Fundamentals of Horticulture By Mukesh Kumar

Product details

Publisher ‏: Daya Publishing House
Author : Mukesh Kumar, Jeet Ram Sharma
Language ‏: English
Edition : Latest By Publishers
Book Cover : Hard Back
ISBN : 9789354619465

Table of Content

Foreword (Prof. B.R. Kamboj Vice-Chancellor CCSHAU Hisar) v Foreword (Dr. S.K. Pahuja Dean CoA Hisar) vii Foreword (Dr. Naresh Kaushik Principal CoA Bawal) ix Preface xi 1. Horticulture: Its Definition and Branches Importance and Scope of Horticultural Crops 1 History of Fruit Cultivation is as old as Civilization; Branches of Horticulture; Importance and Scope of Fruit Production; Scope of Horticulture; Strategies; Hi-tech Horticulture; List of NRCs/Institutes/ Directorates/Universities exclusively working on Horticulture 2. Botanical Classification 13 Classification of Fruits and Types of Fruits 3. Climate and Soils for Horticultural Crops 29 Climate; Temperature; Protection against Cold and Soil 4. Propagation Methods 49 Nursery; Propagation Methods; Sexual Propagation; Propagation by Cutting; Plant Propagation by Layering; Plant Propagation by Grafting; Budding; Micropropagation/TissueCulture 5. Plant Propagation Structures 81 Plant Propagation Structures; Environmental Factors Affecting Propagation; Propagation Structures 6 Orchards Management 87 Planning an Orchard; Principles for Planning the Orchard; Site Selection; Selection of Fruit Crops Species and their Cultivars; Layout Planting Design and Density 7. Principles of Training and Pruning 101 Training; Objectives; Principles of Trainings; Methods of Training; Pruning; Top Working 8. Juvenility & Physiology of Flowering 111 Juvenility; Rejuvenation; Physiology of Flowering; Flowering Physiology; Other Factors for Induction of Flowering in Fruit Crops; Fruit Bud Differentiation; Bud; Fruit Development; Kinetics of Growth The Course of Growth (Grand period of growth) or Sigmoid Curve (Grand period curve); Physiological Development of Fruits; Fruit Development Stages; Fruit Maturity; Physiological Changes Accompanying Senescence of Horticultural Crops; Physical Changes Accompanying Senescence of Horticultural Crops 9. Dormancy 139 Classification; Bud Dormancy; Chilling; Measuring Winter Chilling; Heat Unit 10. Fruit Drop 157 Internal Factors; External Factors; Stages of Fruit Drop; Causes of Fruit Drop; Environmental and Physiological Fruit Drop; Pathological Fruit Drop 11. Unfruitfulness 163 Problem of Unfruitfulness; Causes of Unfruitlessness 12. Pollination 173 Types of Pollination; Conditions Necessitating for Cross Pollination; Most Common Pollinators; Terminology; Important Factors for Pollen Germination and Growth of Pollen Tube 13. Parthenocarpy 179 Types of Parthenocarpy; Artificial or Induced; Importance/Advantage of Parthenocarpy; Undesirable Effects; Origin of Parthenocarpy; Causes and Induction of Parthenocarpy in Fruit Crops 14. Plant Growth Regulators 183 Growth Promoter; Uses of Plant Growth Regulators 15. Irrigation and Fertilizer Application 191 Irrigation; Critical Stages for Irrigation; Irrigation Systems; Manuring; Types of Fertilizers Index 205