Dr. Anand is a Technical Consultant for Canara Bank (A Govt. of India Enterprise). Agriculture is the life blood of most developing countries. In India the backbone of the nation is dependent on agriculture. In fact, the gross domestic product (GDP) which is an International barometer indicating the health of the economy directly depends on […]
Coffee Forest Symbiosis
Readers are requested to refer the article BIODIVERSITY IN RELATION TO COFFEE PLANTATIONS for a better understanding of the present article. India has been home to coffee for almost 200 years and has always been and still remains shade grown. However, with the winds of globalization and liberalization reaching the Indian shores, Forest grown Indian […]
Endomycorrhizae
Coffee Plantations are uniquely positioned in the fragile Western Ghats. These lush and verdant biodiverse mountains are filled with surprises. They have only revealed a part of the mystery and today scientist’s world over are trying to unlock the hidden secrets associated with the coffee mountains. Evolution has deliberately created a fundamental niche which makes […]
Microbial Inoculants
In the early 1870’s the coffee leaf rust caused by the fungus Hemileia vastatrix, wiped out coffee plantations in Sri Lanka. In spite of the pioneering work of the English pathologist, H.Marshal Ward, no biological or chemical cure could be found to save the coffee plantations. Hence, the coffee production was abandoned in Sri Lanka […]
Biodiversity In Relation To Coffee Plantations
Readers are requested to refer the article COFFEE PLANTATIONS -A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH for a better understanding of the present article. Coffee Planters are fortunate that the entire Western Ghats is considered one among the 18 hot spots of the globe. The Western Ghats runs along the West coast of South India and covers various places […]
Global Warming in Coffee Plantations
The past decade has witnessed phenomenal changes in global climate. Drought in the southern hemisphere and floods in the northern hemisphere. A record rise in temperature or a sudden cold wave, heavy cloud bursts, bushfires, earthquakes, or severe drought; have resulted in significant changes both at the micro and macro habitat. Livestock, plants, insects, and […]