Organic Crop Production

Author: S.S. Walia
Publisher: Scientific Publishers
Language: English
Edition: 1st Edition
ISBN: 9789390495306
Pages: 207
Size: 5.5 x 8 x 0.5 inches
Weight: 300 gms
Binding: Paperback
Year of Publication: 2021
Book Type: Textbook

Overview:
Organic farming is a sustainable agricultural practice that focuses on maintaining soil productivity and managing pests through natural methods. This approach excludes or strictly limits the use of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, hormones, antibiotics, and genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Instead, organic farming employs techniques such as crop rotation, green manure, composting, and biological pest control. Mechanical weed control is also emphasized over herbicidal treatments.

This comprehensive book provides detailed insights into organic farming, covering the following essential topics:

• Concept, characteristics, and principles of organic farming

• Types of organic farming and production requirements

• Recycling of organic residues, green manures, and bio-fertilizers

• Soil improvement, composting, and organic manures

• Advantages, disadvantages, and the impact on physico-chemical and biological properties of soil

• Vermi-composting and manure preparation methodologies

• Economic analysis of organic farming

• Identification and application of fungal and bacterial bio-control agents for disease control

• Organic insect management strategies and cultural measures for pest control

• Indigenous technical knowledge (ITK) for managing insects, pests, diseases, weeds, and nutrients

This book is an invaluable resource for anyone involved in or interested in organic farming, including students, researchers, and practitioners. It provides a clear understanding of the principles and practices that lead to healthier soils and more sustainable agricultural production.
1.About organic farming
Organic farming, concept, characteristics, principles, biodynamic agriculture, rishi krishi, panchgavya krishi, natural farming, nutueco farming, homa farming
2.Production techniques for organic farming
Green manuring, their characteristics, hedge row, indigenous formulations, weed management methods, preventive, cultural, and mechanical, organic vegetable raising, organic processing, packaging and storage; mulch, jeevamrutha, seed inoculation, economic analysis.
3.Organic manures
definition, bulky organic manures, farmyard manure, vegetable manure, goatry and sheep manure, poultry manure, oil cakes.
4.Composting
Composting, its stages, adco process, Indore process, NADEP compost, Bangalore process, vermicomposting, advantages and disadvantages of composting, methods of compost enrichment, benefits of composts, physical, chemical and biological properties, diseases in soil, control of weeds, 
5.Vermicompost
Pit method, head method, phases of vermicomposting, essentials for worms, vermicomposting production methodology, precautions.
6.Manure preparation methodology
Vermiwash, liquid manure, compost tea, dung brew, cow urine, stem paste, panchgavya, amrithakaraisol, pitcher khad, harit pani, sanjivak, jeev amrit, amrit pani, kitchen biodigester, homemade manure, rice straw phosphor-compost, biogas slurry, farmyard manure, biogas plant, azolla production.
7.Organic manures and soil health improvement
Nutritional functions, physical effects, biological functions, plant pathogen incidence, paddy straw compost
8.Identification of different fungal and bacterial biocontrol agents
Composition and sterilization of media, bio control agents isolation, their identification, Trichoderma spp, Fusarium oxysporum, Aspergillus niger, Pseudomonas fluorescens, gram staining, antagonists, mass multiplication, talc based bioformulations, biocontrol agents delivery.
9.Disease control measures
Preventive and cultural methods
10.Organic insect management
Biocontrol agents mass production, host insect qualities, parasitoids, host insect mass production, Tricho cards preparation, its release, neem extract
11.Cultural measures for insect management
Planting methods, trap crops, water management, bird perches, natural enemies, mechanical  methods, earthen pots.
12.Indigenous technical knowledge for insect-pest, disease, weed and nutrient management
ITK for insect pest management , disease management, weed management,  nutrient management, Insect-pest management through cow urine and herbal plants, organic rodent control,  use of botanicals
13.Organic farming production
Organic standards, organic production of rice/basmati, mize, soybean, turmeric, wheat, durum wheat, potato, onion, summer moongbean, maize(fodder), berseem, bajra (fodder)