Author Description

The present book is intended as a professional basic fundamental book for undergraduate students of agriculture and horticulture in particular. At the postgraduate level also it will be very useful for the students and teachers in horticulture. The book covers wide topics like; the role of Horticulture in Early Civilizations, Branches of Horticulture, Plant Morphology and Anatomy, Plant Physiology, Nursery Management for Horticultural crops, Methods of Plant Propagation, Crop production & Management, Floriculture, Olericulture, Greenhouse Horticulture, Urban and Vertical Horticulture, Emerging Trends in Horticulture, Genetic Engineering and Genome Editing in Horticulture, Biophilic Design and Theraputic Horticulture, Future Prospectus and challenges in Horticulture. The book is written in a very simple form with up to date data and statistics. It is a comprehensive basic reference book and will specifically meet out the requirement of the students of agriculture and horticulture being taught in different university as per ICAR norms. The author would welcome suggestions from the readers to improve the book.