Precision Farming in Horticulture: Approaches and Strategies

Horticulture has emerged as a major economic activity in India. India has emerged as one of the leading producer of horticultural crops in the world. The productivity in many of the horticultural crops is far below the world average. The cultivable area is decreasing at alarming rate in the country through industrialization and urbanization with lot of pressure on land and water. Under such situation, the only left option with the scientist is to enhance the productivity of horticultural crops through various precision farming techniques.

The concept of precision farming is new to the country and needs appropriate attention for efficient utilization of resources. The book “Precision Farming in Horticulture: Approaches and Strategies” contains thirteen chapters contributed by the experts in the field covering hi-tech horticulture, precision farming and crop specific technology for increasing productivity and quality.

Contents: Preface. 1. Prospects of precision farming in horticulture/S.C. Swain and G.L. Sharma. 2. High-tech greenhouse technology for round the year production of horticultural crops/N. Agrawal and S.K. Behera. 3. Micro-propagation of horticultural crops for production of quality planting material/S.K. Palai and G. Das. 4. Protray seedling raising technology/G.L. Sharma and T. Tirkey. 5. Vegetable cultivation in Hi-tech greenhouse for enhanced production and quality/D. Sahoo, D. Paramjita and M.K. Rout. 6. High density orcharding in fruit crops: approaches and strategies/B. Das, S. Meheta and N. Kumari. 7. Water management in vegetable crops for increasing productivity and quality/Vijay Kumar. 8. Plastic mulching: an avenue to increase input use efficiency in horticultural crops/S.C. Sahoo. 9. Growth regulator application in horticultural crops/G. Prabhuling and L. Kukanoor. 10. Use of plastics in horticultural crops/B.S. Asati and S.K. Verma. 11. Precision technologies in fruit crops for increasing productivity/Vijay Bahadur. 12. Precision technologies for production of quality planting material in plantation crops/N. Chattopadhyay. 13. Precision farming in root and tuber crops/M. Nedunchezhiyan, S.K. Jata and G. Byju. Bibliography.