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ABOUT THE BOOK

Importance of horticulture in India cannot be overemphasized. Its contribution in nutritional security and economic prosperity is well established. Horticultural crops are high value commercial crops, produce higher yields and income per unit area with enormous employment potential. Recently several changes have taken place after the acceptance of liberalization policy and WTO provisions which have necessitated the need for competitiveness in the world trade market with respect to horticultural crops having potential for export. Looking to change of emphasis ICAR, constituted 5^th Dean’s Committee to recast appropriate course curriculum and syllabi for different areas of horticulture including fruits and plantation crops at undergraduate and post-graduate levels. In continuation of this exercise, it was pertinent to develop relevant literature on  Production Technology of Fruits and plantation crops. To fulfil the requirement of this  course for B.Sc. (Hort.) degree, this book entitled “Production Technologies for Horticultural Crops” is being brought out.

This book has been divided into three parts. First part on Production technology of fruit crops This part of the book deals briefly with latest cultivation techniques of commercial fruits of India such as mango, banana, citrus, grape, guava, litchi, papaya, sapota, apple, pear, peach, walnut, almond and; minor fruits- date, ber, pineapple, pomegranate, jackfruit, strawberry. The second part deals with the cultivation practices of vegetable crops viz potato, brinjal, tomato, chilli, onion, okra, cabbage, cauliflower, musk melon, water melon, cucumber and leafy vegetables. The third part is devoted to the cultivation of important commercial flower crops viz., Rose, chrysanthemum, gladiolus, marigold, gerbera, carnation, lilium, jasmine, anthurium and orchids

Besides, promotion of these crops helps in poverty – alleviation particularly in rural areas by providing employment opportunity to rural people. Basically, this book has been written with undergraduate students of horticulture in colleges and universities in mind but it will also equally suit the requirements of practitioners and preachers of horticulture on scientific lines.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

LAXMI LAL Somani is Retired Director Resident instructions, MPUAT, Udaipur. He went To Waite Agricultural Research Institute, Adelaide, Australia for undertakinf post-doctoral work (1975-77). He has over 400 research and technical articles to his credit. He has authored/edited over 165 scholarly books in various fields of agriculture. Prof. Somani has been honored with several academic excellence awards for his outstanding achievements. He has been honoured by University merit Award, Dhiru Morarji Memorial prize and Vijay Shree). The world development parliament also honored him with honorary award DOCTOR OF SCIENCE.