Soil, Water and Plant Nutrient Management
Contents: 1. Soil, Water and Plant Management-Issues and Strategies/A.K. Sarkar. 2. Problem and Prospects of Rainfed Cropping Systems/M.K. Singh. 3. Horticulture and Agro-forestry based farming system approach/Shivendra Kumar. 4. Lac in rainfed farming system/Bangali Baboo and K.K. Sharma. 5. Contaminants in soil-crop system/S.K. Sanyal. 6. Advances in nutrient use efficiency of horticultural crops in the Indian context/S.C. Kotur. 7. Root activity distribution studies in fruit crops using tracer techniques/S.C. Kotur. 8. A brief report on arsenic poisoning in Jharkhand/A.K. Sarkar, R.P. Singh. P.B. Saha and Arvind Kumar. 9. Soil degradation and its management/P. Dey. 10. Rain water management for increased crop-productivity/D.K. Kundu and R.C. Srivastava.11. Soil and Water Quality issues for eastern India/D.K. Kundu and A.K. Sarkar. 12. Wastewater and its use in agriculture/P.Dey. 13. Watershed-Its concept and Management/A.K. Sahoo. 14. Watershed Management – Results from farmer’s field/S.K. Pal. 15. Managing Nutritional disorders in soils-Issues and strategies/A.K. Sarkar. 16. Balanced nutrient use and crop production : Changing perspective of nutrient management in India/Kaushik Majumdar. 17. Managing acid soils for higher crop productivity/A.K. Sarkar. 18. Issues on nutrient use in vegetables, floriculture and ornamentals/D.K. Das. 19. Integrated nutrient and water management for cash crops raised under rainfed upland situations of eastern plateau and hill region/Sabyasachi Rath. 20. Soil fertility and crop production-A long term perspective/P. Mahapatra and R.P. Singh. 21. Micronutrient and secondary nutrient management in rainfed crops/R.P. Singh. 22. Trends in soil research on nutrient dynamics/S.K. Sanyal. 23. Maintaining soil quality for sustaining crop production/Biswapati Mandal. 24. Residue management in crop/cropping system/B. Mishra. 25. Production and inoculation technique of bio-fertilizers/D.K. Shahi. 26. Integrated nutrient management for crops in rainfed areas/Surendra Singh. 27. Soil plant and water analysis/A.K. Sarkar and P. Mahapatra. 28. Farmer’s participatory research in rice based rainfed production system/A.K. Sarkar. 29. Research-Extension-Farmer-Market linkages-options and Future outlook/R.P. Singh Ratan. Bibliography. Index.
The book entitled “Soil Water and Plant Nutrient Management” is a compilation of lectures delivered by eminent scientists during seminars, symposia and winter school held during the past three years. In fact, there is widespread unrest and distress among the farmers of rainfed areas due to erratic and uneven distribution of rains, risk prone agriculture and poor crop yields due to improper management of natural resources. Soil conservation, rainwater management, agronomic measures such as crop diversification can transfer eastern India from a low productive to a high productive region. Agricultural production in rainfed areas must address small farmers with small holdings and make it profitable and sustainable through interventions in soil, water and plant nutrient management for crops grown in those areas. We are grateful to the authors for contributing towards this scientific publication. The book could be useful for students in agriculture and allied sciences, research and extension personnel’s involved in soil, water and plant nutrient management. (Jacket)
