Current Concepts In Crop Protection

Language: English

Published by Researchco Books & Periodicals Pvt. Ltd. / Studium Press (India) Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2013

938001242X / 9789380012421

  • Hardcover
  • New
See all details

Seller: Books in my Basket, New Delhi, IndiaBooks in my Basket

5-star seller

AbeBooks seller since September 10, 2010

Hardcover

Condition: New

£ 27.61

£ 15.10 shipping 
Ships from India to U.S.A.
Currently unavailable on AbeBooks.co.uk
Find this item on AbeBooks.comGo to AbeBooks.com

Item description from seller

The book ?Current Concepts in Crop Protection? comprising of 15 chapters has addressed the current issues and challenges of crop protection encompassing traditional practices, technological breakthroughs, ecological and economical considerations and finally sustainability concerns. The present book attempts to cover plant pathogens, insect and non-insect pests, weeds, and nematodes. The chapter on climate change has discussed the fate of biocontrol agents in global climate change scenario in addition to that of various plant pests in agroecosystem. The following chapter on nanotechnology has reviewed the latest works done in plant protection aspects. Considering the enormous work on biotechnology being carried out with regard to crop protection, two separate chapters were invited which gave a thorough update in a concise manner. Role of information and communication technology have been elaborated in chapter no. 3 and 9. The latest developments in cultural management of crop pests have been highlighted in chapter no. 6. Indigenous technical knowledge (ITK) of crop protection practiced in India has been presented in chapter no. 7. The specific set of crop protection problems and their remedies under protected cultivation has been discussed in chapter no 8. Residual toxicity of pesticides and environmental concerns are propelling the efforts in development of newer plant protection chemicals (fungicides, insecticides and herbicides) which have been mainly presented in tabular form in chapter no. 10. Nature?s bounty on crop protection in the form of various botanicals with excellent details concerning all plant pests have found place in chapter no. 11. The concept of conservation biological control has been elaborated in chapter no. 12. Crop protection with legal means at a time of increased inter-country agricultural trade and sustainability issues have been described in a lucid manner in chapter no. 13 and 15 respectively. The chapter no. 14 has dealt with the prokaryotic plant pathogen phytoplasma. The chapters in the book highlight the present crop protection scenario targeting the needs of undergraduate and postgraduate students, educationists, researchers engaged in crop protection in particular and agriculturists in general. Page Extent: 506.…

Seller Inventory # 1104421

Bibliographic details

Title
Current Concepts In Crop Protection
Author
Susanta Banik
Publisher
Researchco Books & Periodicals Pvt. Ltd. / Studium Press (India) Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi
Publication year
2013
Condition
New
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
938001242X
ISBN 13
9789380012421

Books in my Basket

New Delhi, India

5-star seller

AbeBooks seller since September 10, 2010

Shipping rates from India to U.S.A.

Item25 to 30 business days8 to 12 business days
First item£ 15.10£ 28.94
Delivery times are set by sellers and vary by carrier and location. Orders passing through Customs may face delays and buyers are responsible for any associated duties or fees. Sellers may contact you regarding additional charges to cover any increased costs to ship your items.

Payment methods

You can pay with your credit card on AbeBooks.com.

Store description

We are new to the on-line trade but with solid experience of two decades, we carry large stocks of books on various subjects in our show room. The subjects we carry in stock are - Academic, Ancient & Classical Art, Archaeology, Architecture, Art History, Astrology, Auto- biographies, Books from India, Biology, Biographies, Computer Science, Dictionaries, Decorative Art, Design, Economics, Ethnic Arts & Crafts, Fashion & Jewellery, Gardens & Landscape Design, Geography, Graphics, History, Homeopathy, Karma, Language, Law, Linguistics, Medicine, Modern & Contemporary Art, Music & Performing Art, Mythology & Religion, Numismatics, Philately, Pleasure, Political Science, Photography, Research, Science & Environment, Scientific, Style & Interiors, Technical, Terrorism, Textiles & Carpets, Travel & Topography, Western Art, Wildlife, Yoga. …

Specialty

Textiles & Carpets, Travel & Topography, Western Art, Wildlife, Yoga., Decorative Art, Design, Economics, Ethnic Arts & Crafts, Fashion & Jewelery, null, Gardens & Landscape Design, Geography, Graphics, History, Homeopathy, Karma, null, Language, Law, Linguistics, Medicine, Modern & Contemporary Art, Music & Performing Art, null, Mythology & Religion, Numismatics, Philately, Pleasure, Political Sc

Seller's business information

Books in my Basket

India