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Forages and Fodder : Indian Perspective

Edited by Anil Kumar Singh, M.A. Khan, Natraja Subash and Krishna Murari Singh, Daya Pub, 2011, xviii, 472 p, figs, tables, ISBN : 9788170356677, $95.00 (Includes free airmail shipping)

Forages and Fodder : Indian Perspective

Contents: Foreword. Preface. Introduction. 1. Forages and Fodder Genetic Resources in India/Anil Kumar Singh. 2. Indian Needs of Forage Genetic Resource/Anil Kumar Singh and Aditya Kumar Singh. 3. Biodiversity in Indian Forage Species/Anil Kumar Singh and Birendra Prasad. 4. Utilization of Wild and Weedy Relatives in Forage Improvement/Anil Kumar Singh and Birendra Prasad. 5. New Potential Forage/Fodder Crops for India/Aparajita Mohanty, Nidhi Verma and Babeeta Chrungu Kaula. 6. Ethnobotany Related to Forages and Livestock/Anjali Kak, Meenakshi Bhardwaj and Vandana Tyagi. 7. Flow of Forages/Fodders Genetic Resources in India: Impact Due to various international Treaties/ Laws /Rules/Vandana Tyagi, Anjali Kak and Vandana Joshi. 8. Botany and Taxonomy of Forage and Fodder Crops/Vikas and Babeeta Chrungu Kaula. 9. Forages/Fodders of Different Agro Climatic Situation/Natraja Subash. 10. Crop Selection: An efficient tool for sustainable forage production/Anil Kumar Singh, Lal Singh and Sushil Dimree. 11. Forages/Fodder Crops in cropping system/Lal Singh and Anil Kumar Singh. 12. Year-Round forage/Fodder production in different agroclimatic zones of India/Sant Kumar Singh. 13. Increasing productivity of pasture and range in India/Sant Kumar Singh. 14. Organic Forage production/Rajeev Kumar, Santosh Chaudhary and Priyanka Shukla. 15. Nutrient Management in Fodder/Forage Crops/Anil Kumar Singh, Lal Singh, Sushil Dimree and Ajit Kumar Pandey. 16. Production of forages and grasses with poor quality waters/Chunchun Kumar and Anil Kumar Singh. 17. Agrotechniques of production of Non-Leguminous Forages/Fodder Crops in India/Sant Kumar Singh. 18. Improved production technology for major leguminous fodders/forages/Aditya Kumar Singh, Anil Kumar Singh and Bishram Ram. 19. Tree Legumes Fodder/Nitu Kumari, s.K. Singh and Ratna Rai. 20. Cow Pea (Vigna sinensis L.) Legume forage for enhancing quality fodder/Deokaran. 21. Weed control in forages and fodder crop/Lal Singh, Aditya Kumar Singh and Anil Kumar Singh. 22. Insect pest of fodder and forage crops and their management/Ajay Kumar Pandey. 23. Major Diseases of fodder crops and their management/Bijendra Kumar and Jameel Akhtar. 24. Seed production technology of major forage and fodder crops/Birendra Prasad and Anil Kumar Singh. 25. Constraints and safeguards of forage and fodder crops seed production/ Birendra Prasad and Anil Kumar Singh. 26. Cultivated green fodder for dairy animals/Amitava DEy and P.K. Singh. 27. Modern techniques of conservation of forages: Silage/P.K. Singh and Amitava Dey. 28. Modern techniques of conservation of forages: Hay/P.K. Singh and Amitava Dey. 29. Forage and fodder production: An economic view/K.M. Singh and M.S. Meena. 30. Scenario and strategies for Revitalizing fodder production technologies/M.S. Meena and K.M. Singh. 31. Role of Women in fodder and livestock management/Ujjwal Kumar. 32. Management of rodents in pastures and range ecosystem/Mohd. Idris. Annexures. Glossary. Index.

Book entitled “Forages and Fodder: Indian Perspective” contains different aspects viz., production, protection, PGR management, consumption, preservation and socio-economic aspects of forage and fodder crops. The present book is one of the latest and updated manuscripts related to forage and fodder in Indian context. Forage includes all plant species directly or indirectly consumed by animals and cultivated forage crops occupy about 5.0 per cent  of the total cultivated area of India. The animal fodder consists of several plants species which are used to feed the cattle either raw (green and cut fodder) or after minor processing (such as silage) while pastures are grassland, usually with improved species, carefully managed with inputs such as irrigation and manures for grazing of livestock. The National Commission on Agriculture (1976) recommended that a minimum 10 per cent of the arable area in the country (about16.5 million ha) should be under improved forage crops to meet the green forage needs of the ever growing livestock population. At the same time, plant genetic resource (PGR), which carries germplasm for present and future needs, can be utilized for producing varieties having resistance to biotic and abiotic stress as well as for its quality enrichments. Weed growth should not be overlooked as it hampers yield, lowers forage quality, increases the incidence of disease and insect problems, causes premature stand loss and creates harvesting problems. Some weeds are unpalatable and may be poisonous for livestock. Updated information on insect pest problem is well documented in the book. It is established fact that insect and pests cause yield loss, both in quantitative and qualitative terms and their effects depend on many factors like, the level of infestation, crop variety, agronomic practices and other related factors. Insect pests induced losses are not only in term of green or dry fodder yield but also on quality factors which affect the re-growth period and canopy structure. Among the other constraints, the diseases have always been a major limiting factor for fodder cultivation. Fertilizer management, organic farming and climatic conditions required for different fodder and forage crops are very well illustrated in the present volume. Women also play a key role as seed selectors and in seedling production and their knowledge on seeds and seed storage contributes to viability of agricultural diversity and production. Women also play an important role in livestock management which includes, care of animals, grazing and fodder collection, cleaning of animal sheds, processing mild and livestock products. Despite their considerable involvement and contribution, women’s role in livestock production has been underestimated, undervalued and widely ignored.

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