Authors : K.L. Chadha, D. Leela and Prabha Challa

This book on Weed Management in Horticulture & Plantation Crops has been written by a team of scientists led by an eminent horticulturist Dr. K.L. Chadha, former Deputy Director General (Horticulture) and now National Professor in Horticulture at Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. The co-authors include Dr. D. Leela and Dr. Prabha Challa who have been active research workers on weed control in horticultural crops at the Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore, for nearly 3 decades and thus have a first hand knowledge of the subject.

Contents

Introduction

Horticultural Crops and their Distribution in India

Weeds of horticultural Crops and Losses Caused

Weed Control Methods

Weed Management in Fruit Crops

Weed Management in Vegetable Crops

Weed Management in Potato

Weed Management in Other Tuber Crops

Weed Management in Ornamental Crops

Weed Management in Medicinal and Aromatic Crops

Weed Management in Plantation Crops

Control of Noxious Weeds

Economics of weed control

Herbicide Residue and Detection

Herbicide—Plant Disease Interaction

Role of Ancillary Agencies

Future Scenario

ISBN : 81-850-48-34-7

230pp, Colour/B&W Photographs; Paperback