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The concept of amputation, prosthetic, orthotic fitting and orthopaedic rehabilitation on large animals is an innovative practice developed by the author. The author has developed several techniques of fitting of prosthetic and orthotic appliances for the large animals. The practical lessons and illustrations included in the book will be of very much of use for the students, teachers and researchers and practitioners in Veterinary Science in general and surgery in particular, covering details of surgical techniques in a brief manner with pictorial representation. The basic idea behind this book is to publish innovative methods and new affective techniques that are easy successful and cost effective. In orthopaedic treatment in large animals fitting of artificial limbs, prosthetic and orthotic appliances, amputation and rehabilitation appear to be very rare and complicated. Large numbers of hand drawings and photographs have been incorporated in order to visualize the surgical techniques for better understanding. Fabrication of modified Thomas Splint has been demonstrated step wise using illustrations. Use of conjoined 'U' plate for better immobilization in case of lower limb fabrication in large animals is claimed as an innovative step. A sling has been fabricated for lifting of downed large animals for making them mobile to facilitate exercise of unused and paralyzed limbs using locally available materials to make it cost effective as well as availability in most rural interiors.

Agribusiness can be defined as science and practice of activities, with backward and forward linkages, related to production, processing, marketing, trade, and distribution of raw and processed food, feed and fiber, including supply of inputs and services for these activities. Managerial skills are crucial for business people to take appropriate decision for profit maximization. The business management skills help in developing the entrepreneurs and business people to their full potential to scale up and run their organizations successfully. The book covers all the management domains starting from general management, marketing, finance, entrepreneurship and human resources and is edited and compiled for easy reading.

This book uates its readers about the methods and management of livestock during disasters. The book has covered all mad made and natural disasters and their effect on livestock and how they can be managed better for longer survival and help to the humans. Topics on how animals can sense a disaster in advance and what are the common indications given by them and how humans can benefit from it. Book elucidates the management of feeding, feed resources, production and health so as to make the livestock production economical. It is hoped that the compilation will prove useful for the researchers, planners and policy makers to understand the causes for the loss of productivity and health of livestock in drier regions and help in devising management plans towards sustenance and improvement of production.

The book is a compilation of 19 chapters authored by eminent scientists in the area. There is need to break yield barriers by GM Technology, keeping biosafety intact and as per standards. Use of biotechnology to enhance productivity is elaborated in two chapters. Water being a limiting factor is being studied wholistically. Soil fertility and its management are critical to crop productivity. Soil as a living entity needs to be viewed as the basics of horticulture. Root stocks play a vital role in rejuvenation, anchoring and better nutrient absorption. Biotic stresses like nematode pests and an array of viruses make crop growing highly challenging. Breeding methods are now available to develop varieties and hybrids which withstand stresses-biotic and abiotic- An exposure to basic sciences like plant physiology is needed to understand the source-sink ratios in crops. Marketing and trade are areas less taught but assuming top importance now. Horticulture is incomplete without study on pollinators like bees.

Horticultural crops are high value crops ensuring maximum returns to the growers with multiple scopes for value addition. Market driven agriculture prescribes quality in every stage of production and total quality management is a challenge to the horticulturist. Present volume on 'horticultural crop management' elaborates the scientific crop management of horticultural crops starting from selection of soil and activities related to production and handling of fresh produces in the field. Scope of value addition, organic farming, protected cultivation, export potential and economic analysis of production are included. The average per capita availability of fruits and vegetables in India is inadequate to meet requirements for nutritional and protective diet of the population. Of the total horticulture production, only 67 % is used for local consumption while 30 % is subjected to post harvest losses, 2 % for export and 0.8 % for processing. There is immense scope for developing horticultural produce market. Changing food habits, life styles and health consciousness and purchasing power have created an unprecedented opportunity for farmers and horticultural entrepreneuThis book is an attempt to link all stake holders in horticulture to the scientific information on horticultural crop management. First part of the volume deals with management of fruits, vegetables and flowers while second part elaborates plantation crops and spices.

Since long, need had been felt for a book which described details on maize and the basic research concepts. This book is compiled as a text book with this aim and is divided in to 18 chapters. Especially maize breeding, agronomy, plant protection, statistical designs and socio-economic aspects of maize are explained very well inside this book. The volume comprehensively presents information available on the managing maize research activities from trials to manuscript preparation which could fill the gap of knowledge and information on this important part of maize research. The unique feature of this book is information on different aspects of maize experimental designs, observations recording, data analysis and how to write and publish the research report in well renowned journal. Most of the text books still are more focused on basic theoretical concepts of crop only but lacking practical sense and application so researchers and academicians still feel great gap in practical application of experimental designs and explaining research output to the world. This book tries to give some practical ideas to researches how to organize research experiments in maize and what are the basic parameters to be dealt under different areas of maize research and development.

