Natural Resource Management in Horticultural Crops

Contents: 1. Role of Soil Nutrition and Climate Management in Sustaining Fruit Production/Tarun Adak, G. Pandey and Subhra Saikat Roy. 2. Enhancing the Banana Productivity through Nutrient Management/A. Thirugnanavel, G. Karunakaran and C. Sankar. 3. Integrated Nutrient Management for Sustainable Pomegranate Production/Ashis Maity and Poonam Kashyap. 4. Kiwifruit – A High Value Crop for Hilly Terrain/H. Rymbai, H. D. Talang, V. Dayal, N. A. Deshmukh, S. R. Assumi, M. B. Devi and A. K. Jha. 5. Water and Nutrient Management in Stone Fruits/K. K. Pramanick, Poonam Kashyap, A. K. Shukla, Santosh Watpade and Jitender Kumar. 6. Ber Production Technology in Dry and Arid Region/R. K. Meena, D. K. Sarolia, Vijay R. Reddy and Hare Krishna. 7. Site Specific Nutrient Management in Cashew/T. R. Rupa. 8. Nutritional Imbalances and Nutrient Management in Oil Palm/Sanjib Kumar Behera, Arvind Kumar Shukla, Kancherla Suresh and Ravi Kumar Mathur. 9.Recent Advances in Potato Production Technology in India/Jagesh Kumar Tiwari, Raj Kumar and Rajesh Kumar Singh. 10. Prospects for Cultivation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in Salt Affected Lands/Lal Bahadur, T. S. Rahi and S. K. Tewari. 11. Soil Nutrient Management in Horticulture Based Cropping Systems of West Coast of India/S. R. Maneesha and G. R. Mahajan. 12. Challenges and Opportunities in Protected Cultivation for Floriculture under Western Himalayan Regions/Ranjan Srivastava, Swapnil Bharti, Jaya Kumari and Ajit Kumar. 13. Stress Study in Trees and Crops: Scientific Evidence and Implications/Tarun Adak, G . Pandey, A. K. Singh and D. Pandey. 14. Role of Horticulture for Sustainable Food Production under Climate Change Scenario/Naresh Babu, Poonam Kashyap, A. K. Prusty, Deepa Samant and Ashis Maity. Authors’ Index .

Management of natural resources such as land, water, soil and biodiversity with a particular focus on how management affects the quality of life for both present and future generations. Natural resource management (NRM) is congruent with the concept of sustainable development, a scientific principle that forms a basis for sustainable global land management and environmental governance to conserve and preserve natural resources. It specifically focuses on a scientific and technical understanding of resources and ecology and the life-supporting capacity of those resources. NRM issues are inherently complex as they involve the ecological cycles, hydrological cycles, climate, animals, plants and geography etc. All these are dynamic and inter-related. A change in one of them may have far reaching and/or long-term impacts which may even be irreversible. In addition to the natural systems, NRM also must manage various stakeholders and their interests, policies, politics, geographical boundaries, economic implications and the list goes on. With the changing climate and degradation of natural resource base, natural resource management in horticulture has emerged as one of the important aspects of sustainable farming. This book entitled “Natural Resource Management in Horticultural Crops” throws light on various facets of natural resource management in horticultural crops in a holistic manner and is expected to be an informative and valuable resource for the researchers, academicians, students, extension functionaries, policy makers and progressive farmers across the country.