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  • Handbook of pig husbandray
    by Das, A.

    ¨ Pig Production Scenario in India ¨ Breeds of Pig ¨ Behaviour and Welfare in Pig ¨ Breeding Strategies for Pig ¨ Crossbreeding/Upgrading of Indigenous Pigs ¨ Managemental Options for Profitable Pig Production ¨ General Management of Pig Farm ¨ Housing Management of Pig ¨ Resource Based Feeding Systems for Pig ¨ Locally Available Feeds for Pig Production ¨ Role of Minerals and Probiotics in Animal Production ¨ Analysis of Feed for Nutrients and Toxins ¨ Anti-Nutritional Factors in Swine Feeds ¨ Breeding Management and Fertility Optimization in Gilts and Sows ¨ Management of Breeding Boars ¨ Preservation of Boar Semen for Artificial Insemination ¨ Synchronization of Oestrus and Artificial Insemination in Pig ¨ Advanced Techniques for Assessing Fertility of Boar Semen ¨ Infectious Diseases of Pigs and Their Management ¨ Parasitic Diseases of Pig ¨ Skin Diseases of Pig ¨ Classical Swine Fever ¨ Management of Piglet Diarrhoea ¨ Management of Piglet Mortality ¨ Emerging Zoonotic Diseases in Pig ¨ Transmission of Zoonotic Diseases in Integrated Pig cum Fish Farming ¨ Integrated Farming Approach for Sustainable Pig Production ¨ Molecular Characterization and Conservation of Indigenous Pigs ¨ Molecular Techniques for Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases of Pig ¨ Concept of Biostatistics for Designing of Experiment in Pig Research ¨ Methods of Pork Processing for Value Addition ¨ Pig Slaughter House – Basic Concepts ¨ Hygienic Pig Slaughter and Processing ¨ Pork - The Pig Meat ¨ Practicing Organic Livestock Farming in India ¨ Manure Handling Options and Composting of Pig Waste ¨ Economics of Pig Production and Bankable Projects ¨ Techno-Economic Feasibility in Preparing a Project for Financing Livestock Farming
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  • Diseases of fruit Crops
    by Misra, A.K.

    This book provides a comprehensive information on diseases of apple, banana, citrus, guava, grapes, mango and pomegranate. The history,distribution, crop loss, cause, molecular characterization, epidemiology and integrated management strategies are covered. This is a valuable source book for students, plant pathologists, horticulturists, nursery managers, agribusiness representatives and growers.
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  • Applied Pedology
    by Sarkar, D

    ¨ Basic Concepts
    ¨ Geo-Informatics
    ¨ Soil Survey and Mapping
    ¨ Soil Classification
    ¨ Land Evaluation
    ¨ Land Degradation
    ¨ Land Use Planning
    ¨ Soils of India
    ¨ References
    ¨ Suggested Reading
    ¨ Appendices
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  • Recent Approaches for Management of Plant Diseases
    by Das, S.

    Recent Approaches for Management of Plant Diseases encompasses the coordinated interaction between plant and microbes, disease development and provide deeper knowledge on detection of pathogens and management strategies developed for fungal, bacterial, nematode and viral diseases of economically important cereals, pulses, oilseeds, medicinal and aromatic plants as well as plantation crops, a vital resources for researchers and students of plant protection.
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  • Trends & Prospects in Food Technology, Processing and Preservation
    by Prodyut Kumar Paul et al

    Food is one of the fewest things that man must need for survival. At the beginning of our civilization, man only needed food that can help him to survive. But with advancing ages and development of civilization, man has also improved his fooding habits substantially. Previously food was just for survival but now food has got several newer dimensions. Food is not only for satire of stomach or getting energy, but is also for nutritional aspects. With the development of civilization, some new aspects like food taste, food quality, food safety, food microbiology, food nutrient content, food dynamics, etc have appeared. Researches on these divisions have shown an upsurge. Since the beginning of 20th centuries, enormous amount of research work is going on worldwide which are related to food and food improvements. Man cannot live without food and hence it would keep on updating its perception and quality. Research and innovations related to food would keep on going and hence the book would prove to be the best input for academicians and researchers related to food science and allied sectors.
    After thorough discussions and planning, the editorial team came to a conclusion to form an edited type book consisting of diverse aspects related to food and newer concepts and trends related to the topic. The book contains 38 chapters which are contributed by scientists, researchers, scholars from biggest institutes all over the globe. The book contains chapters with recent thrust and future prospects related to Food and allied researches. With this vision the book entitled “Trends & Prospects in Food technology, processing and preservation” is designed. Hopefully, the book would prove out to be the very useful for not only finding recent research ideas but also the latest topic on which research emphasis can be done.
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  • Fundamental Principles of Soil Science (Soil Physics, Soil Chemistry and Pedology)
    by Sarkar, D

