V Ponnuswami
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Horticultural crops are those that serve to fit the special food and aesthetic needs of humans. In horticultural crops, quality is supreme. While it is true that there is no arguing about taste, the fact of the matter is that many horticultural crop cultivars with unique qualities are so unique, admired, and appreciated that they become the basis for entire industries. Examples include the 'Bartlett' ('Williams') pear which dominates fresh fruit production and is ...
The text book on Temperate Vegetables covers twenty nine chapters which includes Importance of temperate vegetables in human nutrition, environment influence on temperate vegetables, temperate vegetables based cropping system. It provides lucid picture on fundamental principals related to cropping systems, Organic farming in temperate vegetable crops, Assessment of maturity indices or harvest indices of temperate vegetables and Export standards for temperate ...
Transgenics in Horticulture provides a comprehensive account of the genetic manipulation of various horticultural crops like fruits, vegetables, flowers, spices, plantation crops, medicinal and aromatic plants for pest and disease resistance, stress tolerance and improvement of yield and quality. It is a compilation of the production of transgenic horticultural crops highlighting the key scientific and technical advances in their development. The text has been ...
In recent days Floriculture has turned to a high profitable venture. The climatic conditions and rich diversity found under varying soil conditions in different elevation in this country offers great potential for floriculture. This book contains the improved production technology details on various loose flowers and Cut flowers and foliage and other filler crops. As stated by the APPEDA in India about 232.74thousand hectares area was under the cultivation in ...
Contents: 1. Nanotechnology in horticulture. 2. Nanotechnology-application in food industry. 3. Climate change adaptation strategies in horticulture. 4. Concepts of post harvest management in off season mangoes. 5. Grand naine banana cultivation in Theni district. 6. Post harvest management and handling of Guava. 7. Scope for entrepreneurship development in spices and plantation crops. 8. Empowering rural women through developing Tamarind based small scale ...
Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. History of herbal medicine. 3. Herbal medicine today. 4. Traditional medicine. 5. Siddha medicine. 6. Ayurveda medicine. 7. Common herbs and herbal preparations. 8. Medicinal herbs. 9. Glossary. 10. References.
With input from virtually all biological disciplines and applications to all the crops, seed occupies a pivotal role in agricultural and horticultural sciences. Recognizing the importance of seed quality the book has been the necessity. The unique feature of this book is the inclusion of chapters explaining the techniques of quality seed production in horticultural crops, like vegetables, fruits, flowers and medicinal crops. This book also deals with then ...