Biointensive Integrated Pest Management in Horticultural Ecosystems

• Main Author: Reddy, P. Parvatha (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Plant ecology.; Plant science.; Botany.; Plant pathology.; Entomology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Sciences.; Plant Pathology.; Plant Ecology.

Through ‘Green Revolution’ in late 1960s, India achieved self-sufficiency in food production, but still the country has not achieved self-sufficiency in production of horticultural crops. Most of the growth in food production during the green revolution period is attributed to the use of higher leve...

Table of Contents:

• Section I Introduction
• 1. Introduction
• Section II Fruit Crops
• 2. Tropical Fruit Crops
• 3. Sub-tropical Fruit Crops
• 4. Temperate Fruit Crops
• 5. Semi-arid Fruit Crops
• Section III Vegetable Crops
• 6. Solanaceous Vegetable Crops
• 7. Bulbous Vegetable Crops
• 8. Cruciferous Vegetable Crops
• 9. Malvaceous Vegetable Crops
• 10. Root Vegetable Crops
• 11. Leguminous Vegetable Crops
• 12. Cucurbitaceous Vegetable Crops
• 13. Leafy Vegetable Crops
• Section IV Ornamental, Medicinal, Aromatic and Tuber Crops
• 14. Ornamental Crops
• 15. Medicinal Plants
• 16. Aromatic Crops
• 17. Tuber Crops
• Section V Plantation and Spice Crops
• 18. Plantation Crops
• 19. Spice Crops
• Section VI Transfer of Crop Protection Technology and Conclusions
• 20. Transfer of Crop Protection Technology and Conclusions
• References.- Subject Index.