Production Technology of Solanaceous and Leguminous Vegetable Crops

ISBN-13: 9786206782032 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str.

K. Gangadhara; Raj Kumar; A. K. Singh

Opis

Horticulture is gaining more importance due to it gives more income per unit area andprovide nutritious food to human being thereby improves the quality of life and aesthetic beautyin nature.The present book on "Production Technology of Solanaceous and LeguminousVegetable Crops" is containing recent information's gathered from various important andgenuine source viz. book, journals, Institutes sites, etc and compiled in form of the manuscript.This book is highly important for researches, students and other stockholders.Solanaceous vegetables like Tomato, Brinjal and Chilli are major economically importantvegetables cultivated all over the world. The leguminous vegetables like Pea, Indian bean(Dolichos bean), cowpea, French bean and cluster bean, are an important source of plant proteinsin the human diet and are considered as "meat of the poor". Most of the underutilized andcommercial cultivated leguminous vegetables are well adapted to extreme climatic conditionsand are known for their nodules, which can support nitrogen fixation and protect the soil fromthe harmful effect of erosion.

O autorze

Dr.Gangadhara K, graduated in Horticulture from UAS, Dharwad, Karnataka and PG in (M.Sc. Horticulture) from UHS, Bagalkot, Karnataka and PhD from KAU, Thrissur, Kerala. He is working as a Scientist in Vegetable Science at ICAR-CHES, Godhra, Gujarat. He has been awarded with University Gold Medal for outstanding academics in his post-graduation.