Introduction To Horticulture 8/Ed (Pb)

The present enlarged edition covers four aspects in Horticulture viz., Fundamentals of Horticulture, Plant Propagation, Pomology and Ornamental Horticulture. It caters to the students of undergraduate programmes in Horticulture being offered in State Agricultural universities and Botany courses of the conventional universities.

Part-I—Fundamentals of Horticulture: Introduction • Soil And Climate—limiting Factors • Growth and Development • Establishment of Orchard • Plant Growing Structures • Nutrition of Horticultural Crops • Irrigation of Horticultural Crops

• Orchard Cultivation • Training and Pruning • Cropping • Harvesting, Handling and Storage of Fruits • Preservation of Fruits and Vegetables • Plant Growth Regulators • Plant Protection.

Part-II—Plant Propagation: Pant Propagation.

Part-III—Pomology: Pomology.

Part-IV—Ornamental Horticulture: Ornamental Horticulture • Lawn • Arboriculture • Shrubs and Climbers • Annuals, Biennials and Herbaceous Perennials • Special Group of Garden Plants • Rockery and Water Gardens • Indoor Gardening • Economic and Cut Flowers • Flower Arrangement and Dry Decorations • Horticultural Shows.

Part-V—Olericulture: Olericulture.

N. Kumar obtained his B.Sc. (Hort.), M.Sc. (Agri.) in Horticulture and Ph.D. in Horticulture degrees in the year 1976, 1978 and 1989 respectively from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Coimbatore with distinct academic records. He has been awarded five Gold Medals for his academic achievements in both undergraduate and higher educations. As a Horticulturist, he has more than 30 years of service in various branches of horticulture including hill plantation crops. He has served in various capacities at TNAU, Coimbatore including its research centres at Kodaikanal, Yercaud and Periyakulam, published more than 100 international and national journals and contributed chapters in four edited books besides authoring three textbooks in Horticulture. He has got a rich experience in teaching of Undergraduate and Postgraduate students for more than 25 and 20 years respectively and has so far guided 9 Ph.D. and 17 M.Sc. (Hort.) students. He has been conferred the Fellow of AIPUB in 2007 for his outstanding contributions made in the field of Horticulture with special reference to banana by the Association for Improvement in Production and Utilization of Banana, NRCB, Trichy. Besides, he has been awarded ISHS Medal by the President of International Society for Horticultural Science, Leuven, Belgium in recognition of his meritorious Service to the Society as Convener of the II International Symposium of Papaya, India, 2008.