Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Role of Legumes in Cropping Systems for Soil Ecosystem Improvement
(Jagadish Jena, Sagar Maitra, Akbar Hossain, Biswajit Pramanick, Harun I. Gitari, Subhashisa Praharaj, Tanmoy Shankar, Jnana Bharati Palai, Akshit Rathore, Tanuj Kumar Mandal and Hanuman Singh Jatav – Indira Gandhi Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India, et al.)
Chapter 2. Novel Silver Nanoparticles as a Modern Defense Tool in Agro-Ecosystems
(Anamika Verma and Mohita Srivastava – School of Agriculture, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India)
Chapter 3. Nano Techniques for Efficient Fertilizer Management
(Pratibha Singh, Mahendra Singh, Shilpi Gupta, A. P. Singh, Ajeet Singh, Shweta Gupta and Seema Sharma – Assistant Professor, SKNAU, Jobner, Rajasthan, India, et al.)
Chapter 4. Nitrogen Management in Field Crops and Strategies for Enhancing Its Efficiency
(Asik Dutta, Ankita Trivedi, Narendra Kumar, C.P. Nath, K.K. Hazra, C.S. Praharaj, Hanuman Singh Jatav, and Eetela Sathyanarayana – ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, et al.)
Chapter 5. Unravelling the Significance of ACC-Deaminase in Sustainable Arid Soil Management
(Anandkumar Naorem, Abhishek Patel, Shiva Kumar Udayana, M. Ashajyoti, P. Helena and Truptimayee Suna – Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Central Arid Zone Research Institute, RRS-Bhuj, Gujarat, India, et al.)
Chapter 6. Reclamation of Deteriorated Soils Utilizing Green Approaches
(Nafeesa Farooq Khan and Summia Rehman – Biological Invasion Lab, Universityof Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir, India)
Chapter 7. Sustainable Management and Restoration of the Fertility of Damaged Soils
(B. Raghavendra Goud, Raghavendra M, PN Siva Prasad, Veeresh Hatti, Hanamant M. Halli, Venkataravana Nayaka, GV, G. Suresh, K. Sai Maheshwari, G. Adilakshmi, G. Prabhakara Reddy and Sudhir K. Rajpoot – ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha, India, et al.)
Chapter 8. Agronomic and Economic Assessment of Site Specific Nutrient Management in Crop Production
(Gurdeep Singh Malhi, Manpreet Kaur, Angrej Singh, Vijay Kant Singh, Sat Pal Saini and Hanuman Singh Jatav – Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India, et al.)
Chapter 9. The Risk Associated with Crop Ecosystem Management and Pesticides Pollution
(Manoj Kumar Chitara, Rajesh Pratap Singh, Prince Kumar Gupta, Dhruv Mishra, Surendra Singh Jatav, Sachin Sharma and Hanuman Singh Jatav – Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar (Uttarakhand), India, et al.)
Chapter 10. Nanotechnology: An Efficient Tool in Plant Nutrition Management
(Sachin Sharma, Surendra Singh, Ayush Bahuguna, Bharti Yadav, Akshita Barthwal, Raghu Nandan Singh Khatana, Astha Pandey, Rajneesh Thakur and Hanuman Singh Jatav – Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (U.P), India, et al.)
Chapter 11. Climate Change Effects on Biodiversity, Ecosystems, Ecosystem Services in an Indian Context
(Varsha Kumari, Priyanka Kumawat, D. K. Gothwal, and Bhuri Singh – Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Department of Agronomy, SKN Agriculture University, Jobner, Jaipur, India)
Chapter 12. Overview of Soil Fertility from Past to Present
(Eetela Sathyanarayana, J. Bharghavi, Suddakanti Saranya, Santhosh Kumar Manchala, Mandla Rajashekhar, Jatoth Veeranna, Banda Rajashekar, T. Prabhakar Reddy, Saideep Thallapally, Krishnananda Pralhad Ingle, Alamuru Krishna Chaitanya, Asik Duta, Alavala Umarajashekhar, Kumari Sunita and Hanuman Singh Jatav – Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Hyderabad, India, et al.)
Chapter 13. Stubble Burning in Rice-Wheat Cropping System: A Threat to the Ecosystem
(Sachin Kumar, Saurbh Soni, Surinder Singh Rana and Ranbir Singh Rana – Centre for Geo Informatics Research and Training, CSK HPKV, Palampur, India, et al.)
Chapter 14. Fertilizer Recommendations by Using Different Geospatial Technologies in Precision Farming or Nanotechnology
(B. R. Meena, H.S. Jatav, B. L. Dudwal, P. Kumawat, S. S. Meena, V. K. Singh, M.A. Khan and Eetela Sathyanarayana – SKN Agriculture University, Jobner Rajasthan India, et al.)
Chapter 15. Use of Organic Soil Amendments for Improving Soil Ecosystem Health and Crop Productivity
(Vijay Kant Singh, Gurdeep Singh Malhi, Manpreet Kaur, Gurpreet Singh and Hanuman Singh Jatav – Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India, et al.)
Chapter 16. Fluorescent Pseudomonades: Diversity, Abundance and Potential Biotechnological Applications in Agriculture
(Mudasser Ahmed Khan, Samiran Gangopadhyay, Hanuman Singh Jatav, Ravi Kumar Meena, Sanjay Kumar Attar, Suresh Kumar, Ramu Meena, Kailash Chandra, Subhita Kumawat, Mujahid Khan, Champa Lal Khatik, Kailash Chand Verma, Subhash Chandra Mahala and Mukesh Nitharwal – College of Agriculture, Fatehpur Shekhawati (SKNAU, Jobner) Rajasthan, India, et al.)
Chapter 17. Soil Fertility Management: Issues and Challenges in Tropical Areas of Nigeria
(Mukhtar Iderawumi Abdulraheem, Syed Muhammad Zaigham Abbas Naqvi, Linze Li, Shakeel Ahmed, Wentao Wei, Su Rui, Baolei Li, Can Li, Yanyan Zhang, Yuan Feng and Jiandong Hu – Department of Electrical Engineering, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China, et al.)
Chapter 18. Ecosystem Management of Degraded Red and Lateritic Soil through Agroforestry
(P. Das And S. Panda – P. Das and S. Panda – Department of Soil and Water Conservation, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia, India, et al.)
Chapter 19. Sustainable Technology for Replenishing Ecological Soil Health
(Rahul Chopra, Ajeet Singh and Vishnu D Rajput – Agriculture University, Kota, Rajasthan, India, et al.)
Chapter 20. Emergence of Nanotechnology in Efficient Nutrient Management in Soil
(Rakesh Kumar,Satdev, Shruti Kumari,Mahesh Jajoria, Nintu Mandal, Arun Kumar Jha and Rahul Raj – Department of Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry, Bihar Agricultural University, Bhagalpur, Bihar, India, et al.)
Chapter 21. Current State of Knowledge in Diagnosis and Mitigation of Micronutrients Deficiency in Crop Production from an Indian Perspective
(Satish Kumar Singh, Astha Pandey, Ayush Bahuguna, Kiran Kumar Mohapatra, Abhik Patra, Eetela Sathyanarayana, Hanuman Singh Jatav, Surendra Singh Jatav and Vishnu D. Rajput – Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, et al.)
Index
Editor’s ORCID iD
Hanuman Singh Jatav – https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4701-670X
Vishnu D. Rajput – https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6802-4805
