Sustainable Production of Root and Tuber Crops

Content

Chapter 1. Introduction

Ravinder Kumar, Milan Kumar Lal, Rahul Kumar Tiwari, Brajesh Singh

Part I: Insights on resource management and nutrient dynamics

Chapter 2. Root and tuber crops and their role in global food security

Namrata Roy, Santanu Mukherjee, Swetank Singh, Vaibhav Kumar Singh, Ravinder Kumar

Chapter 3. Harnessing the power of underutilized root and tuber crops for global nutrition

              Pramodini Rout, Goutam Mohanty, Debasmita Dash, Madhusmita Barik

Chapter 4. Water management in root and tuber crops

Madhusmita Barik, Animesh Pattnaik, Debasmita Dash, Niharika Mohanty, Lopamudra Nayak, Ashok Kumar Mallik

Chapter 5. Sustainable irrigation practices for root and tuber crops

Goutam Kumar Dash, Saraswati Pati, Sourav Paramanik, Dinkar J Gaikwad, Soumya Kumar Sahoo, Jagdish Jena, Awadhesh Kumar

Chapter 6. Genomic approaches to enhance nutrient- and water-use efficiency of tuber crops

Lopamudra Nayak, Awadhesh Kumar, Madhusmita Barik

Part II: Climate Resilience, Quality parameter and post-harvest Management

Chapter 7. Specialty root and tuber crops: Diversity, quality, Production and Processing

Shyalli Kumari, Anshuman Pathak, Neetu Saroj, Shubham Maurya, Pramila, Rajeev Kumar Srivastava, Ashish Rai, Rohit Maurya, Milan Kumar Lal, Rahul Kumar Tiwari, Ravinder Kumar, Muhammad Ahsan Altaf, Sumeet Kumar Singh, Killi Prasad

Chapter 8. Climate change and root and tuber crops production

Muhammad Ahsan Altaf, Muhammad Aamir Manzoor, Ehsan Ali, Hafiza Muniba Din Muhammad, Riaz Ahmad

Chapter 9. Influence of climate change on quality of root and tuber crops

Shubham Maurya, Neetu Saroj, K. Prasad, Ashim Kumar Mishra, Nangsol Dolma Bhutia, Udit Kumar, Pramila, Sumeet Kumar Singh, Ashish Rai, Rajeev Kumar Srivastava, Rajesh Kumar, Aman Tigga

Chapter 10. Modern healthy seed potato production system: advancements and opportunities for implementation in other crops

Ravinder Kumar, Tanuja Buckseth, Rajesh Kumar Singh, Rahul Kumar Tiwari, Anirban Roy, Milan Kumar Lal, Gyanendra Singh, Vinod Kumar, Brajesh Singh

Chapter 11. Dynamics of microbial community during post-harvest/storage of sugar beet

Varucha Misra, Ashutosh Kumar Mall

Part III: Conceptual Changes in the Disease Management

Chapter 12. Late blight research- global paradigm shifts

Utpal Dey, Dedat Prismantoro, Febri Doni, Popy Bora, Abhisek Rath, Swetank Singh, Vaibhav Kumar Singh, Ravinder Kumar, A. K. Mohanty

Chapter 13. Viral diseases of root and tuber crops: research progress and future perspectives

Pooja Bhardwaj, Rakesh Kumar, Malyaj R. Prajapati, Nishant Srivastava, Nitika Gupta, Virendra K. Baranwal, Susheel K. Sharma

Chapter 14. Soil and tuber borne diseases of root and tuber crops: Current status and future prospects

Jagmohan Singh, Manjunath Harkudali, Rahul Kumar Tiwari, Gyanandra Singh

Chapter 15. Biocontrol agents for soil born disease management in root and tuber crops: Mode of action and its application

Laxmipriya Behera, Bandana Mohapatra, Ujalarashmi Sahu, Rupak Jena, Awadhesh Kumar, Ravinder Kumar, Rahul Kumar Tiwari, M.J. Baig, Milan Kumar Lal

Chapter 16. Innovative and climate-resilient approaches to root and tuber crop disease management

Mansi Mishra, Shweta Singh, Dinesh Singh, Chandramani Raj, Rahul Kumar Tiwari, Prakash Chandra Tripathy

Chapter 17. Integrated management of root and tuber crop diseases: current status and future research priorities

Bekri Xhemali, Hysen Kokiçi, Rayane Saifi, Touseef Hussain

Chapter 18. Phytoplasma in root and tuber crops challenges, impacts, and management strategies

Hemavati Ranebennur, Kirti Rawat, Shivani Gupta, Manoj Kumar Yadav, Nayan Deepak G, Govind Pratap Rao

Part IV: New Developments in Entomology and Nematology Research

Chapter 19. Tuber crops: Emerging pests and management strategies

Harish, E.R., Sangeetha B.G., Kesava Kumar H.

Chapter 20. Major soil arthropod pests of root and tuber crops and their management

Mohd Abas Shah, Sheikh Aafreen Rehman, Hafsa Ajaz Tramboo, Rifat Rasool

Chapter 21. Biology and management strategies of major insect-pests of root and tuber crops

Ipsita Samal, Tanmaya Kumar Bhoi, Deepak Kumar Mahanta, Amit Umesh Paschapur

Chapter 22. Modern approaches for the management of golden cyst nematodes in potato

Priyank Hanuman Mhatre, Divya K. Lekshmanan, Praveen S. Patted, Aarti Bairwa, Berliner J., Santosh Watpade

Biography

Ravinder Kumar is a Senior Scientist at the ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, India.

Milan Kumar Lal is a Scientist at the ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, India.

Rahul Kumar Tiwari is a Scientist at the ICAR-Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, India.

Brajesh Singh is Principal Scientist and Director of the ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute, India.