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ABOUT THE BOOK

The seed or planting materials are the vital need of the Indian farmers in every corner of the country. If this requirement is fulfilled, our farmers can definitely increase the yield potential manifold. Quality seed and planting material, perhaps, the most important impediments in increasing the production of horticultural crops, influence the output from other inputs like fertilizers, water, pesticides etc. The efforts made by the farmers become futile, if true-to-type, healthy and disease free seed and planting material are not used. Therefore, both quality seed and planting material assume more significance in the development of horticulture. In the prime need of quality material the book i.e. ‘Textbook of micro Propagation Technologies for Horticultural Crops’ is written to covers all the recent technologies developed for the fast multiplication of horticultural plants. Micro propagation of fruit crops like banana, citrus, lasora, sweet cherry, lasora, grape, bael, guava, jack fruit, guava and other fruit crops etc. vegetable crops like potato, tomato, cabbage, cucurbits, turmeric etc. ornamental crops like philodendron, gerbera, rose, orchid, bamboo and other so many ornamental plants are included in this book. Besides micro propagation of different horticultural crops its covers WTO in horticultural produce, climate change in horticulture, constraints in horticultural development  and its management, quality vegetable seed production of quality fruit planting materials, use of plant growth regulators in plants propagation etc. This book is written in simple, easy to understand language which will be highly useful to the students, teachers, researchers, extension personals and progressive horticulturist. Presentation of table, figures attracts more to the readers and even in quick look one can get vital information.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dr. D.K. Singh, is a recipient of best worker award from M.P. University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur and district administration along with the best popular article awards at state level from Chief Minister of Rajasthan government. He did his graduation and post graduation from C.S.A. University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur and received book prize award for securing first position in post graduation programme. He obtained his doctorate degree from the G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand in 1996 on the research entitled “effect of paclobutrazol on growth and bearing of mango cultivars”  and awarded senior research fellowship from I.C.A.R., New Delhi.

Dr. Singh started his career in 1995 as Assistant Agriculture Research Officer, Horticulture at Hanumangarh Town, Rajasthan. Presently he is Professor, Horticulture at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Anta, Baran under Agriculture University, Kota, Rajasthan. The author has published more than 50 research papers, 70 popular articles in various national and international journals and magazines on various aspects of horticultural crops besides 5 technical bulletine, several folders and pamphlets for  transfer of technologies to local community. He also participated in many national and international symposium, workshop and training programmes. He has distinguished himself as an author of a book “High-tech Horticulture” and authored 6 books in Hindi and English language.