Tropical agriculture Books

Book SynopsisThis book provides up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of the research and application of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in tropical regions. The first section explores the agro-ecological framework that represents the foundations of IPM, in addition to emerging technologies in chemical and biological methods that are core to pest control in tropical crops. The second section follows a crop-based approach and provides details of current IPM applications in the main tropical food crops (such as cereals, legumes, root and tuber crops, sugarcane, vegetables, banana and plantain, citrus, oil palm, tea, cocoa and coffee) and also fibre crops (such as cotton) and tropical forests. Integrated Pest Management in Tropical Regions: · Explores the techniques aimed at controlling pests in agro-ecosystems sustainably while reducing secondary effects on the environment and on plant, animal and human health · Contextualizes IPM within our current knowledge of climate change and the global movement of organisms · Covers integrated strategies to contains pests in major tropical food crops, fibre crops and trees · Discusses options and challenges for pest control in tropical agricultureTable of Contents1: Introduction PART I: OVERVIEW OF PEST MANAGEMENT IN THE TROPICS 2: Agroecological Foundations for Pest Management in the Tropics: Learning from Traditional Farmers 3: Options and Challenges for Pest Control in Intensive Cropping Systems in Tropical Regions 4: Biological Pest Control in the Tropics PART II: INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT APPROACHES FOR TROPICAL CROPS 5: Integrated Pest Management in Tropical Cereal Crops 6: Integrated Pest Management in Tropical Food Legumes 7: Integrated Pest Management of Root and Tuber Crops in the Tropics 8: Integrated Pest Management in Sugarcane Cropping Systems 9: Integrated Pest Management in Cotton 10: Integrated Pest Management in Tropical Vegetable Crops 11: Integrated Pest Management and Good Agricultural Practice Recommendations in Greenhouse Crops 12: Integrated Pest Management in Banana and Plantain 13: Integrated Pest Management in Citrus 14: Integrated Pest Management in Oil Palm Plantations in Malaysia 15: Integrated Pest Management in Tea, Cocoa and Coffee 16: Integrated Insect Pest Management in Tropical Forestry

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Book SynopsisAsian citrus psyllid (ACP), Diaphorina citri, is an insect pest which transmits a bacterium, Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas), primarily through feeding in newly emergent foliage of citrus trees. This pathogen causes a disease known as Huanglongbing (HLB), or citrus greening, which has become the most debilitating and intractable disease in citrus crops. This book, written by a team of experts on the Asian citrus psyllid, gathers together everything currently known about the biology and ecology of this important pest species, examines the transmission and acquisition processes of the pathogen, and looks at current management practices and their effectiveness. The potential for new, innovative management techniques are also described, along with the economic implications of managing this rapidly establishing disease. This book: Covers all aspects of Asian citrus psyllid biology and ecology for the first time in one place. Examines new, innovative management practices and assesses their effectiveness. Discusses the vector-pathogen relationship in detail. Explains the economics of controlling this devastating pest. This title is essential reading for all researchers involved in the management and control of Asian citrus psyllid, extension agents, and pest management consultants. It will also be of great use to graduate students in applied entomology and related disciplines.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Asian citrus psyllid life cycle and developmental biology Chapter 2: Functional anatomy of the Asian citrus psyllid Chapter 3: Mating behaviour of the Asian citrus psyllid Chapter 4: Visually and chemically guided behavior of the Asian citrus psyllid Chapter 5: Hosts of the Asian citrus psyllid Chapter 6: Abiotic and Biotic Regulators of the Asian Citrus Psyllid Populations Chapter 7: Symbionts and pathogens of the Asian citrus psyllid Chapter 8: Huanglongbing Pathogens: Acquisition, Transmission and Vector Interactions Chapter 9: Epidemiology of huanglongbing: Implications of infective colonization events Chapter 10: Sampling and Economic Thresholds for Asian citrus psyllid Chapter 11: Management Objectives and Integration of Strategies for the Asian Citrus Psyllid Chapter 12: Management of Diaphorina citri in Asia Chapter 13: Asian Citrus Psyllid Management in Sao Paulo, Brazil Chapter 14: Integrated Management of Asian Citrus Psyllid and Huanglongbing in Florida: Past, Present and Future Chapter 15: Area-wide management of Asian citrus psyllid in Texas Chapter 16: Management of Asian citrus psyllid in California Chapter 17: Advances in RNA suppression of the Asian Citrus Psyllid Vector and Bacteria (Huanglongbing Pathosystem)

