Advances in Seed Science and Technology (Vol 2) : Quality Seed Production in Vegetable Crops

This volume would be useful as a textbook to Undergraduate and Postgraduate students of Agriculture, majoring in Seed Science and Technology and Plant Breeding and Genetics as well as students of Horticulture. Also, it would serve as a reference book to the scientists involved in seed production and crop improvement programmes.

1. Part I: Recent Trends in Vegetable Seed Production

   1. Cent Per Cent Seed Germination - A Myth
   2. Vegetable Seed Industry - An Overview
   3. Importance of Vegetables in Food Security and Nutrition
   4. Current Scenario of Vegetable Production in India
   5. Floral and Fruit Structures in Vegetables
   6. Pollination Mechanism in Vegetables
   7. Pollination Agents and Isolation Distances for Vegetables
   8. Integrated Pest Management in Vegetable Seed Production and Storage
   9. Integrated Disease Management in Vegetables - An Innovative Approach
   10. Post Harvest Processing of Vegetable Seeds

   Part II: Quality Seed Production Solanaceous Vegetables

   1. Tomato
   2. Brinjal
   3. Chilli
   4. Capsicum
   5. Potato
   6. Okra

   Peas and Beans

   1. Peas
   2. French Bean
   3. Cowpea
   4. Cluster Bean
   5. Lablab

   Cucurbitaceous Vegetables

   1. Cucumber
   2. Water Melon
   3. Musk Melon
   4. Summer Squash
   5. Pumpkin
   6. Ash Gourd
   7. Bitter Gourd
   8. Snake Gourd
   9. Ribbed Gourd
   10. Bottle Gourd
   11. Sponge Gourd

   Cole Vegetables

   1. Cabbage
   2. Cauliflower
   3. Knol Khol

   Root Vegetables

   1. Carrot
   2. Radish
   3. Beet Root
   4. Turnip

   Tuber Vegetables

   1. Cassava
   2. Sweet Potato
   3. Yam
   4. Taro

   Bulb Vegetables

   1. Bellary Onion
   2. Aggregatum Onion

   Leafy Vegetables

   1. Amaranthus

   Salad Vegetables

   1. Lettuce

   Perennial Vegetables

   1. Annual Moringa

   Part III: Special Topics

   1. Production and Yield Improvement in Oyster Mushroom (PleurotusSpp.)
   2. MicroArray
   3. Microbial Dynamics in The Spermosphere
   4. Agricultural Biodiversity
   5. Edible Vaccines
   6. Hydroponics - A Technology for Urbanization
   7. Establishment of Commercial Biofertilizers Unit
   Subject Index