Advances in Integrated pest and dieases management in horticultural crops : Volume 2 Vegetable Crops
Description
"Successful cultivation of vegetables is hampered due to the incidence of several insect pests, diseases and nematodes. Pest management in vegetables in South Asia is a very complex issue in view of the sub-tropical climate, intensive cultivation of high yielding varieties/hybrids under high fertigation, off-season production, lack of adequate knowledge on plant nutrition and protection, economic constraints to maximize qualitative returns and inability to afford risk. A total of 65 million MT as pre-harvest losses in vegetables due to diseases alone in the world have been estimated th...
ISBN(s)
9788190757782
