Biodiversity in Horticultural Crops Vol. 6

by Peter, K V

ISBN: 9789387057951
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Imprint : Daya Publishing House
Year : 2018
Price : Rs. 12995.00
Biblio : xx+372p., figs., color phto., tbls., indx., 25cm

Author Profile

Professor (Dr.) K.V. Peter is basically a horticulturist, a plant breeder and a University Professor. He is an acknowledged and decorated scientist and science manager. A post graduate from G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, he did post doctoral research at BARC Beltsville Maryland USA and worked at Laboratories at AVRDC Taiwan and Guadeloupe (French West Indies). He was associated with development and release of improved and high yielding varieties/hybrids in tomato, brinjal, chilli, bittergourd, melons, amaranths and cowpea. Sources of resistance to bacterial wilt in tomato, chilli and brinjal; aphids in cowpea and viral leaf curl in chilli were located by him and are now used in breeding programmes. A vegetable seed production complex established by him first at Pantnagar and later at Kerala Agricultural University in 1980 continue to supply quality seeds to farmers even today. Prof. Peter provided managerial support to the ICAR Indian Institute of Spices Research Calicut to possess the World’s largest collection of black pepper and cardamom germplasm. The technology package for protected cultivation of bush pepper would make available green pepper throughout the year. A prolific writer and academic editor he authored/edited 80 books published both in India and abroad, 16 technical bulletins, 110 research papers, 22 short research notes, 15 scientific reviews, 111 papers in symposia/seminars, 85 chapters in books, 307 popular articles and 17 radio/TV programmes. He received 7 scholarships and fellowships at various stages of education. He was member in the Board of Examiners in 12 Universities, Chairman/member in 122 committees of Government/research institutes, and membership in 18 scientific societies

About The Book

Biodiversity is a key factor in maintaining balance of nature and it also provides a large number of goods and services which sustain human lives. Rich biodiversity is wealth of any nation. The present volume “Biodiversity of Horticultural Crops (Vol. VI)” has 14 chapters authored by 36 scientists of various institutes which covers various aspects of biodiversity. It carries two preambles one on Biological Diversity Act-2002 and National Biodiversity Authority-2003 and second on Delhi Declaration on Agrobiodiversity Management. The chapter 1 and 2 carry information on biological diversity and assessment of endemism and biovarsity among 34 hotspots of the world. Chapter 3 to 14 deal with biodiversity in underutilized fruits of arid region, acid lime, banana in Tripura, pear, cluster bean, kale, onion, ridge gourd, large cardamom, cocoa, African oil palm and Genomics of oil palm. It is hoped that this volume will be interest of students, teachers, researchers, ecoplanners, botanists, agriculturists, policy makers and all amateurs and professional having concern with horticultural crops.

Table of Contents

Dedication v Foreword vii Preface ix List of Contributors xiii Introduction xvii Preamble 1: About the Biological Diversity Act -2002 and National Biodiversity Authority-2003 xxi Preamble 2: Delhi Declaration on Agrobiodiversity Management xxv 1. Convention on Biological Diversity vis-à-vis Biological Diversity Act of India 1 N. Sivaraj, S.R. Pandravada and V. Kamala 2. Assessment on Endemism and Biodiversity among 34 Hotspots of the World 49 Aaparna Banerjee and Rajib Bandopadhyay 3. Underutilized Fruits of Hot Arid Region 75 R.S. Singh, A.K. Singh, Sanjay Singh and Vikas Yadav 4. Acid Lime 93 Mahantesh Kamatyanatti and Murlimanohar Baghel 5. Banana in Tripura 125 Sukhen Chandra Das and K.S. Thingreingam Irenaeus 6. Pear 157 Amit Kumar, Tawseef Rehman Baba, Manohar Lal and Nirmal Sharma 7. Cluster Bean 175 Vikas Kumar, R.B. Ram and Chhatarpal Singh 8. Kale 201 Chander Parkash, S.S. Dey and Vijay Bhardwaj 9. Onion 211 M.A. Vaddoria and Ganesh Kulkarni 10. Ridge Gourd 227 D.K. Singh and M. Sarkar 11. Large Cardamom 245 S. Sreekrishna Bhat 12. Cocoa 267 S. Prasannakumari Amma, V.K. Mallika, E.K. Lalitha Bai and J.S. Minimol 13. African Oil Palm 297 P. Murugesan and G.M. Aswathy 14. Biodiversity and Genomics of Oil Palm 319 B.K. Babu and R.K. Mathur Previous Volumes–Contents 337 Index 345