Advances
in Agricultural Biotechnology/edited by V.S. Harikumar. New
Delhi, Regency, 2003, xvi, 176 p., $28. ISBN 81-87498-74-9.
Advances
in Agricultural Biotechnology/edited by V.S. Harikumar. New
Delhi, Regency, 2003, xvi, 176 p., $28. ISBN 81-87498-74-9.
Contents: Preface. I. Crop production: 1. Prospects of biotechnological approach for mulberry improvement/M.K. Jayashree, C.S. Jagadeesh Babu, K.P. Viswanatha and P. Rudraswamy. 2. Biotechnological studies of turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) and ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe)/Neeta Salvi, Susan Eapen and Leela George. 3. In vitro response and causes of recalcitrancy in coconut (Cocos nucifera L.)/K. Chandralekha and P.C. Rajendran. 4. Biopotentiality of silkworm rearing wastes in mushroom culture/R.N. Reddy, D.N.R. Reddy and B.C. Mallesha. 5. Effect of temperature on yield of Pleurotus sajor-caju (Fr.) Singer/Varanashi Krishna Moorthy and R. Chandramohanan. II. Biological control: 6. Efficacy of Bacillus thuringiensis (Berliner) and nuclear polyhedrosis Virus against Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) in sunflower/R. Philip Sridhar, V. Muralidharan and R.J. Rabindra. 7. Biocontrol of Rhizome rot disease of turmeric with Trichoderma viride/L. Pugalendhi, C.A. Mahalingam and V. Ravichandran. 8. Effect of combinations of Vairimorpha sp. with antibiotics on the susceptibility of Spodoptera litura (Fab.)/S. Manimegalai, N. Sathiah, R.J. Rabindra and G. Santharam. 9. Efficacy of HaNPV in combination with insecticides against tomato fruit borer (Helicoverpa armigera Hub.)/C.A. Mahalingam, L. Pugalendhi and N. Maragatham. III. Biofertilizers: 10. Effect of high temperature on biochemical and genetic constituents of cowpea Rhizobium spp. for black gram (Vigna mungo L.)/T.G. Vimalakumari and S. Gunasekaran. 11. Arbuscular Mycorrhiza: an ecofriendly biofertilizer for tropical tuber crops/V.P. Potty. 12. Interaction effect of native AMF Glomus fasciculatum and Rhizobium on Prosopis juliflora/Kamal Prasad. 13. Effect of different methods of VAM inoculum application on growth and nutrient uptake of tomato seedlings grown in raised nursery beds/G. Mamatha and D.J. Bagyaraj. 14. Effect of fungicides on growth and colonization of Glomus fasciculatum native to oil palm/Rohini Iyer, M. Narayana Bhat and K. Madhusudhanan. 15. Response of Robusta coffee (Coffea canephora) Sln. 3R [C x R] to VA mycorrhizal fungi/T.A. Thammaiah, M.K. Shivaprakash and D.J. Bagyaraj. 16. Effect of inoculation of AMF Glomus microcarpum on the induction of soluble phosphatase activity in sweet potato/V.S. Harikumar and V.P. Potty. IV. Sericulture: 17. Influence of rearing bed, spore load and instars on white muscardine disease development in NB4D2 silkworm breed/Rangaswamy, P.C. Sundarababu, R. Govindan, R.N. Bhaskar and K.P. Aruna. 18. Influence of lime against the control of white muscardine disease development in two silkworm breeds/Rangaswamy, P.C. Sundarababu, R. Govindan, K.P. Chinnaswamy and K.P. Aruna. 19. Efficacy of some fungicides in preventing white muscardine disease of silkworm caused by Beauveria bassiana/Rangaswamy, P.C. Sundarababu, R. Govindan, R.N. Bhaskar and K.P. Aruna. V. Aquaculture: 20. Stimulation of testicular growth in the prawn Penaeus indicus by Leucine Enkephalin/P. Sreenivasula Reddy and B. Kishori. Subject index. Author index.
"The book presents the current state of knowledge and recent development in selected topics of agricultural biotechnology. In this volume the research papers presented during the National Conference on ‘Recent Trends in Biotechnology’ held at Alleppey, Kerala during March 25-27, 2000 are included under five sections: crop production, biological control, biofertilizers, sericulture and aquaculture. The book will be an ideal reference material to graduate, postgraduate and research students working in the areas of agricultural biotechnology." (jacket)