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Agri Horticultural Biodiversity Of Temperate And Cold Arid Regions
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Book Synopsis Agri-horticultural Biodiversity of Temperate and Cold-arid Regions by : Nazir Ahmed Zeerak
Download or read book Agri-horticultural Biodiversity of Temperate and Cold-arid Regions written by Nazir Ahmed Zeerak and published by New India Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The diversity presented is based on actual survey conducted by the authors across the regions over the last several yeaThe contents of the book include the available varietal wealth, both in wild as well cultivated forms, existing within all major economic plant groups of the regions viz Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds, Spice and Condiments, Forages, Vegetables, Ornamentals, Fruits and Nuts and Underutilized Plants. Technical, English and Kashmiri/Ladakhi names of plants of economic importance are given along with brief notes on their status and utility. The work will be helpful to researchers and students working in the fields of Plant Biodiversity, Plant Breeding, Horticulture and Economic Botany. It can specifically serve as a ready reference book for researchers and planners working on management and conservation of plant genetic resources of Indian Himalayan regions.
Book Synopsis Advances in Arid Horticulture by : P. L. Saroj
Download or read book Advances in Arid Horticulture written by P. L. Saroj and published by IBDC Publishers. This book was released on 2004 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributed articles.
Book Synopsis Conserving Biodiversity in Arid Regions by : J. Lemons
Download or read book Conserving Biodiversity in Arid Regions written by J. Lemons and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the eve of the World Summit for Sustainable Development (WSSD), held in autumn 2002 in Johannesburg, South Africa, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan recommended five specific areas as focal points of discussion for the global forum: Water, energy, health, agriculture and biodiversity. In his address, "Towards a Sustainable Future," delivered just four months before the WSSD, Secretary General Annan contended that concrete progress in each of these areas, often referred to by their acronym WEHAB, would be key to improving the quality of life not only in the developing world but across the globe. For most people, I think it is fair to say that the inclusion of biodiversity in a list that focuses on basic human needs may not be self-evident. Water, energy, health and agriculture, yes. But why biodiversity? The truth is that biodiversity is just as critical to global well-being as water, energy, agriculture and health. This is because biodiversity both drives and shapes nature's intricate and dynamic structure in an enduring form and force that enables both current and future generations to enjoy its bounty.
Book Synopsis Biodiversity in Horticultural Crops by : Z. Abraham
Download or read book Biodiversity in Horticultural Crops written by Z. Abraham and published by Daya Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the natural resources, plant biodiversity is the key to human existence and survival. Horticultural crops contribute to nutritional and livelihood security. Mankind depends on near about 5000 plant species worldwide to meet food and other needs. This number is just a fraction of total world flora of 2.5 lakh species of mosses, ferns, conifers and flowering plants. More than 50,000 plant species are meeting the food (calories) needs of human world wide. There is still greater dependence on a few plant species; 20 to 30 in global context. Horticultural crops encompass fruit crops, vegetables, ornamentals, plantation crops, spices, aromatic and medicinal plants, tuber crops and mushrooms. Temperate, subtropical and tropical horticultural crops are characterized by their adoption to varying ecology and land use patterns. The present volume Biodiversity in Horticultural Crops has 18 chapters contributed by eminent scientists working in the respective crops. Biodiversity is conceived as gift of nature for sustainability, nutritional security and above all to widen the food basket. Man lives not for food alone, but to enjoy nature s gift-fruits, vegetables, flowering plants, foliages and so on. Genes for desirable traits are embedded in biodiversity and as such the present the volume thrown open horticultural bioresources to human benefit. The present volume emphasis current and widely grown horticultural crops in India in all its biodiversity. The volume is edited by Dr K V Peter, Former Vice-Chancellor and current Professor of Horticulture, Kerala Agricultural University. As vegetable breeder at G B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar he surveyed, collected, documented and conserved working germplasm of tomato, brinjal and chili. During 1991-1998, as Director, Indian Institute of Spices Research, Calicut, he facilitated establishment of worlds largest collection of black pepper germ plasm. Working collections of cardamom, ginger, turmeric, nutmeg, clove, allspice