The book is the outcome of changing global perception about agriculture in view of globalization, innovations, increased urbanization, depleting natural resources, changed consumer preference and shift from produce to product development. The volume comprises 23 chapters encompassing diverse areas of agriculture including livestock farming and horticulture. First chapter elaborates the bottlenecks and gaps in the form of challenges that one needs to know while thinking of futuristic plans. Chapter 2nd enumerates technologies that changed the scenario of Indian agriculture and brought green revolution and sustainability in food production. Third chapter is devoted to new innovations and technologies that deserve priority if transformation in agriculture is desired. Small holdings are the characteristic feature of Indian agriculture and how contract farming is relevant and important is described in chapter 4. Due to increased preferences for vets and pets in our daily life zoonotic diseases have gained socio-economic significance, chapter 5 highlights it. Chapter 6 elaborates the role and relevance of ICTs (information and communication technologies) in agricultural transformation. Climate smart agriculture is essential part of agro-transformation and is described in chapter 7. Parasites in dairy cattle can reduce productivity upto 30% and chapter 8 focuses on their strategic management. Chapter 9 focuses on marketing interventions while chapter 10 discusses relevance of seed priming in climate resilience. Chapters 11 and 12 provide judicious coverage on horticultural technologies and their strategic implementation to boost productivity. Importance of biochar and organic agriculture in context of sustainable transformation is highlighted in chapter 13 and 14 respectively. Chapter 15 signifies the role of dairy farming. Weather forecasting and agro-advisory have become indispensable component of modern agriculture find place in chapter 16. Chapter 17 reveals avenue in agriculture through integrated farming system while chapter 18 discusses importance of remote sensing in integrated transformation of agriculture. Role of KVKs and biotechnological approaches is appropriately dealt in chapter 19 and 20 respectively. Chapter 21 places due emphasis on effect of climate change on parasitic diseases of animal and human. Scope of high cropping intensity in agricultural transformation is dealt in chapter 22. Last chapter 23 but not the least, is on organic agriculture as an entrepreneurship for women empowerment and socio-economic transformation which discusses the compatibility and suitability of organic agriculture to women entrepreneurs.

The book includes habit, habitat of the plant its components ailments Ayurveda properties and action of medication and is useful to everyone interested in the green health therapy. A number of valuable medicinal plants are threatened with extinction, because of unsustainable over exploitation and habitat destruction. Silent features of this book are to facilitate identification of plants line drawing of all plants with their characteristics botanical feature, vernacular name are presented. The present compilation is intended to be good ready reference work for teachers, students and research workers in medicine both traditional and Ayurvedic also in botany, agriculture, forestry and pharmacy.

Among the aromatic plants, Kewda (Pandanusfascicularis Lam.) occupied a distinct place due to its highly fragrant male spadices used for production of high valued Kewda perfumes like attar, water and oil (roohKewda), which earn a huge amount of foreign exchange for the country. The present book on 'Kewda : cultivation and perfume production' serves as a relevant document for use among the researchers, teachers, students, farmers, traders and perfumers including entrepreneurs interested in its cultivation and production of perfumes for marketing and trade practices. This book contains 15 chapters covering crop production, crop improvement, crop protection, flower production, economics of cultivation, method of production and marketing of perfumes including botany, nomenclature, origin, distribution and systematics of varieties in Kewda and its economic uses for development of rural economy with generation of man-days in operation of the Kewda distilleries and transport of the perfumes. The book is written in a simplified way for well understanding and to make it very useful for the scientists, professionals and farmers engaged in research and developmental activities of Kewda cultivation and perfume production with marketing of the highly prized Kewda products for a sustainable growth of the industry in the interests of the farmers and traders.

Fruits are very important for human beings and also play an important role in religious practices, mythology and art. They are not only delicious but also have many nutrients which are necessary for human health. India is the second largest producer of fruits in the world. Fruit production requires a lot of science and some basic fundamental knowledge to grow them successfully. The book compiles fundamental issues of fruit production like layout and planting, cultural practices, growth and bearing habits of fruit crops, unfruitfulness etc. Understanding of all these topics will help the students for proper knowledge of fundamentals of fruit production. The language of the work has been kept very simple and easily understandable keeping in mind the students with a lot of diagrams, figures and colour pictures. The second section has been added with the pure aim to make readers understand the basics and theory covered in the first part in easy way with the help of practicals. The book would be helpful to growers, nurserymen, farmers, teachers, scientist, extension officer and all those who wish to become familiar with the topic in relation to their professional interest.

