"This book provides a comprehensive overview of the latest research and developments in the field of root and tuber crops from a sustainable production and protection perspective. With a focus on sustainable production methods, the book offers valuable insights and perspectives on how to improve the efficiency and sustainability of root and tuber crop production. This is particularly important given the increasing demand for food security and sustainable agriculture practices globally. Chapters focus on a wide range of production strategies, including soil, nutrient dynamics, nutrient management, fertilizer consumption, and cropping systems, as well as the use of modern farming techniques and technologies. With seed production and supply chains playing critical roles in cash crops like potatoes, a staple food in many countries, the volume also covers healthy seed planting material, low-cost technological intervention for quality seed production, integrated weed management for local and global perspectives, and enhancing the efficiency of small-holder farmers in the Global South. Finally, the book considers the challenges posed by pests and disease management. It describes management methods as well as the distribution, symptoms and damage, biology, survival, and spread of each pest, and also discusses various environmentally friendly pest management strategies, such as physical, cultural, chemical, biological, host resistance, and integrated methods. This book will be of interest to students and scholarsof sustainable agriculture, crop management and plant sciences"-- Provided by publisher.
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the latest research and developments in the field of root and tuber crops from a sustainable production and protection perspective. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of sustainable agriculture, crop management and plant sciences.
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the latest research and developments in the field of root and tuber crops from a sustainable production and protection perspective.
With a focus on sustainable production methods, the book offers valuable insights and perspectives on how to improve the efficiency and sustainability of root and tuber crop production. This is particularly important given the increasing demand for food security and sustainable agriculture practices globally. The chapters focus on a wide range of production strategies, including soil, nutrient dynamics, nutrient management, fertilizer consumption, and cropping systems, as well as the use of modern farming techniques and technologies. With seed production and supply chains playing critical roles in cash crops like potatoes, a staple food in many countries, the volume also covers healthy seed planting material, low-cost technological intervention for quality seed production, integrated weed management for local and global perspectives, and enhancing the efficiency of small-holder farmers in the Global South. Finally, this book considers the challenges posed by pests and disease management. It describes management methods, as well as the distribution, symptoms and damage, biology, survival, and spread of each pest, and also discusses various environmentally friendly pest management strategies, such as physical, cultural, chemical, biological, host resistance, and integrated methods.
This book will be of interest to students and scholars of sustainable agriculture, crop management, and plant sciences.
Content
Chapter
1. Introduction
Ravinder Kumar, Milan Kumar Lal, Rahul Kumar Tiwari, Brajesh Singh
Part I: Insights on resource management and nutrient dynamics
Chapter
2. Root and tuber crops and their role in global food security
Namrata Roy, Santanu Mukherjee, Swetank Singh, Vaibhav Kumar Singh, Ravinder
Kumar
Chapter
3. Harnessing the power of underutilized root and tuber crops for
global nutrition
Pramodini Rout, Goutam Mohanty, Debasmita Dash, Madhusmita Barik
Chapter
4. Water management in root and tuber crops
Madhusmita Barik, Animesh Pattnaik, Debasmita Dash, Niharika Mohanty,
Lopamudra Nayak, Ashok Kumar Mallik
