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 Temperate Fruits crops. To fulfil the requirement of this course for B.Sc. (Hort.) degree, this book entitled “TEXTBOOK SERIES: TEMPERATE FRUITS” is being brought out. This book has been divided into 21 chapters. The book deals briefly with latest cultivation techniques of commercial fruits of India such as Apple, Pear, Peach, Plum, Cherry, Persimmon, Strawberry, Kiwi, Queens Land Nut (Mecademia Nut), Almond, Walnut, Pecan Nut, Hazel Nut And Chest Nut. Production fruit crops wiil not only improve nutritional security but promotion of these crops will also helps in poverty – alleviation particularly in rural areas by providing employment opportunity to rural people. 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 Syllabus 7 About the Author 8 CHAPTERS 1 Introduction 9-24 2 Classification of Fruit Crops 25-32 3 Apple 33-43 4 Pear 44-50 5 Peach 51-58 6 Plum 59-64 7 Cherry 65-67 8 Persimon 68-73 9 Strawberry 74-87 10 Kiwi 88-95 11 Queensland Nut (Mecademia) 96-99 12 Almond 100-105 13 Walnut 106-109 14 Pecan Nut 110-111 15 Hazel Nut 112-114 16 Chest Nut 115-119 17 Special Problems 120-129 18 Bearing Habits 130-140 19 Problems of Unfruitfulness 141-147 20 Re-plant Disorder 148-157 21 Rejuvenation of Senile Orchard 158-164 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 155 scholarly books in various fields of agriculture. He is the author of Dictionary of Gardening, Fruit Science: Objective Fundamentals, Vegetable Science: Objective Fundamentals, Floriculture and Lanndscaping at a Glance, Introduction to Agronomy and Horticulture, Textbook of Medicinal and Aromatic Crops, Textbook of Production Technology for Ornamental Crops, MAPs and Landscaping, Seed Production of Commercial Vegetables, Textbook of Production Technology of Fruits and Plantation Crops, Textbook Series: Fundamentals of Horticulture, Textbook of Commercial Floriculture, Textbook of Production Technology for Vegetables and Spices, Textbook of Plantation Crops, Textbook of Spices and Condiments, Textbook of Water Management in Horticultural Crops, Principles of Vegetable Production, Textbook of Agroforestry, etc.
