This timely two-volume compendium, Sustainable Horticulture, addresses the most important topics facing horticulture around the world today. The volumes cover a wide range of topical issues and trends in sustainable horticulture today: Volume 1: Diversity, Production, and Crop Improvements, and Volume 2: Food, Health, and Nutrition.Global food demand is expected to be double by 2050, while at the same time the production environment and natural resources are continually shrinking and deteriorating due to many complex factors. Horticulture, a major sector of agriculture, is vital to enhancing crop production and productivity in parity with agricultural crops to meet the emerging food demand. Implementing sustainable models of crop production is really an enormous endeavor. Promising technologies and management options are needed to increase productivity to meet the growing food demand despite deteriorating production environments. These volumes discuss the latest and most promising technology and methods for sustainable horticulture. Volume 1, on Diversity, Production, and Crop Improvement, outlines the contemporary trends in sustainable horticulture research in particular, covering topics on crop diversity, species variability and conservation strategies, production technology, tree architecture management, plant propagation and nutrition management, organic farming, and new dynamics in breeding and marketing of horticulture crops.Volume 2, on Food, Health, and Nutrition, covers research trends in sustainable horticulture that include postharvest management and processed food production from horticulture crops, crop protection and plant health management, and horticulture for human health and nutrition.Topics include:Management of genetic resources and biodiversity conservationProduction technology of horticultural cropsCrop improvement and biotechnologyPlant protection in horticultural cropsPost-harvest technology and value additionTrade, marketing, entrepreneurship development and extension Horticulture for food, health and nutritionTogether, these two volumes present an abundance of new research on sustainable horticulture that will be valuable for a broad audience, including students of horticulture, faculty and instructors, scientists, agriculturists, government and nongovernment organizations, and other industry professionals.
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"A MAJOR PIECE OF SCHOLASTIC WORK THAT COVERS THE ENTIRE GAMUT OF THE STUDY OF HORTICULTURE, ranging from the diversity, genetics, biotechnology, crop improvement, field production, crop protection, postharvest management, processing, marketing, as well as the health and nutrition aspects. The geographical focus of both volumes is South East Asia, with emphasis on the vast Indian subcontinent and associated islands. It provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of the various aspects of the horticultural scenario in India and other countries in the region. Taken together, the two volumes make for VERY INTERESTING INSTRUCTIVE, AND INFORMATIVE READING. They will serve as reference materials for several years to come."
Professor S. Facknath, PhD (UK), PhD (Mtius), Faculty of Agriculture, University of Mauritius
Sustainable Horticulture, Volume 1: Diversity, Production, and Crop
Improvement
Citrus Germplasm at Original Home Warrants Documentation and Conservation.
Medicinal Orchids of Mizoram and Habit Approach for Conservation. Varietal
Wealth of Turf Grasses at Iari. Local Germplasm and Landraces of Vegetables:
Availability, Market Price, and Perception of Consumer. Horticulture for
Sustainable Development in India. Organic Fruit Production in India: Present
Situation and Future Prospects. Tropical Fruit Tree Architectural Management
in Thailand. Organizing Market Led Extension in Horticulture for Less Favored
Areas (NEH): Challenges and Opportunities. Transforming Marketing Linkages in
Horticulture through Effective Institutions and Innovative Agri-Business
Models. Status and Strategic Plan for the Sustainable Development of
Horticulture Sector in Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep Groups of Islands,
India: Horticultural Development in Tropical Indian Islands. Organic
Vegetables Farming and Its Prospects in Pakyong East District of Sikkim,
India. Organic Nutrient Management for Improving the Fruit Quality of Mango
Cv. Alphonso. Organic Production of Turmeric in Northeastern India:
Constraint and Opportunities. Organic Horticulture for Sustainable
Development: Strategic Opportunities and Relevance in the Indian Perspective.
