Description: Front Cover; The Indian Nitrogen Assessment; Related titles; The Indian Nitrogen Assessment: Sources of Reactive Nitrogen, Environmental and Climate Effects, Management Options, and Policies; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Foreword; 1 -- Technical Summary; References; A -- Nitrogen in India in a Global Perspective; 2 -- The Indian Nitrogen Challenge in a Global Perspective; The Global Nitrogen Challenge; Nitrogen in Relation to Other Nutrient Cycles; Emerging Priorities for the Indian Nitrogen Challenge; The Economic Case for Improving NUE
Brief description: Prof. Y.P. Abrol, President ING-SCON (Indian Nitrogen Group), Former Head of the Division of Plant Physiology at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Hamdard University, India. Professor Abrol's exhaustive Analysis on nitrogen fertilizer use contributed significantly to the 'understanding of the 'regulation of nitrate assimilation'. Professor Abrol worked out a complete N balance sheet of wheat and barley, which formed the basis for understanding and recommendation for optimal utilization of Nitrogen. He published more than 150 research papers and several review papers in different Indian/International Journals, and also edited 15 volumes of publication in various fields relating to agricultural and plant studies.