1. Introduction, importance and scope of canopy management.

2. Principles of canopy management.

3. Canopy manipulation for optimum utilization of light.

4. Canopy development and management of apple.

5. Canopy development and management of pear.

6. Canopy development and management of peach.

7. Canopy development and management of cherries.

8. Canopy development and management of plum.

9. Canopy development and management of mango.

10. Canopy development and management of grape.

11. Canopy development and management of banana.

12. Canopy development and management of kiwifruit.

13. Canopy development and management of other tropical and subtropical fruits.

Reference. Important definitions.

Index. "India ranks second in fruits with an annual production of 48.

57 million tonnes, accounting for about 10.3% of the total world fruit production.

However, the productivity of major fruit per hectare (11.9 tonnes/ha) is far belown compared to world average (25 tonnes/ha).

Among the various biotic and abiotic factors responsible for low yield (less)

Acknowledgements. 1.

Need to promote fruit cultivation and manage post harvest losses to ensure healthy human life/Arun Arya. 2.

Risk analysis of plant and plant products/M.K.

Prasanna Kumar, K. Murali Mohan, L.

N. Lakshminarayana Reddy and Y.

B. Srinivasa.

3. Conventional and non-conventional methods to manage post-harvest diseases of perishables/Neeta Sharma and Abhishek Tripathi.

4. Mango malformation: epidemiology and principles of management/D.

K. Chakrabarti, M.

K. Pandey, Gireesh Chand, Rajesh Kumar, V.

P. Gaur and Kanhaiya Singh.

5. Diseases directly affecting pineapple fruits at field and post-harvest phase/M.

K. Dasgupta.

6. Post-harvest diseases of mango and their management/M.

K. Prasanna Kumar, V.

B. Nargund, V.

Venkatravanappa and M.B.

Patil. 7.

Biological control of crown gall of stone fruits-present status and future strategies/A.K.

Gupta, B. Kamal, K.

Khosla, D. Gupta and R.

C. Sharma.

8. Post-harvest handling and eco-friendly management of diseases of Litchi chinensis (Gaertn.

) Sonn./Arun Arya and S.

Chaudhary. 9.

Eco-friendly management of post-harvest diseases of temperate fruits/A.K.

Gupta. 10 (less)

Anatomy and taxonomy/Tara Auxt Baugher. 2.

Breeding and molecular genetics/Ralph Scorza. 3.

Carbohydrate partitioning and plant growth/Alan N. Lakso and James A.

Flore. 4.

Cultivar selection/Duane W. Greene.

5. Diseases/David A.

Rosenberger. 6.

Dormancy and acclimation/Curt R. Rom.

7. Dwarfing/Stephen S.

Miller. 8.

Flower bud formation, pollination and fruit set/Peter M. Hirst.

9. Fruit color development/L.

L. Creasy.

10. Fruit growth patterns/Alan N.

Lakso and Martin C. Goffinet.

11. Fruit maturity/Christopher B.

Watkins. 12.

Geographic considerations/Suman Singha. 13.

Harvest/Stephen S. Miller.

14. High-density orchards/Suman Singha.

15. Insects and mites/Tracy C.

Leskey. 16.

Irrigation/D. Michael Glenn.

17. Light interception and photosynthesis/David C.

Ferree. 18.

Marketing/Desmond O'Rourke. 19.

Nematodes/John M. Halbrendt.

20. Nutritional value of fruit/Andrea T.

Borchers and Dianne A. Hyson.

21. Orchard floor management/Ian A.

Merwin. 22.

Orchard planning and site preparation/Tara Auxt Baugher. 23.

Packing/A. Nathan Reed.

24. Physiological disorders/Christopher B.

Watkins. 25.

Plant growth regulation/Christopher S. Walsh.

26. Plant hormones/Christopher S (less)

Introduction. 2 .

Diseases of Pome fruits. 3.

Diseases of Pome fruits (Continued). 4.

Diseases of Pome fruits (Continued). 5.

Diseases of Pome fruits (Continued). 6.

Diseases of Drupe or Stone fruits. 7.

Diseases of Drupe or Stone fruits (Continued). 8.

Diseases of Brambles. 9.

Diseases of Grapes. 10.

Diseases of Strawberries. 11.

Diseases of Gooseberries and Currants. 12.

Diseases of the Cranberry. 13.

Diseases of the Blueberry. Index.