and vanill were also felicitated to be organized. He also co-authored descriptors of black pepper and cardamom published by IPGRI, Rome. Contents Chapter 1: Conservation and Use of Tropical Fruit Species Diversity in Asia: IPGRI s Contributions by Bhag Mal, V Ramanatha Rao, R K Arora and Percy E Sajise; Chapter 2: Temperate Fruit Crops by A Sofi, M K Verma, R K Verma and H Choudhary; Chapter 3: Tropical Fruits by G S Prakash and M R Dinesh; Chapter 4: The Genus Musa (Banana and Plantains) by S Uma and S Sathiamoorthy; Chapter 5: Temperate and Subtropical Vegetables by D Ram, Mathura Rai and Major Singh; Chapter 6: Tropical Vegetable Crops by K R M Swamy and A T Sadashiva; Chapter 7: Tropical Tuber Crops by M S Palaniswami and Shirly Raichal Anil; Chapter 8: Orchids of Western Ghats, India by C Sathish Kumar and S Ganeshan; Chapter 9: Conservation of Spices Genetic Resources through in vitro Conservation and Cryopreservation by K Nirmal Babu, S P Geetha, D Minoor, G Yamuna, K Praveen, P N Ravindran and K V Peter; Chapter 10: Black Pepper by V A Parthasarathy, K V Saji and K Johnson George; Chapter 11: Ginger and Turmeric by B Sasikumar; Chapter 12: Tree Spices by B Krishnamoorthy, J Rema and P A Mathew; Chapter 13: Cardamoms by J Thomas, K J Madhusoodanan and V V Radhakrishnan; Chapter 14: Large Cardamom (Amomum subulatum Roxb.) by M R Sudharshan and U Gupta; Chapter 15: Kokum, Malabar Tamarind and Mysore Gamboge by Z Abraham and R Senthilkumar; Chapter 16: Seed Spices by S K Malhotra and B B Vashishtha; Chapter 17: Cashew by M Gangadhara Nayak and M Gopalakrishna Bhat; Chapter 18: Rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) by Y Annamma Varghese and Saji T Abraham.
Book Synopsis Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture, Land Resources, Water Resources, and Biodiversity in the United States by : Peter Backlund
Download or read book Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture, Land Resources, Water Resources, and Biodiversity in the United States written by Peter Backlund and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report by the Nat. Science and Tech. Council¿s U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) is part of a series of 21 reports aimed at providing current assessments of climate change science to inform public debate, policy, and operational decisions. These reports are also intended to help the CCSP develop future program research priorities. The CCSP¿s guiding vision is to provide the Nation and the global community with the science-based knowledge needed to manage the risks and capture the opportunities associated with climate and related environmental changes. This report assesses the effects of climate change on U.S. land resources, water resources, agriculture, and biodiversity. It was developed with broad scientific input. Illus.
Book Synopsis Biodiversity in Horticultural Crops Vol. 1 by : K V Peter
Download or read book Biodiversity in Horticultural Crops Vol. 1 written by K V Peter and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the natural resources, plant biodiversity is the key to human existence and survival. Horticultural crops contribute to nutritional and livelihood security. Mankind depends on near about 5000 plant species worldwide to meet food and other needs. This number is just a fraction of total world flora of 2.5 lakh species of mosses, ferns, conifers and flowering plants. More than 50,000 plant species are meeting the food (calories) needs of human world wide. There is still greater dependence on a few plant species; 20 to 30 in global context. Horticultural crops encompass fruit crops, vegetables, ornamentals, plantation crops, spices, aromatic and medicinal plants, tuber crops and mushrooms. Temperate, subtropical and tropical horticultural crops are characterized by their adoption to varying ecology and land use patterns. The present volume 'Biodiversity in Horticultural Crops' has 18 chapters contributed by eminent scientists working in the respective crops. Biodiversity is conceived as gift of nature for sustainability, nutritional security and above all to widen the food basket. Man lives not for food alone, but to enjoy nature's gift-fruits, vegetables, flowering plants, foliages and so on. Genes for desirable traits are embedded in biodiversity and as such the present the volume thrown open horticultural bioresources to human benefit. The present volume emphasis current and widely grown horticultural crops in India in all its biodiversity. The volume is edited by Dr K V Peter, Former Vice-Chancellor and current Professor of Horticulture, Kerala Agricultural University. As vegetable breeder at G B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar he surveyed, collected, documented and conserved working germplasm of tomato, brinjal and chili. During 1991-1998, as Director, Indian Institute of Spices Research, Calicut, he facilitated establishment of worlds largest collection of black pepper germ plasm. Working collections of cardamom, ginger, turmeric, nutmeg, clove, allspice and vanill were also felicitated to be organized. He also co-authored descriptors of black pepper and cardamom published by IPGRI, Rome.
