“Nursery Raising†is a comprehensive book on the propagation and nursery management of horticultural crops. It presents a compact study of the development of nursery for growing healthy, genuine and good quality plant materials. This book provides fundamental informations necessary for raising a horticultural nursery. Special emphasis has been given on raising seedlings, vegetative methods of propagation, stock-bed management, and protection of nursery grown plants. It is written in a very simple and easy to understand conversational style. Inclusion of photographs and line-drawing has made it more attractive. It is hoped that the materials included in this book would be of great help to the UG and PG students of horticulture, nurserymen, gardeners, growers and extension workers.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR S.N. Das
S.N. Das born on 1963 in a poor family of village Goalkhore of Sahebgang district of Jharkhand, Mr. Das completed his early school education at Farakka of West Bengal. He completed his B.Sc. (Ag.) Hons from B.C.K.V., Kalyani, West Bengal and did his post graduation from the same institute in the discipline of Horticulture with specialization in Floriculture and Landscaping. He was also awarded Junior Fellowship of I.C.A.R. in Horticulture after completion of Graduation. He has organized and attended several Farmers Training Meetings, Seminars and Conferences. He has given technical advices to a number of Easter India Horticulture and Biotechnology Center, Calcutta. He has had extensive practical experiences in the field of Agriculture and Horticulture. He has published several books and research papers and popular articles in different reputed journals, magazines and newspapers.
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