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O2C 0TO 1BE 4R Agriculture Sciences Medicine CATALOGUE Eastern Economy Editions OCTOBER 2014 Agriculture and Veterinary Science, Sciences and Medicine PHI Learning’s Eastern Economy Editions (3Es) consist of outstanding works of Indian authors and unabridged reprints of established titles widely used by universities. These lower priced editions are published for the benefit of students. Contents AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY SCIENCE ............................................................................ 3 Agricultural Technology ................................................................................................... 3 Agriculture ...................................................................................................................... 3 Basic Science ................................................................................................................. 11 Fishery Science.............................................................................................................. 12 Veterinary and Animal Science...................................................................................... 13 SCIENCES ............................................................................................................................. 15 Anthropology ................................................................................................................ 15 Chemistry ...................................................................................................................... 18 Competition titles ......................................................................................................... 27 Environmental Science / Environmental Engineering / Energy Studies ........................ 32 Geography ..................................................................................................................... 48 Human Geography ................................................................................................. 50 Physical Geography ................................................................................................ 51 Geology .........................................................................................................................54 Home Science ................................................................................................................ 58 Life Sciences .................................................................................................................. 60 Biochemistry ........................................................................................................... 60 Bioinformatics ......................................................................................................... 61 Biotechnology ......................................................................................................... 65 Botany ..................................................................................................................... 69 Ecology .................................................................................................................... 72 Fishery Science ........................................................................................................ 73 Microbiology ........................................................................................................... 74 Molecular Biology and Genetics .............................................................................. 75 Neuroscience........................................................................................................... 78 Zoology .................................................................................................................... 78 Mathematics ................................................................................................................. 84 Medicine ..................................................................................................................... 128 Physics / Astrophysics ................................................................................................. 134 Statistics ...................................................................................................................... 166 Authorwise Alphabetical Listing ........................................................................................ 175 Wholesalers and Stockists ................................................................................................. 187 • The export rights to Eastern Economy Editions are vested solely with the publisher. Agriculture and Veterinary Science AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURE Agricultural Engineering/ Agrometeorology Irrigation and Drainage RAO MAJUMDAR Agricultural Meteorology G.S.L.H.V. PRASADA RAO, Professor and Head, Irrigation Water Management: Department of Agricultural Meteorology, College of Principles and Practice, 2nd ed. Horticulture, Kerala Agricultural University (KAU), DILIP KUMAR MAJUMDAR, formerly Professor of Thrissur, Kerala, and Associate Director of Research, KAU. Agronomy and Principal (Dean), Institute of Agriculture, Designed as a textbook for undergraduate and Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan. postgraduate students of agriculture, it fulfills the need The book, now in its second edition, fulfills the need for for an uptodate comprehensive information (as per the an up-to-date comprehensive text on irrigation water syllabus framed by ICAR) on the theoretical and applied aspects of agricultural meteorology. management for students of agriculture both at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The scope of the Illustrated with graphs, schematic representations, book makes it a useful reference for courses in photographs and pictures, the scope of the book is agricultural engineering, agronomy, soil science, divided into three major areas of study: agricultural physics and environmental sciences. It can 1. Discusses the basic aspects of agricultural meteoro- also serve as a valuable guidebook to persons working logy; introduces the principal meteorological variables with farming communities. (with emphasis on radiation and temperature) that The coverage in sixteen chapters brings out different govern the atmosphere and highlights the causal aspects of irrigation including irrigation situation in the factors leading to the global and local weather and world, rainfall, evaporation, water wealth and progressive climate variations like atmospheric pressure and winds, development of irrigation in India, measurement of soil clouds, monsoon and precipitation. water and irrigation water, methods of irrigation, 2. Addresses the effects of weather on various crops and irrigation with saline water, formulating cropping pattern discusses applications of Hopkin‘s bioclimatic law to in irrigated area and management of high water table. mitigate the ill effects of weather on crop production; In the second edition, a new chapter on ‘On-farm explains agroclimatic classification and discusses Irrigation System’ has been included and a few chapters droughts and their management strategy with special have been updated to include latest development. reference to crops. The book has useful research data and a large number of 3. Deals with various types of weather forecasting and diagrams for easy comprehension of the topics. The end- their techniques including weather service to farmers; explains crop growth simulation modelling—a newly of-chapter problems and numerous worked-out examples emerging area in agricultural meteorology; focuses on serve to aid further understanding of the subject. The influence of weather in relation to pest and disease book also contains an extensive glossary. outbreaks, discusses climate change and provides CONTENTS: Preface. General. Water Wealth and introduction to remote sensing. Irrigation in India. Soil-Water Relationship. Soil Water A special feature of the book is that it contains many Measurement. Soil Water-Plant Relationship. Estimating indigenous examples related to the humid tropics. In Water Requirement of Crops. Methods of Irrigation. Measurement of Water. Irrigation Efficiency. Scheduling addition, the book has many plates and information on Irrigation. Irrigation Practices in Crops. Quality of Water basic and sophisticated meteorological equipment. and Irrigation with Saline Water. Irrigation and Cropping A variety of chapter-end questions help develop students‘ Pattern. Irrigation and Fertilizer Use. Water Management understanding of salient concepts and makes the material in High Water Table Areas. On-farm Irrigation System. presented more meaningful. Appendices. Glossary. Subject Index. Contents: Preface. Introduction. Radiation. Temperature. Latest Print 2014 / 572 pp. / 16.0 × 24.1 cm General Circulation. Atmospheric Moisture. Clouds. ISBN-978-81-203-4826-4 / ` 450.00 / (e-book also available) Precipitation. Monsoon. Weather and Crops. Evapotranspiration. Drought. Agroclimatic Classification. 3 4 PHI Learning — CATALOGUE 2014 Weather Forecasting. Crop Simulation Modelling. Pradesh. Climate Change and Agriculture over West Influence of Weather on Pest and Disease Outbreaks. Bengal. Climate Variability and Crop Production over the Climate Change. Remote Sensing. Subject Index. Arid Rajasthan. Climate Change and Agriculture over Geographical Index—India. Geographical Index—Other Eastern Uttar Pradesh. Climate Change and Agriculture Countries. over Assam. Implications of Climatic Change for Latest Print 2014 / 384 pp. / 16.0 ×