    CONTENTS







    Preface

    Foreword

    Acknowledgements



    Chapter 1: Soil Physics

    1.1 Soil: From the view point of soil physics

    1.2 Mass volume relationship of soil constituents

    1.2.1 Mean particle density

    1.2.2 Dry bulk density

    1.2.3. Total wet bulk density

    1.2.4. Dry specific volume

    1.2.5. Porosity

    1.2.6. Void ratio

    1.2.7. Soil wetness

    1.2.7.1 Mass wetness

    1.2.7.2 Volume wetness

    1.2.7.3 Water volume ratio

    1.2.7.4 Degree of saturation

    1.2.8 Air-filled porosity

    1.2.9 Total porosity

    1.2.10 Additional interrelations

    1.3 Soil Texture

    1.3.1 Particle size distribution

    1.3.2 Stoke?s law

    1.3.3 Assumptions in Stoke?s law

    1.3.4 Stoke?s Law - limitations

    1.4 Soil structure and aggregation

    1.4.1 Genesis of soil structure

    1.4.2 Soil structure management

    1.5 Soil colour

    1.6 Soil consistency

    1.7 Soil plasticity

    1.7.1 Plasticity indices: Atterbergs limits

    1.7.2 Coefficient of Linear Extensibility (COLE)

    1.8 Soil compaction

    1.8.1 Soil compression vis-?-vis soil compaction

    1.9 Soil crusting

    1.1 Hydration

    1.11 Swelling

    1.12 Specific surface

    1.13 Soil tilth and tillage

    1.14 Soil conditioners

    1.15 Soil water energetics

    1.16 Total soil water potential

    1.16.1 Gravitational potential

    1.16.2 Pressure potential

    1.16.2.1 Submergence potential

    1.16.3 Matric potential

    1.16.4 Pneumatic potential

    1.16.5 Osmotic potential

    1.16.6 Soil moisture potential ? units

    1.17 Soil moisture characteristic curve

    1.18 Differential water capacity

    1.19 Hysteresis

    1.2 Flow of water in a saturated soil (Horizontal flow) : Darcy?s law

    1.20.1 Limitations of Darcy?s law

    1.21 Hydraulic conductivity, permeability and fluidity

    1.22 Reynolds number

    1.23 Soil water flow through a vertical soil column under saturated condition

    1.24 Equations of saturated flow(horizontal flow):Laplace equation

    1.25 Flow of water in unsaturated soil

    1.25.1 Saturated versus unsaturated flow

    1.26 Equations of unsaturated flow

    1.27 Soil water diffusivity

    1.28 Infiltration

    1.28.1 Soil water infiltration equation

    1.28.1.1 Philip?s equation 38

    1.28.1.2 Kostiakov equation 40

    1.29 Redistribution of soil moisture

    1.3 Soil water balance

    1.31 Evaporation

    1.31.1 Evaporation under steady conditions in presence of water table.

    1.31.2 Evaporation under non steady conditions in absence of

    water table

    1.31.3 Penman - Monteith equation

    1.31.4 Beneficial and adverse effects of evaporation

    1.32 Ground water drainage

    1.32.1 Water table

    1.32.1.1 Perched water table

    1.32.2 Drainage design (Hooghout?s equation)

    1.33 Solute transport

    1.34 Diffusion

    1.35 Hydrodynamic dispersion

    1.36 Soil Air

    1.37 Characterization of soil aeration status

    1.37.1 Total air capacity

    1.37.2 Composition of soil air

    1.37.3 Equivalent diffusion distance

    1.37.4 Aeration factor

    1.37.5 Oxygen Diffusion Rate (ODR)

    1.37.6 Air filled porosity:

    1.38 Dynamics of soil air

    1.38.1 Mass flow

    1.38.2 Diffusion

    1.39 Soil aeration in relation to plant growth

    1.4 Soil aeration management

    1.41 Soil temperature in relation to plant growth

    1.42 Thermal properties of soil

    1.42.1 Heat capacity

    1.42.2 Thermal conductivity

    1.42.3 Thermal diffusivity

    1.43 Heat transfer through soil ? Flow equations

    1.44 Energy balance equation

    1.45 Soil temperature management

    1.46 Management of soil physical constraints

    1.47 Soil Rheology

    1.47.1 Strain

    1.47.2 Stress

    1.47.3 Hooke?s law

    1.47.4 Poisson?s ratio

    1.47.5 Modulus of rigidity

    1.47.6 Bulk modulus



    Chapter 2: Soil Chemistry

    2.1 Physical chemistry of soil colloids

    2.2 Surface chemistry of soil clays

    2.3 Charge development on soil colloids

    2.3.1 Permanent charge

    2.3.2 pH - dependant charge

    2.4 Zero Point Charge (ZPC)

    2.4.1 Point of Zero Net Charge (PZNC)

    2.4.2 Point of Zero Net Proton Charge (PZNPC)

    2.4.3 Point of Zero Salt Effect (PZSE)

