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TEXTBOOK OF ORCHARD AND ESTATE MANAGEMENT

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AUTHORS: L.L. Somani 

PUBLISHING YEAR: 2024 

ISBN: 978-81-19319-63-3

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ABOUT THE BOOK

Fruits are very important for human beings and also play an important role in religious practices, mythology and art. They are not only delicious but also have many nutrients, which are necessary for human health. India is the second largest producer of fruits in the world. Fruit production requires a lot of science and some basic fundamental knowledge to grow them successfully. This book compiles many fundamental issues of fruit production like layout and planting, many cultural practices, growth and bearing habits of fruit crops, unfruitfulness etc.

Understanding of all these topics will help the students for proper knowledge of fundamentals of fruit production.

CONTENTS

S. NO. TITLE PAGE
  PREFACE 3-4
  ABOUT THE AUTHORS 6
  ABOUT THE BOOK 6
CHAPTERS
1 ORCHARD MANAGEMENT-IMPORTANCE, OBJECTIVES 9-15
2 TYPES OF ORCHARDS 16-24
3 PLANTING FRUIT TREE 25-36
4 ESTABLISHING THE ORCHARD 37-51
5 PLANNING/LAYOUT OF ORCHARDS 52-57
6 CLEAN CULTIVATION, SOD CULTURE AND SOD MULCH 58-62
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 HERBICIDES AND THEIR APPLICATION 63-68
8 ORGANIC AND INORGANIC MULCHES 69-74
9 TROPICAL AND SUB-TROPICAL HORTICULTURAL SYSTEMS- COMPETITIVE AND COMPLIMENTARY EFFECT ON ROOT AND SHOOT SYSTEMS 75-88
10 TEMPERATE HORTICULTURAL SYSTEMS- COMPETITIVE AND COMPLIMENTARY EFFECT ON ROOT AND SHOOT SYSTEMS 89-97
11 BIOLOGICAL EFFICIENCY OF CROPPING SYSTEM IN HORTICULTURE 98-105
12 SYSTEMS OF IRRIGATION 106-117
13 SOIL MANAGEMENT IN RELATION TO NUTRIENT AND WATER UPTAKE 118-122
14 SOIL MANAGEMENT: EFFECT ON SOIL PROPERTIES AND SOIL ENVIRONMENT 123-127

 
15 PROBLEM OF FRUITFULNESS IN FRUIT CROPS: CAUSES 128-133
16 REJUNIVATION OF OLD ORCHARD 134-139
17 MANURES AND MANURING 140-143
18 INTEGRATED NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT 144-159
19 INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT IN FRUIT ORCHARDS 160-165
20 METHODS OF WEED CONTROL 166-185
21 UTILIZATION OF RESOURCE CONSTRAINS IN THE EXISTING SYSTEMS-LAND/SOIL RESOURCES 186-195
22 SOIL RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS AND MAINTENANCE FOR IMPORTANT FRUIT CROPS 196-202
23 UTILIZATION OF RESOURCE CONSTRAINS IN THE EXISTING SYSTEMS-WATER RESOURCE 203-208
24 CROP MODELS IN HORTICULTURE 209-216
25 CROP REGULATION IN FRUITS 217-223
26 TRAINING AND PRUNING 224-233
27 PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS 234-242
28 CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION IN AGRICULTURE 243-268

 

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Prof. (Dr.) L.L. Somani (b.1945) Retired Director (RI) & Dean PG Studies, MPUAT Udaipur has many papers published in National and International Journals/ Symposia, etc. and many number of books to his credit in different disciplines of Agriculture and allied fields. He held different positions in MPUAT, has spreaded highly innovative ideas, and programmes for development of Agriculture. Prof. Somani has been honoured with several awards.

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AUTHOR/AUTHORS

L.L. Somani
PAGES

268
BINDING

Hard Back
PUBLICATION YEAR

2024

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