The edited book has been prepared through collection of precious research articles from eminent Extension scientists, which have contributed papers on Institutional arrangements for technology delivery, innovative Extension approaches, break through methodologies in Extension research, the reach and effectiveness of ICT tools in technology delivery, youth and gender inclusive extension strategies and Extension strategies for changing scenario of Agriculture. Papers in this book would definitely make an impact among Extension scientists and post graduate scholars of Extension in Agriculture, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences. The inputs that this book offers will be of much helpful to the researchers, administrators and policy makers. From the research findings of the selected research papers of this book, the Extension researchers can sharpen their future research strategies, the Extension administrators and policy makers in the Government can get to know about the impact and constraints of several institutional mechanisms of technology delivery which will facilitate them in evidence based policy making.

The Students of B.Sc. (Forestry), B.Sc. (Horticulture) and at PG level need a comprehensive and concise book since a long time. The fundamentals and terminology related to forest & forestry, horticulture and agriculture science. This book will also fulfil the need of students admitted in B.Sc. Forestry, Horticulture & Agriculture. The write-up was prepared keeping in mind the need of entrepreneurs indulge in the plantation programme, to facilitate various operations in tree culture, horticultural crop production and post plantation management. The usefulness of the book as a reference book to teachers also needs a mention. This book is an attempt to fulfil the need of ready reference in the form of terminology, definitions, concepts and fundamental description of Forestry and Horticulture to facilitate students, teachers, and professionals of this field. The book has also been written to keeping in mind the syllabus of forestry and horticulture courses at UG and PG levels as well as for PSC, UPSC, IFS, ARS, NET etc. exams. I hope the publication will serve a reference book to the teachers, students, entrepreneurs, and ancillary industrialists associated with production of plants, forest trees, flowers, fruits trees, medicinal plants and wildlife management. The practical aspects of the forest & forestry, plantation and plant production will be looked after based on recent techniques includes production of forest & forestry plants.

The aim of this book is to unravel the exciting field of food microbiology to the students. This book focuses on the importance and significance of an array of microbes found in food. Food science is a vast field that forays into microbiology, chemistry various elements and ingredients involved in its making and their use in industrial production and ultimately their involvement in human health. Food microbiology is a complex interdisciplinary science which requires critical thinking, innovative approaches, analytical abilities to understand- all of which are provided in this book. Provides a balanced introduction to all major areas of microbiology suitable for students. The illustrations in the text book have been included to match the text and to assist in the visualization of abstract concept.

This book contains s written by young enthusiastic scientists, teachers and researchers who are involved in research, teaching and extension of modern scientific agricultural principles and practices in different parts of India. Attempts have been made to cover various aspects of modern agriculture viz. genetic improvement of crop plants, modern methods in plant breeding, seed science, ground water resources management, integrated farming systems, horticultural crops, biological control for sustainable agriculture, underutilized fruit plants health enhancing foods, role of enzymes in food processing, bioinformatics and molecular diagnostics etc., but still many facets lingering due to vast nature of agriculture itself. The major aim of this book is to provide glimpse of important arena to enhance food and nutritional security in a sustainable way.

The focus of technology development in agriculture in the last half of 20th century was to increase the production efficiency of the farm. For this, the Indian farmers should be updated with latest knowledge to compete for global marketing. They must have the right information at the right time which is possible through new information technologies resulted in many non-agricultural fields. In the world of Information of Communication Technology, the most commonly available IT tools for transfer of agricultural technology in Indian context are radio, television, video, telephone and mobile phone, printed media, computer and internet. This book is an outcome of the rich experiences of research work carried out by the editors. Information technology has rooted well as one of the tools of Transfer of Technology which are being used by both public and private sectors for the benefit of farmeVillage Knowledge Centres of MSSRF, E-Choupals of Indian Tobacco Company, Kisan Kendras of Rallies, Kisan Bharath Kendras of United Phosphorus Limited, Cyber Extension services of EID Parry's, Kisan Call Centres (KCC), AGRISNET AGMARKNET are few good examples to quote. Hence, this book entitled "Extension of Technologies: From Labs to RFarms" is an effort to limelight the potentiality of this tool in the field of agricultural extension in general and transfer of technology in particular.

The book "General Animal Surgery and Anesthesiology" is Written as per the syllabus approved by VCI and has been arranged to provide a sequential knowledge of the said subject. The course content of this book is totally based as per the guidelines set up by the Veterinary Council of India. This book is prepared by consulting several standard textbooks and journals of related field. A number of illustrations and photographs have been incorporated at places to make the text more meaningful.

