CONTENTS:- Vol.1: Agro Techniques of Medicinal Plants: 1. Introduction; 2. Herbalism; 3. Medicinal Plants in Alternative Medicine; 4. Medicinal Plants in Ayurveda; 5. Medicinal Plants and Phytomedicines; 6. Guidelines for Medicinal Plants; 7. Sustainable Use of Medicinal Plants. Vol.2: the Treatise on Aromatic Plants: 1. Types of Aromatic Plants; 2. Characteristics of Steroid Yielding Plants; 3. Culinary Herbs and Aromatic Plants; 4. Planting of Medical and Aromatic Plants; 5. Organic Essential Oils. Vol.3: Cultivation of Vegetable Crops: 1. Vegetable in the Fertile Crescent; 2. Emerging and other Vegetable Crops; 3. Vegetable Culture; 4. Vegetable Research and Management; 5. Disease Prevention in Vegetables. Vol.4: Fruit Production and Processing Technology: 1. Tropical and Subtropical Fruit Crops; 2. Fruit Wealth of India; 3. Genetic Resource and Breeding Patterns; 4. Assessing Diversity Using Molecular Techniques; 5. Genetic Principles; 6. Propagation Techniques for Tropical Fruits; 7. Tissue Culture Strategies of Tropical Fruit Crops; 8. Germplasm on Fruit Crops; 9. Management of Fungal Diseases in Tropical Fruits; 10. Harvesting and Yield. Vol.5: Principles and Practices in Spice Crops Cultivation: 1. Species; 2. Precautionary Approach to Species; 3. Management of Invasive Alien Species; 4. Herbal Sources of Tibetan Medicines; 5. New Dinosaur Species Found in India. Vol.6: Propagation of Horticultural Crops: 1. Plant Biotechnology and Horticultural Crops; 2. Research Strategies and Programmes; 3. Dishes and Preparations; 4. Some Common Bulbous Plants. Vol.7: Post-Harvest Technology of Horticultural Crops: 1. Post Harvest of Horticultural Crops; 2. Technology of Fruits and Vegetables; 3. Existing Post Harvest Technologies; 4. Preservation by Reduction of Water Content; 5. Osmotic Dehydration Processing; 6. Gelified Sugar Fruit Preserves; 7. Vegetable Drying/Dehydration. Vol.8: Genetics of Flowering Plants: 1. Flowers and Foliage Plants; 2. Native Grass Lawns; 3. Tender Bulbs, Corms and Tubers; 4. Flowering Bulbs; 5. Important Features of Flowering Plants; 6. Garden; 7. Care of Flowering Potted Plants; 8. Lawn Establishment and Renovation; 9. Lawn Pesticide Facts. Vol.9: Weed Management of Horticultural Crops: 1. Introduction; 2. Global Horticultural Impact; 3. Demand for Fruit and Vegetables; 4. The Global Citrus Germplasm Network; 5. Practices on Soil Fertility; 6. Development in Agricultural Exports. Vol.10: Advance in Horticulture Science Research: 1. Horti Vision 2020; 2. Impact Assessment; 3. Planning Concept, Design and Construction; 4. Agricultural Bio-Diversity in Asia; 5. Mediterranean Fruit Crops; 6. Maintaining Seed Viability and Vigour.
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Horticulture has a special significance for the economic development. Keeping this idea in focus, the present work has been compiled which contains experiences of the experts and related people. The book covers advances in strategies, production, plant protection, value addition and other important areas of horticulture development. The book provides practical information on production technologies of tropical and sub-tropical fruits as well as plantation crops and horticulture nursery. Post-harvest management, marketing and export trends have been furnished for guidance.
