Protected Horticulture For Sustainable Production
This book covers different aspects of crop protection in controlled environmental conditions. Concerned with protecting crops from pests, weeds, disease and theft. This provides growers with a wide range of technologies to improve sustainable agriculture for a growing world. It includes the protection of the horticultural crop from insect and nematode pests, diseases, quarantine; and growing the horticultural crops under protected greenhouse environment. Protected horticulture concept increases the availability of high quality and safe horticultural produce by developing improved crop management practices (e.g. organic farming, IPM and good farming practices) for sustainable and environmentally friendly horticultural crops production systems and by promoting neglected and high value horticultural crops as possible diversification options, according with their economic interest of nutritive value, and to make the best use of available germplasm and bio-diversity within distinct agro-ecological zones. Global reduction of chemical deposition into the environment is necessary. In protected horticulture, different strategies with biodegradable products are used to control pathogens.
Kumar U
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Table of Contents..
- Crop Protection System of Horticultural Crops
- Hi-tech Horticulture: An Introduction
- Hot Box for Germination
- Nursery Production Techniques for Microlines and Microcuttings
- Automatic Water Filling and Planting System
- Greenhouse Technology for Protected Horticulture
- Greenhouse Production
- Plasticulture for Protected Horticulture
- Hydroponics for Protected Horticulture
- Environmental Control
- Frost/Freeze Protection for Horticultural Crops
- Protected Horticulture for Postharvest Technology
- Protected Horticulture and Organic Production
- Greenhouse Production of Orchids
- Greenhouse Production of Roses
- Greenhouse Production of Chrysanthemums
- Greenhouse Production of Gladiolus
- Greenhouse Production of Lilies
- Greenhouse Production of Gerbera
- Greenhouse Production of Anthurium
- Greenhouse Production of Strawberry
- Glossary
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Book Details
Book Title:
Protected Horticulture For Sustainable Production
Protected Horticulture For Sustainable Production
Book Type:
TEXT-CUM-REFERENCES BOOK
TEXT-CUM-REFERENCES BOOK
No Of Pages:
408
408
Color Pages :
0
0
Color Pages :
0
0
Book Size:
AMERICAN ROYAL (6X9)
AMERICAN ROYAL (6X9)
Weight:
750 Gms
750 Gms
Copyright Holder:
All Rights Reserved
All Rights Reserved
Imprint:
M/s AGROBIOS (INDIA)
M/s AGROBIOS (INDIA)
Readership:
PG STUDENTS | SCIENTISTS AND RESEARCHERS |
PG STUDENTS | SCIENTISTS AND RESEARCHERS |