1st Edition

The Rice-Wheat Cropping System of South Asia Efficient Production Management

By Palit Kataki, Suresh Chandra Babu Copyright 2001
336 Pages
by CRC Press

336 Pages
by CRC Press

336 Pages
by CRC Press

The lives of more than a billion people depend on the answer! This valuable book surveys the problems of the rice-wheat cropping system practiced on the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP). Introduced at the time of the Green Revolution, it transformed agriculture and produced thirty years of bumper crops. The Rice-Wheat Cropping System of South Asia: Efficient Production Management offers scientific... Read more

Contents <ul><li> Preface </li><li> Foreword </li><li> Tillage and Crop Establishment in South Asian Rice-Wheat Systems: Present Practices and Future Options </li><li> Efficient Management of Primary Nutrients in the Rice-Wheat System </li><li> Management of Soil Micronutrient Deficiencies in the Rice-Wheat Cropping System </li><li> Sterility in Wheat and Response of Field Crops to Applied Boron in the Indo-Gangetic Plains </li><li> Management of Insect, Disease, and Nematode Pests of Rice and Wheat in the Indo-Gangetic Plains </li><li> Plant Parasitic Nematodes in Rice-Wheat Based Cropping Systems in South Asia: Present Status and Future Research Thrust </li><li> Water Management in the Rice-Wheat Cropping Zone of Sindh, Pakistan: A Case Study </li><li> Use and Management of Poor Quality Waters for the Rice-Wheat Based Production System </li><li> Index </li><li> Reference Notes Included</ul></li>

Biography

Palit Kataki (Author), Suresh Chandra Babu (Author)