Genetically engineered (GE) varieties with pest management traits became commercially available for major crops in 1996. Over 15 years later, adopt...

Plant physiology is the study of the function, or physiology of plants. Fundamental processes such as photosynthesis, respiration, transpiration, a...

Integrated watershed approach is an approach that recognizes and operates based on the interconnectedness of ecology, economy and society. In doing...

Among necessary plant nutrients, nitrogen is one of the most important yield-limiting nutrients, mainly responsible for determining yield and yield...

Nutrient imbalance in soils is an emerging threat to sustainable agriculture: intensive cultivation, use of poor quality groundwater, depletion of ...

In view of ever-growing population and decreasing natural resources, there is need to enhance food production that can possibly be achieved by impr...

Organic fertiliser refers to materials used as fertiliser that occur regularly in nature, usually as a by product or end product of a naturally occ...

This book is organised into three main parts: plantation forestry in context; plantation silviculture and management and plantation forestry econom...

In every region of the world it is necessary to find or develop appropriate techniques for agriculture. A large part of the surface of the world is...

Organic crop acres in the United States more than doubled between 2002 and 2011 as acreage increased from 1.3 to over 3 million acres. While acreag...

Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) is a pseudocereal native to the Andean regions of South America. Quinoa is one of the oldest crops of the Americ...

Rice is one of the most important food crops around the world and feeds over half of the global population. Hence, the study of rice productivity i...

Successful crop management relies on selecting suitable crops to the type of soil present in that region. Most of crops prefer well drained medium ...

The soybean is a species of legume native to East Asia. It is an annual plant that has been used in China for 5,000 years as a food and a component...