This book provides unparalleled integration of fundamentals and most advanced management to make this strawberry crop highly remunerative besides enhancing per capita availability of fruit even in the non-traditional regions of the world.
Edited by:
R M Sharma,
Rakesh Yamdagni (Ex. Vice Chancellor,
NDUAT,
Faizabad,
U.P.,
and Director of Extension Education. Haryana Agric. University. Hisar),
A K Dubey,
Vikramaditya Pandey
Imprint: CRC Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 254mm,
Width: 191mm,
Weight: 1.369kg
ISBN: 9781498796095
ISBN 10: 1498796095
Pages: 548
Publication Date: 12 June 2019
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Contents Foreword............................................................................................................................................ix Preface...............................................................................................................................................xi Editors............................................................................................................................................. xiii Contributors......................................................................................................................................xv Introduction......................................................................................................................................xix Chapter 1 Introduction...................................................................................................................1 V. Pandey, R. M. Sharma, R. Yamdagni, A. K. Dubey, and Tushar Uttamrao Jadhav Chapter 2 Composition, Quality and Uses...................................................................................23 Monika Sood and Julie Dogra Bandral Chapter 3 Structures and Functions............................................................................................. 31 R.M. Sharma, Rajesh Kumar Shukla, and Nav Prem Singh Chapter 4 Origin, Taxonomy and Distribution............................................................................ 37 A.K. Dubey Chapter 5 Breeding and Improvement.........................................................................................49 R.K. Salgotra, Manmohan Sharma, and Anil Kumar Singh Chapter 6 Varieties....................................................................................................................... 81 V.K. Tripathi, R.M. Sharma, and Sanjeev Kumar Chapter 7 Tissue Culture........................................................................................................... 121 Anil Kumar Singh, Gyanendra Kumar Rai, Sreshti Bagati, and Sanjeev Kumar Chapter 8 Markers and Genetic Mapping.................................................................................. 141 Era Vaidya Malhotra and Madhvi Soni Chapter 9 Climatic Requirements.............................................................................................. 161 R. Yamdagni and A.D. Sharma Chapter 10 Soil............................................................................................................................ 169 P.K. Rai Chapter 11 Propagation................................................................................................................ 179 Nimisha Sharma, Laxuman Sharma, and B.P. Singh Chapter 12 Planting..................................................................................................................... 193 Biswajit Das Chapter 13 Nutrition....................................................................................................................209 Arti Sharma and Bindiya Sharma Chapter 14 Water Management....................................................................................................229 V. Pandey, R.M. Sharma, Dinesh Kumar, S.D. Sharma, and S.K. Jena Chapter 15 Weed Management....................................................................................................269 Manpreet Kour and A.S. Charak Chapter 16 Mulching...................................................................................................................289 S.K. Singh, Prashant Kalal, and Pramod Kumar Chapter 17 Flowering................................................................................................................... 301 Kiran Kour, Bikramjit Singh, and Tanjeet Singh Chahal Chapter 18 Pollination................................................................................................................. 321 M.S. Khan, Poonam Srivastava, and R.M. Srivastava Chapter 19 Fruit Development..................................................................................................... 335 Sangita Yadav, Sandeep Kumar, Seema Sangwan, and Shiv K. Yadav Chapter 20 Use of Plant Bio-regulators.......................................................................................349 V.K. Tripathi, Sanjeev Kumar, and Vishal Dubey Chapter 21 Special Cultural Practices......................................................................................... 359 O.P. Awasthi and Sunil Kumar Chapter 22 Protected Cultivation.................................................................................................365 K.K. Pramanick and Poonam Kashyap Chapter 23 Soilless Culture......................................................................................................... 373 Mahital Jamwal and Nirmal Sharma Chapter 24 Harvesting.................................................................................................................399 Sushil Sharma and Kuldeep Singh Chapter 25 Yield and Varietal Performance................................................................................403 Sanjeev Kumar, V.K. Tripathi, and Parshant Bakshi Chapter 26 Post-Harvest Handling and Storage.......................................................................... 411 B.V.C. Mahajan and Alemwati Pongener Chapter 27 Value Addition........................................................................................................... 431 Julie Dogra Bandral and Monika Sood Chapter 28 Physiological Disorders.............................................................................................445 A.K. Goswami, S.K. Singh, and Satyabrata Pradhan Chapter 29 Integrated Disease Management............................................................................... 453 M.K. Pandey, B.K. Pandey, and A.K. Tiwari Chapter 30 Integrated Insect Pest Management..........................................................................487 Uma Shankar and D. P. Abrol Chapter 31 Pesticide Residues.....................................................................................................507 Tarun Verma, Beena Kumari, and Kaushik Banerjee Chapter 32 Production Economics and Marketing...................................................................... 519 Sudhakar Dwivedi and Pawan Kumar Sharma Chapter 33 Challenges, Potential and Future Strategies.............................................................. 531 K. Kumar Index............................................................................................................................................... 539
Prof Radha Mohan Sharma did his doctorate in Pomology at the Dr Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan, HP (India) in 1996. Presently, he is engaged with the research on citrus improvement and rootstock research. Establishment of field gene bank of temperate fruits, identification of elite clones of walnut and Ambri apple, varietal evaluation and standardization of propagation technique of strawberry in subtropical areas and development of two acid lime varieties are among his credits. Prof Rakesh Yamdagni did his Doctorate in Horticulture at the Government Agriculture College, Kanpur under Agra University (now C. S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur) in 1969, and worked at the Punjab Agriculture University. as Assistant Professor in 1967. Dr Anil Kumar Dubey did his Doctorate in Horticulture at the C.S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur in 1996, and joined Agriculture Research Services in 1995. Presently, Dr Dubey is working as Principal Scientist at the Division of Fruits & Horticultural Technology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. Dr Vikramaditya Pandey did his Doctorate degree in Horticulture at the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (UP) in 1998, and joined the Agricultural Research Service in 1996. Presently, Dr Pandey is working as Principal Scientist (Horticulture) at the Horticultural Science Division of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, and looking after the national coordination and monitoring of various research and development issues on horticultural crops.