The book is intended to the students involved in the study of microbiology, immunology, and animal reproduction as an introduction to more extensive studies. An overview of immunology is provided in the book to refer immediately any basic information needed, for further understanding of the subject dealt in this book. The s covered may provide the structural component for the basic understanding of the reproductive immunology in animals.It is designed to complement, but not to compete with the few books available with regard to reproduction. The book is profusely illustrated with figures and tables. The concise nature of the book and the simple and clear treatment of the topics, it is hopefully will prove to be useful to all.

This book presents comprehensive information on the types of geohazards that impact not only the human society but also the natural resources as well. Authored by experts working on characterization and modeling geohazard phenomena and vulnerability of different regions of World towards specific types of geohazards. Individual s are devoted to every geohazard type, detailing it in terms of definition, types, causes, likely impacts on socio-economic milieu and natural environment, methods of mitigation and relief and rescue procedures. Case studies and specific s on systematic of geohazard vulnerability mapping, information dissemination and relief and rescue operations are also included in this book.

This book is for both teachers and students of universities and colleges who are working on, or are interested in, the subject of 'Greenhouse Technology', or in dealing with subjects related to crop science. This book also targets researchers, extension workers and individual entrepreneurs to provide a clear and handy idea about greenhouse technology. The book is divided into 8 chapters. Chapter 1 contains the introduction, which elaborates on the reason and necessity of cultivation under greenhouse, the definition of greenhouse, and the history and present scenario of greenhouse cultivation. Chapter 2 narrates the meaning of greenhouse technology, the planning of greenhouse, the subjects involved in it, the fundamental points which are required to be understood for different climatic situations and the purpose of a greenhouse. Chapter 3 deals with the importance of different climatic and non-climatic factors in selecting proper greenhouse technology.

The book at hand, attempts to highlight the dimensions of improved Agricultural and allied technologies for farmers. The first part of the book covers the crop production technologies for rice, mustard, lentil, sugarcane besides IFA model and SRI techniques. The segment of Horticultural Production Technology highlights the protected cultivation, vegetable fruit, floriculture and diversification for nutritional security and prosperity. The Crop Protection unit includes information on weed management, Nematode management and integrated pest management. The natural Resource management components cover the topics on soil testing bio fertilizer, water management and biogas.

Hyperspectral imaging is an emerging modern technique in modern remote sensing that expands and removes capability of multispectral image analysis. It takes advantage of hundreds of continuous spectral channels to uncover materials that usually cannot be resolved by multispectral sensoThis book is a collection of research papers of Indian scientist working in the field of hyperspectral remote sensing and spectral signature applications. This has been organized in a way that all the s are logically connected and can be referred back and the forth one another for more details. The title of "hyperspectral remote sensing and spectral signature applications" is use to reflect its focus on spectral techniques, i.e. non-literal techniques that are especially designed and developed for hyperspectral imagery rather than multispectral imagery.

Ornamental Horticulture is a branch of Horticulture which deals with commercial growing of flowers ornamental plants and beautification of surroundings. This subject assumes great importance in improving total environment and checks visual pollution by way of beautification. The flowers have been eulogised by poets and artists for generations not merely for their ornamental properties but for their versatile curative properties. The Study of ornamental horticulture comprises of two parts i.e. the knowledge of growing of plants like annuals, shrubs, climber, trees, bulbous, succulents and cactus, shade loving plants, lawn etc. and their use in beautification programme. The information on above aspect is scattered in different book and a great difficulty was being felt by students, landscapers and scientist. In this context, a need of simple book on introduction, cultivation and management of ornamental plants is highly demanded by student of Horticulture and florists of India. This book describes in details collection identification, propagation, cultivation, nutritional & weed management, plant and flowers senescence management etc., of annuals, herbs, shrubs, climbers and ornamental trees. Since, beautification involves the principles of art and gardening styles. Therefore, bio aesthetic planning, basics of landscaping and flowers arrangement have also been discussed in details. Special care has been taken to present the subject matter in a simple and lucid style. Book further includes recent available information. The illustrations have been drawn from own specimens with photographs.

Food Process Engineering focuses on the design, operation and maintenance of chemical and other process manufacturing activities. The development of "Agro Processing" will spur agricultural diversification. There are several benefits of promoting small scale agro-processing units rather large scale for the promotion of rural entrepreneurship. Appropriate post harvest management and value addition to agricultural products, in their production catchments, will lead to employment and income generation in the rural sector and minimize the losses of harvested biomass. Adoption of suitable technology plays a vital role in fixing the cost of the final product and consequently makes the venture, a profitable one. It is observed that imported agro-processing machines or their imitations are used for preparing food products. Actually, the working of these machines should be critically studied in context of the energy input and the quality of the finished product.

