Commercial Horticulture
Contents: Unit-I: Current Scenario in Commercial Horticulture: 1. Status and scenario of horticulture growth and development in India and the world/N.L. Patel, T.R. Ahlawat and Alka Singh. 2. Current status, issues and future strategies of vegetable production in India/Piyush Verma and Pawar Yogesh. 3. Present status, constraints and future potential of floriculture in India/S.L. Chawla, Sudha Patil, T.R. Ahlawat and Roshni Agnihotri. 4. Present status, problems and future potential of medicinal and aromatic plants in India/B.S. Desai, B.V. Padhiar and N.L. Patel. 5. Present scenario and future strategies for genetic improvement in vegetable crops/K.B. Kathiria, R.R. Acharya and H.R. Kher. 6. An Overview of Citrus Industry in India/L.K. Dashora. 7. Scope, progress and constraints of protected cultivation in India/Balraj Singh. 8. Current trends, opportunities and constraints in the export of fresh fruits from India/T.R. Ahlawat, N.L. Patel, S.L. Chawla and Alka Singh. Unit-II: Current Trends in Commercial Horticulture: 9. Recent advances in micro-propagation of horticultural crops/R.M. Patel. 10. Types and designs of protected structures and their management/P.M.Chauhan.11. Biotechnological interventions for improvement of horticultural crops/Vipul Parekh. 12. Integrated nutrient management in horticultural crops/B.N. Kolambe.13. Effective utilization of biofertilizers in horticultural crops/A.N. Sabalpara and Lalit Mahatma. 14. Role of plant growth regulators in horticultural crops/S.J. Patil, B.V. Padhiar and N.L. Patel. 15. Precision farming in horticultural crops/B.M. Solia, R.G. Patil and R.T. Khatri. 16. Fertigation studies in horticultural crops/B.M. Solia, R.G. Patil and S.L. Pawar. 17. Prospects of organic farming in horticultural crops/B.N. Kolambe. 18. Trends and issues in horticulture based farming systems/Sanjay Singh, S.S. Hiwale, A.K. Singh and S.K. Sharma. 19. Horticulture based farming systems for arid and semi arid regions of India/R.A. Kaushik . 20. Crop regulation: concepts and its commercial uses/Kirti Bardhan. 21. Integrated disease management in horticultural crops/P.R. Patel. 22. Pest and disease forecasting modules for horticultural crops/Z.P. Patel, S.P. Saxena and C.J. Patel. 23. IPM Strategies for horticultural crops - an overview/G.G. Radadia, C.U. Shinde and S.R. Patel. 24. Weed management in horticultural crops/J. D.Thanki. 25. Impact of climate change on horticultural crops/P.K. Shrivastava. 26. Marketing and supply chain issues in horticulture/Ruchira Shukla. 27. Intellectual property rights (ipr) in horticulture: an overview/Ruchira Shukla. Unit-III: Post Harvest Handling and Value Addition: 28. Recent advances in post harvest handling of horticultural crops/Dev Raj, A.K. Senapati and N.L. Patel. 29. Waste management in horticulture processing industry/Dev Raj, A.K. Senapati and N. L. Patel. 30. Emerging technologies for horticultural crop processing/Dev Raj, A.K. Senapati, F.M. Sahu and N.L. Patel. 31. Processing and value addition in underutilized fruits/R.A. Kaushik. 32. Packaging and storage of fruits and vegetables/Pandit Parag and Naik Krishna. 33. Processing and value addition for home scale preservation/Dev Raj, A.K. Senapati, F.M. Sahu and N.L. Patel. 34. Advances in packaging and storage of flowers/A.K. Senapati, Dev Raj, Ritu Jain and N.L. Patel. 35. Value-addition in flowers: modes and methods/Alka Singh, T.R. Ahlawat and N.L. Patel. 36. Drying techniques in ornamental plants/Ritu Jain, T. Janakiram and G.L. Kumawat. Unit-IV: Landscape and Gardening: 37. Landscape gardening/M.A. Patel. 38. Landscape gardening for environmental services/H.P. Sumangala and A.S. Sidhu. 39. Vertical gardening: a new concept of modern era/Ritu Jain and T. Janakiram. 40. New innovations in exterior landscaping/T. Janakiram, Sapna Panwar and Lakshmi Durga. 41. Recent advances in turf management/Susan Mathew, S.L. Chawla and Roshni Agnihotri.
This book entitled ‘Commercial Horticulture’ would prove helpful in taking a leap to overcome the constraints imposed on horticultural development by providing knowledge of modern technologies like protected cultivation, hybrid seed production, micro irrigation, fertigation, organic farming, mechanization and processing, post harvest management, etc. which is intended to help in strengthening the horticulture industry. An introduction to these latest technologies is intended to accelerate commercialization of horticulture which would ultimately encourage the sustainability and multi-faceted growth of agriculture in India.
