INTRODUCTION TO HORTICULTURE,9/ED {PB}

The present ninth edition covers three aspects in Horticulture viz., Fundamentals of Horticulture, 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.

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.

Brief Contents:

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  

Plant Propagation

Part – II - Pomology

Pomology  

Tropical and Sub-Tropical Fruits

 Humid Fruits  

Arid  

Semi Fruits

 Temperate Fruits

Part – III – Ornamental Horticulture

Ornamental Horticulture

 Lawn

 Arboriculture

 Shrubs and Climbers

 Annuals, Biennials and Herbaceous Perennials

 Special Groups of Garden Plants

 Special Types of Gardens

 Indoor Gardening

Computer Aided Designing (CAD) for Landscape Gardening

   Commercial Flowers

  Flower Arrangement and Dry Decorations

Horticultural Shows

Part 1
Fundamentals of Horticulture 1
Chapter 1 Introduction 3
Chapter 2 Soil and Climate-Limiting Factors 14
Chapter 3 Growth and Development 23
Chapter 4 Establishment of Orchard 29
Chapter 5 Plant Growing Structures 43
Chapter 6 Nutrition of Horticultural Crops 51
Chapter 7 Irrigation of Horticultural Crops 63
Chapter 8 Orchard Cultivation 69
Chapter 9 Training and Pruning 75
Chapter 10 Cropping 92
Chapter 11 Harvesting, Handling and Storage of Fruits 103
Chapter 12 Preservation of Fruits and Vegetables 118
Chapter 13 Plant Growth Regulators 125
Chapter 14 Plant Protection 129
Chapter 15 Plant Propagation 137
Contents
xii Contents
Part 2
Pomology 185
Chapter 16 Pomology 187
Part 3
Ornamental Horticulture 319
Chapter 17 Ornamental Horticulture 321
Chapter 18 Lawn 331
Chapter 19 Arboriculture 335
Chapter 20 Shrubs and Climbers 342
Chapter 21 Annuals, Biennials and Herbaceous Perennials 348
Chapter 22 Special Groups of Garden Plants 354
Chapter 23 Special Types of Gardens 361
Chapter 24 Indoor Gardening 372
Chapter 25 Computer Aided Designing (CAD) for Landscape
Gardening 376
Chapter 26 Commercial Flowers 379
Chapter 27 Flower Arrangement and Dry Decorations 409
Chapter 28 Horticultural Shows 415