Insect Pests, Diseases & Post-Harvest Management of Horticultural Crops
Insects affect human beings by feeding
on all kinds of plants including crop plants, forest trees, medicinal plants
and even stored products causing huge amount of loss and also deterioration of
food quality.In general, disease is an interaction among the host, parasite and
the environment. Plant diseases may be due to pathogenic or non-pathogenic
organisms. Pathogenic organisms include
fungi, bacteria, fastidious vesicular bacteria, phytoplasmas,
spiroplasmas, viruses, viroids, algae, protozoa and phanerogamic
parasiteswhereas non-pathogenic diseases are influenced by environmental or
non-living factors.
Post-harvest
losses account for 27-30% of total food produced globally.Due to perishability
in nature horticultural crops respire, transpire and ripen upon harvest
thus deteriorating the food value of the produce for human consumption.Use of
appropriate post-harvest technologies minimizes the post-harvest and storage
losses; adds value to the produce, generates rural employment and renovate
horti-based industries in the rural sector. Due to availability of a large
number of traditional fruits and vegetables in India, there is need to develop
protocols for primary processing and crop specific machineries.
In view of above,
the present publication on ‘Insect Pests, Diseases and Post-harvest
Management of Horticultural Crops’ is planned in 09 interesting chapters
vividly highlighting various aspects
covering insect pests and diseases of fruit and plantation crops, insect pests
and diseases of vegetables and spices, insects pests and diseases of flowers,
medicinal and aromatic plants, harvest and post-harvest handlings in fruit and
plantation crops, harvest and post-harvest handlings in vegetable and spices,
harvest & post-harvest handlings in
flower, medicinal and aromatic plants, processing and value addition in fruit and plantation crops,
processing and value addition in vegetables and spices and processing and value
addition in flowers, medicinal and aromatic plants.
The book will be useful to teachers, students, scientists, nurserymen,
landscape designer, planners, amateurs and professional gardeners and above all
farmers.
| Common | |
| Author | L.C. De |
| Binding | Hardcover |
| Edition | First |
| ISBN | 978-81-7132-892-5 |
| Language | English |
| Number Of Pages | 10+206 |
| Publication Year | 2019 |
| Publisher | Pointer Publishers |