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The book has been prepared keeping in view the course requirements of seed science and technology for undergraduate students at various institutions.

A book is written in simple and understandable English on low volume, high crops.

The readers will get knowledge about seeds, science and technology involved in this subject.

Post harvest is the time that begins with separation of commodity from growing of production medium like fruits / vegetables from the plants, fishes from ponds etc.

The present book entitled "Plant Breeding and Genetics" deals with basic principles of plant breeding and genetics and is intended to serve as a text book for undergraduate students of B. Sc. Agriculture/B. Sc. Horticulture/B. Sc. Forestry/B. Sc. Fisheries/B. V. Sc. and A. H./B. Sc. Biotechnology/B. Sc. Biology. Since several chapters especially...

Genetic diversity plays an important role in crop evolution. Assessing diversity by morphometric through classical plant breeding is very much useful to study the crop evolution and to identify suitable parents for developing superior progenies.

Horticulture plays an important part in today's agriculture and there are new avenues that are being achieved by horticulture.

We would like to recommend "Fruit Crops: Cultivation Practices and Economics" to students, educators, researchers, extension specialists and orchard practitioners for cultivation practices of fruit crops and their economics.

Horticulture refers to the art of cultivating plants in gardens for producing food and medicinal materials, as well as for decorative and comfort purposes. It is classified into multiple groups that focus on cultivating and processing various plants and foods for particular purposes. Horticulture includes plant propagation and cultivation for improving quality, plant growth, nutritional value, yields, and resistance to diseases, insects and environmental challenges. It also encompasses aspects such as soil management, plant conservation, arboriculture, landscape restoration along with garden and landscape design, construction and maintenance. It utilizes small plots of land with a large variety of crops and can be classified into floriculture, olericulture, viticulture, arboriculture, and pomology. This book explores all the important aspects of horticulture in the present day scenario. It presents researches and studies performed by experts across the globe. The extensive content of this book provides the readers with a thorough understanding of the horticulture.

Aquaponic food production systems integrate two production systems, namely, aquaculture and hydroponics in a single production system. Aquaculture is related to growing fish in a closed environment whereas hydroponics involves growing plants in a soil-less environment. Aquaponic systems offer an alternate technology solution for some of the major problems in the world such as population growth, urbanization, water shortages, land and soil degradation, environmental pollution, world hunger, and climate change. There are three major components of the aquaponics freshwater systems which include freshwater aquatic animals (such as fish), nitrifying bacteria, and plants. All these three living entities are dependent on each other for their survival. Bacteria consume the fish waste and generate nutrients which are used by the plants. As plants grow, nutrients are removed from the water, making it clean for the fish. Aquaponic food production systems are an intensive yet sustainable food production system. Moreover, aquaponics do not require soil and are therefore not susceptible to soil-borne diseases. This book outlines the principles of aquaponics food production systems in detail. It will provide comprehensive knowledge to the readers.

Aquaponic food production systems integrate two production systems, namely, aquaculture and hydroponics in a single production system. Aquaculture is related to growing fish in a closed environment whereas hydroponics involves growing plants in a soil-less environment. Aquaponic systems offer an alternate technology solution for some of the major problems in the world such as population growth, urbanization, water shortages, land and soil degradation, environmental pollution, world hunger, and climate change. There are three major components of the aquaponics freshwater systems which include freshwater aquatic animals (such as fish), nitrifying bacteria, and plants. All these three living entities are dependent on each other for their survival. Bacteria consume the fish waste and generate nutrients which are used by the plants. As plants grow, nutrients are removed from the water, making it clean for the fish. Aquaponic food production systems are an intensive yet sustainable food production system. Moreover, aquaponics do not require soil and are therefore not susceptible to soil-borne diseases. This book outlines the principles of aquaponics food production systems in detail. It will provide comprehensive knowledge to the readers.

Grafting is a vegetative propagation technique wherein the tissues of two plants are joined in order to continue their growth together. There are different techniques of grafting, namely, approach grafting, side grafting, splice grafting, saddle grafting, cleft grafting and flat grafting. The advantages of grafting include fast and large-scale production of desirable varieties of fruiting trees and flowering shrubs. Propagation methods such as layering and cutting are usually not successful for growing commercially significant plants but they can be grown easily using grafting. This horticulture technique is also used to overcome the issue of sexual incompatibility between two different species. It can be used for cloning a scion variety to maintain consistency of characters such as color, size and flavors. This book outlines the principles and practices of vegetable grafting. It will also provide interesting topics for research, which interested readers can take up. With the state-of-the-art inputs by acclaimed experts of this field, this book targets students and professionals.

This book is designed to cater the needs of students of Horticulture and allied science.

The book covers almost all valuable chapters regarding subject matters on the below topics: Introduction, Arecanut, Cashew, Nut, Cocoa, Coconut, Tea, Rubber, Coffee, Palmyrah Palm, Oil Palm, Betelvine ​​​​​​​

Each of the chapters includes the vegetable varieties and production technology of respective crops.