ABOUT THE BOOK: This book is meant for UGC for all Indian Universities as per CBCS Syllabus. “Horticultural Practices and Post Harvest Technology” is a book that will be very useful to the students for the preparation for final examinations of the honours and general courses of B.Sc. in Botany, Agriculture, and Horticulture. Efforts have been made to present each chapter in a lucid style for quick and effortless understanding. This edition of the book consists of a theory portion comprising nine (9) chapters covering UGC approved new syllabus of CBCS followed by different universities like Burdwan University, Bankura University, Kolkata University, Visva-Bharati, and many other universities in the country. This book covers a brief informative introduction to horticulture and also covers different aspects like production technologies of different flowers, fruits, and vegetables and their diseases, pest management in detail. Besides that, the book also covers gardening, landscaping, different horticultural techniques, post-harvest technology of horticultural crops, their conservation and management. It is expected that this book will be of great value to the students of horticulture and botany in other countries also. Besides that, the rural youth of our country may use the book for boosting their income generation by establishing different horticultural units and post-harvest infrastructures.

Includes index.

CONTENTS

- Chapter 1: Introduction to Horticulture
- Chapter 2: Ornamental Plants
- Chapter 3: Fruits and Vegetable Crops
- Chapter 4: Horticulture Techniques and Management
- Chapter 5: Landscaping and Garden Design
- Chapter 6: Floriculture
- Chapter 7: Post-Harvest Technology
- Chapter 8: Disease and Insect Control and Management
- Chapter 9: Horticulture Crops-Conservation and Management
- Index