Integrated Nutrient Management for Sustaining Crop Productivity and Soil Health

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The book "Integrated Nutrient Management for Sustaining crop productivity and soil helath" is a compilation of best integrated nutrient management strategies for suggesting answers of various soil and crop related problems, like dispartiy in NPK consumption, imblance use of fertilizers, decresing soil organic carbon (SOC) stock and decresing factor productivity etc. The book suggested apropriate and best INM options for important crop viz., rice, wheat, sorghum, maize, pearl millet, soyabean, groundnut, sunflower, cotton, mustard, sugarcane pulses, vegetable,s speices, fruit crops and orgamental plants besides important cropping systems of the country for sustaining their productivity on one hand and maintaining soil health for future generation on the other hand. The book also cover a part of ICAR sysllabus of PG and Doctoral Degree courses of Soil Science. The INM useful for farmers, agriculturists, agronomists, soil scientists, environmentalists, agriculture extension workers, reserachers, students, research institutions etc. The book contains 200 INM options covering important crop and corpping systems prevailing in various states fro ensuring food security.

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Dr. Subhash Chand, recipent of PG course work seminar award and Somani's book award of ISSS, Udaipur chapter and PG Merit Scholarship of the University. He received PG student Research Grant for Doctoral Research from DST, Government of Rajasthan and cleared NET of ASRB, New Delhi. He is author of book "Dictionary of Soil Science" and member of advirory Board of Magazine "Kisan International". He is life member of ISSS, New Delhi. He is actively engaged as Assistant Professor in Division of Soil Science, SKUAST-Kashmir, Shalimar Campus, Srinagar, J&K. He has more than 25 research papers and popular articles in his credit. Table of Contents Properties of Soil that Determines Soil Fertility Concept of INM Components of INM Soil Reserves Use of Mineral Fertilizers Importance of Balanced Fertilizer Uses Organic Sources of Plant Nutrients Farm Yard Manure Compoting Crop Residues Green Manuring Biogas Slurries Industrial Waste Materials City Refuse (garbage, sewage and sludge) Enriched City Compost Biofertilizers -A Source of Plant Nutrition Rizobium Inoculants Biofertilizers for Flooded Rice Phosphate Solubilizing Micro-organisms Constraits to use Biofertilizers Production Constraints Marketing Constraints Precautions Legumes in Cropping System Dual Purpose Legumes Legume Inter-cropping INM Options for Some Important Crops Rice Wheat Sorghum (Jowar) Maize Pearl-millet (Bajra) Soyabean Groundnut Sunflower Cotton Mustard Sugarcane Pulses Vegetables Spices Fruit Crops Ornamental Plants Mescellaneous Crops INM Options in Some Cropping Systems Rice-Wheat Cropping System Rice-Rice Cropping System Maize-Wheat Cropping System Soyabean-Wheat Cropping System Miscellaneous Cropping Systems Literaute Consulted