Book Synopsis The Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture, Land Resources, Water Resources, and Biodiversity in the United States by : Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Download or read book The Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture, Land Resources, Water Resources, and Biodiversity in the United States written by Climate Change Science Program (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Microbiological Advancements for Higher Altitude Agro-Ecosystems & Sustainability by : Reeta Goel
Download or read book Microbiological Advancements for Higher Altitude Agro-Ecosystems & Sustainability written by Reeta Goel and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-03-13 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book explores the challenges and opportunities associated with high-altitude agro-ecosystems and the factors that influence them. It discusses the various indigenous agricultural practices and approaches, as well as the microbiology of mountain & hill agro-ecosystems, providing a comprehensive overview of the various factors that control the microbiome at high altitudes. The contributions examine microbiological advances, such as use of “omics” technologies for hill agriculture and environmental sustainability, and explore the use of nanotechnology for agricultural and environmental sustainability at higher altitudes. The book also describes various aspects of low-temperature microbiology in the context of high-altitude farming and environmental sustainability.
Book Synopsis Desert Plants by : Kishan Gopal Ramawat
Download or read book Desert Plants written by Kishan Gopal Ramawat and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-12-16 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deserts appear very fascinating during our short visits. However, the lives of plants and animals are very dif?cult under the harsh climatic conditions of high tempe- ture and scant water supply in deserts, sometimes associated with high concent- tions of salt. The editor of this book was born and brought up in the Great Indian Desert, and has spent much of his life studying the growth and metabolism of desert plants. It is very charming on a cool summer evening to sit at the top of a sand dune listening only to blowing air and nothing else. It has been my dream to prepare a volume on desert plants encompassing various aspects of desert plant biology. In this book, I have tried to present functional and useful aspects of the vegetation resources of deserts along with scienti?c input aimed at understanding and impr- ing the utility of these plants. The scant vegetation of deserts supports animal life and provides many useful medicines, timber and fuel wood for humans. Therefore, there are chapters devoted to medicinal plants (Chap. 1), halophytes (Chaps. 13, 14), and fruit plants (Chaps. 17, 20). Desert plants have a unique reproductive biology (Chaps. 9–11), well-adapted eco-physiological and anatomical charact- istics (Chap. 7), and specialised metabolism and survival abilities. These plants are dif?cult to propagate and pose many problems to researchers developing biote- nological approaches for their amelioration (Chaps. 18–20).
Author :Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Publisher :Food & Agriculture Org. ISBN 13 :9251312702 Total Pages :576 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (513 download)
Book Synopsis The State of the World's Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture by : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Download or read book The State of the World's Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2019-03-12 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The State of the World's Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture presents the first global assessment of biodiversity for food and agriculture worldwide. Biodiversity for food and agriculture is the diversity of plants, animals and micro-organisms at genetic, species and ecosystem levels, present in and around crop, livestock, forest and aquatic production systems. It is essential to the structure, functions and processes of these systems, to livelihoods and food security, and to the supply of a wide range of ecosystem services. It has been managed or influenced by farmers, livestock keepers, forest dwellers, fish farmers and fisherfolk for hundreds of generations. Prepared through a participatory, country-driven process, the report draws on information from 91 country reports to provide a description of the roles and importance of biodiversity for food and agriculture, the drivers of change affecting it and its current status and trends. It describes the state of efforts to promote the sustainable use and conservation of biodiversity for food and agriculture, including through the development of supporting policies, legal frameworks, institutions and capacities. It concludes with a discussion of needs and challenges in the future management of biodiversity for food and agriculture. The report complements other global assessments prepared under the auspices of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, which have focused on the state of genetic resources within particular sectors of food and agriculture.
