Horticulture for Economic Prosperity and Nutritional Security in 21st Century

The book ‘Horticulture for Economic Prosperity and Nutritional Security in 21st Century’ includes 53 chapters authored by eminent scientist researchers and academicians related to various fields of horticulture from different research institutes and universities of India. It covers different aspects of 21st century horticulture in India like Genetic Resources of Horticultural Crops in India fruit based multi species cropping latest development in crop regulation of tropical and sub tropical fruits Homa Jaivik Krishi for sustainable horticulture prospects of new varieties under high density for temperate fruits and nut production latest development in tissue culture and biotechnology for sustainable horticulture, nutraceuticals in horticulture, role of Nanotechnology in present day horticulture, seed spices for livelihood security and socio economic development of farmers, edible landscaping as a perfect mixture of beauty and utility current trends in value addition packaging and labelling of citrus fruit products, transfer of technology and advanced extension approach for popularization of horticultural crops in farming community, recent advances in insect pest management of major spices, post harvest management and value addition in horticultural crops and a number of research papers related to various aspects of horticulture from genetic resources management and biodiversity conservation, cultivation technology organic and green horticulture, crop care and protection crop improvement and biotechnology post harvest management value addition and bio prospecting economics trade marketing, supply chain management and entrepreneurship development, horticulture for food nutrition and healthcare to the technology transfer and extension in horticulture.

Contents: 1. Genetic resources of horticultural crops in India: diversity and conservation/P.E. Rajasekharan. 2. Citrus biodiversity its conservation and utilization/I.P. Singh. 3. Genetic resource management of underutilized fruits and their conservation in semi arid ecosystem of Western India/Sajay Singh, A.K. Singh and S.K. Sharma. 4. Homa Jaivik Krish: a ray of hope for sustainable horticulture/R.K. Pathak and R.A. Ram. 5. Fruit based multi species cropping: an option for livelihood security in fragile ecosystems/O.P. Awasthi and A.K. Singh. 6. Recent advances in crop regulation of tropical and sub tropical fruits/S.K. Mitra, T.K.S. Irenaeus and H. Lembisana Devi. 7. Prospects of new varieties under high density for temperate fruits and nut production/M.K. Verma and O.P. Awasthi. 8. Biotechnological research approaches for sustainable horticulture development: the Indian perspective/V.K. Khanna, Herbert P. Kharkongor, C. Debbarma, W. Tyagi, M. Rai and N.T. Meetei. 9. Recent advances in tissue culture techniques of horticultural crops/B.N. Hazarika. 10. Nutraceuticals in horticulture-quo vadis/R.K. Bhattacharyya.