The First edition of the book "Nursery Management and Horticultural Crops” represents a thoroughly revised and updated version of the preceding edition. It offers a cohesive treatment of the subject, covering fundamental principles of plant science and business management to operate a plant nursery in a highly profitable and professional manner. The book provides both general and specific information on the full range of topics related to nursery management. This is an essential reading not only for graduating students but also for anyone considering entry into the nursery business, and also for those already in the nursery industry. The book is heavily illustrated for enhanced understanding of the subject. It meets the requirement of a course entitled “plant propagation and nursery management” taught at UG and PG level in agriculture/horticulture/forestry courses at universities in India or abroad. Besides students a wide range of people, including horticulturists, plant breeders, gardeners, foresters, researchers, florists, plant propagators, nursery operators, extension educators and agriculture consultants who desire a good understanding of the subject would find this book as an indispensable resource of pertinent learning materials.
Dr.Deepa Lal, working as SMS (Horticulture) at ICAR-Central Institute for Cotton Research-KVK, Nagpur, Maharashtra.
Dr. Md. Abu Nayyer working as an Assistant Professor (Horticulture) in the Department of Agriculture (IIAST), Integral University, Lucknow.
Dr. J. K. Meena working as an Assistant Professor in Govt. Ag. College, Kherla Bujurg, Mahwa, Dausa, Rajasthan.
Dr. D. C. Meena working as an Assistant Professor in Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur, Rajasthan.
1. Nursery Management – An Introduction ..................................... 1
2. Production of Quality Planting Material of Coorg Mandarin ................ 19
3. Nursery Management in Black Pepper and Cardamom ......... 29
4. Nutrient Management in Nursery Plants ................................... 33
5. Marketing Intelligence for Nursery Plants .................................. 37
6. Disease of Horticultural Crops ..................................................... 43
7. Organic Farming ............................................................................. 69
8. Plant Growth Regulators ............................................................... 73
9. Maturity Indices for Fruits ............................................................. 81
10. Marketing of Fruits (can this be dropped?) ................................ 87
11. Soil Requirement.............................................................................. 89
12. Importance of Nursery and Its Management ............................ 93
13. Planning of Orchards ..................................................................... 97
14. Orchard ...........................................................................................101
15. Kitchen Garden..............................................................................107
16. Digging and Filling of Pits ...........................................................111
17. Orchard Management ..................................................................115
18. Water Management ......................................................................129
19. Manures and Manuring ...............................................................135
20. Weed Management in Orchards ................................................141
21. Training and Pruning ...................................................................145
22. Top Working ..................................................................................151
23. Problem of Unfruitfulness ............................................................153
