Fundamentals of Horticulture (Principles & Practices)  (Paperback, Dr. Ashok Yadav)

CONTENTS • Importance of Horticulture and Settingup of Fruit Based Industry • Scenario of Horticulture: Area and Production of Horticultural Crops • Horticultural zones of India and Classification of Horticultural Plants • Nursery Management: Types and Its Importance • Planning, Establishment and Layout of an Orchards • Orcharding of Fruit Crops • Soil and Climate for Horticultural Crops • Digging and Filling of Pits for Horticultural crops • Irrigation for Fruits and Vegetables • Water & Soil Requirements • Irrigation Methods and Its Applications • Weeds managements in Fruit Orchards • Integrated Weeds Managements • Caliberation and Measurements of Weedicides • Managements of Weed in Tropical & Sub Tropical Fruit Crops • Fertilizers management practices for Horticultural Crops • Root stocks for Fruit Crops, their Propagation and Uses • Management of Root Stocks and Mother Stocks • Root stock and Scion Relationship • Canopy managements in Fruit Crops • Training and Pruning of Fruit Crops • Role of Plant Growth Regulators in Horticultural crops • Unfruitfullness in Fruit Trees • Fruit Growth, Fruiting Habits and Methods for Inducing Fruitfulness in Horticultural Crops • Modern Agriculture and Cropping Systems for Horticultural Crops • Maturity Standerds, Harvesting, Grading and Ripening of Fruits • Post Harvest Physiology and Bio Chemistry of Fruits and Vegetables • Plant Propagation for Horticultural Crops • Packaging, Storage and Value Addition of Fruits and Vegetables • Orchard Rejubnation and High Density Planting • Preparation of Stock Solution, % Solution of Plant Growth Regulators • Plant Nutrients & Its Metabolic Functions • Index.