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Description ABOUT THE BOOK Importance of horticulture in India cannot be overemphasized. Its contribution in nutritional security and economic prosperity is well established. Horticultural crops are high value commercial crops, produce higher yields and income per unit area with enormous employment potential. Recently several changes have taken place after the acceptance of liberalization policy and WTO provisions which have necessitated the need for competitiveness in the world trade market with respect to horticultural crops having potential for export. Looking to change of emphasis ICAR, constituted 5th Dean’s Committee to recast appropriate course curriculum and syllabi for different areas of horticulture including fruits and plantation crops at undergraduate and post-graduate levels. In continuation of this exercise, it was pertinent to develop relevant literature on Production Technology of Fruits and plantation crops. To fulfil the requirement of this course for B.Sc. (Hort.) degree, this book entitled “Production Technologies for Horticultural Crops” is being brought out. This book has been divided into three parts. First part on Production technology of fruit crops This part of the book deals briefly with latest cultivation techniques of commercial fruits of India such as mango, banana, citrus, grape, guava, litchi, papaya, sapota, apple, pear, peach, walnut, almond and; minor fruits- date, ber, pineapple, pomegranate, jackfruit, strawberry. The second part deals with the cultivation practices of vegetable crops viz potato, brinjal, tomato, chilli, onion, okra, cabbage, cauliflower, musk melon, water melon, cucumber and leafy vegetables. The third part is devoted to the cultivation of important commercial flower crops viz., Rose, chrysanthemum, gladiolus, marigold, gerbera, carnation, lilium, jasmine, anthurium and orchids Besides, promotion of these crops helps in poverty – alleviation particularly in rural areas by providing employment opportunity to rural people. Basically, this book has been written with undergraduate students of horticulture in colleges and universities in mind but it will also equally suit the requirements of practitioners and preachers of horticulture on scientific lines. CONTENT S. No Title Page No. Preface 3-4 About the Book 6 About the Authors 8 PART-1: FRUIT CROPS 1 Introduction 13-23 2 Classification of Fruit Crops 24-32 3 Climatic Requirement 33-37 4 Selection of Site 38-41 5 Fencing and Wind Break 42-54 6 Lay Out and Planting Systems 55-71 7 Plant Propagation 72-107 PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY OF IMPORTANT TROPICAL, SUB TROPICAL AND TEMPERATE FRUIT CROPS 8 Mango 108-110 9 Banana 111-114 10 Citrus 115-124 11 Grape 125-136 12 Guava 137-140 13 Sapota 141-143 14 Litchi 144-148 15 Papaya 149-152 16 Pineapple 153-154 17 Pomegranate 155-159 18 Jackfruit 160-161 19 Ber 162-164 20 Date Palm 165-169 21 Annona 170-171 22 Apple 172-177 23 Pear 178-181 24 Peach 182-186 25 Walnut 187-188 26 Almond 189-190 27 Bael 191-192 28 Amla Indian Goose Berry (or) Aonla 193-194 29 Fig 195-196 PART-2 : VEGETABLE CROPS 30 Importance of Vegetable Cultivation for Nutritional Security 199-216 31 Classification of Vegetabeles 217-220 PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY OF IMPORTANT VEGETABLE CROPS 32 Potato 221-226 33 Brinjal 229-236 34 Tomato 237-243 35 Chilli 244-248 36 Onion 249-252 37 Okra 253-257 38 Cabbage 258-263 39 Cauliflower 264-266 40 Muskmelon 267-268 41 Water Melon 269-271 42 Cucumber 272-274 43 Leafy Vegetables 275-280 PART-III FLOWER CROPS 44 Status and Scope of Floriculture 283-295 PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY OF COMMERCIAL FLOWER CROPS 45 Rose 296-303 46 Chrysanthemum 304-313 47 Gladiolus 314-324 48 Marigold 325-330 49 Gerbera 331-337 50 Carnation 338-344 51 Lilium, 345-348 52 Jasmine 349-353 53 Anthurium 354-356 54 Orchids 357-361 55 Tuberose 362-365 Literature cited 366-368 ABOUT THE AUTHOR LAXMI LAL Somani is Retired Director Resident instructions, MPUAT, Udaipur. He went To Waite Agricultural Research Institute, Adelaide, Australia for undertakinf post-doctoral work (1975-77). He has over 400 research and technical articles to his credit. He has authored/edited over 165 scholarly books in various fields of agriculture. Prof. Somani has been honored with several academic excellence awards for his outstanding achievements. He has been honoured by University merit Award, Dhiru Morarji Memorial prize and Vijay Shree). The world development parliament also honored him with honorary award DOCTOR OF SCIENCE.
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