Chapter
5. Sustainable irrigation practices for root and tuber crops
Goutam Kumar Dash, Saraswati Pati, Sourav Paramanik, Dinkar J Gaikwad, Soumya
Kumar Sahoo, Jagdish Jena, Awadhesh Kumar
Chapter
6. Genomic approaches to enhance nutrient- and water-use efficiency
of tuber crops
Lopamudra Nayak, Awadhesh Kumar, Madhusmita Barik
Part II: Climate Resilience, Quality parameter and post-harvest Management
Chapter
7. Specialty root and tuber crops: Diversity, quality, Production and
Processing
Shyalli Kumari, Anshuman Pathak, Neetu Saroj, Shubham Maurya, Pramila, Rajeev
Kumar Srivastava, Ashish Rai, Rohit Maurya, Milan Kumar Lal, Rahul Kumar
Tiwari, Ravinder Kumar, Muhammad Ahsan Altaf, Sumeet Kumar Singh, Killi
Prasad
Chapter
8. Climate change and root and tuber crops production
Muhammad Ahsan Altaf, Muhammad Aamir Manzoor, Ehsan Ali, Hafiza Muniba Din
Muhammad, Riaz Ahmad
Chapter
9. Influence of climate change on quality of root and tuber crops
Shubham Maurya, Neetu Saroj, K. Prasad, Ashim Kumar Mishra, Nangsol Dolma
Bhutia, Udit Kumar, Pramila, Sumeet Kumar Singh, Ashish Rai, Rajeev Kumar
Srivastava, Rajesh Kumar, Aman Tigga
Chapter
10. Modern healthy seed potato production system: advancements and
opportunities for implementation in other crops
Ravinder Kumar, Tanuja Buckseth, Rajesh Kumar Singh, Rahul Kumar Tiwari,
Anirban Roy, Milan Kumar Lal, Gyanendra Singh, Vinod Kumar, Brajesh Singh
Chapter
11. Dynamics of microbial community during post-harvest/storage of
sugar beet
Varucha Misra, Ashutosh Kumar Mall
Part III: Conceptual Changes in the Disease Management
Chapter
12. Late blight research- global paradigm shifts
Utpal Dey, Dedat Prismantoro, Febri Doni, Popy Bora, Abhisek Rath, Swetank
Singh, Vaibhav Kumar Singh, Ravinder Kumar, A. K. Mohanty
Chapter
13. Viral diseases of root and tuber crops: research progress and
future perspectives
Pooja Bhardwaj, Rakesh Kumar, Malyaj R. Prajapati, Nishant Srivastava, Nitika
Gupta, Virendra K. Baranwal, Susheel K. Sharma
Chapter
14. Soil and tuber borne diseases of root and tuber crops: Current
status and future prospects
Jagmohan Singh, Manjunath Harkudali, Rahul Kumar Tiwari, Gyanandra Singh
Chapter
15. Biocontrol agents for soil born disease management in root and
tuber crops: Mode of action and its application
Laxmipriya Behera, Bandana Mohapatra, Ujalarashmi Sahu, Rupak Jena, Awadhesh
Kumar, Ravinder Kumar, Rahul Kumar Tiwari, M.J. Baig, Milan Kumar Lal
Chapter
16. Innovative and climate-resilient approaches to root and tuber
crop disease management
Mansi Mishra, Shweta Singh, Dinesh Singh, Chandramani Raj, Rahul Kumar
Tiwari, Prakash Chandra Tripathy
Chapter
17. Integrated management of root and tuber crop diseases: current
status and future research priorities
Bekri Xhemali, Hysen Kokiēi, Rayane Saifi, Touseef Hussain
Chapter
18. Phytoplasma in root and tuber crops challenges, impacts, and
management strategies
Hemavati Ranebennur, Kirti Rawat, Shivani Gupta, Manoj Kumar Yadav, Nayan
Deepak G, Govind Pratap Rao
Part IV: New Developments in Entomology and Nematology Research
Chapter
19. Tuber crops: Emerging pests and management strategies
Harish, E.R., Sangeetha B.G., Kesava Kumar H.
Chapter
20. Major soil arthropod pests of root and tuber crops and their
management
Mohd Abas Shah, Sheikh Aafreen Rehman, Hafsa Ajaz Tramboo, Rifat Rasool
Chapter
21. Biology and management strategies of major insect-pests of root
and tuber crops
Ipsita Samal, Tanmaya Kumar Bhoi, Deepak Kumar Mahanta, Amit Umesh Paschapur
Chapter
22. Modern approaches for the management of golden cyst nematodes in
potato
Priyank Hanuman Mhatre, Divya K. Lekshmanan, Praveen S. Patted, Aarti Bairwa,
Berliner J., Santosh Watpade
Ravinder Kumar is a Senior Scientist at the ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, India.
Milan Kumar Lal is a Scientist at the ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, India.
Rahul Kumar Tiwari is a Scientist at the ICAR-Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, India.
Brajesh Singh is Principal Scientist and Director of the ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute, India.
