Walnut : Cultivation and Management

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Walnut in India. 3. Botanical description. 4. Nut quality and phenology. 5. Economic importance. 6. Nutritional contents of Walnut Kernels. 7. Walnut oil its use and composition. 8. Propagation rootstocks and cultivars. 9. Orchard planning and aftercare. 10. Training pruning and fruit development. 11. Irrigation manuring and management. 12. Harvesting processing drying packing and handling. 13. Crop improvement approaches. 14. Quality criteria. 15. Controlled atmospheric storage. 16. Methods of prolonging the shelf life of Walnut. 17. Causes of Kernel deterioration and prevalance of Micotoxins. 18. Cost of cultivation and economics. 19. Scope of Walnut cultivation as a venture in agribusiness. 20. Insect pests and diseases and their management. 21. Problems constrains and projections in Walnut production. 22. Walnut recipes and utilization. 23. Bunties from Walnut tree, medicinal and anti-microbial properties. References. Index.

The book on “Walnut: Cultivation and Management” deals with 23 chapters on different aspects. The Walnut is a temperate crop and is native of Afghanistan and Iran. China is main grower of this crop. This title deals with botanical description, cultivation of plant, Post-harvest technology, crop improvement approaches, economic importance etc. The entomological, pathological, medicinal, microbial aspects have also been elaborated. The discussion on economics completes the title as one can start ones business after studying this title which is useful to those are doing Walnut farming, nursery men, students, teachers etc. (jacket)