Strawberries Production, Postharvest Management and Protection

This book provides unparalleled integration of fundamentals and most advanced management to make this strawberry crop highly remunerative besides enhancing per capita availability of fruit even in the non-traditional regions of the world.

Contents

Foreword............................................................................................................................................ix

Preface...............................................................................................................................................xi

Editors............................................................................................................................................. xiii

Contributors......................................................................................................................................xv

Introduction......................................................................................................................................xix

Chapter 1 Introduction...................................................................................................................1

V. Pandey, R. M. Sharma, R. Yamdagni, A. K. Dubey, and Tushar Uttamrao Jadhav

Chapter 2 Composition, Quality and Uses...................................................................................23

Monika Sood and Julie Dogra Bandral

Chapter 3 Structures and Functions............................................................................................. 31

R.M. Sharma, Rajesh Kumar Shukla, and Nav Prem Singh

Chapter 4 Origin, Taxonomy and Distribution............................................................................ 37

A.K. Dubey

Chapter 5 Breeding and Improvement.........................................................................................49

R.K. Salgotra, Manmohan Sharma, and Anil Kumar Singh

Chapter 6 Varieties....................................................................................................................... 81

V.K. Tripathi, R.M. Sharma, and Sanjeev Kumar

Chapter 7 Tissue Culture........................................................................................................... 121

Anil Kumar Singh, Gyanendra Kumar Rai, Sreshti Bagati, and Sanjeev Kumar

Chapter 8 Markers and Genetic Mapping.................................................................................. 141

Era Vaidya Malhotra and Madhvi Soni

Chapter 9 Climatic Requirements.............................................................................................. 161

R. Yamdagni and A.D. Sharma

Chapter 10 Soil............................................................................................................................ 169

P.K. Rai

Chapter 11 Propagation................................................................................................................ 179

Nimisha Sharma, Laxuman Sharma, and B.P. Singh

Chapter 12 Planting..................................................................................................................... 193

Biswajit Das

Chapter 13 Nutrition....................................................................................................................209

Arti Sharma and Bindiya Sharma

Chapter 14 Water Management....................................................................................................229

V. Pandey, R.M. Sharma, Dinesh Kumar, S.D. Sharma, and S.K. Jena

Chapter 15 Weed Management....................................................................................................269

Manpreet Kour and A.S. Charak

Chapter 16 Mulching...................................................................................................................289

S.K. Singh, Prashant Kalal, and Pramod Kumar

Chapter 17 Flowering................................................................................................................... 301

Kiran Kour, Bikramjit Singh, and Tanjeet Singh Chahal

Chapter 18 Pollination................................................................................................................. 321

M.S. Khan, Poonam Srivastava, and R.M. Srivastava

Chapter 19 Fruit Development..................................................................................................... 335

Sangita Yadav, Sandeep Kumar, Seema Sangwan, and Shiv K. Yadav

Chapter 20 Use of Plant Bio-regulators.......................................................................................349

V.K. Tripathi, Sanjeev Kumar, and Vishal Dubey

Chapter 21 Special Cultural Practices......................................................................................... 359

O.P. Awasthi and Sunil Kumar

Chapter 22 Protected Cultivation.................................................................................................365

K.K. Pramanick and Poonam Kashyap

Chapter 23 Soilless Culture......................................................................................................... 373

Mahital Jamwal and Nirmal Sharma

Chapter 24 Harvesting.................................................................................................................399

Sushil Sharma and Kuldeep Singh

Chapter 25 Yield and Varietal Performance................................................................................403

Sanjeev Kumar, V.K. Tripathi, and Parshant Bakshi

Chapter 26 Post-Harvest Handling and Storage.......................................................................... 411

B.V.C. Mahajan and Alemwati Pongener

Chapter 27 Value Addition........................................................................................................... 431

Julie Dogra Bandral and Monika Sood

Chapter 28 Physiological Disorders.............................................................................................445

A.K. Goswami, S.K. Singh, and Satyabrata Pradhan

Chapter 29 Integrated Disease Management............................................................................... 453

M.K. Pandey, B.K. Pandey, and A.K. Tiwari

Chapter 30 Integrated Insect Pest Management..........................................................................487

Uma Shankar and D. P. Abrol

Chapter 31 Pesticide Residues.....................................................................................................507

Tarun Verma, Beena Kumari, and Kaushik Banerjee

Chapter 32 Production Economics and Marketing...................................................................... 519

Sudhakar Dwivedi and Pawan Kumar Sharma

Chapter 33 Challenges, Potential and Future Strategies.............................................................. 531

K. Kumar

Index............................................................................................................................................... 539

Prof Radha Mohan Sharma did his doctorate in Pomology at the Dr Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan, HP (India) in 1996. Presently, he is engaged with the research on citrus improvement and rootstock research. Establishment of field gene bank of temperate fruits, identification of elite clones of walnut and Ambri apple, varietal evaluation and standardization of propagation technique of strawberry in subtropical areas and development of two acid lime varieties are among his credits. Prof Rakesh Yamdagni did his Doctorate in Horticulture at the Government Agriculture College, Kanpur under Agra University (now C. S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur) in 1969, and worked at the Punjab Agriculture University. as Assistant Professor in 1967. Dr Anil Kumar Dubey did his Doctorate in Horticulture at the C.S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur in 1996, and joined Agriculture Research Services in 1995. Presently, Dr Dubey is working as Principal Scientist at the Division of Fruits & Horticultural Technology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. Dr Vikramaditya Pandey did his Doctorate degree in Horticulture at the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (UP) in 1998, and joined the Agricultural Research Service in 1996. Presently, Dr Pandey is working as Principal Scientist (Horticulture) at the Horticultural Science Division of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, and looking after the national coordination and monitoring of various research and development issues on horticultural crops.