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ABOUT THE BOOK

The book “Weed Management in Horticultural Crops” has been written in a very simple and lucid language with suitable examples wherever applicable for better understanding of readers. The book consists of 19 chapters including biology and ecology of weeds, principles and concepts of weed management, methods of weed control, herbicide classification, mode of action of herbicides, herbicide selectivity, herbicide resistance  in weeds, absorption and translocation of herbicides, herbicide transformation in plants, fate and persistence of herbicides in soils, adjuvants and their use, herbicide interaction with other chemicals, weed management in horticultural crops and management of problematic and aquatic weeds. In addition to these the book also includes glossary of important terms related to weed control and important information pertaining to weed management in appendices. The book is written to fulfill the requirement of under graduate students of agriculture faculty considering the syllabus of 5^th Dean’s Committee of ICAR. The authors have tried their level best to clarify the very basic/fundamentals of weed science though compilation and consolidation of the facts and figures. This is the result of one strong conviction and consistent adherence to weed science research and teaching.

The student community may harvest benefit   from this book by understanding the basics of weed science. We hope that this book will be very useful for the students, teachers, researchers, extension workers, and others interested in weed management.

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ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Dr. P.L. Maliwal did his B.Sc.(Ag.) and M.Sc.(Ag.) Agronomy from the University of Udaipur, Udaipur in 1976 and 1979, respectively. He was awarded ICAR scholarship for his under graduate studies. He obtained Ph.D. degree from Mohan Lal Sukhadia University, Udaipur specializing in the field of weed management during the year 1987. Dr. Maliwal started his career as lecturer in the field of Agronomy at University of Udaipur, Udaipur. Dr. Maliwal served in different positions like Associate Director Research, Zonal Director Research, Director Extension Education and retired as Director Research from Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur (Rajasthan).

Dr. Maliwal has published more than 85 research papers and technical articles in various journals and magazines of national and international repute. He has also written books entitled “Agronomy at a Glance (two volumes)”, “Agricultural Development in Rajasthan” and “Technologies for Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture”. He is also co-author of three books for vocational educational (Agriculture) students. He is the recipient of best university teacher award of MPUAT, Udaipur for the year 2001-02.

Dr. S.L. Mundra did his B.Sc.(Ag.), M.Sc. and Ph.D. (Agronomy) from Sukhadia University, Udaipur; Rajasthan Agriculture University, Bikaner and Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur in 1985, 1987 and 2001, respectively. He has a long service experience of over 28 years of working in teaching, research, and extension. He has published over 100 research and technical articles in different journals / magazines / newspapers of high repute. He is co-author in the book entitled “Agronomy at a Glance (two volumes)” and returns several book chapters and practical manuals. He is actively involved in guiding college students for PG and Ph.D degree.  Presently he is working as Director Extension, MPUAT, Udaipur.