The book is a classic covering flowers used in decoration of houses, offices, restaurants, hospitals and private places of rest and relaxation. For nature lovers, it is a paradise of colours, forms and shapes. Fragrant flowers, flowers for bouquet making, flowers for essences and bonsai are narrated to the enchantment of students and scholars as well. There are 21 s dealing with general topics in flower trade, standards, markets and global demand and supply. The specific s deal elaborately anthuriums, carnations, china aster, chrysanthemums, gerbera, gladiolus, helicorneas, jasmine, marigold, orchids, roses and tube roses. An exhaustive on new cut flowers narrates recent introductions .The Japanese Bonsai is dealt in exquisite style. Research and development in this sector are separately dealt with. Future prospects, trends and globalised flower marketing are written for use of floriculturists. Modern technology of protected growing of flowers is informative. All the flowers indicated in the book are presented in colour photograph forms as well.

Technological interventions have helped farmers to achieve much higher productivity, generating the desired income remains a major challenge. Present book contains a total of 36 chapters describing the scalable technologies for the farmers covering all the aspects of important horticultural crops necessary for enhancing farmer's income and nutritional security through molecular biology, production technology, nursery management, protected cultivation, precision farming, organic production, bio-fortification, nutrient management, bio-agents, pests and diseases management, postharvest and value addition, mechanization, internet of things and marketing.

This book fills the need of upcoming changes in geo-informatics and basic level up-gradation and comprehensive text on digital technology under varying circumstances for the students at undergraduate and post-graduate studies. This will be of immense use in dealing basic principles envisage knowledge and applied aspects of digital mapping of natural resources for students, scientists, extension workers as well as teachers engaged in delivering lectures in class rooms.Remote sensing includes GIS to process data as per need have been explained with maximum accuracy kept in mind during final shape of the book.This book contains ten chapters covering GIS, GPS, Cartography, digital terrain analysis, aerial photography, topographical map, drone technology, image processing, remote sensing remote sensing imagery along with suitable example executed in fields using these technologies for agriculture, soil conservation, geo-informatics, mappers and field workers.

Availability of good books written by Indian author on management of 'Human Resource' in organization level is very limited. Book written by foreign author mainly dealt with situations faced in working climate of foreign countries which are quite different than Indian working condition. In this context, it is felt necessary to publish a book on 'Human Resource Development' which will be helpful to all HR professionals and Management students as a reference book. It is constituted with thirteen important s written by twelve experts working on HR in different establishments. I have taken the opportunity to compile those s together. All the topics are very essential for persons dealing HR activities to improve knowledge, to bring attitudinal change and to develop welfare mind, resulting ultimate benefit to employees as well as institutes.

In the present book, to give more experimental data using the phytochemical techniques and medicinal plants, research papers, lead articles and review papers contributed by several researchers are included. This book contains 35 s from various experts covering medicinal plants and the experimental data using the methods of identification using physical characteristics and spectroscopy which includes UV, IR, NIR, Mass and NMR. In various s, antioxidant potentials of mushrooms, seaweeds and medicinal plants, isolation of compounds from plants and their biological activities, novel near infra red application in natural products, in silico studies of anti-inflammatory compounds, molecular docking of natural products, CNS depressant activity of medicinal plants, isolation of antifungal proteins from medicinal plants, plant tissue culture, in vitro cell line selection for enhanced production of secondary metabolites, isolation of compounds from cell suspension cultures, X-ray crystal structure analysis of compounds from medicinal plants, synthesis and bioactivity of polycyclic spiroheterocyclic compounds are given in details. This book will prove useful to the students, scientists, researchers, professionals in the field of Plant Science, Pharmaceutical, Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Forestry and Horticulture.

Flower growing, once used to be a gardener's activity has today transformed into an astounding business. In India also, being an integral part of our rich heritage and culture, flower crops have become source of income as highly remunerative crops. Concerted efforts are being made in the country to boost the productivity, quality and export worthiness of several floricultural crops. With the changing trends and constant urge for new innovative products, this is imperative to have information about new potential crops with novel developed varieties and improved production technology. The worldwide interest in floriculture has also forced the agriculture universities and colleges for their perusal on teaching the emerging stream floriculture. Hence, the present book is a result of good compilation of recent advances in floriculture by the author. The publication entitled "Flower Crops: Cultivation and Management" specifies the practices and problems in growing flower crops along with entire description of crops and potential varieties.