Hi-Tech Horticulture: Approaches for Cultivation and Value Addition

Contents: 1. Hi-Tech Horticulture and its Importance/Praveen K. Singh and Rajendra S. Rathore. 2. Techniques of Disease Free and Quality Seedlings Preparation of Vegetables/Praveen K. Singh and Mukul Kumar. 3. Production of Vegetables Under Protected Cultivation/K. D. Ameta. 4. Hi-Tech Approaches for Production of Tomato in Polyhouse/Praveen K Singh and Mukul Kumar. 5. Hi-Tech Cultivation of Colored Capsicum under Polyhouse Conditions/Praveen K. Singh and Mukul Kumar. 6. Hi-Tech Cultivation of Parthenocarpic Seedless Cucumber under Polyhouse Conditions/Praveen K. Singh and Mukul Kumar. 7. Role of Rootstocks for Quality Production in Horticultural Crops/J. S. Gora, R. Kumar, C Ram, M. K. Berwal, V. Bhati, Kumari Lata and Dushyant Parihar. 8. Tunnel Technology for Hi-Tech Cultivation/B. R. Choudhary. 9. Hi-Tech Approaches in Training and Pruning of Fruit Crops/Jitendra Singh, Kalpana Choudhary and Sandeep Kumar. 10. Advance Approaches in Arid Vegetables Production/D. K. Samadia. 11. Recent Advances in Exotic Fruits Production/R. S. Singh. 12. Biotechnological Approaches for Quality Production in Horticultural Crops/Govind Singh. 13. Tissue Culture Technology in Fruit Crops/Dhurendra Singh and Kamlesh Kumar. 14. Horticultural Crops: Potential Source of Functional Food and Nutraceuticals/Mukesh K. Berwal, Chet Ram, Ramesh Kumar and J. S. Gora. 15. Hi-Tech Approaches in Tuber Crops Production/R. S. Rathore and Ms. Mithlesh K. Meena. 16. Hi-Tech Approaches in Rose Cultivation and Value Addition/L. N. Mahawer, A. L. Regar and S. Husain. 17. Hi-Tech Approaches in Marigold Cultivation/R. K. Narolia. 18. Hi-Tech Approaches for Processing and Value Addition of Horticultural Crops/Vijay R. Reddy, S., Ramkesh Meena and R. S. Singh. 19. Acquaintance of Different Value-Added Products of Fruit Crops and Preparation of Squash and RTS/R. K. Meena, Vijay, Rakesh Reddy, D. K. Sarolia and R. S. Singh. 20. Modern Approaches in Production of Bio-Control Agents to Manage Soil Borne Diseases/S. L. Godara. 21. Hi-Tech Approaches in Mushroom Cultivation/B. D. S. Nathawat and Deependra Singh Shekhawat. 22. Advance Approaches in Organic Production/P. S. Shekhawat and Deependra Singh Shekhawat. 23. Advance Approaches for Soil and Water Management/Pramendra Singh Chauhan, R. P. S. Chauhan and Er A. K. Singh. 24. Recent Advances in Abiotic Stress Management in Horticultural Crops/N. S. Nathawat, V. S. Rathore, Birbal, V. Subbulakshmi and N. D. Yadava. 25. Advances Approaches in Weed Management of Horticultural Crops/R. S. Yadav and Manohar Lal. 26. Good Agricultural Practices for Cucurbits Production/Sagar Mal Kumawat. 27. Modern Extension Approaches for Hi-Tech Horticulture Technology Dissemination/Mukul Kumar, P. K. Dwivedi, Alok Kumar, Y. K. Singh and S. Dubey.

Hi-tech horticulture is a technology which is recent, less environment-dependent and capital intensive but with a capacity to improve productivity and farmers' profits. In the new era of changing scenario, hi-tech horticulture has become requirement so as to uphold productivity and economic stability of the Indian farmers.

Ensuring the nutritional and aesthetic security and fulfill the demand of 135 crores population of country, hi-tech approaches would be incorporated in production of horticultural crops for enhancing productivity and quality. The food habits of peoples are now changing and demand of value added and processed products are increased day by day therefore, integration of hi-tech approaches in value addition of fruits and vegetables are the need of hour for production of hygiene and quality products.

There is hardy available any edited/text book which covers approaches for cultivation and value addition of horticultural crops with recent technologies. The present edited book is outcomes of the lectures contributed by the resource persons of most prestigious ICAR sponsored winter school on “Hi-tech approaches for production and value addition of horticultural crops in arid and semi arid regions” organized at Directorate of Human Resources Development, SKRAU, Bikaner. The book covers topics viz., Hi-tech horticulture and their importance, cultivation of vegetables like tomato, cucumber and capsicum in polyhouse, tunnel technology, role of rootstocks and training and pruning, exotic fruits, biotechnological approaches for quality production, tissue culture, hi-tech cultivation of tuber crops, rose and marigold, abiotic stress management, GAP, hi-tech approaches in processing and value addition of horticultural crops etc.