India has emerged as a major stakeholder in the global horticulture scenario accounting for 10.9% of the world fruit production, with the total fruit production of 58.7 million tonnes from 5.5 million hectares. In view of the burgeoning population pressure, it is often not possible to get good piece of fertile land for cultivation of fruit crops, as it is used for other more important field crops, such as foodgrains, oilseeds and pulses. In the recent years, ...
