ABSTRACT
Sustainable Horticulture, Volume 1: Diversity, Production, and Crop Improvements is part of a two-volume compendium that addresses the most important topics facing horticulture around the world today.
Volume 1, on Diversity, Production, and Crop Improvement, outlines the contemporary trends in sustainable horticulture research, covering such topics as crop diversity, species variability and conservation strategies, production technology, tree architecture management, plant propagation and nutrition management, organic farming, and new dynamics in breeding and marketing of horticulture crops.
Sections include:
- Genetic Resources & Biodiversity Conservation
- Production & Marketing of Horticulture Crops
- Crop Improvement & Biotechnology
Together with Volume 2: Food, Health, and Nutrition, this two-volume compendium presents an abundance of new research on sustainable horticulture that will be valuable for a broad audience, including students of horticulture, faculty and instructors, scientists, agriculturists, government and nongovernment organizations, and other industry professionals.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part Part I|56 pages
Genetic Resources and Biodiversity Conservation
chapter Chapter 3|16 pages
Varietal Wealth of Turf Grasses at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute
chapter Chapter 4|18 pages
Local Germplasm and Landraces of Vegetables: Availability, Market Price, and Perception of Consumer
part Part II|319 pages
Production And Marketing of Horticulture Crops
chapter Chapter 11|6 pages
Organic Vegetables Farming and Its Prospects in Pakyong East District of Sikkim, India
chapter Chapter 12|11 pages
Organic Nutrient Management for Improving the Fruit Quality of Mango Cv. Alphonso
chapter Chapter 13|10 pages
Organic Production of Turmeric in Northeastern India: Constraints and Opportunities
chapter Chapter 20|12 pages
Kendu: An Underexploited Forest Fruit Species for Poverty Alleviation of Tribals*
chapter Chapter 21|8 pages
Proline Accumulation under Drought Stress in Onion (Allium Cepa L.) Cultivars
chapter Chapter 22|11 pages
A Statistical Study on Pineapple In North-Eastern States of India for Sustainable Policy Development
part Part III|74 pages
Crop Improvement and Biotechnology