Temperate Fruits and Nuts : A Way Forward for Enhancing Productivity and Quality

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The present book is a compendium of 31 Lead Papers presented by R and D workers experts from different institutions during the four day National Conference on Temperate Fruits and Nuts held from November 6-9, 2015 by the Horticultural Society of India, New Delhi in collaboration with ICAR-Central Institute for Temperate Horticulture, Srinagar, J and K. It covers status, achievements and future R and D strategies on different crops and issues concerning Temperate Horticulture vis-a-vis global advancements. The issues covered range from research needs, innovative technologies, genetic resource management and crop improvement, disease and pest management, mechanization, pre- and post harvest technology and marketing and trade.

Contents: Preface. 1. Potential and Strategies for Development of Temperate Fruits and Nuts in North Western Region. 2. Potential and Strategies for Development of Fruits and Nuts in Cold Arid Region of India. 3. Potential and Strategies for Development of Temperate Fruits and Nuts in Sub-tropical Region of India. 4. Potential and Strategies for Development of Temperate Fruits and Nuts in North Eastern Region. 5. Canopy Management and Plant Architectural Engineering in Temperate Fruits and Nuts. 6. Biotechnological Interventions in Temperate Fruit Crops. 7. Rejuvenation and Replanting of Temperate Fruits in India. 8. Impact of Climate Change on Temperate Fruit and Nut Production. 9. Climate Change and Temperate Fruit and Nut Production. 10. Management of Genetic Resources of Temperate Fruits and Nuts Under Emerging Intellectual Property Right Regimes in India 147 J.C. Rana, Mohar Singh, Rashmi Yadav and Dinesh Singh. 11. Advances in Varietal and Rootstock Improvement in Temperate Fruits and Nuts: Future Strategies. 12. Temperate Fruits: All the Year Round. 13. Temperate Fruit and Nut Genetic Resources: Status and Priorities. 14. Future Fruits for Temperate Regions: Production and their Nutraceutical Importance. 15. Potential Rootstocks for Temperate Fruits in India. 16. Recent Advances in Propagation and Nursery Management of Temperate Fruits and Nuts. 17. Status and Strategies for Meeting Planting Material Requirement in Temperate Fruit and Nuts. 18. Micropropagation in Temperate Fruits and Nuts. 19. Diagnostics of Major Virus Diseases of Apple and Production of Virus Tested Planting Material. 20. Disease Dynamics and their Management in Temperate Fruits and Nuts. 21. Forecasting of Plant Diseases of Temperate Fruits. 22. Ecosystem Services and Temperate Horticulture. 23. Pesticide Residue Problems in Temperate Fruits. 24. Insect Dynamics and their Management in Temperate Fruits and Nuts: A Global Scenario. 25. High Density Planting of Temperate Fruits: Technology Development. 26. Farming Systems for Temperate Fruits: An Approach Towards Sustainability and Livelihood Security. 27. Good Horticultural Practices and Farming Systems in Temperate Fruits. 28. Mechanization in Temperate Fruit Production System in Kashmir Valley. 29. Emerging Opportunities in Processing of Temperate Fruits in India. 30. Temperate Fruit Procssing and Marketing in India: Status and Opportunities. 31. Marketing, Market Integration and Price Forecasting of Apple in India.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR K.L. Chadha

Born on November 15, 1936, Dr. K.L. Chadha obtained his Bachelors and Masters degree in Agriculture (Hort) from Punjab University, Chandigarh in 1955 and 1960 respectively. He specialized in viticulture during his doctoral studies at IARI, New Delhi (1960-63). He has been actively associated with teaching, research and development of grapes in his capacity as a Fruit Specialist of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, as a Project Coordinator (Fruits including grapes) at national level, as Director, Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore and as ICAR National Professor in Horticulture at IARI, New Delhi. His areas of specialization have been ampelography, training and pruning, nutritioiin and use of growth regulators in grape production. Dr. K.L. Chadha has been Secretary of the â€œGroup on Vitiulture in the Tropicsâ€ Gold Medal from Andhra Pradesh Grape Growersâ€™ Association (1994), a silver Plaque from the Maharashtra Research and Development Trust for his outstanding contributioins to grape research and development in the country. He is a Fellow of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi (1992) and was awarded Doctorate of Science (Honoris causa) by Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur in 1995. Dr. Chadha has won several prestigiouis awards â€“ Borlaugh Award (1984), Om Prakash Bhasin Award (1992), Dayavati Vira Medal (1993), Pisang Raja Award (1996), and Marigowda Memorial Award (1996). He has edited / written 21 books, 7 bulletins and published 146 research and 136 popular articles. Dr. Chadha is sthe Chief Editor of the series â€œAdvances inHorticultureâ€ published in 13 volumes covering 9,410 pages. He has been President of several Horticultural Socieites..