Modern Concepts of Vegetable Production
Contents: Preface. 1. Nutritional security through vegetables/P. Paramaguru, L. Pugalendhi and M. Velmurugan. 2. Antioxidants in vegetables/Sunita Sheokand, Shashi Madaan and Beena Kumari. 3. Vegetables uses and toxicants therein/M.K. Rana, Sonia Sood and Ruchi Sood. 4. Biodynamic agriculture/Sansamma George, Annamma George and Jayasree, P. 5. Precision farming in vegetable crops/V.A. Sathiyamurthy, S. Padmapriya and L. Pugalendhi. 6. Organic farming in vegetable crops/V.L. Geethakumari, R. Pushpakumari and S. Shalini Pillai. 7. Vegetable cultivation in agroforestry/D.P.S. Nandal and A.K. Deswal. 8. Agro-techniques for raising vegetables under rain-fed conditions/M.K. Rana and R.K. Pannu. 9. Growing vegetables in saline soil/L. Pugalendhi, N. Meenakshi and M. Kavitha. 10. Allelopathy in vegetable production/Jacob John, S.S. Narwal and Shirmila Jose. 11. Vegetable seed production/M.K. Rana, Sonia Sood and Meenakshi Sood. 12. Role of honeybees in pollination of vegetable crops/H.D. Kaushik, Rachna Gulati and Yogesh Kumar. 13. Soil fauna and pesticidal effects on their health/Rachna Gulati and Beena Kumari. 14. Soil flora and their significance/S.S. Sindhu, Sneh Goyal and D.K. Malik. 15. Handling of mycorrhizal fungi and their role in management of diseases affecting vegetable crops/Rakesh Kumar and Hari Chand. 16. Biological control of plant diseases/S.S. Sindhu, Seema Dua and G. Sahu. 17. Pesticide residues in vegetables and spices/Beena Kumari and T.S. Kathpal. 18. Packaging of fruits and vegetables/M.K. Rana. Index.
In past few years, vegetable production has attained greater significance in he world trade, and with high-income suppleness, the demand for vegetables has increased. Several countries in last decade have evolved explicit policies for crop diversification with emphasis on vegetable crops. The country has also made tremendous progress in the adoption of vegetable cultivation, and thus, the consumption of vegetables per caput per day has increased. Keeping in view the importance of current basics in vegetable production, the author deemed indispensable to prepare a book on modern concepts of vegetable production. This book is self-contained document and well prepared aimed at imparting knowledge in systematic manner to the researchers, teachers, undergraduate and postgraduate students and vegetable growers in the field of vegetable production and will prove to be a milestone to its reader. It is hoped that readers would find this book enormously useful, valuable and user-friendly for their training in vegetable production. The information in this book is based on scientific records of scientists working in various organizations. (jacket)
In past few years, vegetable production has attained greater significance in he world trade, and with high-income suppleness, the demand for vegetables has increased. Several countries in last decade have evolved explicit policies for crop diversification with emphasis on vegetable crops. The country has also made tremendous progress in the adoption of vegetable cultivation, and thus, the consumption of vegetables per caput per day has increased. Keeping in view the importance of current basics in vegetable production, the author deemed indispensable to prepare a book on modern concepts of vegetable production. This book is self-contained document and well prepared aimed at imparting knowledge in systematic manner to the researchers, teachers, undergraduate and postgraduate students and vegetable growers in the field of vegetable production and will prove to be a milestone to its reader. It is hoped that readers would find this book enormously useful, valuable and user-friendly for their training in vegetable production. The information in this book is based on scientific records of scientists working in various organizations. (jacket)
