Engineering Practices for Agricultural Production and Water Conservation An Interdisciplinary Approach

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Symbols -- Preface 1 -- Preface 2 -- Warning/Disclaimer -- Other Books on Agricultural and Biological Engineering by AAP -- About Senior Editor-in-Chief -- About Co-Editor -- Editorial -- PART 1: SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT -- 1: Agricultural Water Management: Challenges in Research and Development -- 2: Rain Water Harvesting: Status, Prospects, Conservation, and Management -- 3: Percolation Tanks for Water Conservation for Sustainable Development of Ground Water in Hard-Rock Aquifers -- 4: Precision Fertilizer Applicator: Localized and Subsurface Placement -- PART 2: AGRICULTURAL PROCESS ENGINEERING -- 5: Hypobaric Storage of Horticultural Products: A Review -- 6: Convective Drying of Potato Slices at Low Temperatures in Full Air Recirculation Dryer -- PART 3: WATER QUALITY AND MANAGEMENT -- 7: Sub-Surface Drainage Systems and Flow Monitoring in Canals for Increasing Crop Productivity -- 8: Water Quality of Shallow Groundwater: Case Study -- 9: Electrokinetics Application to Control Nitrate Movement -- PART 4: SCOPE OF EMERGING AGRICULTURAL CROPS -- 10: Scope of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Farming in Eastern India -- 11: Green Synthesis of AGNPS from Spinacia Oleracea Leaves and Their Anti-Microbial Efficacy Against Human Pathogenic Microbes -- PART 5: RENEWABLE ENERGY USE IN AGRICULTURE -- 12: A Comparative Study of Biomass Materials Using Downdraft Gasifier