The book begins with the very basics of horticulture and works its way up to more complex techniques until it reaches its climax at the cutting edge of modern science. This book uses current data to show horticultural concepts and methods. New developments and potential directions in this area are discussed. This book covers a wide range of topics, including the Economic importance and classification of horticultural crops and their culture and nutritive value, area and production, exports and imports, fruit and vegetable zones of India and of different states, nursery management practices, and soil, Vegetable gardens, nutrition and kitchen garden and principles, planning and layout, management of orchards, planting systems and planting densities, Production and practices for fruit, vegetable and floriculture crops, nursery techniques and their management, pruning and training of fruit crops, growth regulators in horticulture, water management, weed management, fertility management in horticultural crops, cropping systems, intercropping, multi-tier cropping, mulching, bearing habits, factors influencing the fruitfulness and unfruitfulness. Rejuvenation of old orchards, top working, frames working, principles of organic farming. Students, working horticulturists, and general readers interested in learning more about the subject will find this book to be an indispensable resource. This book is written for high school and college students who are interested in agriculture and would want to focus on horticulture or market gardening. It will serve as a handy reference for any professor teaching at the undergraduate level.
