Fundamentals of Horticulture

Das, Bhaskar Chandra/ Naik, Bhimasen/ Tarai, Ranjan Kumar

New India Publishing Agency（2020/09発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 390 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9789390175178

Full Description

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.

Contents

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