Effect of Zinc and Boron on Growth, Yield and Economics of Cultivation of
Onion (Allium cepa L.) Cv. Agrifound Dark Red in Nagaland, India. Effect of
Different Nutrient Management on Productivity of Potato (Var. Kufri Jyoti)
and Soil Nutrient Status in New Alluvial Zone of West Bengal, India. Impact
of Enriched Composts and Bio-Inoculants on Symbiotic, Growth, Yield and
Quality Parameters in Garden Pea (Pisum sativum L.) Under Organic Farming
Conditions. Influence of Organic Wastes Amendment in the Soil of a Jhum
Fallow. Effect of Biofertilizer Consortium, FYM, Enriched Compost and
Chemical Fertilizers on Sustainable Production and Profitability of Garden
Pea (Pisum sativum L.) in the Plains of Assam, North East India. Kendu: An
Underexploited Forest Fruit Species for Poverty Alleviation of Tribals.
Proline Accumulation Under Drought Stress in Onion (Allium cepa L.)
Cultivars. A Statistical Study on Pineapple in North- Eastern States of India
for Sustainable Policy Development. Performance of Horticulture Crops under
Sloping Agriculture Land Technology in Hilly Terrains of Mizoram, India.
Changes in Vitamin C Content During the Various Stages of Ripening of Citrus
grandis: A Major Fruit Crop of Sikkim, India. Fruit Setting, Yield and
Economics of Ber (Zizyphus mauritiana Lamk) Cv. Bau Kul-1 to the Exposure
of Growth Regulators and Micronutrients. Impact of Various Pruning Levels on
Petiole Nutrient Status, Physiology, Yield and Quality of Grape (Vitis
vinifera L.) Cv. Italia. Green Space for Sustainable Disaster Management.
Effect of Organic and Inorganic Source of NPK on Plant Growth, Spike Yield
and Quality of Gladiolus (Gladiolus grandiflorus) cv. Jester. Effect of Plant
Growth Regulators on Growth, Flowering and Corm Production of Gladiolus
(Gladiolus grandiflorus) cv. Jester. Effect of Iba and Different Rooting
Media on Fig Cuttings. New Dynamics in Breeding of Horticultural Crops.
Peppers (Capsicum spp.): Domestication and Breeding for Global Use. Detection
of Phytophthora Using Molecular and Immunological Approaches in Citrus Spp.
Discrimination of Phytophthora as a Devasting Fungus of Citrus Orchard from
Other Fungi Using Molecular Approach. Genetic Diversity and Heritability in
Bitter Bourd (Momordica charantia L.). Genotypes. Performance Study of
Tuberose in the Gangetic Plains of West Bengal, India. Genotypic Performance
on Growth and Yield in Bitter Gourd (Momordica charantia L.). Genotypes.
Sustainable Horticulture, Volume 2: Food, Health, and Nutrition
Emerging Fruit Juice Processing Technologies: Quality Improvement.
Development of Postharvest Processing Technology for Ginger, Turmeric, and
Chilli in Mizoram. Waste Products of Horticultural Crops: An Alternative for
Developing Entrepreneurship. Osmotic Dehydration of Mango Varieties Alphonso
and Totapuri. Breadnut: Innovative Products for the Agro Food Sector. Storage
Study of Jamun-Aonla Blended Ready-to-Serve Beverages. Development of Blended
Aonla Squash. Saccharomyces cerevisiae Postharvest Dip Treatment for
Improving Quality and Storability of Mango (Mangifera indica cv. Dashehari).
