1st Edition
Strawberries Production, Postharvest Management and Protection
This book provides unparalleled integration of fundamentals and most advanced management to make this strawberry crop highly remunerative besides enhancing per capita availability of fruit even in the non-traditional regions of the world.
Contents
Foreword............................................................................................................................................ix
Preface...............................................................................................................................................xi
Editors............................................................................................................................................. xiii
Contributors......................................................................................................................................xv
Introduction......................................................................................................................................xix
Chapter 1 Introduction...................................................................................................................1
V. Pandey, R. M. Sharma, R. Yamdagni, A. K. Dubey, and Tushar Uttamrao Jadhav
Chapter 2 Composition, Quality and Uses...................................................................................23
Monika Sood and Julie Dogra Bandral
Chapter 3 Structures and Functions............................................................................................. 31
R.M. Sharma, Rajesh Kumar Shukla, and Nav Prem Singh
Chapter 4 Origin, Taxonomy and Distribution............................................................................ 37
A.K. Dubey
Chapter 5 Breeding and Improvement.........................................................................................49
R.K. Salgotra, Manmohan Sharma, and Anil Kumar Singh
Chapter 6 Varieties....................................................................................................................... 81
V.K. Tripathi, R.M. Sharma, and Sanjeev Kumar
Chapter 7 Tissue Culture........................................................................................................... 121
Anil Kumar Singh, Gyanendra Kumar Rai, Sreshti Bagati, and Sanjeev Kumar
Chapter 8 Markers and Genetic Mapping.................................................................................. 141
Era Vaidya Malhotra and Madhvi Soni
Chapter 9 Climatic Requirements.............................................................................................. 161
R. Yamdagni and A.D. Sharma
Chapter 10 Soil............................................................................................................................ 169
P.K. Rai
Chapter 11 Propagation................................................................................................................ 179
Nimisha Sharma, Laxuman Sharma, and B.P. Singh
Chapter 12 Planting..................................................................................................................... 193
Biswajit Das
Chapter 13 Nutrition....................................................................................................................209
Arti Sharma and Bindiya Sharma
Chapter 14 Water Management....................................................................................................229
V. Pandey, R.M. Sharma, Dinesh Kumar, S.D. Sharma, and S.K. Jena
Chapter 15 Weed Management....................................................................................................269
Manpreet Kour and A.S. Charak
Chapter 16 Mulching...................................................................................................................289
S.K. Singh, Prashant Kalal, and Pramod Kumar
Chapter 17 Flowering................................................................................................................... 301
Kiran Kour, Bikramjit Singh, and Tanjeet Singh Chahal
Chapter 18 Pollination................................................................................................................. 321
M.S. Khan, Poonam Srivastava, and R.M. Srivastava
Chapter 19 Fruit Development..................................................................................................... 335
Sangita Yadav, Sandeep Kumar, Seema Sangwan, and Shiv K. Yadav
Chapter 20 Use of Plant Bio-regulators.......................................................................................349
V.K. Tripathi, Sanjeev Kumar, and Vishal Dubey
Chapter 21 Special Cultural Practices......................................................................................... 359
O.P. Awasthi and Sunil Kumar
Chapter 22 Protected Cultivation.................................................................................................365
K.K. Pramanick and Poonam Kashyap
Chapter 23 Soilless Culture......................................................................................................... 373
Mahital Jamwal and Nirmal Sharma
Chapter 24 Harvesting.................................................................................................................399
Sushil Sharma and Kuldeep Singh
Chapter 25 Yield and Varietal Performance................................................................................403
Sanjeev Kumar, V.K. Tripathi, and Parshant Bakshi
Chapter 26 Post-Harvest Handling and Storage.......................................................................... 411
B.V.C. Mahajan and Alemwati Pongener
Chapter 27 Value Addition........................................................................................................... 431
Julie Dogra Bandral and Monika Sood
Chapter 28 Physiological Disorders.............................................................................................445
A.K. Goswami, S.K. Singh, and Satyabrata Pradhan
Chapter 29 Integrated Disease Management............................................................................... 453
M.K. Pandey, B.K. Pandey, and A.K. Tiwari
Chapter 30 Integrated Insect Pest Management..........................................................................487
Uma Shankar and D. P. Abrol
Chapter 31 Pesticide Residues.....................................................................................................507
Tarun Verma, Beena Kumari, and Kaushik Banerjee
Chapter 32 Production Economics and Marketing...................................................................... 519
Sudhakar Dwivedi and Pawan Kumar Sharma
Chapter 33 Challenges, Potential and Future Strategies.............................................................. 531
K. Kumar
Index............................................................................................................................................... 539
Biography
Prof Radha Mohan Sharma did his doctorate in Pomology at the Dr Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan, HP (India) in 1996. Presently, he is engaged with the research on citrus improvement and rootstock research. Establishment of field gene bank of temperate fruits, identification of elite clones of walnut and Ambri apple, varietal evaluation and standardization of propagation technique of strawberry in subtropical areas and development of two acid lime varieties are among his credits. Prof Rakesh Yamdagni did his Doctorate in Horticulture at the Government Agriculture College, Kanpur under Agra University (now C. S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur) in 1969, and worked at the Punjab Agriculture University. as Assistant Professor in 1967. Dr Anil Kumar Dubey did his Doctorate in Horticulture at the C.S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur in 1996, and joined Agriculture Research Services in 1995. Presently, Dr Dubey is working as Principal Scientist at the Division of Fruits & Horticultural Technology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. Dr Vikramaditya Pandey did his Doctorate degree in Horticulture at the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (UP) in 1998, and joined the Agricultural Research Service in 1996. Presently, Dr Pandey is working as Principal Scientist (Horticulture) at the Horticultural Science Division of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, and looking after the national coordination and monitoring of various research and development issues on horticultural crops.
