Crop Improvement and Production Technology of Horticultural Crops : Proceedings of the First Indian Horticulture Congress-2004 Held on 6-9 November, 2004, New Delhi (2 Vols-Set)

Contents Vol. I I. Genetic resources and crop improvement 1. Mutation assisted breeding for productivity and quality improvement of horticultural crops/B.S. Ahloowalia. 2. Collection conservation and utilization of indigenous horticultural crops germplasm/B.S. Dhillon J.C. Rana and A.K. Singh. 3. Exploitation of native tropical and subtropical fruit species diversity Asian perspective/V. Ramanatha Rao Bhag Mal and Zhang Zongwen. 4. Introduction and exploitation of Musa Germplasm for invigorating Indian Banana Industry/A.B. Molina S. Sathiamoorthy and I. Van Den Bergh. 5. Vegetable germplasm diversity in Asia and its use in India/A.K. Singh and Chitra Pandey. 6. Exploitation of heterosis in vegetables for improving productivity and quality/K.V. Peter T.E. George and T.R. Gopalakrishnan. 7. Development of tuber crop varieties for high productivity and quality/K. Abraham S.K. Naskar C.S. Easwari Amma M.T. Sreekumari and B. Vimala. 8. Achievements in spice crop improvement and future strategies/V.A. Parthasarathy K.V. Saji and B. Sasikumar. 9. Development of promising genotypes of medicinal and aromatic plants for global placement/S.P.S. Khanuja A. Kalra and R.K. Lal. 10. Molecular characterization of germplasm for improving productivity and quality of horticultural crops/J.L. Karihaloo and K.V. Bhat. 11. Search for novel genes for use in plant molecular biology with special reference to horticultural crops/Lalitha Anand. 12. Genetic engineering for pest and disease resistance in horticultural crops/Akella Vani. II. Planting Material 1. Advances in micro propagation technology for commercial exploitation in horticultural crops/Renu Swarup. 2. Production of superior quality disease free planting material/Vibha Dhawan and Sanjay Saxena. 3. Strategies for ensuring freedom from disease in micropropagated plants/Y.S. Ahlawat V.K. Baranwal and D.R. Das. 4. Production of disease free planting material in citrus present status and future strategies/H. Ravishankar. 5. Rootstocks and interstocks for Pome and stone fruits in India present status and future opportunities/A.A. Sofi. 6. Recent innovations in hybrid seed production in vegetables/O.P. Dutta. 7. Quality vegetable seedling production/B.S. Prabhakara. 8. Achieving self sufficiency in quality seed production in root and tuber crops with special reference to Potato/P.S. Naik. 9. Production of disease free planting material in tuber crops national strategies/S. Edison C.S. Ravindran R.S. Misra M. Unnikrishnan and James George. 10. Production of quality planting material of oil plam in India/M. Kochu Babu R.S.N. Pillai and P. Murugesan. III. Improved production technologies 1. Improving productivity and quality of fruit crops through orchard management/B.S. Chundawat. 2. Use of plasticulture in horticulture/M.L. Choudhary and R.K. Shukla. 3. High density planting in horticultural crops/B.M.C. Reddy. 4. Strategies for Canopy management in tree fruit crops/R.P. Awasthi and Kuldeep Mehta. 5. Efficient Canopy Management strategies in horticultural vine crops/G.S. Prakash. 6. Rejuvenation of Senile horticultural plantations for improved productivity and quality/R.K. Pathak. 7. Strategies for regulation of flowering in fruit crops/Y.N. Reddy. 8. Innovations in structure and designs for greenhouse cultivation of horticultural crops in different agro ecological regions/Pitam Chandra. 9. Cropping systems in horticultural crops/V.S. Korikanthimath. 10. Productivity in temperate fruits with special reference to apple under changing climatic scenario a case analysis/K.K. Jindal and M.S. Mankotia. 11. Harnessing bamboo the green gold/Jose C. Samuel. V. Input management 1. Leaf analysis for nutrient diagnosis and recommendations in fruit crops/B.S. Bhargava and A.K. Srivastava. 2. Efficient water management strategies in horticultural crops/H.P. Singh. 3. Micro irrigation in horticultural crops achievements and future strategies/S.S. Magar. 4. Fertigation in horticultural crops/K. Srinivas. 5. Use of.…