Postharvest Quality Evaluation of Winter Annuals. Optimizing the Shelf Life
of Whole and Fresh Cut Breadfruit in Mauritius. Standardization of
Dehydration Techniques of Some Ornamental Foliages. Dependence on Non-Timber
Forest Products from Community Forests as a Safety Net for Livelihood
Security Among the Villagers of Mamit District, Mizoram. Effects of Black Rot
on the Antioxidant Properties of Morris and Sarawak Pineapple (Ananas
comosus). Essential Oils as Green Pesticides for Plant Protection in
Horticulture. Integrated Health Management in Horticultural Crops. Technology
for Diagnosis of Plant Viruses in Horticultural Crops in India. Acaricidal
Activity of Petroleum Ether Extract from Seed of Custard Apple, Annona
squamosa L. (Annonaceae) Against Red Spider Mite, Oligonychus coffeae
(Nietner) Infesting Tea. Evaluation of Some Plant Extracts Against Early
Blight of Tomato Under Net House Condition. Bio-Efficacy of Eco-Friendly
Pesticides on the Management of Spodoptera litura (Fab.) on Cabbage. Foliose
Lichen Species: A Potential Source for Bio-Control Agent Against
Colletotrichum capsici. Fungal Diseases of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants and
Their Biological Management. Broad Spectrum of Indian Peppermint Oil Against
Disease Causing Human Bacterial Pathogens. Underexploited Vegetables in North
Eastern India: A Gateway to Food Security. Essential Oil of Thymus
saturejoides Coss. in the High Atlas of Morocco: From Traditional Medicine to
Community Natural Product Development. Potent Nutrimental and Ethnomedicinal
Horticultural Flora from North Central Terai Forests of U.P. India. Elemental
Determination of Two Medicinal Plants of Mizoram Using EDXRF.
Debashis Mandal, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Horticulture, Aromatic and Medicinal Plants at Mizoram University in Aizawl, India. Dr. Mandal started his academic career as Assistant Professor at Sikkim University. He had post doctoral research experience as a project scientist at the Precision Farming Development Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India. He has done research on sustainable hill farming for the past seven years and has published 18 research papers and three book chapters in reputed journals and books. He is a working member of the global working group on Lychee and Other Sapindaceae Crops, International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS) Belgium and as Editor-in-Lead (Hort.) for the International Journal of Bio Resources & Stress Management. In addition, he is a consultant horticulturist to the Department of Horticulture and Agriculture (Research and Extension), Government of Mizoram, India, where he works on various research projects. He has visited many countries for his work, including Thailand, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Vietnam, and South Africa.
Amritesh C. Shukla, DPhil, DSc, is currently Department of Botany, University of Lucknow, India. He was formerly a Professor in the Department of Horticulture, Aromatic and Medicinal Plants, Mizoram University, Aizawl, India. He began his academic career as Associate Professor at the same university.
He has more than 20 years of experience on natural products and drug development and standardized various scientific methods viz., MSGIT, MDKT, MS-97, NCCLS (2002-03). He has developed six commercial herbal formulations and holds four patents. He has published 75 research papers and 15 book chapters. He has also authored six books and handled many externally funded research projects. He is a Fellow of five national and international scientific societies and also a Visiting Professor at the University of British Columbia, Canada, and the University of Mauritius. In addition, Dr. Shukla is working as an Editor, Associate Editor, and editorial board member of many internationally reputed journals, including the American Journal of Food Technology, Journal of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Research Journal of Medicinal Plants, etc. He has also been the visiting scientist at universities in Australia, Germany, China, and USA.
Mohammed Wasim Siddiqui, PhD, is an Assistant Professor and Scientist in the Department of Food Science and Post-Harvest Technology, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, India, and author or co-author of 31 peer-reviewed research articles, 26 book chapters, two manuals, and 18 conference papers. He has 11 edited and an authored books to his credit, published by Elsevier, CRC Press, Springer, and Apple Academic Press. Dr. Siddiqui has established the international peer-reviewed Journal of Postharvest Technology. He is Editor-in-Chief of two book series (Postharvest Biology and Technology and Innovations in Horticultural Science), published by Apple Academic Press. Dr. Siddiqui is also a Senior Acquisitions Editor in Apple Academic Press, New Jersey, USA, for Horticultural Science. He has been serving as an editorial board member and active reviewer of several international journals.
Dr. Siddiqui has received several grants and respected awards for his research work by a number of organizations. He is an active member of the organizing committees of several national and international seminars, conferences, and summits. He is one of key members in establishing the WORLD FOOD PRESERVATION CENTER (WFPC), LLC, USA, and is currently an active associate and supporter.
Dr. Siddiqui acquired a BSc (Agriculture) degree from Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, India. He received his MSc (Horticulture) and PhD(Horticulture) degrees from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia, India, with specialization in Postharvest Technology. He is a member of Core Research Group at the Bihar Agricultural University (BAU), which provides appropriate direction and assistance in prioritizing research.
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