Sustainable Agriculture and Soil Health, Satish Serial Publishing House, 9789394023321

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Sustainable Agriculture and Soil Health

M. Prakash (Author) K. Sivakumar (Author) N Ramanathan (Author) Ors. (Author)

Synopsis

This book entitled "Sustainable Agriculture and Soil Health" deals with the current developments in sustainable agriculture for soil health. The overall goal of this book is to provide readers with fundamental understanding of all the essential, necessary plant nutrients, as well as management techniques for managing problematic soils for sustainable agriculture. Graduate and post-graduate agricultural and horticultural science students will find the contents helpful for their academic, research and knowledge expansion. The idea that “Soil is the soul of life on planet” and “Fertility is the spirit of soil for sustaining crop output” were taken into consideration while writing this book. This book contains all the information that we need to maintain soil fertility for sustainable agriculture. It also provides recommendations for and methods of applying manures and fertilisers to support agricultural productivity. This book helps to grasp about soils and plant nutrients in such a way that the fundamental concepts of soil fertility are presented in a clear and logical manner. Overall, this book will be very helpful to individuals who are interested in maintaining and sustaining soil health.

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About the authors

M. Prakash

Professor Dr. M. Prakash born in 1966, obtained his B.Sc.(Ag.) and M.Sc.(Ag.) from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India in 1988 and 1990 respectively. He did his Ph.D from Annamalai University. He was awarded with National Merit Scholarship, Government of India during 1981-1988 and ICAR Junior Fellowship during 1988-1990. He has been awarded with Crop Research Award, 2004 and also serves as member of Editorial Board/Committees in many journals. Professor Dr. M. Prakash’s major area of interest is abiotic stress tolerance. He is having around 20 years of teaching and research experience. He has guided 6 Ph.D. Scholars and 21 PG Scholars. He has published eight books and more than 80 research papers in referred journals. He organized 6 National Seminars. He has completed five research projects. Now he is serving as Professor, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Annamalai University and also as the Programme Coordinator of UGC-SAP- DRS Phase I Programme of Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding.

N Ramanathan

Born in 1946, N. Ramanathan received the Bachelor of Music Degree from the Sri Venkateswara University, with Violin as the main practical subject. He joined the Banaras Hindu University and studied at the Department of Musicology in the faculty of Performing Arts. He received the Degree of Master of Music in Musicology and continued in the same Department to receive the Ph.D Degree. He is at present Professor & Head of the Department of Indian Music at the University of Madras. He is also the Chairperson of the School of Fine and Performing Arts of the University of Madras. Involved in teaching and research guidance, he has presented papers in seminars in India and abroad and has contributed articles to journals. A book "Essays on Tala and Laya" containing a collection of his articles has also been published. He has been associated with a number of research projects. He is a performer of South Indian Art Music on the violin and used to perform over the All India Radio and Doordarshan (Television).

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