Chickpea Gram Status And Cultivation Technology

Download or read book Chickpea (Gram) Status and Cultivation Technology written by S.S. Shekhawat and published by Scientific Publishers. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book “Chickpea (gram): status and cultivation technology” covers 13 chapters including introduction (common names; anti nutritional factors; origin; global scenario), constraints and strategies in chickpea cultivation, chickpea breeding (breeding objectives; importance of seed; varieties; donors etc.), physiology of drought tolerance in chickpea (effects of drought; physiology of drought tolerance; potential and limitations of using physiological base for development of drought tolerance etc.), production technology in chickpea, integrated nutrient management in chickpea (concept; goals; principles; objectives; need; components; of INM and constraints), use of bio-fertilizers in chickpea, integrated weed management in chickpea (concept of weed; preventive weed management for weed free crop; critical period of weed crop competition and weeding; losses & extent; weed management etc.), stress management in chickpea in resilience with climate change (chickpea cultivation under stress , technology for mitigating the adverse impact of cold stress), integrated disease management in chickpea (advantages and strategies of INM; compatibility of fungicides and other agrochemicals etc.), integrated insect-pest management in chickpea including insect-pests and their management, integrated nematode management in chickpea (nematode-fungus inter-action; symptoms; management of nematodes etc.), seed production in chickpea (seed quality; categories of seed; maintenance of genetic purity; principles of seed production; seed certification etc.), safe storage ( hygiene of store; stacking of seed bags; factors affecting seed storage; sources of insect infestation; insect-pests and their management; rats; methods of fumigation; requirements of safe storage; inspection of storage etc.). It also includes text abbreviations, glossary and coloured photographs of diseases, nematodes and insect-pests