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Book SynopsisEnormous changes are affecting African production agriculture, urbanization, and food consumption patterns, requiring new approaches to training and knowledge generation and dissemination to achieve food security. Many agricultural universities and other tertiary agricultural education (TAE) organizations have been slow to respond, hindered by inadequate staffing and facilities and growing competition for funds. However, some African agricultural universities are transforming themselves and are achieving remarkable success. This book documents successful approaches to remaking TAE in Africa to inspire leaders, both formal and informal, of other TAE organizations. It emphasises adaptive strategies and processes creating an internal culture driven by stakeholder needs and where organizational transformation improves the quality and relevance of teaching, research, and outreach. The chapters cover the role of TAE in agricultural transformation, trends in TAE in Africa, solutions to the rigour-versus-relevance dilemma, curriculum design informed by actual and emerging labour market conditions, innovation and entrepreneurship, TAE quality assurance, and networking among TAE institutions. This book: Emphasizes best practices within Africa rather than theories or models from outside Promotes adaptive organizational learning strategies rather than blueprints Promotes collaboration and networking for cross-learning and leveraging of resources Features practical examples and case studies This book is aimed at academics in Africa and abroad, students of agricultural development, educational and agricultural policy makers in Africa, international development partners, and education sector investors.Table of ContentsPart I: Introduction Chapter 1: Agriculture and Tertiary Education within the Context of Global and African Development Goals Part II: Sectoral and Institutional Context Chapter 2: Agricultural Food System Transformation in Africa and Its Implications for Tertiary Agricultural Education Chapter 3: Positioning Tertiary Agricultural Education within a Changing Policy and Institutional Context Chapter 4: Global and African Trends in Tertiary Education Chapter 5: Trends in Tertiary Agricultural Education Capacity in Africa Part III: Pathways of Transformation Chapter 6: Leadership and Change Management to Transform Tertiary Agricultural Education Institutions Chaoter 7: Transformative Curricula and Teaching Practices to Meet Labour-Market Needs in Tertiary Agricultural Education in Africa Chapter 8: Transformative Research and Innovation in Tertiary Agricultural Education in Africa Chapter 9: Transformative Outreach in Tertiary Agricultural Education in Africa Chapter 10: Quality Assurance in Tertiary Agricultural Education in Africa Chapter 11: Gender Concepts and Practices for Transforming Tertiary Agricultural Education in Africa Chapter 12: Entrepreneurship and the Role of Universities in Generating Youth Employment in Africa Chapter 13: Transformative Technical and Vocational Training in Tertiary Agricultural Education in Africa Chapter 14: Network Approaches to Transforming Tertiary Agricultural Education in Africa Chapter 15: A Case Study of Transformation in Four African Universities Chapter 16: Transnational Partnerships for Tertiary Agricultural Education in Africa Part IV: Implementing the Transformation Chapter 17: A Transformation Agenda for Tertiary Agricultural Education in Africa

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Book SynopsisDioscorea species, commonly known as yams, are tuberous plants that constitute a major staple food in many parts of Africa, South East Asia, Latin America and the South Pacific. Yams are cultivated in about 50 mainly tropical countries, and the world annual production of edible tubers is around 73 million tonnes. This book evaluates the current state of knowledge about yams, and how this knowledge affects practices in production, cultivation and postharvest technology. Dioscorea is a diverse genus in terms of its geographical origin, domestication, morphology, chemistry and breeding. Therefore, besides concentrating on the dozen or so species that are used as major food crops, the book examines species that have limited commercial or domestic value at present, but have the potential in future to contribute to the production and utilization of this crop. This book: · Covers botany, taxonomy, composition, uses, cultivation, handling, storage, diseases, pests and production. · Describes the yam industry in the main producer countries, and around 100 of the most commonly grown species. · Reviews many Dioscorea species that may be developed in the future. It is an essential resource for researchers in horticulture, yam growers, breeders and postharvest technologists.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Botany Chapter 3: Composition and Uses Chapter 4: Cultivation Chapter 5: Storage Chapter 6: Diseases and Pests Chapter 7: Production Chapter 8: Some Dioscorea Species

