University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

Includes index

Inorganic fertilizers -- Organic manures -- Beneficial microorganisms in agriculture -- Pesticides -- Organic farming.

Optimum crop production depends on inputs of manures, commercial fertilizer and pesticides. Today's technology-based agricultural practices have a huge effect on increased food production across the length and breadth of the country. This comprehensive book includes various aspects of inputs covering synthesis, formulation and chemistry written in a simple understandable language. It covers the courses aimed at the graduate and undergraduate students as per the recommendation of fourth deans committee of ICAR on agricultural education in India. The text focuses on the majority of students and scientists working in the broad fields of soil science, agronomy, plant physiology, entomology and plant pathology who need to have a concise overview of organic and inorganic inputs with a comprehensive theoretical and practical exposure.