Temperate Horticulture : Current Scenario

Contents: Preface. I. General aspects of temperate fruit industry in India: 1. Temperate horticulture research and development - issues and priorities/Jagmohan Singh. 2. Current scenario of temperate fruits in Himachal Pradesh/R.P. Sharma. 3. Status of temperate fruits in Uttaranchal : problems and prospects/L.D. Bist, Anil Kumar Dixit and A.K. Sharma. 4. Temperate fruit diversity : status and prospects/S.D. Sharma and K. Kumar. 5. Current status and future thrust of temperate fruits in India/Room Singh, V.P. Patel and S.K. Singh. II. Plant biodiversity, genetic resources and breeding: 6. Genetic resources and their utilization in developing potato varieties for diverse cropping systems in India/S.K. Pandey and K.C. Thakur. 7. Some potential minor temperate fruit crops in the north-west Himalaya/V.D. Verma, K. Pradheep and J.C. Rana. 8. Role of plant genetic resource, collection, evaluation and maintenance in the development of hill horticulture/Girish Sharma. 9. Variability in flowering, fruit characters and yield in selfed and open pollinated progenies of strawberry cultivars/S.D. Sharma, Kriti Dhiman and D.P. Walia. 10. Management of genetic resources of temperate horticultural crops/J.C. Rana, V.D. Verma and K. Pradheep. 11. A new rootstock suitable for high density orcharding in apple/K.K. Pramanick, D.K. Kishore and Satish K. Sharma. 12. Screening for elite germplasm of Myrica nagi Thunb-an unexploited sub-temperate fruit/O.C. Sharma, A.S. Kashyap, B.S. Thakur, K. Mehta and L.K. Sharma. 13. Performance of some strawberry cultivars under subtropical climate/R.R. Sharma and Room Singh. 14. Preliminary observations on the flowering performance of a wild strain of persimmon (Diospyros Kaki L.)/B.S. Thakur, K. Mehta, A.S. Kashyap, L.K. Sharma and O.C. Sharma. 15. Variability studies in seedling population of pistachionut (Pistacio vera L.) grown in the dry temperate areas of Kinnaur in Himachal Pradesh/B.S. Thakur, K. Mehta, A.S. Kashyap, A.S. Rehalia and K.K. Jindal. 16. Evaluation of apple cultivars on EMLA 111 rootstock under high density plantations at PCDO Anu in Shimla District/B.K. Karkara and G.R. Jhobta. 17. Performance of apple cultivars on different rootstocks in valley area of Shimla District in Himachal Pradesh/B.K. Karkara, R.P. Sharma and G.R. Jhobta. 18. Biodiversity in seedling trees of Aonla (Emblica officinalis L.) for various fruit characters in Himachal Pradesh/A.S. Kashyap, O.C. Sharma, K. Mehta, B.S. Thakur and L.K. Sharma. 19. Swarna Mukti : a powdery mildew resistant and high yielding garden pea variety/R.S. Pan, A.K. Singh, S. Kumar, Bikash Das, J.P. Sharma and Mathura Rai. 20. Heterosis breeding in bell pepper/H.R. Sharma and A.K. Thakur. 21. Genetic analysis of yield in fresh market tomato/A.K. Thakur and H.R. Sharma. 22. Primer designing in horticulture species using bioinformatics tools/S.V. Bhardwaj, Praguna Singh Sambyal and Anju Sharma. 23. Bioinformatics in temperate horticulture bioresources management/Anju Sharma, S.V. Bhardwaj, Praguna Singh Sambyal and D.R. Sharma. 24. Studies on the variability in respect of chemical characters of fruits in F1 progenies of peach/S.D. Sharma and Y. Indrani. 25. Breeding plums for improved quality and better shelf-life/Girish Sharma. 26. Notes on some lean season ornamentals of Shimla/K. Pradheep, J.C. Rana and V.D. Verma. 27. Evaluation of open-pollinated seedlings of seed setting cultivars of chrysanthemum under Solan, Nauni conditions of Himachal Pradesh/Pariksha Vaidya, S.R. Dhiman, Y.C. Gupta and Subha Luxmi. III. Effective production technology: 28. Strategies for improving productivity of temperate fruit crops in India/R.P. Awasthi. 29. Horticulture in cold desert conditions with particular reference to Spiti valley of Himachal Pradesh/A.S. Kashyap. 30. Effective use of Micro irrigation and fertigation in apple orchards/D.K. Kishore, K.K. Pramanick, Satish K. Sharma and Rameshwar Singh. 31. Pollination: a decisive factor in apple productivity/Girish Sharma, Roshan Anand and O.C. Sharma. 