Advances in Protected Cultivation_Inact

by Balraj Singh, Brahama Singh

ISBN: 9789351305651
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Imprint : NIPA
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 5000.00
Biblio : 248 pages,col.plts.,25cm

Author Profile

Brahma Singh: President, Indian Society for Protected Cultivation; Former Director, Life Sciences, DRDO, New Delhi.

About The Book

Unlike other aspects of agricultural sciences, little literature is available on protected cultivation in India. Protected cultivation in India has vast potential under changing environmental parameters and reducing land and water resources. The book contains consolidated and concise information on design, construction and maintenance of protected structures and production technologies under protected cultivation with contributions from eminent scientists and researchers from institute like DIHAR- DRDO, ICAR, CIAE, CIPHET, CPCT, IIVR, CAZRI, NRCs and various SAUs.

Table of Contents

"Foreword Preface Acronyms 1. Strategies for Promoting Protected Cultivation in India R. S. Paroda 2. DRDO—Harbinger of Protected Cultivation of Vegetable Crops in India Brahma Singh 3. Automation for Climate Control in Protected Structures Pitam Chandra 4. Design and Construction of Greenhouse in India P. R. Bhatnagar 5. Protected Cultivation of Vegetables in Southern India A.S. Sidhu 6. Design of Protected Structures and Drip Fertigation System for Indian Conditions Murtaza Hasan 7. Solar Thermal Modeling of Greenhouse Environment for Protected Cultivation Dilip Jain 8. Greenhouse Technology for Vegetable Cultivation in Cold Desert Environment: Learnings from Ladakh R B Srivastava and Dorjey Angchok 9. Vegetable Nursery Raising under Protected Environment S.N.S. Chaurasia and P. S. Naik 10. Breeding Solanaceous Vegetables for Protected Cultivation Raj Kumar 11. Production Technology for Vegetables under Protected Conditions Balraj Singh 12. Advances in Research in Protected Cultivation of Cut Flowers S.S. Sindhu and Raj Kumar 13. Advances in Protected Cultivation of Vegetables in Kerala C. Narayanan Kutty, U. Sreelatha, M. L. Jyothi and T. R Gopalakrishnan 14. Improved Vegetable Varieties/Hybrids for Protected Cultivation in India D.K. Singh 15. Production of Quality Seed of Vegetables under Protected Conditions—Technological Advancements B.S. Tomar and Balraj Singh 16. Advances in Protected Production Technologies in Orchids D. Barman, P. Mohanty and R.P. Medhi 17. Protected Cultivation of Flowers in India T. Janakiram, Namita, P. Pavan Kumar and Sapna Panwar 18. IPM in Vegetable Cultivation in Greenhouses Naved Sabir 19. Bacillus spp. for Management of Carnation wilt under Protected Cultivation S. Nakkeeran, P. Dhinesh, P. Renukadevi, M. Jawaharlal and E.I. Jonathan 20. Problems and Prospects of Floriculture under Protected Cultivation in Hills Y.C. Gupta, Bhavya Bhargava and Priyanka Sharma 21. Proceedings and Recommendations of the National Seminar on Advances in Protected Cultivation Balraj Singh, Brahma Singh, Naved Sabir and Murtaza Hasan List of Contributors"