Future Crops Vol. 1

by K V Peter

ISBN: 9789351305378
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Imprint : DAYA
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 10995.00
Biblio : xxiii+286p., col. plts., figs., tabls., ind.,25 cm

Author Profile

Dr. K. V. Peter Former Vice- Chancellor, Kerala Agricultural University and currently the Director, World Noni Research Foundation, Chennai.

About The Book

‘Science and Technology led Horticulture would lead India to meet the three of the ten Millennium Development Goals (MDG) set to achieve by 2015’; writes Dr. R.S. Paroda, Chairman, Trust for Advancement of Agricultural Sciences (TAAS) New Delhi in the Foreword to the book Future Crops. The interstate and inter country migration throws newer opportunities for type and nature of food. Rice consumption is going down in developed countries and getting reduced in developing countries. Hitherto undere

Table of Contents

Contents Chapter 1: Chayote [Sechium edule (Jacq.) Swartz.] by Amish K. Sureja; Chapter 2: Cluster Bean (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba L.) by H.R. Mahla, B.R. Choudhary and Dheeraj Singh; Chapter 3: Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) Under Hot Arid Region by R.S. Singh, R. Bhargava and D.G. Dhandar; Chapter 4: Grain Amaranth (Amaranthus spp.) by K. Krishnakumary; Chapter 5: Kair [Capparis decidua (Forsk.) Edgew.] by Dheeraj Singh, H.R. Mahla, M.K. Choudhary, H. Dayal, M.L. Meena and H.S. Jat; Chapter