Arid Horticulture for Nutrition and Livelihood
Contents: Preface. 1. Genetics resource management in arid horticultural crops/S.K. Malik, Rekha Chaudhary and S.K. Sharma. 2. Breeding strategies in arid vegetable crops/T.A. More and D.K. Samadia. 3. Breeding and improvement in arid fruits/S.H. Jalikop. 4. Approaches for molecular breeding in arid horticultural crops/V.A. Parthasarathy and K. Nirmal Babu. 5. Biotechnological approaches in arid horticulture crops/Govind Singh. 6. Key role of nursery husbandry in development of arid lands/R.S. Singh and R. Bhargava. 7. Vegetables seed production a profitable venture in arid region/P.K. Yadav and S.K. Sharma. 8. Floriculture and landscaping for arid region/M.T. Patil, K.V. Prasad and V.S. Raju Dantuluri. 9. Hi-tech horticultural interventions for livelihood and nutritional security/R.A. Kaushik and A.K. Shukla. 10. Crop diversification for sustainable production/K.R. Solanki, R.S. Singh and R. Bhargava. 11. Augmenting fodder availability in hot arid region : need and options/J.P. Singh and V.S. Rathore. 12. Potential of unexploited fruits for nutrition and income security/R.S. Singh and A.K. Singh. 13. Water productivity enhancement of horticultural crops/S.S. Magar. 14. Watershed management for horticultural crops production/N.D. Yadav and B.D. Sharma. 15. Protected cultivation : opportunities and challenges/T.A. More. 16. Physiological basis of tolerance for abiotic stresses in horticultural crops/B. Lad and B.B. Dhakare. 17. Pest management in arid fruit crops with special reference to export oriented fruit production/A.G. Chandle, V.D. Kale and S.R. Kulkarni. 18. Advances in management of insect/pests in arid horticultural crops/B.G. Bagle. 19. Processing of arid horticultural crops present status and future prospects/R.T. Patil, D.B. Singh and R.K. Gupta. 20. Constraints in technology adoption by the farmers of arid region/S.R. Meena and T.A. More. Subject index.
The vast land resource, rich genetic diversity with many land races possessing resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses, animal based farming systems, conducive climatic conditions for production of quality fruits, vegetables and seed spices, opportunity for utilization of solar and wind energy, sufficient working force of family labour, developing infrastructure facilities, etc. are the strength of arid horticulture development. Whereas, extreme of temperature, recurrent droughts, problem of wind erosion, frost during winter, saline underground water, sandy soils, limited growing period, biotic pressure etc. are the limitations of the region, owing to occasional crop failure. The existing farming practices in the region are less efficient with respect to space and time, hence, it can not support the livelihood of the inhabitant properly. For nutritional and income security, arid horticulture plays a vital role in semi-arid and arid-regions.
Despite the immense potential, arid horticulture has got emphasis very late, as research and development in horticulture were confined earlier to high value crops and resource rich situations. Now, it is realized that integration of arid horticulture in existing farming system can play vital role in diversification of untapped natural resources. Since, the development of arid horticulture is comparatively recent, hence the published literature on this vital subject is scanty. Therefore, an effort has been made to compile the work done so far in the field of arid horticulture with special reference to Indian scenario for nutrition and livelihood. (jacket)
The vast land resource, rich genetic diversity with many land races possessing resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses, animal based farming systems, conducive climatic conditions for production of quality fruits, vegetables and seed spices, opportunity for utilization of solar and wind energy, sufficient working force of family labour, developing infrastructure facilities, etc. are the strength of arid horticulture development. Whereas, extreme of temperature, recurrent droughts, problem of wind erosion, frost during winter, saline underground water, sandy soils, limited growing period, biotic pressure etc. are the limitations of the region, owing to occasional crop failure. The existing farming practices in the region are less efficient with respect to space and time, hence, it can not support the livelihood of the inhabitant properly. For nutritional and income security, arid horticulture plays a vital role in semi-arid and arid-regions.
Despite the immense potential, arid horticulture has got emphasis very late, as research and development in horticulture were confined earlier to high value crops and resource rich situations. Now, it is realized that integration of arid horticulture in existing farming system can play vital role in diversification of untapped natural resources. Since, the development of arid horticulture is comparatively recent, hence the published literature on this vital subject is scanty. Therefore, an effort has been made to compile the work done so far in the field of arid horticulture with special reference to Indian scenario for nutrition and livelihood. (jacket)