Author :Bhuwan Sthapit Publisher :International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development ISBN 13 : Total Pages :472 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Managing Agrobiodiversity by : Bhuwan Sthapit
Download or read book Managing Agrobiodiversity written by Bhuwan Sthapit and published by International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development. This book was released on 1998 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Agricultural Impacts of Climate Change [Volume 1] by : Rohitashw Kumar
Download or read book Agricultural Impacts of Climate Change [Volume 1] written by Rohitashw Kumar and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-11-25 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conservation agriculture is a sustainable production model that not only optimizes crop yields, but also reaps economic and environmental benefits as well. The adoption of successful conservation agriculture methods has resulted in energy savings, higher organic matter content and biotic activity in soil, increased crop-water availability and thus resilience to drought, improved recharge of aquifers, less erosion, and reduced impacts from the weather associated with climate change in general. Agricultural Impacts of Climate Change examines several important aspects of crop production, such as climate change, soil management, farm machinery, and different methods for sustainable conservation agriculture. It presents spatial distribution of a daily, monthly and annual precipitation concentration indices, Diffuse Reflectance Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy for analyzing the organic matter in soil, and adaptation strategies for climate-related plant disease scenarios. It also discusses solar energy-based greenhouse modeling, precision farming using remote sensing and GIS, and various types of machinery used for conservation agriculture. Features: Examines the effects of climate change on agriculture and the related strategies for mitigation through practical, real-world examples Explores innovative on-farm technology options to increase system efficiency resulting in improved water usage Presents examples of precision farming using climate-resilient technologies
Book Synopsis Nepal Country Report on Biological Diversity by : Tirtha Bahadur Shrestha
Download or read book Nepal Country Report on Biological Diversity written by Tirtha Bahadur Shrestha and published by Iucn Nepal. This book was released on 1999 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Climate-Resilient Horticulture: Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies by : Harish Chandra Prasad Singh
Download or read book Climate-Resilient Horticulture: Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies written by Harish Chandra Prasad Singh and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-08-23 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate change, a global phenomenon, has attracted scientists to contribute in anticipatory research to mitigate adverse impacts, which are more important for horticulture, considering that the scenario is in the midst of revolution, reaching the production level of 250 million tonnes in India. Impacts of climate variability have, invariably, profound influence on production and quality. An understanding of the impacts and relevant adaptation strategies are of foremost importance to sustain the productivity and profitability of horticulture crops in the climate change scenario, which necessitates synthesis of current knowledge to develop strategies for adaptation and mitigation to achieve climate-resilient horticulture. The book Climate-resilient horticulture: adaptation and mitigation strategies addresses the effects of climate change on different horticultural crops and focuses on the adaptation strategies based on the scientific knowledge generated by the experts in different agro-climatic regions in India. Issues have been covered in various chapters to make this book a treasure of knowledge in horticulture vis-a-vis climate change. Some of the crops included in the book are apple, grapes, cashew, banana, litchi, mango, coconut, oil palm, potato, tomato, cucurbits and flowers. In addition to strategies to be adapted in these crops, various other important aspects like carbon sequestration, pests and diseases, and urban landscaping are also covered in the book. Information on climatic risks and adaptation options for resilience in horticultural crops and future strategies and information on pest and disease dynamics on horticultural crops in relation to climate change and available mitigation strategies have also been documented. The book is edited by Dr H P Singh, a visionary leader, and his colleagues, which will be highly valuable to research workers, students, policy planners and farmers to understand and checkmate the adverse effect of climate change, so as to convert weakness into opportunity.
Book Synopsis Good Agricultural Practices for Greenhouse Vegetable Crops by :
Download or read book Good Agricultural Practices for Greenhouse Vegetable Crops written by and published by Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). This book was released on 2013 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication capitalizes on the experience of scientists from the North Africa and Near East countries, in collaboration with experts from around the world, specialized in the different aspects of greenhouse crop production. It provides a comprehensive description and assessment of the greenhouse production practices in use in Mediterranean climate areas that have helped diversify vegetable production and increase productivity. The publication is also meant to be used as a reference and tool for trainers and growers as well as other actors in the greenhouse vegetables value chain in this region.
Download or read book Bibliography of Agriculture written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 788 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Horticultural Crops by : Hugues Kossi Baimey
Download or read book Horticultural Crops written by Hugues Kossi Baimey and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-02-05 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horticultural crops are important for human nutrition. To guarantee successful cultivation for quality and quantity yield, proper identification of pests and diseases, as well as abiotic factors undermining their production, is essential. This ten-chapter textbook describes fungi, bacteria, insects, and nematodes as important issues in horticulture. It documents their epidemiology and management strategies such as genetics and botanical and biological control used for their management. This comprehensive resource is essential for students and researchers of plant genetics, pathology, entomology, and nematology.
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