Description
This book provides unparalleled integration of fundamentals and most advanced management to make this strawberry crop highly remunerative besides enhancing per capita availability of fruit even in the non-traditional regions of the world.
Table of Contents
Contents
Foreword............................................................................................................................................ix
Preface...............................................................................................................................................xi
Editors............................................................................................................................................. xiii
Contributors......................................................................................................................................xv
Introduction......................................................................................................................................xix
Chapter 1 Introduction...................................................................................................................1
V. Pandey, R. M. Sharma, R. Yamdagni, A. K. Dubey, and Tushar Uttamrao Jadhav
Chapter 2 Composition, Quality and Uses...................................................................................23
Monika Sood and Julie Dogra Bandral
Chapter 3 Structures and Functions............................................................................................. 31
R.M. Sharma, Rajesh Kumar Shukla, and Nav Prem Singh
Chapter 4 Origin, Taxonomy and Distribution............................................................................ 37
A.K. Dubey
Chapter 5 Breeding and Improvement.........................................................................................49
R.K. Salgotra, Manmohan Sharma, and Anil Kumar Singh
Chapter 6 Varieties....................................................................................................................... 81
V.K. Tripathi, R.M. Sharma, and Sanjeev Kumar
Chapter 7 Tissue Culture........................................................................................................... 121
Anil Kumar Singh, Gyanendra Kumar Rai, Sreshti Bagati, and Sanjeev Kumar
Chapter 8 Markers and Genetic Mapping.................................................................................. 141
Era Vaidya Malhotra and Madhvi Soni
Chapter 9 Climatic Requirements.............................................................................................. 161
R. Yamdagni and A.D. Sharma
Chapter 10 Soil............................................................................................................................ 169
P.K. Rai
Chapter 11 Propagation................................................................................................................ 179
Nimisha Sharma, Laxuman Sharma, and B.P. Singh
Chapter 12 Planting..................................................................................................................... 193
Biswajit Das
Chapter 13 Nutrition....................................................................................................................209
Arti Sharma and Bindiya Sharma
Chapter 14 Water Management....................................................................................................229
V. Pandey, R.M. Sharma, Dinesh Kumar, S.D. Sharma, and S.K. Jena
Chapter 15 Weed Management....................................................................................................269
Manpreet Kour and A.S. Charak
Chapter 16 Mulching...................................................................................................................289
S.K. Singh, Prashant Kalal, and Pramod Kumar
Chapter 17 Flowering................................................................................................................... 301
Kiran Kour, Bikramjit Singh, and Tanjeet Singh Chahal
Chapter 18 Pollination................................................................................................................. 321
M.S. Khan, Poonam Srivastava, and R.M. Srivastava
Chapter 19 Fruit Development..................................................................................................... 335
Sangita Yadav, Sandeep Kumar, Seema Sangwan, and Shiv K. Yadav
Chapter 20 Use of Plant Bio-regulators.......................................................................................349
V.K. Tripathi, Sanjeev Kumar, and Vishal Dubey
Chapter 21 Special Cultural Practices......................................................................................... 359
O.P. Awasthi and Sunil Kumar
Chapter 22 Protected Cultivation.................................................................................................365
K.K. Pramanick and Poonam Kashyap
Chapter 23 Soilless Culture......................................................................................................... 373
Mahital Jamwal and Nirmal Sharma
Chapter 24 Harvesting.................................................................................................................399
Sushil Sharma and Kuldeep Singh
Chapter 25 Yield and Varietal Performance................................................................................403
Sanjeev Kumar, V.K. Tripathi, and Parshant Bakshi
Chapter 26 Post-Harvest Handling and Storage.......................................................................... 411
B.V.C. Mahajan and Alemwati Pongener
Chapter 27 Value Addition........................................................................................................... 431
Julie Dogra Bandral and Monika Sood
Chapter 28 Physiological Disorders.............................................................................................445
A.K. Goswami, S.K. Singh, and Satyabrata Pradhan
Chapter 29 Integrated Disease Management............................................................................... 453
M.K. Pandey, B.K. Pandey, and A.K. Tiwari
Chapter 30 Integrated Insect Pest Management..........................................................................487
Uma Shankar and D. P. Abrol
Chapter 31 Pesticide Residues.....................................................................................................507
Tarun Verma, Beena Kumari, and Kaushik Banerjee
Chapter 32 Production Economics and Marketing...................................................................... 519
Sudhakar Dwivedi and Pawan Kumar Sharma
Chapter 33 Challenges, Potential and Future Strategies.............................................................. 531
K. Kumar
Index............................................................................................................................................... 539
