Grapes and Their Management

Contents: 1. Viticulture. 2. Biproducts of grapes. 3. Diseases of grapevine. 4. Pests of grapevine. 5. Summary of the text. Bibliography. Species index.

"Grapevine is cash crop of India. Its products and bi-products have tremendous economic importance since grapes are used as table item, preparing wine, raisings, syrup and drinks and have great potential in export business. Therefore, detailed information is given on viticulture, production and marketing of bi-products of grapes, diseases and pests of grapevines and their control measures. Viticulture covers varieties of grapevines, preparation of land, propagation of grapevines, fertilizers, irrigation, training systems of garden, harvesting, packing and marketing. Second chapter deals with bi-products of grapes under which production technology and marketing have been discussed in detail. The chapter third is devoted for diseases of grapevines under which history, distribution, symptoms, casual agent, cycle, damage and control measures have been reported. The chapter four, pests of grapevines, covers distribution, host records, cycle, nature of damage, host plants and control measures of more than 35 insect pests. Thus, the present text provides information on all aspects of viticulture. Hence, the book is stimulatory and useful guide to farmers, students, teachers, industrialists, business mans and scientists in viticulture." (jacket)