Sustainable Horticulture, Volume 1
Diversity, Production, and Crop Improvement
Innovations in Horticultural Science Series

Sustainable Horticulture, Volume 1: Diversity, Production, and Crop Improvements is part of a two-volume compendium that addresses the most important topics facing horticulture around the world today.

Volume 1, on Diversity, Production, and Crop Improvement, outlines the contemporary trends in sustainable horticulture research, covering such topics as crop diversity, species variability and conservation strategies, production technology, tree architecture management, plant propagation and nutrition management, organic farming, and new dynamics in breeding and marketing of horticulture crops.

Sections include:

• Genetic Resources & Biodiversity Conservation



• Production & Marketing of Horticulture Crops



• Crop Improvement & Biotechnology

Together with Volume 2: Food, Health, and Nutrition, this two-volume compendium presents an abundance of new research on sustainable horticulture that will be valuable for a broad audience, including students of horticulture, faculty and instructors, scientists, agriculturists, government and nongovernment organizations, and other industry professionals.

Citrus Germplasm at Original Home Warrants Documentation and Conservation. Medicinal Orchids of Mizoram and Habit Approach for Conservation. Varietal Wealth of Turf Grasses at Iari. Local Germplasm and Landraces of Vegetables: Availability, Market Price, and Perception of Consumer. Horticulture for Sustainable Development in India. Organic Fruit Production in India: Present Situation and Future Prospects. Tropical Fruit Tree Architectural Management in Thailand. Organizing Market Led Extension in Horticulture for Less Favored Areas (NEH): Challenges and Opportunities. Transforming Marketing Linkages in Horticulture through Effective Institutions and Innovative Agri-Business Models. Status and Strategic Plan for the Sustainable Development of Horticulture Sector in Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep Groups of Islands, India: Horticultural Development in Tropical Indian Islands. Organic Vegetables Farming and Its Prospects in Pakyong East District of Sikkim, India. Organic Nutrient Management for Improving the Fruit Quality of Mango Cv. Alphonso. Organic Production of Turmeric in Northeastern India: Constraint and Opportunities. Organic Horticulture for Sustainable Development: Strategic Opportunities and Relevance in the Indian Perspective. Effect of Zinc and Boron on Growth, Yield and Economics of Cultivation of Onion (Allium cepa L.) Cv. Agrifound Dark Red in Nagaland, India. Effect of Different Nutrient Management on Productivity of Potato (Var. Kufri Jyoti) and Soil Nutrient Status in New Alluvial Zone of West Bengal, India. Impact of Enriched Composts and Bio-Inoculants on Symbiotic, Growth, Yield and Quality Parameters in Garden Pea (Pisum sativum L.) Under Organic Farming Conditions. Influence of Organic Wastes Amendment in the Soil of a Jhum Fallow. Effect of Biofertilizer Consortium, FYM, Enriched Compost and Chemical Fertilizers on Sustainable Production and Profitability of Garden Pea (Pisum sativum L.) in the Plains of Assam, North East India. Kendu: An Underexploited Forest Fruit Species for Poverty Alleviation of Tribals. Proline Accumulation Under Drought Stress in Onion (Allium cepa L.) Cultivars. A Statistical Study on Pineapple in North- Eastern States of India for Sustainable Policy Development. Performance of Horticulture Crops under Sloping Agriculture Land Technology in Hilly Terrains of Mizoram, India. Changes in Vitamin C Content During the Various Stages of Ripening of Citrus grandis: A Major Fruit Crop of Sikkim, India. Fruit Setting, Yield and Economics of Ber (Zizyphus mauritiana Lamk) Cv. ‘Bau Kul-1’ to the Exposure of Growth Regulators and Micronutrients. Impact of Various Pruning Levels on Petiole Nutrient Status, Physiology, Yield and Quality of Grape (Vitis vinifera L.) Cv. Italia. Green Space for Sustainable Disaster Management. Effect of Organic and Inorganic Source of NPK on Plant Growth, Spike Yield and Quality of Gladiolus (Gladiolus grandiflorus) cv. Jester. Effect of Plant Growth Regulators on Growth, Flowering and Corm Production of Gladiolus (Gladiolus grandiflorus) cv. Jester. Effect of Iba and Different Rooting Media on Fig Cuttings. New Dynamics in Breeding of Horticultural Crops. Peppers (Capsicum spp.): Domestication and Breeding for Global Use. Detection of Phytophthora Using Molecular and Immunological Approaches in Citrus Spp. Discrimination of Phytophthora as a Devasting Fungus of Citrus Orchard from Other Fungi Using Molecular Approach. Genetic Diversity and Heritability in Bitter Bourd (Momordica charantia L.). Genotypes. Performance Study of Tuberose in the Gangetic Plains of West Bengal, India. Genotypic Performance on Growth and Yield in Bitter Gourd (Momordica charantia L.). Genotypes.

Debashis Mandal, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Horticulture, Aromatic and Medicinal Plants at Mizoram University in Aizawl, India. Dr. Mandal started his academic career as Assistant Professor at Sikkim University. He had post doctoral research experience as a project scientist at the Precision Farming Development Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India. He has done research on sustainable hill farming for the past seven years and has published 18 research papers and three book chapters in reputed journals and books. He is a working member of the global working group on Lychee and Other Sapindaceae Crops, International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS) Belgium and as Editor-in-Lead (Hort.) for the International Journal of Bio Resources & Stress Management. In addition, he is a consultant horticulturist to the Department of Horticulture and Agriculture (Research and Extension), Government of Mizoram, India, where he works on various research projects. He has visited many countries for his work, including Thailand, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Vietnam, and South Africa.

Amritesh C. Shukla, DPhil, DSc, is currently Department of Botany, University of Lucknow, India. He was formerly a Professor in the Department of Horticulture, Aromatic and Medicinal Plants, Mizoram University, Aizawl, India. He began his academic career as Associate Professor at the same university.

He has more than 20 years of experience on natural products and drug development and standardized various scientific methods viz., MSGIT, MDKT, MS-97, NCCLS (2002-03). He has developed six commercial herbal formulations and holds four patents. He has published 75 research papers and 15 book chapters. He has also authored six books and handled many externally funded research projects. He is a Fellow of five national and international scientific societies and also a Visiting Professor at the University of British Columbia,