32. Present status and scope of horto-pastoral systems in temperate wet zone of Himachal Pradesh - a case study/Janak Raj Sharma and P.S. Chauhan. 33. Effect of different amendments on phosphorus availability in apple based farming system/D.D. Sharma and I.P. Sharma. 34. Studies on the effect of NPK fertigation levels on growth, fruiting, fruit quality and leaf nutrient status of red fuji and Scarlet Gala apple cultivars in high density plantation/P.S. Chauhan, L.K. Sharma and S.S. Rana. 35. Role of honey bees in the pollination and fruit set in enhancing apple production in Himachal Pradesh/K.L. Kakar. 36. Role of promalin (GA 4+7+BA) application on fruiting and quality of delicious apples/M.S. Mankotia, P.S. Chauhan and A. Sud. 37. Economic analysis of temperate fruits' production technology in Himachal Pradesh - India/A.K. Randev. 38. Influence of Orchard floor management practices on soil moisture and temperature in a plum orchard grown under mid-hill zone conditions/J.S. Chauhan and B. Shylla. 39. Manipulation of fruit size, yield and fruit quality of Kiwifruit with thinning and growth regulators/R.K. Rana and J.S. Chandel. 40. Effect of P and Phosphorus Solublizing Microbes (PSM) on growth, total microbial count of soil and leaf nutrient status of Walnut cv. Govind/C.S. Tomar, J.S. Cheena and Sunil Dutt Sharma. 41. Effect of different planting distances on growth, yield and quality of apricot cv. new castle/K. Mehta, B.S. Thakur, A.S. Kashyap, L.K. Sharma and O.C. Sharma. 42. Effect of sowing dates and spacing on growth and curd yield of sprouting broccoli/S. Narayan, N. Ahmed and Shahnaz Mufti. 43. Conjoint application of organics and inorganic fertilizers on dry matter and leaf nutrient contents in French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)/S.K. Bhardwaj, R. Kaushal and Yoginder Sharma. 44. Performance of rose cv. 'First Red' under naturally ventilated polyhouse conditions in the mid-hills of Himachal Pradesh/Rajesh Thakur, Y.C. Gupta, S.R. Dhiman, R. Bhalla and Ritu Jain. 45. Effect of benzyl adenine and gibberellic acid on growth and flowering of African violets (Saintpaulia ionantha Wendl.)/Bharati Kashyap, Y.D. Sharma and S.R. Dhiman. 46. Effect of different mulches and herbicides on growth, yield and quality of strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa Duch.) cv. Chandler/C.L. Sharma and U.U. Khokhar. 47. Periodical changes in foliar macronutrient status of Olive/Sunil Dutt Sharma, R.P. Singh and C.L. Sharma. 48. Mulching material influences the albinism disorder in strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa)/R.R. Sharma and Rajbir Singh. 49. Effects of drip irrigation and rootstocks on apple under high density plantation/A.S. Rehalia, S.K. Banyal and V.S. Rana. IV. Diversification of temperate fruit production through vegetable crops and floriculture: 50. Diversification of temperate fruit production through floriculture/R.L. Misra and Pragya. 51. Economic aspect of diversification of temperate fruits industry in Himachal Pradesh/A.K. Randev. 52. Performance of Okra as an intercrop in the young Apricot orchards/Y.R. Shukla, K. Mehta and A.S. Kashyap. 53. Growing persimmon as diversified fruit crop in the mid-hills of Himachal Pradesh/K. Mehta, B.S. Thakur, A.S. Kashyap, L.K. Sharma and O.C. Sharma. 54. Diversification in temperate fruit orchards through the introduction of commercially important temperate ornamental germplasm/J.S. Wazir and Y.D. Sharma. V. Future strategies to tackle climate changes: 55. Influence of changing climatic variables on apple productivity trends/M.S. Mankotia. 56. Effect of changing weather parameters on the epidemic of apple powdery mildew/V.S. Thakur, Shalini Verma and Nirupma Sharma. VI. Propagation and rootstocks: 57. Propagation of Walnut through summer budding/J.S. Chandel, R.K. Rana and D.D. Sharma. 58. Effect of phloroglucinol and auxins on in vitro rooting behaviour of five pyrus genotypes/Anirudh Thakur and J.S. Kanwar. 59. Propagation of apple rootstock malling 7 through in vitro culture/Manju Moudgil and Rajnish Sharma. 