Dryland Horticulture: Cultivation and Management (Hardback)
Edited by Rajendra Singh Rathore, Raksha Pal Singh, P S Shekhawat and Praveen K Singh
₹2765₹3500(21% off)
ISBN 13
9788194377658
Year
2021
Dry land plays an important role in India's food security. Sixty eight per cent of the cultivated area in Indian agriculture comes under dry land, which contributes about 44 per cent of the total food production. Dry land horticulture not only provides higher income to the farmers, but also provides constant returns and livelihood security to the rural peoples. The dry land farming in India is looking for new possibility because the traditional crops are inadequate to meet the new situations. By selecting the right crop and the latest improved varieties, recent production technologies, dry lands can grow more food. There is a much scope of spreading out of horticultural crops in dry land areas and it has immense potential for changing scenario of horticulture of the country. Vast land resource, surplus family labors, availability of canal irrigation water, plenty of solar and wind energy, etc. are the strength in the region for promote horticultural crops. Further, low incidence of diseases/insects in the region provides good scope for production of quality produce.
There is hardy available any edited/text book which covers scientific cultivation and management of dry land horticultural crops. 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., status and scope of dry land, effective soil management, optimization of nutrients management, raising of quality planting materials, cultivation practices of ber, aonla, pomegranate, date palm, guava, mandarin, bael, jamun, custad apple, ramphal, phalsa, lasoda, wood apple, kair, pilu, karonda, aloe vera, opuntia and tuber crops, insect, pest and diseases management, post harvest and value addition of dry land fruits.
Contents:
1. Status and Scope of Dry Land Horticulture
Dr. R. S. Rathore, Dr. P. S. Chauhan and Dr. Praveen K. Singh
2. Problematic Soils and their Management in Dry Land Areas
Dr. Yogesh Sharma
3. Management of Sandy Soils in Dry Land Areas
Dr. S. R. Yadav and Asha Sherawat
4. Nutrients Optimization in Arid Horticultural Crops
Dr. B. D. Sharma
5. Raising of Quality Planting Material of Dry Land Crops
Dr. D. K. Sarolia and Dr. P. L. Saroj
6. Ber Cultivation Technology
Dr. Akath Singh and Dr. P. R. Meghwal
7. Aonla Cultivation Technology
Dr. A. K. Singh, Dr. Sanjay Singh, Dr. P. L. Saroj, Dr. D. S. Mishra and Dr. Vikas Yadav
8. Pomegranate Cultivation Technology
Dr. R. Kumar, Dr. J. S. Gora, Dr. V. R. Reddy, S and Dr. M. K. Berwal
9. Date Palm Cultivation Technology
Dr. Atul Chandra
10. Citrus Crops Cultivation Technology
Dr. Jitendra Singh*, Kalpana Choudhary and Dr. Nirmal Kumar Meena
11. Guava Cultivation Technology
Dr. D. K Sarolia, Dr. Vijay Rakesh Reddy S., Dr. Ramkesh Meena and Dr. Lokesh Kumar
12. Bael Cultivation Technology
Dr. A. K. Singh, Dr. Sanjay Singh, Dr. P. L. Saroj, Dr. Vikas Yadav and Dr. Raj Kumar
13. Jamun Cultivation Technology
Dr. Raj Kumar, Dr. Shakti Khajuria, Dr. A. K. Rai and Dr. B. S. Khadda
14. Custard Apple Cultivation Technology
Dr. R. S. Rathore, Ms. Priyanka Kumawat and Ms. Sheetal Rawat
15. Ramphal Cultivation Technology
Dr. R. S. Rathore, Anita Soni and Sheetal Rawat
16. Cordia Cultivation Technology
P. K. Yadav, Jagan Singh Gora and Kumari Lata
17. Kinnow Mandarin Cultivation Technology
Dr. M. K. Kaul
18. Woodapple Cultivation Technology
Dr. R. S. Rathore, Dr. P. S. Chauhan and Dr. B. D. S. Nathawat
19. Kair Cultivation Technology
Dr. R. S. Rathore, Ms. Priyanka Kumawat and Tulsi Ram
20. Pilu Cultivation Technology
Dr. R. S. Rathore and Dr. P. S. Chauhan
21. Aloe vera Cultivation Technology
Dr. Praveen K Singh and Dr. Shiv Shankar Singh
22. Tuber Crops Cultivation in Dry Land Areas
Dr. MK Jatav, Dr. PL Saroj, Dr. Roop Chand Balai and Dr. Ramyashree DGS
23. Flowering Plants for Dry Land Areas
Dr. L. N. Mahawer
24. Role of KVKs for Farmer’s Income through Horticultural Interventions in Dry Land
Dr. Atul Chandra
25. Insects and Pests Management in Dry Land
Dr. V. S. Acharya and Vimal Singh Rajput
26. Diseases Management in Dry Land Horticultural Crops
Narendra Singh
27. Processing and Value Addition of Arid Fruits
Dr. Mamta Singh