Preface
About the Author
1. Hi-tech horticulture: An overview
2. Varietal improvement: High yields, biotic and abiotic resistance
3. Genetically modified crops: Introduce new traits more quickly and precisely
4. Optimum crop density: Improves resource use efficiency
5. Efficient water management: More crop per drop
6. Integrated nutrient management: Balanced fertilization
7. Fertigation: Enhancing irrigation water and nutrient use efficiency
8. Plant bioregulators: Enhanced crop growth and development
9. Protected cultivation: Enhancing productivity and off-season production
10. Precision horticulture: Optimize use of resources on a site-specific level
11. Nanotechnology: Increase input use efficiency and minimize post-harvest losses
12. Horticulture-based integrated farming systems: Viable option for economic prosperity
13. Integrated insect pest management: An eco-friendly option
14. Integrated disease management: Foundation for scientific crop protection
15. Integrated nematode management: A paradigm shift in crop protection
16. Integrated weed management: Coordinated optimal use of multiple tactics
17. Post-harvest losses: Global food security concern
18. Post-harvest management strategies: Reduction of post-harvest losses and value addition
19. Marketing of horticultural produce: Economic upliftment of farmers
20. Food and nutrition security: Prevention of hunger and malnutrition
21. The road map ahead: Towards attaining food and nutrition security
References
Subject Index