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Indian agriculture is passing through transition in this century under the influence of globalized trade and liberalization of Indian economy during early 1990s. Horticulture in particular has attained a pride place contributing 28.65 % to GDP from merely 8.5% of area and has a high potential for further value addition and foreign exchange. In view of the competitive world environment in the context of the WTO agreement, renewed concentration on productivity, quality, and value addition has become imperative. To keep pace with the growing population, we need to increase horticulture production to 540 million tons by 2050 from the current level of 277.35 million tons (NHB 2014). The prospect of enhancing horticultural production by increasing area is limited. Thus, it becomes absolutely essential to increase the productivity. Adoption of modern technologies in horticulture (cultivation, micro-irrigation, fertigation, micro-
propagation, high-tech postharvest management including cold chain, etc.) has become essential to enhance productivity. Cultivation has a tremendous potential to increase productivity, especially under horticulture. Reducing the cost of production, a cropping
pattern to minimize pest damage and reduced application of pesticides will significantly contribute to sustainable production, profitability, and food safety of vegetables produced in protected structures.
I am sure that the book will be of immense value to policy makers and the scientific community involved in teaching, research, and extension activities on horticulture. It would also be useful for teaching at postgraduate level as well as for growers’ cultivation in the country.
Ms. Kanchhi Maya Waiba is a young academician and researcher in the subject area of Vegetable Science
discipline. Presently doing Ph.D. Pursuing in Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, and Research Scholar at under Division of Vegetable Improvement, ICAR-Indian Institute of Vegetable
Research, Varanasi, India. She has 3 years research experiences and 2 years teaching experiences. Ms. Waiba had published 22 Research papers National and International high impact factor Q1 & Q2 Journals, and 1 First Reporting paper. She attended 20 national 8 international symposium / seminars / conferences / trainings etc. Ms. Waiba also recipient of Scientist Awards and Award Dr. Homi J. Bhabha Scholarship (Nepal Aid Fund Scholarship). She has authored 5 books. She is also life members of a number of national and international professional societies and journal. Ms. Waiba is also Editorial Board Member Journal of Plant Sciences (JPS), Science Publishing Group, New
York, NY 10020, USA.
Dr. Indra Kumar Kasi is a young academician and researcher in the subject area of Agriculture Entomology
discipline. Presently working as an Research Associate in Pesticide Formulation and Residue Analytical Centre
(PFRAC), Pesticide Management Division (PMD), National Institute of Plant Health Management (NIPHM), Rajendra Nagar, Hyderabad, India. He has 6 years research experiences. Total no of Patent: 03. NCBI GenBank genome submissions (Total no 30); NCBI Bio Projects submissions (Total no 03). Dr. Kasi had published 25
Research papers National and International high impact factor Q1 & Q2 Journals, and 1 First Reporting paper. He
attended 25 national 12 international symposium/seminars/conferences/trainings etc. Dr. Kasi also recipient of Scientist Awards and outstanding thesis award, and best paper award (Total no of Awards 8). He is also life members of a number of national and international professional societies and journal. Dr. Kasi has authored 11 books and
contributed chapters in 5 books. Dr. Kasi is also Editorial Board Member American Journal of Entomology (AJE),
Science Publishing Group, New York, NY 10020, USA.
Dr. Gosangi Avinash is a young academician and researcher in Plant Biochemistry. Working as a teaching faculty
in the Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Agricultural College, Warangal, Telangana India. He secured ICAR Senior Research Fellowship and completed his Ph.D. in Biochemistry (Specialization in plants) from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India. He has various research, review articles, book chapters, and magazine, in the field of Plant stress and food products. Participated in various national and international symposiums/seminars/conferences/training workshops.
Mr. Utkarsh Singh is a young scholar and researcher within the field of Horticulture Vegetable Science. Currently
pursuing Ph.D. in the discipline of Vegetable Science from Dr Y S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan, Himachal Pradesh. Mr. Utkarsh has published scholarly articles in prestigious national journals. He attended
two national and three international conferences, seminars, workshops, etc. He has authored 1 books Mr. Utkarsh is
also the recipient of an award for outstanding thesis.
Ms. Katkuri Bhargavi Reddy is a young academician and researcher in the subject area of Agronomy. She is
currently working as a Teaching Associate at Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University,
Agricultural College, Warangal, India. She did her MSc. (Agri. in Agronomy) from Professor Jayashankar
Telangana State Agricultural University, Rajendranagar, India. She has successfully cleared ICAR-NET
examinations. She has published various research papers, book chapters in national and international journals.
Participated in various national and international seminars/conferences/training workshops.