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Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Dust Jacket Included. Contents I. Rain fed and garden land ecosystems general perspective 1. Seed related technologies of different ecosystems for sustainable agriculture/K. Vanangamudi R. Jerlin R. Umarani P. Balamurugan A. Bharathi and P. Srimathi. 2. An introduction to crop ecology in rainfed and gardenland ecosystems/T.N. Balasubramanian. 3. Water management technologies for rainfed and gardenland ecosystems/K. Palanisami. 4. Soil and nutrient management practices for rainfed and gardenland ecosystems/P. Murugesa Boopathi. 5. Seed treatments for maximising the productivity in rainfed and gardenland ecosystems/A.S. Ponnusamy and T. Ramanadane. II. Seed hardening 1. Genesis and improvement of the concept of seed hardening/R. Umarani and R. Jerlin. 2. Principles and practices of seed hardening/P. Balamurugan and R. Rajasekaran. 3. Seed hardening for drought resistance/S. Nanthakumar T. Saravanan A. Bharathi and P. Murugesan. 4. Seed hardening with chemicals and botanicals/N. Natarajan. 5. Seed hardening research around the world for dryland and gardenland ecosystem/P. Srimathi and K. Natarajan. 6. Past and present status of research on seed hardening in horticultural and forestry crops/P. Balamurugan and P. Srimathi. 7. Crop management through seed treatment and foliar spray to improve productivity/Mallika Vanangamudi S. Nanthakumar and K. Natarajan. 8. Physiological basis of drought tolerance induced by seed hardening/G. Padmanabhan. 9. Seed fortification infusion and osmopriming/R. Jerlin R. Umarani and K. Vanangamudi. 10. Conceptual and physiological differences between seed hardening and other seed invigouration treatments/R. Umarani and R. Jerlin. III. Seed Pelleting 1. Genesis and improvement of the concept of seed pelleting/A. Bharathi P. Natesan M. Bhaskaran Sherin Susan John and P. Thangavel. 2. Seed pelleting principles and practices/V. Krishnasamy. 3. Selection of adhesives fillers and nutrients for efficient seed pelleting and their function/V. Palanisamy K. Raja and P. Selvaraju. 4. Seed pelleting research around the world in rainfed and gardenland ecosystems/S. Sundareswaran and A. Vijayakumar. 5. Current scenario of seed pelleting in agricultural crops/A.S. Ponnuswamy. 6. Current scenario of seed pelleting in horticultural and forestry crops/M. Bhaskaran A. Bharathi P. Natesan R. Umarani and K. Vanangamudi. 7. Seed pelleting for aerial seeding/V. Sivakumar B. Gurudev Singh R. Anandalakshmi and K. Vanangamudi. 8. National and international scenario of firms and machinery in pelleting and coating/R. Umarani R. Jerlin and K. Vanangamudi. 9. Future perspectives for research on seed pelleting/T. Jayaraj A. Sabir Ahamed and R. Umarani. IV. Seed coating 1. Seed coating in agricultural crops principles and practices/M. Bhaskaran A. Bharathi P. Natesan R. Umarani and K. Vanangamudi. 2. Current scenario of seed coating polymer/K. Vanangamudi A. Bharathi P. Natesan M. Bhaskaran and G. Sasthri. 3. Seed colouring an innovative approach for seed enhancement/A. Bharathi K. Vanangamudi P. Natesan K. Raja and S. Kavitha. 4. Studies on seed colouring in cereals pulses oil seeds and vegetable seeds/Vilas A. Tonapi P. Harinath Babu and N.A. Ansari. 5. Seed colouring in horticultural crops/P. Natesan A. Bharathi H. Ramya M. Bhaskaran and S. Nanthakumar. 6. Conceptual and utility differences among seed enhancement technologies viz. seed pelleting seed coating and seed colouring/A. Bharathi P. Natesan K. Vanangamudi Sherin Susan John H. Ramya and P. Thangavel. V. Seed storage testing and health 1. Seed testing and certification procedures for pelleted seeds/S. Sambanthamani P. Sundararajan and M.V. Krishnarajan. 2. Storability of hardened and pelleted seed/V. Manonmani. 3. Pest management for storage of hardened and pelleted seed/V. Balasubramani. 4. Disease management for storage of hardened and pelleted seed/K. Prabakar. VI. Network experiments/on station trials/on farm trials results and experiences 1. Seed hardening and pelleting in Sorghum and Bajra/.