    2.4.4 Important equations for charge calculation

    2.5 Concept of ?Electrical double layer? in clay colloids

    2.6 Zeta potential

    2.6.1 Zeta potential and mechanism of flocculation. 79

    2.7 Effect of flocculation and dispersion upon plant growth

    2.8 Adsorption and Ion Exchange

    2.8.1 Nature of adsorption

    2.8.2 Freundlich isotherm

    2.8.3 Langmuir adsorption isotherm

    2.8.4 Brunauer, Emmett and Teller (BET) Equation

    2.8.5 Gibb?s adsorption isotherm

    2.9 Ion exchange

    2.9.1 Cation Exchange Capacity(CEC)

    2.9.2 Base Saturation

    2.9.3 Complementary cations

    2.9.4 Colloid specific effect

    2.9.5 Cation exchange selectivity

    2.9.6 Ion exchange equations

    2.9.6.1 Gapon equation

    2.9.6.2 Kerr equation

    2.9.6.3 Vanselow equation

    2.9.2 Anion exchange

    2.9.2.1 Factors affecting anion exchange

    2.1 Schofield?s ratio law

    2.11 Mass Flow and diffusion

    2.12 Soil organic matter

    2.12.1 Role of soil organic matter in soil fertility

    2.13 Humus

    2.13.1 Hypothesis of humus formation

    2.13.2 Humus Fractionation

    2.13.3 Beneficial role of humus

    2.14 Mechanism of formation of clay ? Humus complex

    2.14.1 Adsorption or bonding through Vanderwalls force

    2.14.2 Polyvalent metal cation bonding mechanism

    2.14.3 Ligand Exchange

    2.15 Soil acidity and acid soils

    2.15.1 Acid soils of India

    2.15.1.1 Soils with overlying organic matter

    2.15.1.2 Acid mineral soils without overlying organic matter

    2.15.1.3 Degraded alkali soils

    2.15.1.4 Acid sulphate soils or cat clays

    2.15.2 Types of soil acidity

    2.15.2.1 Active Acidity

    2.15.2.2 Exchangeable Acidity

    2.15.2.3 Potential (Reserve) Acidity

    2.15.3 Productivity constraints in acid soils

    2.15.4 Management of acid soils

    2.15.4.1 Acid soil management in relation to physical properties

    2.15.4.2 Acid soil management in relation to chemical properties

    2.15.4.3 Lime requirement

    2.16 Salt affected soils

    2.16.1 Distribution

    2.16.2 Important soil characteristics

    2.16.2.1 Parameters indicating soil alkalinity (ESP and SAR)

    2.16.3 Constraints and Management

    2.17 Nutrient transformation

    2.17.1. N-transformation

    2.17.1.1 Mechanism of biological N ? fixation

    2.17.1.2 Biological N ? fixation systems

    2.17.1.3 Ammonification and nitrification

    2.17.1.4 Nitrogen mineralization and immobilization

    2.17.1.5 Denitrification

    2.17.1.6 Carbon:Nitrogen (C:N) ratio

    2.17.2 P-transformation

    2.17.2.1 Fixation and release of phosphorus in soils

    2.17.2.2 Biological transformation of phosphorus

    2.17.3 S-transformation

    2.17.3.1 Biological transformation of sulphur

    2.17.4 K-transformation

    2.18 Submerged soils

    2.19 Soil quality

    2.2 Soil pollution

    2.21 Soil mineralogy

    2.21.1 Primary mineral

    2.21.2 Secondary minerals (Clay minerals)

    2.21.2.1 Identification of clay minerals

    2.22 Soil testing

    2.23 Instrumental method: Fundamental concepts

    2.23.1 Colorimetry and Sectrophotometry

    2.23.2 General features of spectroscopy

    2.23.3 Flame Spectrometry (Atomic Absorption Spectrometry and Flame Photometry)

    2.23.3.1 Flame photometry

    2.23.3.2 Atomic absorption spectrophotometer (AAS)

    2.23.4 Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (ICP)

    2.24 Soil chemical analysis: Underlying principles

    2.24.1 pH

    2.24.2 Soil acidity

    2.24.2.1 Total acidity

    2.24.2.2 Exchange acidity

    2.24.2.3 Extractable acidity

    2.24.2.4 Total Potential Soil Acidity

    2.24.2.5 pH ? dependent soil acidity

    2.24.3 Electrical conductivity

    2.24.4 Organic carbon

    2.24.5 Total nitrogen (Modified Kjeldahl?s Method)

    2.24.6 Mineralisable nitrogen

    2.24.7 Total phosphorus

    2.24.8 Extractable phosphorus

    2.24.8.1 Ammonium fluoride-hydrochloric acid extractable phosphorus of soils: (Bray?s 1 method)

    2.24.8.2 Alkaline extraction of soil phosphorus (Olsen?s method)

    2.24.9 Total potassium

    2.24.10 Ammonium acetate extractable potassium

    2.24.11 Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC)