"Information concerning fruit diseases of deciduous fruits in the United States is contained mainly in bulletins and circulars issued by the state experiment stations and the U.S.

Department of Agriculture and in scattered articles in scientific journals. The only book published on this subject is now thirty-six years old and therefore does not include the many later contributions by workers in this field.

It was felt that there was a pressing need for a comprehensive treatment of the subject which would be useful (less)

Preface. 1.

Reasons and pleasures of vegetable gardening. 2.

Requisites of the home vegetable garden. 3.

The planting plan for vegetable garden. 4.

Garden implements and their uses. 5.

Vegetable crops and earth humus. 6.

Enriching the soil with manures and fertilizers. 7.

Organic manures and balanced crop diet. 8.

Soil preparation. 9.

Starting the plants. 10.

Sowing and planting. 11.

The actual cultivation of vegetables. 12.

Best varieties of the garden vegetables. 13.

Root, leaf and fruit vegetables and their special needs. 14.

Methods to fight insects and diseases of garden. 15.

Dealing with common pests of garden plants. 16.

Handling fungus pests in garden plants. 17.

Pruning, spraying and harvesting vegetables. 18.

Vegetable storing after the harvest. 19.

The rotation of crops in the vegetable garden. 20.

Filler crops for the vegetable garden. 21.

Cultivating cabbages and cauliflowers. 22.

On the sides of your vegetable garden-1: Pome and stone fruits (less)

Vegetables: 1. Fungal diseases of potato/B.

P. Singh and Vinayak Hegde.

2. Bacterial diseases of potato in India/G.

S. Shekhawat, A.

V. Gadewar and S.

K. Chakrabarti.

3. Virus and Virus-like diseases of potato and their control/S.

M. Paul Khurana.

4. Fungal and bacterial diseases of tomato/K.

R. Shyam and S.

K. Gupta.

5. Viruses infecting tomato and their management/S.

C. Chowfla, P.

K. Sharma and P.

D. Thakur.

6. Fungal and bacterial diseases of crucifers/K.

S. Kapoor.

7. Fungal and bacterial diseases of cucurbits/Bineeta Sen, Shahana Majumder and Sanjeev Kumar.

8. Viral diseases of cucurbitaceous crops and their management/S.

S. Cheema, S.

S. Kang and R.

D. Bansal.

9. Pea diseases and their management/A.

S. Kapoor and A.

Singh. 10.

Fungal and bacterial diseases of beans/S.K.

Gupta and K.A.

Mathew. 11.

Virus diseases of French bean/S.C.

Chowfla, Dharmesh Gupta and Anil Handa. 12.

Fungal diseases of onion and Garlic in India/R.C.

Sharma and Sanjeev Sharma. 13.

Bacterial and fungal diseases of chillies and bell pepper/Satish K (less)

I. Leafy vegetables: 1.

Antioxidants. 2.

Importance and scope of vegetables. 3.

Production and productivity of vegetables. 4.

Edible part of vegetables. 5.

Some suggestions for preparation of leaf vegetables. 6.

Medicinal value of leafy vegetables. 7.

Some important leafy vegetables. References.

II. Mushroom: 8.

What are mushrooms. 9.

Botany. 10.

Physiology. 11.

Food value and nutritional supplement. 12.

Spwan and seed production. 13.

Cultivation pre-requisites. 14.

Insect-pests and diseases of mushroom-their control. 15.

Extension training and entrepreneurship. 16.

Mushroom farming-future prospects and problems. 17.

Medicinal value of mushrooms. 18.

Recipes of mushroom. Reference.

Subject index. "Leafy Vegetables and Mushrooms are the store-house of useful minerals and vitamins at the cheapest price, and are now-a-days considered as the corner stones of health care system due to presence of many helpful phytochemicals in alleviating some serious diseases.

Fruits and vegetables and particularly leafy vegetables and mushrooms containing phyto factors potential are (less)

The fruit. 2.

Origin, cultivation and status of fruit crops. 3.

Fruit growing areas and varieties in India. 4.

Fruit set and ripening. 5.

Chemical composition and nutritional value of fruits. 6.

Fruit cultivation: soils environment. 7.

Fruit cultivation: tillage and tillage operations. 8.

Fruit cultivation: water relations. 9.

Fruit cultivation: water management and irrigation. 10.

Nursery practices. 11.

Propagation through seeds. 12.