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Book SynopsisThis book, the third of a series, shows how shifting cultivators, from the Himalayan foothills to the Pacific Islands, have devised ways to improve their farming systems. Using case studies collected over many years, it considers the importance of swidden agriculture to food security and livelihoods, and its environmental significance, across multiple cultures, forest and cropping systems. There is a particular focus on soil fertility and climate change challenges. It is a 'must read' for those who realize that if the lives of shifting cultivators are to be improved, then far more attention needs to be directed to the indigenous and often ingenious innovations that shifting cultivators have themselves been able to develop. Many of these innovations and best practices will have strong potential for extrapolation to shifting cultivators elsewhere and to farming systems in general. This book:- Highlights innovations of shifting cultivators.- Combines solid science with accessible language and outstanding artwork.- Provides a collection of case studies unprecedented in its scope.This book will be suitable for students and researchers of agriculture, anthropology, sociology, agricultural economics, human ecology, ethnobotany, forestry, agroforestry, agronomy, soil science, farming systems, geography, environmental science and natural resource management.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an insight into the background, lessons learned, and the methodology of facilitating the application of best-bet/best-fit agricultural technologies to smallholder farms in East and Southern Africa (ESA). All technologies highlighted within this book, except those on livestock feeding, were trialed and demonstrated in farmers' fields over an eight-year period [2012 - 2020] as part of the Feed the Future/USAID funded research-for-development Africa RISING ESA Project and supported by the CGIAR. The livestock feed technologies were compiled from Eastern Africa literature and included to offer a full set of technologies relevant for farmers in mixed farming systems. Topics covered include the introduction of resilient and nutrient-dense crops, better arrangement of crops in the field to amplify intercrop benefits, and the management of soils to improve soil fertility and minimize physical soil and nutrient loss. The publication also features technologies for postharvest loss reduction, livestock feeding, food processing, and in the later chapters, important expositions on how multiple technologies can be creatively integrated in a farming system and how key products of research can be taken to scale. In the first chapter and throughout the handbook, the importance of taking gender dynamics into account to ensure technologies produce equitable outcomes is emphasized. This book: provides evidence-based descriptions of sustainable agricultural intensification technologies that have been validated iteratively with smallholder farmers. a convenient, easy-to-read, and science-based 'how-to' guide for successful deployment of improved agricultural technologies that will ensure readers from development/scaling agencies save time and resources for research trials and instead focus on technology deployment. gives evidence of how building research and development partnerships can be a critical element for successful delivery and scaling up of agricultural technologies. The book is aimed primarily at development practitioners who seek new competences in taking new technologies to scale. However, the breadth of topics covered makes this book an essential resource for agricultural scientists as well as university and college students aspiring to apply systems thinking in future agricultural research and development work.Table of Contents1: Weaving gender into sustainable intensification interventions 2: New high-yielding, stress-resilient, and nutritious crop varieties 3: Cereal–legume cropping systems for enhanced productivity, food security, and resilience 4: Management of soil fertility through application of fertilizers 5: Soil and water conservation for climate-resilient agriculture 6: Land management through conservation agriculture and associated practices 7: Improved technologies for reducing post-harvest losses 8: Improved feeding for dairy cattle and poultry in smallholder crop–livestock systems 9: Improved household nutrition through home-grown produce and consumption of nutritious and healthy products 10: Combining multiple technologies: Integrated soil fertility management 11: Taking technologies to a greater scale

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Book SynopsisWritten in an easily-accessible style, this book provides a practical introduction to all aspects of tropical turf management. General topics covered include climate adaptation, the physiology and morphology of turf-grasses, an overview of the different turf-grass species, soil characteristics and testing, establishment techniques, cultivation, nutrition and fertilization, mowing procedures, irrigation requirements, compaction and thatch, and turf pests. It also discusses golf-course maintenance including the different methods needed for the tee, the fairway, the putting green and the rough. The book also looks at sports field management including rugby fields, tennis courts, football and hockey fields, bowling greens and croquet-courts, and playgrounds. Numerous line drawings and photographs are used to illustrate key concepts, processes and relationships.Table of Contents1: Introduction to Turf Grasses 2: Turf-Grass Species 3: Soil 4: Turf-Grass Establishment 5: Turf Nutrition and Fertilization 6: Mowing 7: Irrigation 8: Turf Cultivation, Compaction, and Thatch 9: Golf-Course Maintenance 10: Sports Turf 11: Pests 12: Appendix

