This book provides a comprehensive overview of the latest research and developments in the field of root and tuber crops from a sustainable production and protection perspective.
With a focus on sustainable production methods, the book offers valuable insights and perspectives on how to improve the efficiency and sustainability of root and tuber crop production. This is particularly important given the increasing demand for food security and sustainable agriculture practices globally. The chapters focus on a wide range of production strategies, including soil, nutrient dynamics, nutrient management, fertilizer consumption, and cropping systems, as well as the use of modern farming techniques and technologies. With seed production and supply chains playing critical roles in cash crops like potatoes, a staple food in many countries, the volume also covers healthy seed planting material, low-cost technological intervention for quality seed production, integrated weed management for local and global perspectives, and enhancing the efficiency of small-holder farmers in the Global South. Finally, this book considers the challenges posed by pests and disease management. It describes management methods, as well as the distribution, symptoms and damage, biology, survival, and spread of each pest, and also discusses various environmentally friendly pest management strategies, such as physical, cultural, chemical, biological, host resistance, and integrated methods.
This book will be of interest to students and scholars of sustainable agriculture, crop management, and plant sciences.
Content Chapter 1. Introduction Ravinder Kumar, Milan Kumar Lal, Rahul Kumar Tiwari, Brajesh Singh Part I: Insights on resource management and nutrient dynamics Chapter 2. Root and tuber crops and their role in global food security Namrata Roy, Santanu Mukherjee, Swetank Singh, Vaibhav Kumar Singh, Ravinder Kumar Chapter 3. Harnessing the power of underutilized root and tuber crops for global nutrition Pramodini Rout, Goutam Mohanty, Debasmita Dash, Madhusmita Barik Chapter 4. Water management in root and tuber crops Madhusmita Barik, Animesh Pattnaik, Debasmita Dash, Niharika Mohanty, Lopamudra Nayak, Ashok Kumar Mallik Chapter 5. Sustainable irrigation practices for root and tuber crops Goutam Kumar Dash, Saraswati Pati, Sourav Paramanik, Dinkar J Gaikwad, Soumya Kumar Sahoo, Jagdish Jena, Awadhesh Kumar Chapter 6. Genomic approaches to enhance nutrient- and water-use efficiency of tuber crops Lopamudra Nayak, Awadhesh Kumar, Madhusmita Barik Part II: Climate Resilience, Quality parameter and post-harvest Management Chapter 7. Specialty root and tuber crops: Diversity, quality, Production and Processing Shyalli Kumari, Anshuman Pathak, Neetu Saroj, Shubham Maurya, Pramila, Rajeev Kumar Srivastava, Ashish Rai, Rohit Maurya, Milan Kumar Lal, Rahul Kumar Tiwari, Ravinder Kumar, Muhammad Ahsan Altaf, Sumeet Kumar Singh, Killi Prasad Chapter 8. Climate change and root and tuber crops production Muhammad Ahsan Altaf, Muhammad Aamir Manzoor, Ehsan Ali, Hafiza Muniba Din Muhammad, Riaz Ahmad Chapter 9. Influence of climate change on quality of root and tuber crops Shubham Maurya, Neetu Saroj, K. Prasad, Ashim Kumar Mishra, Nangsol Dolma Bhutia, Udit Kumar, Pramila, Sumeet Kumar Singh, Ashish Rai, Rajeev Kumar Srivastava, Rajesh Kumar, Aman Tigga Chapter 10. Modern healthy seed potato production system: advancements and opportunities for implementation in other crops Ravinder Kumar, Tanuja Buckseth, Rajesh Kumar Singh, Rahul Kumar Tiwari, Anirban Roy, Milan Kumar Lal, Gyanendra Singh, Vinod Kumar, Brajesh Singh Chapter 11. Dynamics of microbial community during post-harvest/storage of sugar beet Varucha Misra, Ashutosh Kumar Mall Part III: Conceptual Changes in the Disease Management Chapter 12. Late blight research- global paradigm shifts Utpal Dey, Dedat Prismantoro, Febri Doni, Popy Bora, Abhisek Rath, Swetank Singh, Vaibhav Kumar Singh, Ravinder Kumar, A. K. Mohanty Chapter 13. Viral diseases of root and tuber crops: research progress and future perspectives Pooja Bhardwaj, Rakesh Kumar, Malyaj R. Prajapati, Nishant Srivastava, Nitika Gupta, Virendra K. Baranwal, Susheel K. Sharma Chapter 14. Soil and tuber borne diseases of root and tuber crops: Current status and future prospects Jagmohan Singh, Manjunath Harkudali, Rahul Kumar Tiwari, Gyanandra Singh Chapter 15. Biocontrol agents for soil born disease management in root and tuber crops: Mode of action and its application Laxmipriya Behera, Bandana Mohapatra, Ujalarashmi Sahu, Rupak Jena, Awadhesh Kumar, Ravinder Kumar, Rahul Kumar Tiwari, M.J. Baig, Milan Kumar Lal Chapter 16. Innovative and climate-resilient approaches to root and tuber crop disease management Mansi Mishra, Shweta Singh, Dinesh Singh, Chandramani Raj, Rahul Kumar Tiwari, Prakash Chandra Tripathy Chapter 17. Integrated management of root and tuber crop diseases: current status and future research priorities Bekri Xhemali, Hysen Kokiçi, Rayane Saifi, Touseef Hussain Chapter 18. Phytoplasma in root and tuber crops challenges, impacts, and management strategies Hemavati Ranebennur, Kirti Rawat, Shivani Gupta, Manoj Kumar Yadav, Nayan Deepak G, Govind Pratap Rao Part IV: New Developments in Entomology and Nematology Research Chapter 19. Tuber crops: Emerging pests and management strategies Harish, E.R., Sangeetha B.G., Kesava Kumar H. Chapter 20. Major soil arthropod pests of root and tuber crops and their management Mohd Abas Shah, Sheikh Aafreen Rehman, Hafsa Ajaz Tramboo, Rifat Rasool Chapter 21. Biology and management strategies of major insect-pests of root and tuber crops Ipsita Samal, Tanmaya Kumar Bhoi, Deepak Kumar Mahanta, Amit Umesh Paschapur Chapter 22. Modern approaches for the management of golden cyst nematodes in potato Priyank Hanuman Mhatre, Divya K. Lekshmanan, Praveen S. Patted, Aarti Bairwa, Berliner J., Santosh Watpade
Ravinder Kumar is a Senior Scientist at the ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, India. Milan Kumar Lal is a Scientist at the ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, India. Rahul Kumar Tiwari is a Scientist at the ICAR-Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, India. Brajesh Singh is Principal Scientist and Director of the ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute, India.
