Fundamentals of Horticulture

Bhaskar Chandra Das (Author), Bhimasen Naik (Author), Ranjan Kumar Tarai (Author), Bijaya Kumar Sethy (Author)

9789390175178

Hardback, published 7 September 2020

390 pages
25 x 15 x 1.5 cm, 0.95 kg

This book Fundamentals of Horticulture covers the entire scope and importance, classification, role of fruits and vegetables in human nutrition, economic geography of horticulture, nursery techniques and their management, soil and climate, gardening, orchard management, planting system and density, training and pruning, growth regulators, management of water, weed and fertility; cropping systems, mulching, bearing habit, rejuvenation of orchards, and organic farming. Simple and lucid language has been used for easy understanding of the beginners.

The book is illustrated with photographs and diagrams. Questions are set at the end of each chapter to assess the understanding of the students.

• 1. Scope and Importance of Horticulture
• 2. Classification of Horticultural Crops
• 3. Role of Fruits and Vegetables in Human Nutrition
• 4. Economic Geography of Horticulture
• 5. Nursery Techniques and Their Management
• 6. Soil and Climate for Horticultural Crops
• 7. Gardening
• 8. Orchard Management
• 9. Planting System and Planting Density
• 10. Training and Pruning of Fruit Crops
• 11. Growth Regulators in Horticulture
• 12. Water Management
• 13. Weed Management
• 14. Fertility Management in Horticultural Crops
• 15. Cropping Systems
• 16. Mulching
• 17. Bearing Habit of Fruit Trees
• 18. Rejuvenation of Old and Senile Orchards
• 19. Organic Farming