15. Diffusion and Adoption: Factors Impacting Adoption of Sustainable Agricultural Practices / Rajinder Peshin. 2. Water Harvesting Techniques in Cold Deserts / Chewang Norphel -- 3. Sustainability of Groundwater Use in Punjab Agriculture: Issues and Options / Kamal Vatta -- 4. Sustainability of Himalayan Environment: Issues and Policies / Masud. H. Wani -- 5. Crop Genetic Biodiversity with Special Reference to Oilseed Brassica and Wild allies: Conservation and their Utilisation / Surinder K. Gupta -- 6. Integrated Farming System for Economic Upliftment of Marginal and Small Farmers / Sohan S. Walia -- 7. Health Effects of Changing Environment / Randeep Guleria -- 8. An Approach to Cancer Risk Assessment and Carcinogenic Potential for Three Classes of Agricultural Pesticide / Chanda Siddoo Atwal -- 9. Integrated Pest Management and Climate Change: Need for Paradigm Shift / C. Chattopadhyay -- 10. Role of Microbes for Plant and Soil Health Improvement / Ambalal. N. Sabalpara -- 11. Exploiting Chemical Ecology for Developing Novel IPM Strategies / Zeyaur R. Khan -- 12. Insect resistance to insecticides and Bt-cotton in India / Sandhya Kranthi -- 13. Ecological Pest Management in 21st Century: An analysis of Challenges and future Strategies / Dharam P. Abrol -- 14. Understanding the diversity in lac insects of Kerria spp. in India and the nature of insect-host plant interaction / Kewal K. Sharma -- 15. Diffusion and Adoption: Factors Impacting Adoption of Sustainable Agricultural Practices / Rajinder Peshin.
Summary:
This book is an outcome of the keynote/lead papers presented by the experts from different disciplines in the Indian Ecological Society International Conference 2016 on "Natural Resource Management: Ecological Perspectives", organized at the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu, India. The book captures the essence of natural resource management from the intra and interdisciplinary perspectives of agricultural sciences (entomology, plant pathology, plant breeding and genetics, agronomy and soil sciences), social sciences (resource economics, agricultural extension education), medical sciences, and environmental sciences to stimulate discussion on the ecological perspectives of natural resource management. Wide-ranging topics on land and water resources, biodiversity, integrated farming system, role of microbes in agriculture, climate change and its impact on human health and crop pests, exploiting chemical ecology for pest management, human disease-causing pesticides, beneficial insects like lac insects, integrated pest management, resistance management in insect pests and Bt cotton, and diffusion and adoption of ecologically sustainable technologies at individual and organizational level are covered in the book. The book will serve the professionals, researchers, academia, government, industry and students.
Series:
Sustainability in plant and crop protection, 2567-9805
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