The present book is an attempt to provide comprehensive information of manure, fertilizers and agrochemicals in one book. The text of the book includes chapters like: Introduction, Manure: Raw material, Compost and Composting, Vermicomposting, Green manures, Oil cakes, Sewage sludge, Biogas plant slurry, Fertilizers: Classification, Nitrogenous fertilizers, Phosphatic fertilizers, Potassic fertilizers, Secondary and micronutrient fertilizers, Fertilizers and soil amendments, Fertilizer Control Order (FCO), Fertilizer storage, Biofertilizers, Organic chemistry as prelude to agrochemicals, Botanical insecticides, Neem as Botanical insecticide, Synthetic organic insecticide, Insecticides, Herbicides, Fungicides, Insecticides act, Plant growth regulators.
In the end Glossary has been appended. The book has been designed as per ICAR syllabus to meet out the demand of the students of agriculture. We are sure the teachers and students will be benefited.
 

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