Pulses : Status and Cultivation Technology
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The book covers 15 chapters including introduction, constraints and stretgies in pulse production, 11 crops which are Chickpea, lentil, field pea, rajmash, lathyrus, pigeonpea, mungbean, urdbean, cowpea, mothbean and horsegram, safe storage and seed production. The introduction includes export-import; importance in nutrition and eco-system; status of pulses; productivity of different countries and area, production and productivity of pulses in the country and leading states. Constraints and stretgies includes factors responsible for low production and productivity and stretgies to improve it. The crops includes general introduction of the crop; distribution; botany of the plant; area, production and productivity in India and leading states; varieties and production and protection technology. Safe storage includes factors affecting grain storage, important grain-pests and their control measures, whereas, seed production includes features of quality seed, categories of seed, production and protection technology, germination and purity standards, quality control and certification, varieties in seed chain and marketing of seed. It also includes text abbreviations; network of different co-ordinated projects; glossary; sketches of area, production and productivity and coloured photographs of different crops, diseases and insect-pests. It will be useful to the scientists, teachers, students, professionals and farmers.
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| Author | O. P. Khedar, R. V. Singh, Mahesh Shrimali, N.P. Singh |
| Binding | Hardcover |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN | 978-81-7910-248-0 |
| Language | English |
| Number Of Pages | xxx+198 |
| Publication Year | 2008 |
| Publisher | Aavishkar Publishers, Distributors, Jaipur |