Contents: Preface. Foreword. 1. Weed menace in Udaipur lakes and options for control: a limnological perspective/L.L. Sharma and I.J. Soloman. 2. Potential of Arundo Donax in managing aquatic weeds and other environmental problems in freshwater ecosystems/K.P. Sharma, Suresh Sharma, Pawan Kumar Singh and Subhasini Sharma. 3. Aquatic weeds: problems and control-a review/Priti Mathur. 4. Utilization of aquatic weeds as water quality indicators/Gautam Mukhopadhyay and Anjana Dewanji. 5. Allelopathy interactions in aquatic ecosystems/S.S. Narwal, R. Palaniraj and S.C. Sati. 6. Lemna aequinoctialis: a cheap source of biofertilizer/Sourav Sengupta, Gautam Mukhopadhyay and Anjana Dewanji. 7. Intense of fox-nut (Makhana) and fish culture in flood plain wetlands of Bihar - a feasibility study/Tapas Paria and Utpal Bhaumik. 8. Agrobiology and management of invasive aquatic weed: Ipomoea carnea/O.S. Kandasamy, C. Chinnusamy, R. Shanmugasundaram and A. Senthil. 9. Persistence of Paraquat in water under aquatic weed control/R. Shanmugasundaram, O.S. Kandasamy and A. Senthil. 10. Digestion of aquatic weeds in bi-phasic digester for biogas generation/Kusum Lata and Sanjay Mande. 11. Success story of aquatic weeds control in a tank for about 25 years/Subhasini Sharma, Shweta Sharma and K.P. Sharma. 12. Potential of converting Phumdi waste of Loktak Lake into Briquettes for Fodder and fuel use/Sanjay Mande and Kusum Lata. 13. Wastewater treatment system in aquaculture based on aquatic plants/K.K. Sharma, R.N. Mandal and A.N. Mohanty. 14. Studies on a polluted lentic waterbody (Anasagar Lake) of Ajmer with special reference to its physiochemical and biological status/R.P. Singh and P. Mathur. 15. Constructed wetlands for the treatment of domestic waste water - a pilot plant study/B. Priya, N. Manmohan Rao and R.K. Somashekar. 16. Water Hyacinth - threat to environment or boon in disguise/S.M. Mathur, A.N. Mathur and Y.C. Bhatt. 17. Biological control of water Hyacinth in India - progress and prospects/P.N. Ganga Visalakshy. 18. Water hyacinth for pollution control and resource recovery/R.K. Trivedi and Sonia Thomas. 19. Oviposition behaviour between the water hyacinth weevils, neochetina eichhorniae Warner, N. bruchi Hustache - its implications in biological control of eichhornia crassipes/P.N. Ganga Visalakshy. 20. Relative cost-techno-environmental efficacy of compost prepared from water hyacinth vis-a-vis cattle dung using N-fixing and p-solubilizing bacteria/Vivek Kumar and Amar S. Solanki. 21. Tray drying characteristics and manurial value of water hyacinth/K.P. Rawale, R.C. Verma and S.K. Jain. 22. Comparative performance evaluation of different forage choppers for water hyacinth/Pramod Mohnot, V.D. Mudagl and S.M. Mathur. 23. Control of water hyacinth through versatile herbicides/P.L. Maliwal, Iqbal Hussain and S.L. Mundra. 24. Biomethanation of water hyacinth through fungal treatment for fuel, manure and pollution free environment/N. Ali and B.L. Chaudhry. 25. Chopping and crushing of water hyacinth (elchhornia crassipes) - a review/Pramod Mohnot, S.M. Mathur and V.D. Mudgal. 26. Development of insulation mill board from water hyacinth (eichhornia crassipes)/Sudhir Jain and Ravi Mathur. 27. Management of plant parasitic nematodes through water hyacinth/Subash Bhargav, P.K. Dashora and M.K. Sharma. 28. Influence of cutting systems on biomass reduction of water hyacinth/S.M. Mathur and Santosh Jadav. 29. Promising economic potential of aquatic weed Jal Khumbi (eichhornia crassipes) in paper industry/Meenu Srivastava. 30. A mechanical system for water hyacinth handling/S.M. Mathur and Pratap Singh. 31. Water hyacinth for energy, manure and environment protection/K.K. Chabbra. 32. Water hyacinth (eichhornia crassipes) insulation millboards and their physico-mechanical properties/Sudhir Jain and Ravi Mathur. 33. Water hyacinth: a Lavender wreath on the dying fresh water lakes/Mahesh Sharma.
"Aquatic Weeds: Problems, Control and Management fills a long felt gap in this field. Aquatic weeds have been considered a menace in optimum utilization of our water resources for decades and are directly or indirectly responsible for huge economic losses. Some of the invasive species like water hyacinth have devastated a number of freshwater lakes and rivers in India. A number of research groups in India are working on problems created by aquatic weeds; their control and more recently on their utilization in pollution control and resource recovery.
The book, first of its kind in the country presents thirty three articles, research papers and reviews from well known scientists of this field and encompasses almost all the facets of this area. It deals with a large number of aquatic weeds, prominently water hyacinth; problems created by water hyacinth in various parts of India, its mechanical and biological control, its utilization in pollution control, fodder, fuel, biogas generation, paper and pulp, composting and various other uses. Many papers deal with Indian research on mechanical harvesting and chopping of water hyacinth. For other aquatic weeds the topics covered are: management of invasive aquatic weeds, alleopathy; biological control and their utilization.
The book will provide precious information and serve as a reference material for researchers, practicing engineers, managers, and professionals working on all aspects of aquatic weeds." (jacket)
