based Cropping Systems in
South Asia: Present Status and Future Research Thrust
* Water Management in the Rice-Wheat Cropping Zone of Sindh, Pakistan:
A Case Study
* Use and Management of Poor Quality Waters for the Rice-Wheat Based
Production System
* Index
* Reference Notes Included