Horticulture

The book is a collaborative academic exercise undertaken by a group of leading agricultural scientists (many of international repute), aiming at putting together and reviewing the available scientific information on various aspects of horticulture. After in introductory chapter, it discusses systematically the topics like the development and structure of flowers and fruits, plant metabolism, vegetative and floral growth of plants, advanced methods of crop improvement, plant tissue culture, environmental impact on plants, etc. Not only that, the state of the art developments in areas like establishment and management of gardens; insect, pest and disease management, and floriculture and landscape gardening have also been reviewed in the book