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Book SynopsisThe poultry industry continues to expand in the warm regions of the world at a much faster rate than in temperate zones. Not only can it be quickly and easily developed in these hot climates but poultry meat and eggs can serve as important sources of animal protein in those areas of the world that have protein insufficiency. Fully revised and updated, this new edition describes how the detrimental effects of heat stress can be reduced through the manipulation of housing, breeding, nutrition and management, and includes new contributions on controlled-environment housing, waterfowl, and breeding fast-growing broilers.Trade Review"Poultry Production in Hot Climates contains a good deal of useful information and includes an important compilation of references to primary sources. It should be on the shelf of all libraries where poultry science is taught." - T R Morris"Table of Contents1: Present Status and Future of the Poultry Industry in Hot Regions, N J Daghir 2: Breeding for Resistance to Heat Stress, R S Gowe and R W Fairful 3: Broiler Strains for Hot Regions, A Cahaner 4: Behavioural, Physiological, Neuroendocrine and Molecular Responses to Heat Stress, R J Etches, T M John and A M Verrinder Gibbins 5: Poultry Housing for Hot Climates, M Czarick III and B D Fairchild 6: Nutrient Requirements of Poultry at High Temperatures, N J Daghir 7: Feedstuffs Used in Hot Regions, N J Daghir 8: Mycotoxins in Poultry Feeds, N J Daghir 9: Broiler Feeding and Management in Hot Climates, N J Daghir 10: Replacement Pullet and Layer Feeding and Management in Hot Climates, N J Daghir 11: Breeder and Hatchery Management in Hot Climates, N J Daghir and R Jones 12: Waterfowl Production in Hot Climates, J F Huang, Y H Hu and J C Hsu

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Book SynopsisEffective fruit production requires general knowledge of fruit husbandry such as nutrition, propagation, pruning and training, effects of climate and crop protection as well as specific cultivation techniques for each fruit. Fully revised and expanded to include organic fruit production, this new edition provides a thorough introduction to the cultivation of fruit found throughout the temperate and subtropical regions of the world.Trade Review"...this new publication represents a comprehensive update of temperate and subtropical fruit production practices in a structure and style which works well as both a core pomology text and basic reference for these increasingly information intensive times." Tom Gradziel, HortTechnology"Table of ContentsPart I: General Points on Fruit Husbandry 1: The Distribution of Fruits 2: Climate and Fruit Plants 3: Morphology and Growth of Woody Plants 4: Flowers and Fruit 5: Pruning and Training 6: Pruning and Training of Other Fruits 7: Producing and Marketing Quality Fruit 8: Use of Bioregulators in Fruit Production 9: Soils, Nutrients and Water 10: Crop Protection 11: Propagation of Fruit Plants 12: Machinery for Fruit Growing Part II: Cultivation of Specific Fruits 13: Stonefruit 14: Pome Fruits 15: Grapes 16: Berry Fruit 17: Citrus 18: Kiwifruit 19: Subtropical Fruit 20: Miscellaneous Fruit Crops 21: Edible Nuts

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Book SynopsisThe management of tropical forest ecosystems is essential to the health of the planet. This book addresses forest insect pest problems across the world's tropics, addressing the pests' ecology, impact and possible approaches for their control. Fully updated, this second edition also includes discussions of new areas of interest including climate change, invasive species, forest health and plant clinics. This work is an indispensible resource for students, researchers and practitioners of forestry, ecology, pest management and entomology in tropical and subtropical countries.Table of Contents1: Tropical Forests 2: Tropical Forests and Insect Biodiversity 3: Abiotic and Biotic Effects 4: Insect-Host Tree Interactions 5: Tropical Forest Pests: Ecology, Biology and Impact 6: Management Systems I: Planning stage 7: Management Systems II: Nursery Stage 8: Management Systems III: Plantation Stage 9: Management Systems IV: Forest Health Surveillance, Invasive Species and Quarantine 10: Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

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Book SynopsisThe management of tropical forest ecosystems is essential to the health of the planet. This book addresses forest insect pest problems across the world's tropics, addressing the pests' ecology, impact and possible approaches for their control. Fully updated, this second edition also includes discussions of new areas of interest including climate change, invasive species, forest health and plant clinics. This work is an indispensible resource for students, researchers and practitioners of forestry, ecology, pest management and entomology in tropical and subtropical countries.Table of Contents1: Tropical Forests 2: Tropical Forests and Insect Biodiversity 3: Abiotic and Biotic Effects 4: Insect-Host Tree Interactions 5: Tropical Forest Pests: Ecology, Biology and Impact 6: Management Systems I: Planning stage 7: Management Systems II: Nursery Stage 8: Management Systems III: Plantation Stage 9: Management Systems IV: Forest Health Surveillance, Invasive Species and Quarantine 10: Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

