Environmental Pollution and Agriculture by Arvind Kumar

Publisher: APH, 2002.     ISBN : 8176483214

"Environmental Pollution and Agriculture is a unique compilation of 65 current research articles of eminent ecologists from different parts of India for assessing the impact of ecodegradation on agriculture in the light of recent advances during last decade. This book will be a milestone in the field of agricultural ecology because its aim is to highlight the present status of environment in relation to agriculture.

The book discusses exhaustive studies on various aspects of agricultural sciences such as impact of coal mining industries on agriculture, agro-ecological environment and stored food grain ecosystem, agrochemicals and reproductive toxicity, sustainable management of natural resources in cropping systems, monitoring of pesticides by using bioindicators, utilization of industrial effluents for agriculture, effect of manure-fertilizer on soil, biosorption of heavy metals by soil fungi, studies on seed conservation, plant pesticides in the control of forests pests, physico-chemical properties of soil in respect to moisture conservation, effect of nitrogen on phytomass accumulation etc.

The book will open a new vista in the field of environmental and agricultural sciences for researchers, teachers, academics and scientists working in various disciplines of agricultural sciences. It must be helpful to ecoplanners to develop pollution free biosphere as well as agricultural produce."

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