    2.24.11.1 Cation Exchange Capacity of soils containing calcium carbonate

    2.24.12 Anion Exchange Capacity (AEC)

    2.24.13 Exchangeable bases

    2.24.13.1 Exchangeable Sodium

    2.24.13.2 Exchangeable Calcium and Magnesium

    2.24.14 Micronutrients: DTPA Extractable Zn2+, Cu2+, Fe2+, Mn2+

    2.24.15 Available boron

    2.24.16 Available molybdenum

    2.24.17 Arsenic determination by conversion to their hydrides and aspiration into an AAS

    2.24.18 Selenium determination by conversion to their hydrides and aspiration into an AAS

    2.24.19 Fluoride estimation in soil and water: SPADNS method

    2.24.20 Determination of lime requirement of soil

    2.24.21 Determination of gypsum requirement of soil

    2.24.22 Determination of lime potential

    2.24.23 Available sulphur determination in soil.

    Chapter 3 : Pedology

    3.1 Pedology versus edaphology

    3.2 Soil-defined

    3.2.1 Soil as a natural body

    3.2.2 Soil as a porous body

    3.2.3 Soil as a disperse system

    3.3 Components of soils

    3.4 Top soil versus subsoil

    3.5 Land and soil

    3.6 Functions of soil

    3.7 Parent material

    3.7.1 Geological classification of parent materials

    3.7.2 Soil properties as influenced by parent material

    3.8 Soil profile

    3.9 Mineral matter (inorganic constituents) in soils

    3.1 Soil organic matter

    3.11 The pedon versus polypedon

    3.12 Soil water

    3.13 Soil air

    3.14 Rock forming minerals

    3.15 Different types of rocks

    3.16 Weathering

    3.16.1 Processes of weathering

    3.16.1.1 Mechanical processes

    3.16.1.2 Chemical processes

    3.16.1.3 Biological weathering

    3.16.2 Weathering of rocks

    3.16.2.1 Igneous rocks and weathering process

    3.16.2.2 Sedimentary rocks and weathering process

    3.16.3 Weathering of minerals

    3.16.3.1 Weathering and formation of secondary minerals

    3.16.4 Factors responsible for weathering of minerals

    3.16.5 Stability order of minerals relative to weathering

    3.16.5.1 Weathering sequence

    3.17 Soil formation

    3.17.1 Different stages of soil formation

    3.17.2 Soil forming factors: Governing equations

    3.17.3 Active soil forming factors

    3.17.4 Passive soil forming factors

    3.17.5 Endo and ectodynamomorphic soils

    3.17.6 Four fold categorization in relation to soil formation

    3.18 Pedogenic processes

    3.18.1 Fundamental processes in pedogenesis

    3.18.2 Specific processes in pedogenesis

    3.19 Soil classification: Introduction

    3.19.1 Historical background of soil classification systems

    3.19.2 Early systems of soil classification

    3.19.3 Worldwide system of soil classification

    3.19.4 Limitations in the genetic system of soil classification.

    3.19.5 Advantages of considering USDA soil classification (Soil Taxonomy)

    3.19.6 Soil Taxonomy :A comprehensive US system of soil classification

    3.19.7 Diagnostic horizons

    3.19.7.1 Features of Epipedons

    3.19.7.2 Features of Endopedons

    3.19.8 Structure of soil taxonomy

    3.19.9 Place of Indian soils in US system of soil classification

    3.2 Geoinformatics

    3.20.1 Remote Sensing

    3.20.2 Geographic Information System (GIS) : Introduction

    3.20.3 Global Positioning System (GPS)

    3.21 Soil survey and mapping

    3.21.1 Objective of soil survey

    3.21.2 Types of soil survey

    3.21.3 Sequence of survey operations

    3.21.4 Soil Resource Mapping (SRM): A 3-tier approach

    3.21.5 Modern approach for soil survey and mapping

    3.21.6 Soil correlation

    3.22 Land evaluation

    3.22.1 Land evaluation: approaches

    3.22.2 Land capability classification

    3.22.3 Land suitability for land evaluation

    3.22.4 Land irrigability classification

    3.23 Land use planning

    3.24 Soils of India

    3.24.1 Geographical settings

    3.24.2 Climate

    3.24.3 Geology

    3.24.4 Soil groups of India



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