Important Textbooks and Reference Books in Agriculture
AGRONOMY
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Book Title |
Author(s) |
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Agronomy and Field Crop Management |
T.S.R. Srinivasan and M.V.R.K. Bansal |
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Agronomy of Field Crops |
B.S.M.M. Subramanian |
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Cropping System Research |
R.S. Dixit |
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Crop Production and Management |
Chhidda Singh |
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Modern Techniques of Raising Field Crops |
Chhidda Singh, Prem Singh, and Rajbir Singh |
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Handbook of Agronomy |
R.K.M.R. Krishnamurthy and K.V.R. Krishnamurthy |
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Resource Conserving Techniques in Crop Production |
P.K. Ghosh |
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Rainfed Agriculture in India |
J. Venkateswarlu |
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Irrigation Agronomy |
S.R. Reddy |
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Irrigation of Field Crops |
S.S. Prihar and B.S. Sandhu |
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Fundamentals of Agronomy |
Yellamanda Reddy and Sankara Reddy |
SOIL SCIENCE & FERTILITY
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Book Title |
Author(s) |
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Soil Fertility and Fertilizers |
Rajendra Prasad and James F. Power |
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Soil Fertility and Fertilizers |
Samuel L. Tisdale, Werner L. Nelson, James D. Beaton, and John L. Havlin |
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Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition |
K.A.G.K. McDonald and S.H.D. Sharma |
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Soil Science and Management |
T.S.R. Srinivasan and M.V.R.K. Bansal |
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Soil Pollution and Remediation |
M.T.P. Reddy and S.S.R. Mehta |
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Soil Chemistry |
H.D. Chapman |
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Fundamentals of Soil Science |
Indian Society of Soil Science (ICAR) |
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Principles of Soil Science |
W.L. Lindsay |
WEED SCIENCE
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Book Title |
Author(s) |
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Weed Science – Basics and Applications |
T.K. Das |
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Weed Management |
U.S. Walia |
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Modern Weed Management |
O.P. Gupta |
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Principles of Weed Science |
V.S. Rao |
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Principles of Weed Science |
O.P. Gupta |
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Scientific Weed Management in the Tropics and Sub-Tropics |
O.P. Gupta |
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Applied Weed Science |
R.K.V.K.R.D. Mehta |
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Weed Science Principles |
R. Jayakumar and R. Jagannathan |
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Weed Control in Agriculture |
S.S.N. Srivastava and P.B. Prakash |
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Advanced Weed Science |
R.S. Balyan and R.K. Malik |
HORTICULTURE
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Book Title |
Author(s) |
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Fundamentals of Horticulture |
B.K. Sharma and V.M.C. Chhajer |
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Fundamentals of Fruit Production |
S.P. Singh and R.S. Singh |
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Vegetable Science |
Prem Nath |
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Basic Horticulture |
Jitendra Singh |
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Post-Harvest Technology of Horticultural Crops |
K.P. Sudhakar and D.K. Salunkhe |
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
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Book Title |
Author(s) |
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Introduction to Agricultural Economics |
P.R. Tewari and R.S.R. Yadav |
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Economics of Agricultural Development |
B.R.A. Kumar |
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Agricultural Economics |
Ruddar Datt and K.P.M. Sundaram |
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Agricultural Marketing in India |
S.S. Acharya and N.L. Agarwal |
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Agricultural Finance and Management |
Subba Reddy and P. Raghu Ram |
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Farm Management |
S.S. Johl and T.R. Kapur |
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Fundamentals of Agricultural Economics |
A.K. Singh and K.K. Mishra |
AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
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Book Title |
Author(s) |
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Principles of Agricultural Engineering (Vol. I & II) |
R.S.S. Gupta |
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Farm Machinery and Power |
A.M. Michael and T.P. Ojha |
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Soil and Water Conservation Engineering |
R.S. Varshney |
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Watershed Management |
J.V.S. Murthy |
AGRICULTURAL METEOROLOGY
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Book Title |
Author(s) |
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Introduction to Agricultural Meteorology |
R.G.G. Mehta |
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Agricultural Meteorology |
G.S.L.H.V. Rao |
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Principles of Agricultural Meteorology |
C.S. Pandey and S.K. Dubey |
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Agrometeorology |
V.P. Subrahmanyam |
PLANT BREEDING AND GENETICS
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Book Title |
Author(s) |
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Crop Breeding and Genetics |
J.H.W.L. Jack and W.C.D. Knight |
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Principles of Plant Breeding |
R.W. Allard |
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Plant Breeding: Theory and Practice |
B.D. Singh |
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Breeding Field Crops |
J.M. Poehlman and D.A. Sleper |
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Essentials of Plant Breeding |
Phundan Singh |
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Plant Genetic Resources: Conservation and Management |
H.K. Jain and B.R. Khanna |
PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY & MICROBIOLOGY
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Book Title |
Author(s) |
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Introduction to Plant Biotechnology |
H.S. Chawla |
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Plant Biotechnology |
B.D. Singh |
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Plant Tissue Culture: Theory and Practice |
S.S. Bhojwani and M.K. Razdan |
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Principles of Genetics |
Gardner, Simmons, and Snustad |
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Microbial Biotechnology |
K.R. Aneja |
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Bio-fertilizers in Agriculture |
S.P. Tewari and P.G.K. Patel |
ORGANIC FARMING & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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Book Title |
Author(s) |
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Vermiculture and Organic Farming |
R. Rangaswamy |
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Agriculture and the Environment |
T.S.R. Sharma |
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Environmental Science |
P.D. Sharma |
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Organic Farming: Theory and Practice |
S.R. Thimmaiah |
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Sustainable Agriculture |
J.S. Singh and S.P. Singh |
ENTOMOLOGY & PLANT PROTECTION
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Book Title |
Author(s) |
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Pests of Crops and Their Control |
R.A. Singh |
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Introduction to Entomology |
Vasantharaj David and Ananthakrishnan |
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Integrated Pest Management |
H.C. Sharma |
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A Textbook of Agricultural Entomology |
K.P. Srivastava |
STATISTICS & RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
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Book Title |
Author(s) |
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Statistical Procedures for Agricultural Research |
K.A. Gomez and A.A. Gomez |
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Handbook of Agricultural Statistics |
R.N.R. Rao |
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Design and Analysis of Experiments |
Montgomery D.C. |
GENERAL REFERENCE BOOKS
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Book Title |
Author(s) |
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Handbook of Agriculture |
ICAR |
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Advances in Food Processing and Preservation |
M.R.K.R.R. Mehta |
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Soil Fertility and Fertilizers |
Rajendra Prasad and James F. Power |
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Animal Husbandry and Dairy Science |
R.A. Singh |
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Fundamentals of Extension Education |
B.L. Sharma |
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Agricultural Extension and Communication |
A.K. Singh |