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Book SynopsisSustainable crop production is vital to ensure that supplies of fresh vegetables and their products are readily available. However, food security still remains a huge problem in areas of the world, including the tropics and sub-tropics, where communities rely solely on subsistence farming to meet their day to day food demands. It is evident that food production needs to become more sustainable to ensure economic stability and poverty reduction. With this in mind Tropical Vegetable Production addresses the problems surrounding vegetable production in developing countries. Divided into two parts this volume discusses firstly the principles and practise of tropical vegetable production, from site selection, security and management to seeds, crop preparation and pesticides, and secondly provides details of those crops which are of particular importance in developing countries.Table of ContentsPart 1: 1: Tropics and Vegetables Defined, Concept of subsistence farming, Small farmer enterprises and The importance of vegetables in the human diet. 2: Choice of Site, Site security, Topography, Soils, Water supply and Irrigation. 3: Modification of environment, Site management, Seed supply, Seed classes and types of vegetable cultivars. 4: Farmers' information, Support, Extension and Research backing. 5: Crop preparations and Crop management. 6: Pest, Pathogen and Pesticide definitions, Integrated Pest Management, Physiological disorders, Organic production, Post-harvest losses and Market opportunities. Part 2: 7: Alliaceae Onions and related crops 8: Cruciferae. Crucifers 9: Cucurbitaceae Cucurbits, The vine crops 10: Solanaceae Tomato and related crops 11: Leguminosae Beans and related crops as vegetables and pulses 12: Leafy Vegetables 13: Graminae and Cyperaceae 14: Andean Tubers and Roots, Lamiacae and Apiaceae 15: Graminae and Cyperaceae Appendix 1: Indigenous species Appendix 2: International research institutes General Index: Index of Species

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Book SynopsisThis book on ‘Secondary Agriculture’ discusses the goal of doubling farmers’ incomes. The term ‘secondary’ has a bearing on climate change adaptation and its mitigation, small farm viability and profitability, food security, nutrition, sustainable utilization of natural resources, and optimal usage of produce from primary agriculture and farm incomes. Promoting secondary agriculture has implications on attaining sustainable development goals, which aim to connect primary, secondary and tertiary sectors by using slack/idle factors of production, such as land and labour, contributing to primary agriculture production, capturing ‘value’ in primary agricultural activities, and generating additional income at the enterprise level. In context to same, the chapters of this book have been designed to promote secondary agriculture through low-cost skills and technology applications in agriculture and by upscaling knowledge via integrating primary, secondary and tertiary sectors of agriculture. The motivation behind this book is to address the challenges of biotic and abiotic stresses facing the farming community; to increase farmers income through low-cost skills and technology applications in agriculture; to upscale knowledge by integrating primary, secondary and tertiary sectors of agriculture. The food processing sector in India is still in a nascent stage with only 8 per cent of the produce being processed as against 80-98 per cent in case of high-income countries (Government of India, 2008, 2010). The food processing sector is now receiving the boost with the annual growth of 13.2 per cent in registered food processing units during 2004-10 (Government of India, 2011). Against this backdrop, there is a strong need to strategically handle the situation in order to facilitate a self-sustainable and long-run growth of the sector, which is felt possible by focusing on Secondary Agriculture. Though not a panacea for all ailments of the primary sector, but it can definitely drive the growth.Table of ContentsLinkage between Primary and Secondary Agriculture: Role of High Value Field Crops in Increasing Farmers Income Temperate Aromatic Rices: Management for Improving Productivity, Farmer’s Income and Livelihood Security New Innovations in Agriculture-A way forward for Enhancing Agricultural Production and Productivity Integrated Farming Systems for Doubling Farmers’ Income Integrated Farming Systems: Research, Extension and Scope in Punjab, India Specialty Food Crops – An Alternate Way for Increasing Farm Income Prospects of Crop Residues in Secondary Agriculture Marketing of Agricultural Produce in India- Problems and Prospects Biochar: A New Emerging Tool to Mitigate Abiotic Stresses and its Effect on Soil Properties Effective Microbial Consortia for Rapid Management of Organic Solid Wastes Post-Harvest Management and Value Addition of Food Crops Role of Botanicals in Integrated Pest Management for Sustained Crop Production Sustainable Intensification in Eastern Gangetic Plains of South Asia via Conservation Agriculture for Energy, Water and Food security under Climate Smart Management System Biofortification: A Viable Option for Increasing Crop Production and Nutritional Security Humic Acids as Bio-stimulants

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Book SynopsisThis book has been specifically designed to fulfill the academic requirements of students pursuing degrees in Horticulture and related sciences. Its primary objective is to cover all essential topics related to temperate fruit and plantation crops. To achieve this goal, the book provides comprehensive and up-to-date information on various aspects of these crops. The language used in the book is clear and concise, making it easy for students to understand complex concepts. The author has drawn upon their extensive experience in the field to create a well-structured and informative guide. The book covers a wide range of temperate and plantation crops, with each chapter presenting a detailed overview of the latest principles and management practices. This makes it an ideal resource for students and researchers seeking reliable information on the production of these crops.

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