60. Standardization of chip budding technique for top working of old Walnut seedling plants/D.D. Sharma, Dharmesh Gupta and P.L. Sharma. VII. Pest and disease management: 61. Incidence of premature leaf fall disease of apple and its management/J.N. Sharma. 62. Soil solarization for the control of Fusarium wilt pathogen of gladiolus/Harender Raj, Suneel Anand and Sachin Upmanyu. 63. Preliminary investigations on Ampelomyces quisqualis, a hyper parasite on powdery mildew of apple (Podosphaera leucotricha)/S.K. Sharma, Meenu Gupta and Swarn Singh. 64. Delivery of pesticides through micro-irrigation system for the management of insect pests and diseases in apple/Satish K. Sharma. D.K. Kishore, K.K. Pramanick and Rameshwer Singh. 65. Population dynamics of vam fungi in green amended soil and its effect on white root rot of apple caused by Dematophora necatrix/Nirupama Sharma, L.N. Bhardwaj and V.S. Thakur. 66. Evaluation of strawberry germplasm for resistance against leaf spot/Dharam Pal and S.D. Sharma. 67. Phytoplasma infecting Lilium in Himachal Pradesh/Ashutosh Bhaik, Anil Handa, P.D. Thakur, Usha Sharma and Kumud Jarial. 68. Identification and characterization of a carlavirus infecting Lilium/Anil Handa, P.D. Thakur and Ashutosh Bhaik. 69. A geminivirus infecting tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum mill.) in Himachal Pradesh/Praguna Singh Sambyal, S.V. Bhardwaj, V.G. Malathi, P.D. Thakur and S.K. Chakrabarti. 70. Population dynamics in phytoparasitic nematodes of persimmon (Diospyros kaki)/G.C. Sharma and A.S. Kashyap. 71. Pest complex of strawberry and its management in foot-hills of shivaliks/Rajpal Singh, S.C. Lakhanpal and B.K. Karkara. 72. Relative efficacy of some new acaricides against European Red Mite, Panonychus Ulmi (Koch)/P.L. Sharma. 73. Efficacy of new acaricides against European Red Mite Panonychus ulmi (Koch) on apple/Sushma Bhardwaj and S.P. Bhardwaj. VIII. Processing, packaging, improved transport and storage for longer shelf life: 74. Standardization of holding solutions to increase the vase life of greenhouse grown rose cv. 'first red'/Ritu Jain, Y.C. Gupta, Rajesh Bhalla, S.R. Dhiman and Rajesh Thakur. 75. Effect of packaging materials, temperature and dressers on bell pepper (capsicum annuum L.) seed germination and vigour/A.K. Joshi, Chameli Kumari, Nandita Pathania, S.K. Sharma and S.C. Verma. 76. Effect of packaging materials temperature and dressers on onion (Allium cepa L.) seed germination and vigour/A.K. Joshi, Chameli Kumari, Nandita Pathania, S.K. Sharma and S.C. Verma. IX. Innovations at farmers level: 77. Gap analysis in the cultivation of commercially grown vegetables/Y.R. Shukla and A.S. Kashyap. 78. Activities and important issues in temperate horticulture/Ravinder Chauhan. 79. National perspective-need for future hill horticulture/Ravinder Chauhan.

"Temperate horticulture is a very important component of horticulture as it is only confined to the hilly regions of a country. For fruit crops, it represents a group, which is physiologically diverse from the sub-tropical fruit crops grown in other regions. For vegetables and floriculture it has immense potential for the keeping the nation well supplied with off-season and exotic vegetables and flowers all the year round.

This book, being published to mark the centenary year of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (1905 - 2005), strives to highlight the status of temperate horticulture in India. Articles on biotechnological and bioinformatics, genetic resources and manipulation, cropping patterns, drip irrigation, hill horticulture and economics of temperate horticulture contributed by scientists from IARI, Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, NBPGR, CIPHET, CPRI and various RRS's of IARI, NBPGR and ICAR Research complex for eastern and NEH regions.

The book covers complete outlook of the past, present and future status of the temperate horticulture. The book will prove as a complete handbook of temperate horticulture as it will not only serve as a reference material for research workers in horticulture, but will also play a vital role in combating problems and planning future strategies in the field of horticulture."