Horticulture to Horti-Business

Contents: Preface. Contributors. I. Climate Change: 1. Research status and future strategies/S. Naresh Kumar and P.K. Aggarwal. 2. Impact on productivity and quality/Gurbachan Singh. 3. Rainfed region/B. Venkareswarlu, N.N. Reddy, V.S. Rao and J.V.N.S. Prasad. 4. Coastal region/P. Rethinam and K. Sivaraman. 5. Coastal region/P. Rethinam and K. Sivaraman. 6. Cold Arid Region/Brahma Singh and Sanjayi K. Dwivedi. II. Bioversity Management: 7. Tropical fruit genetic resources conservation/Ramanatha Rao and B.M.C. Reddy. 8. Endangered and wild fruit species/H. Ravishankar and A.K. Singh. 9. Biotechnological interventions/V. Celia Chelam, D.B. Parakh, A.K. Maurya and R.K. Khetarpal. 10. Phytosanitary issues/R.K. Khetarpal and Kavita Gupta. 11. IPR issues/S. Mauria and Sanjeev Saxena. III. Innovative Production Technologies: 12. Genetically modified crops/P. Ray Choudhury and S.K. Datta. 13. Breeding fruit crops/A.K. Singh. 14. Breeding vegetable crops/A.S. Sidhu and K. Madhavi Reddy. 15. Canopy architecture/Gorakh Singh. 16. Drip fertigation/P. Soman. 17. Micro irrigation and fertigation/T.B.S. Rajput. 18. Organic farming/R.P. Mattoo and D.C. Das. 19. Conservation horticulture/V.N. Sharda. 20. Protected cultivation R and D/R. Krishna Manohar. 21. Integrated pest management/O.M. Bambawale, H.R. Sardana and Naved Sabir. 22. Insect, pest disease forecasting/C.D. Mayee, O.M. Bambawale and H.R. Sardana. 23. Pesticides residues/Kaushik Banerjee, Ajay K. Upadhyay, P.G. Adsule and Sagar C. Utture. IV. Mechanization: 24. Horticultural crops/M.M. Pandey and S.C. Mandhar. 25. Plant protection equipment/S.L. Patel. 26. Post harvest equipment/R.T. Patil, R.K. Gupta and R.K. Vishwakarma. V. Value Chain: 27. Horticulture to horti-buisness : a win-win opportunity/Ashok C. Khosla. 28. Organized retail/Gokul Patnaik. 29. Commodity exchanges/R. Ramaseshan. 30. Medicinal and aromatic plants/Nagendra P. Singh. VI. Post Harvest Management: 31. Handling of fruits and vegetables/H.N. Mishra. 32. Storage and shipment for export/Bijay Kumar. VII. Value Addition: 33. Innovation in fruits and vegetables/A.S. Bawa, O.P. Chauhan and P.S. Raju. 34. Medicinal and aromatic plants/P. Pushpangadan and Vipin Mohan Dan. VIII. Human Health and Nutrition: 35. Bioactive substance/T. Longvah. 36. Nutraceuticals/Pritam Kalia and Partha Saha. 37. Functional foods/Suman P.S. Khanuja and Ashutosh K. Shukla. IX. Standards in Horticulture: 38. Planting material/N.C. Mistry. 39. Cold chain quality/R.K. Sharma. 40. Produce and products/Chinmayee Deulgaonkar. 41. Quality and safety/S.C. Khurana. X. Horti Inputs: 42. Vegetable seeds/Surinder K. Tikoo. 43. Plant nutrients/Satish Chander. 44. Plastics/Krish, S. Iyengr, Alok Mishra and Rohit Lall. 45. Pesticides/Sali Singhal. XI. Livelihood Opportunities: 46. Diversification to horticulture/H.S. Gupta, J.K. Bisht, M. Kumar, A.K. Sivstava and J.C. Bhatt. 47. Raising income of poor farmers/K.D. Kokate. 48. Mango plantation by tribal people/Rajeev Ranjan. 49. Interventions by AVRDC the world vegetable center/M.L. Chadha, S.K. Sain, M. Ravishankar, Bharat Bhushn and Roohani Pal. 50. Horticultural CRSP, USAID/R. Voss, E. Mitcham, P. Kasemsap, K.V. Raman M. Reid, M. Bell and A. Crump. 51. Interventions by ABSP II/K. Vijayaraghavan, K.V. Raman, A. Medakker and Chiranth, C.R. XII. Skill Development: 52. Manpower requirement/R. Rama Rao, S.K. Nanda, Sreelatha and Ram Prasad. 53. Development small producers institutional infrastructure/Sangita Ladha. XIII. Integrated Horticulture Development: 54. Policy initiatives/Sanjeev Chopra. 55. Cold chain/Prasanta Kumar Swain. 56. Maharashtra State/K.D. Kokate and P.M. Haldankar. 57. Gujarat State/S.R. Chaudhari. 58. Sikkim State/K.K. Singh. 59. Himachal Pradesh State/Gurdev Singh. XIV. Technology Transfer and Adoption: 60. Horticulture informatics networks/Madaswamy Moni. 61. Mobile advisory service/Amit Mehra. 62. Krishi Vigyan Kendras. 63. Agri-Science Park/William D. Dar and Abdul Rahman Ilyas. XV. Finance: 64. Credit for horti-business/K.G. Karmakar. 65. Micro financing/N.V. Ramana. 66. Contract farming and value chain/S.K. Srivastava. 67. Agri insurance/K.N. Rao. Author index.

The book delineates precisely the growth of Indian horticulture in the recent past, the role this sector has played in alleviating the malnutrition and income raising and its contribution in overall agricultural GDP of the nation. The role of technologies, be it related to production, development of varieties, use of plastics in crop raising, fertigation, mechanization or crop protection is presented in a simple way. The various roles of biotechnology in horticultural crop improvement in providing superior quality planting material or use of diagnostics to ascertain the health of propagates have been explained in user friendly manner. In view of the changing global market scenario vis-a-vis the strength of Indian horticulture, the new set of strategies and possible ways of their effective adoption has been illustrated theme wise. The most important of them all, among the challenges, is the climate change which has been dealt specifically for its impact on tropical, subtropical or temperate horticulture with special reference to India. The growing role of ICT in trading of horticultural commodities is also highlighted. The content of the book is aimed to benefit researchers, teachers, students and various stakeholders.