1st Edition
Advances in Organic Farming Crop Production and Management
Introduction
PART I: SCOPE AND NUTRITIONAL IMPORTANCE OF ORGANIC FARMING
1. Economics of Organic Farming in India and North-East India
Dilip Kumar Mazumdar and K. K. Roy
2. Quality and Nutritional Value of Organic and Conventional Agricultural Produce
Billal Hoque Choudhury, S. Islam, Om Singh, and Lolesh Pegu
3. Nutritional Importance and Public Health Safety of Organic Food
Billal Hoque Choudhury, S. Islam, Om Singh, and Lolesh Pegu
PART II: ORGANIC FARMING AND CLIMATE CHANGE
4. Organic Agriculture: A Potential Strategy for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agriculture
Lolesh Pegu, Sanchita Brahma, Billal Hoque Choudhury, and Shadad Md. Khayer
5. Organic Farming Practices for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
V. Sridevi, D. Kalaivanan, and M. Senthil Kumar
6. Organic Farming in a Changing Climatic Scenario
Barnali Saikia and Sanchita Brahma
PART III: CROP MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN ORGANIC FARMING
7. An Overview of Integrated Organic Farming System (IOFS) and Its Importance in the Present Era
Pragalbh Tiwari
8. Biofortification in Organic Farming: A Future Challenge
Ananya Mukund Deshkar, C. M. Bhavishya, Gaurav Yashwant Rakhonde, Somananda Panda, and Shalaka Rajesh Ahale
9. Water Management in Organic Farming
P. Deka, Poran Kishore Dutta, Sontara Kalita, Rupak Kumar Nath, and Priyankee Dutta
10. Weed Management in Organic Farming
Sontara Kalita, J. Phukan, P. Deka, and Poran Kishore Dutta
11. Cultural and Mechanical Weed Management in Organic Rice
Anjan Krishna Sarmah and Rinjumoni Dutta
12. A Holistic Plant Breeding Approach for Organic Farming
Hrishikesh Ojah, Mrinal Choudhury, Perves Ahmed, and Bhaskarjyoti Sarma
PART IV: SOIL AND NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT IN ORGANIC FARMING
13. Management of Organic Farming through Natural Assets of Nutrients
Tarun Paul and Hiralal Mandi
14. Biofertilizers and Vermi-compost: Sources of Nutrient Management in Organic Agriculture
Aradhana Barooah, Ira Sarma, and Sangita Mahanta
15. Soil Fertility Management in Organic Farming
Poran Kishore Dutta, P. Deka, Sontara Kalita, Rupak Kumar Nath, and Priyankee Dutta
16. Liquid Manures for Crop Nutrition Under Organic Cultivation
Perves Ahmed, Mrinal Choudhury, Bhaskarjyoti Sarma, Hrishikesh Ojah, Rupak Kumar Nath, and Britan Rahman
PART V: ORGANIC SEED PRODUCTION OF PADDY AND VEGETABLE CROPS
17. Organic Seed Production of Rice: Prospects and Possibilities from an Assam Perspective
Surajit Kalita and Mrinal Saikia
18. Organic Seed Production: Principles and Practices
Padminee Das, Namita Raut and Sanchita Brahma
19. Organic Seed Production of Major Vegetable Crops
Ira Sarma, Sangita Mahanta, Rumjhum Phukan, and Aradhana Barooah
20. Organic Seed Production of Vegetable Crops
Priyankee Dutta, Poran Kishore Dutta, and P. Deka
21. Organic Farming Practices in Vegetable Crops
M. Senthil Kumar, A. K. Nair, D. Kalaivanan, S. S. Hebbar, M. Prabhakar, and V. Sridevi
22. Bestowing Organichood Through Underutilized Horticultural Crops
Bornali Gogoi, Ruby Sarmah, Sangita Mahanta, and Himadri S. Datta
23. Organic Farming in Temperate Fruit Crops
Kumari Nandita, Shubranil Das, and Manoj Kundu
PART VI: PEST AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT IN ORGANIC FARMING
24. Insect Pest Management Strategies in Organic Vegetable Cultivation
Satyapriya Singh, Tanmaya Kumar Bhoi, Sunil Kumar Sunani, Sujan Kumar Majumdar, Petikam Srinivas, Manas Ranjan Sahoo, and Gobinda Chandra Acharya
25. Role of Microbes and Organic Amendments in Stimulating ISR and SAR in Plant Disease Management
Gaurav Yashwant Rakhonde, Somananda Panda, Shalaka Rajesh Ahale, Arun Kumar Veratiya, Ananya Mukund Deshkar, and Lopamudra Nayak
26. Recent Advances in Organic Pest Management in Citrus
K. Sindhura Bhairavi, Subhabrata Mazumder, and Sikha Deka
27. Organic Pest Management: A Vision Towards a Safer Nation
S. Sen, S. Borkataki, R. R. Taye, S. P. Nanda, and M. D. Reddy
28. Bio-Intensive Pest Management in Vegetables
Sangita Das, D. K. Saikia, Ranjan Das, Sumita Acharjee, and S. Helena Devi
29. Microbial Insecticides and Their Potential Use in Insect Pest Management
Karishma Das, Purnima Das, Rupak Kumar Nath, and Pranamika Sharma
30. Biopesticide: A Potent Tool for Plant Disease Management
Pranamika Sharma, Gunadhya Kumar Upamanya, Karishma Das, and Rupak Kumar Nath
31. Organic Disease Management of Solanaceous Vegetable Crops
Joyarani Pegu and Manisha Kachari
Biography
Sanchita Brahma, PhD, is Associate Professor of Horticulture at Sarat Chandra Sinha College of Agriculture at Assam Agricultural University, India. With experience in extension and teaching, she has published research papers, popular articles, book chapters, and four teaching manuals. She has also written a number of leaflets, extension bulletins, etc. for the benefit of the farming community.
Vinod Upadhyay, PhD, is a Junior Scientist in Plant Pathology at Assam Agricultural University: Zonal Research Station, India. He was an associate scientist on projects funded by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research and the World Bank and was involved in establishing a mushroom spawn laboratory unit at the Regional Agricultural Research Station. He has published research and review papers, books, book chapters, popular articles, and bulletins for the farming community.
Rupak Kumar Nath, PhD, is Associate Professor of Entomology, Sarat Chandra Sinha College of Agriculture at Assam Agricultural University, India. He has published research papers as well as a number of leaflets, extension bulletins, etc. for the benefit of the farming community on insect pest management of crop plants. Dr. Nath is engaged in undergraduate teaching, covering courses related to the fundamentals of entomology and economic entomology.
Ranjit Sarma, PhD, is Associate Dean at Sarat Chandra Sinha College of Agriculture at Assam Agricultural University, India. With over 31 years of experience in teaching, research, and extension, he has attended many regional and national workshops and national conferences and has published research papers, books, and book chapters.
Elangbam Premabati Devi, PhD, is Assistant Research Scientist in Plant Pathology at the Wheat Research Station at Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Gujarat, India. With several years of experience in research and extension, she has published research and review papers in national and international journals, book chapters, and popular articles.
