Agrobiodiversity : Status Trends and Prospects
Contents: Preface. 1. Exploitation of biodiversity in pulse crops of Kerala/Ambit S. Nair, Musthafa Kunnathadi and S.M. Purushothaman. 2. Nutritional and antinutritional factors in a wild leafy vegetable from western Ghats: Diplazium esculentum/Archana G. Nair, G.S. Nikhila, S. Pradeesh and T.S. Swapna. 3. Bambara groundnut: a drought hardy crop/R. Beena, M.S. Sheshshayee, T.G. Prasad and M. Udayakumar. 4. Hose range, pathogenicity and cultural characteristics of pink disease pathogen corticium salmonicolor berk and broom/Binu Hariprakash and M. Balasundaran. 5. In vitro plantlet regeneration and medium term conservation of some zingiberaceous species/Binu Hariprakash and M. Unnikrishnan. 6. Kaippad rice farming in North Kerala: the farming system and the crop varieties/K.T. Chandramohanan and K.V. Mohanan. 7. Conservation and equitable use of agrobiodiversity in Wayanad: an inter and transdisciplinary research approach/Chattopadhyay Rumana, Girigan Gopi, Parameswaran Prajeesh and N. Anil Kumar. 8. Conservation of mulberry species: strategies for awareness through sericulture service centers/P. Deepa and J. Somireddy. 9. Citrus diversity in Arunachal Pradesh//B.N. Hazarika. 10. Variability in ash Gourd/M.L. Jyothi and M.C. Narayanankutty. 11. Adaptability of scented rice cultivars suitable for Kerala/Kuruvilla Varughese, Suja Abraham, Jacob John and B. Rani. 12. Diversity of pollinators and the impact of their abundance on fruit production in Pumpkin Cucurbita Moschata L/P.T. Leena and M. Nasser. 13. Agro biodiversity hotspots: identification and recognition of farmers farming tribal communities under the provisions of PPV and FR act, 2001/Manoj Srivastava, P.K. Singh, Ajay Kumar Singh and P.L. Gautam. 14. Collection and utilization of cocoa Theobroma cacao L. germplasm in Kerala agricultural University/J.S. Minimol and S. Prasannakumari Amma. 15. Early yield and growth performance in a set of Brazilian Wild Hevea germplasm in India/G. Prabhakara Rao and C.P. Reghu. 16. Participatory approaches for sustainable in-situ conservation of germplasms and PGR/D.R. Rathod, Ambili S. Nair and S.B. Deshmukh. 17. Ex-situ conservation of plant genetic diversity: an overview/D.R. Rathod, Ambili S. Nair and V.L. Gawande. 18. Promoting biodiversity in coconut for food security/Remany Gopalakrishnan. 19. Biodiversity of Tapioca Manihot esculenta crantz in Kerala/Santha V. Pillai, M.N. Sheela, Bala Nambisan, J. Sreekumar, S. Sreelekha and S.K. Naskar. 20. Implications of rice biodiversity in the economic empowerment of tribal communities in Koraput District/Sehnaz Ara, S.S. Chaudhary and A.K. Badoghar. 21. The influence of soil on the occurrence and distribution of agaricus species in Kerala/Susha S. Thara, S. Bhavani Devi and M. Suharban. 22. Conservation and evaluation of upland paddy varieties suitable for intercropping in coconut gardens/V. Thulasi, P.I. Poornima Yadav, A. Kareem, P.P. Moossa, M. Ameena and M. Rafeekhar. 23. Rice genetic resources of Kerala/Veena Vighneswaran and I. Johnkutty. 24. Biodiversity of tropical minor crops/B. Vimala and Bala Nambisan. 25. Promotion and prospects of vermiculture practice in Bangalore/B.R. Yeshwanth, R.D. Kale, M. Jayashankar and S. Ramakrishna.