Propagation through cuttings. 13.

Propagation through layering. 14.

Propagation through grafting. 15.

Propagation through budding. 16.

Weed control of fruit crops. 17.

Diseases of fruit crops. 18.

Fruit cultivation: pruning. 19.

Organic fruit production. 20.

Postharvest aspects of fruit crops. 21.

Fruit biotechnology. II.

Fruit cultivation: 1. Aonla.

2. Apple.

3. Apricot.

4. Avocado.

5. Bael (Bengal Quince).

6. Banana and plantain.

7. Ber.

8. Carambola.

9. Cherry.

10. Date palm.

11. Durian.

12. Egg fruit.

13. Fig.

14. Grape.

15. Guava.

16. Jackfruit.

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Introduction. 2.

Laboratory infrastructure and facilities. 3.

Tissue culture media : composition and preparation. 4.

Clonal tissue culture : stages and techniques. 5.

Problems associated with clonal tissue culture and possible solutions. 6.

Monitoring variations during clonal tissue culture. 7.

In Vitro culture of fruit crops. 8.

Essentials for commercial tissue culture and future prospects. Glossary.

Appendices. References.

Subject and species index. "Plant cell, tissue and organ culture has emerged as an important tool to study various fundamental and applied aspects in plant science concerning the potential applications of this technology in agriculture and horticulture, it has generated tremendous excitement since 1970s.

This is evident by the fact that number of commercial establishments engaged in mass propagation of desired genotypes is swelling day by day. Recognising its importance in basic as well as applied areas, several universities have included it in UG and PG course curriculum.

Specialized courses of one to two (less)

Integrated development of fruits. 2.

Scope and importance of fruits. 3.

Almond. 4.

Annonaceous fruits. 5.

Aonla. 6.

Apple. 7.

Avacado. 8.

Bael. 9.

Banana. 10.

Ber. 11.

Apricot. 12.

Carambola. 13.

Cherry. 14.

Date palm. 15.

Durian. 16.

Egg fruit. 17.

Fig. 18.

Grape. 19.

Guava. 20.

Jackfruit. 21.

Jamun. 22.

Karonda. 23.

Kiwi. 24.

Limes and lemons. 25.

Rootstocks. 26.

Litchi. 27.

Loquat. 28.

Mahua. 29.

Mandarin orange. 30.

Mango. 31.

Mangosteen. 32.

Olive. 33.

Papaya. 34.

Passion fruit. 35.

Peach. 36.

Pear. 37.

Pecan. 38.

Persimmon. 39.

Phasla. 40.

Pineapple. 41.

Plum. 42.

Pomegranate. 43.

Rambutan. 44.

Sapota. 45.

Strawberry. 46.

Sweet orange. 47.

Walnut. II.

Vegetable crops: 48. Integrated development of vegetables.

49. Agathi.

50. Amaranth.

51. Ash gourd.

52. Beet root.

53. Bitter gourd.

54. Bottle gourd.

55. Brinjal.

56. Broccoli.

57. Brussels sprout.

58. Cabbage.

59. Capsicum.

60. Carrot.

61. Cauliflower.

62. Celery.

63 (less)

2. Classification of Fruit Crops.

3. Agroclimatic Zones.

4. Influence of Climate.

5. Soils.

6. Planning an Orchard.

7. Nursery Techniques.

8. Plant Growing Structures.

9. Propagation-Principles and Procedures.

10. Modern System of Fruit Growing.

11. High Density Orcharding.

12. Training, Pruning and Thinning.

13. Mineral Nutrition.

14. Fertilizers and Manures.

15. Irrigation.

16. Weed Management.

17. Soil Management Systems.

18. Cropping Systems.

19. Flowering and Fruiting.

20. Fruit Physiology.

21. Special Problems in Fruit Production.

22. Growth Regulators in Fruit Production.

23. Physiological Disorders.

24. Insect-Pest Management.

25. Disease Management.

26. Techniques of Fruit Breeding.

27. Fruit Marketing.

28. Rejuvenation of Old Orchard.

29. Dryland Fruit culture.

30. Fruit crops.

31. Fruit crop matching mantra.

32. Distinguish between.

Glossary. Appendix.

Selected Bibliography. Index.

Basic Concepts of Fruit Science second revised edition is an updated text to cater to the growing need of students, scholars, researchers, scientists, horticulturists, extension (less)

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