Olericulture in Modern Era / Joginder Singh (ed) & Anant Kumar (ed).

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Joginder Singh
Joginder Singh has been a celebrated Indian Police Service Officer. He retired as distinguished career from 1961 to 1997 His father, late Mahant Kartar Singh was the biggest “ Positive Thinker” according to him. Mr Singh is a well known columnist to several newspapers, writer, thinker and stylist. He has authored 35 books, so far, with many more in the pipeline. Some of his books have been translated in other Indian languages, also one in Bhasha Indonesia. He is in great demand, both as an author, and a motivational speaker, as ten of his self development. His columns appear regularly both in national and regional dailies in English and vernacular languages. Dimension of his learning and many facts of his personality are reflected in all his writings.

The present book contains thirty one chapters focusing on the role of biofertilizers in organic vegetable production, cultivation of sprouting broccoli, protection of plant varieties and farmers right act and its importance in horticulture, site specific nutrient management for increasing fertilizer use efficiency, integrated pest management: a holistic approach towards sustainable agriculture, approaches for biofortification in vegetable crops, role of vegetables as nutraceuticals, in vitro approaches for vegetable crops improvement, biochemcial basis of stress resistance in vegetable crops, hybrid seed production techniques in vegetable crops, vegetable grafting: for combating stresses and to increase productivity, potential of wild species for genetic enhancement in pigeonpea, underexploited and underutilized vegetable crops of North-eastern region of India, unutilized vegetables grown in Jammu, lycopene: an importance antioxidant for human health, air pollution and its impact on vegetable crops, breeding for pest resistance in vegetable crops: a review, vegetable production under protected conditions, nursery management in vegetables, Hydroponics: an advanced technique for sustainable green fodder production, cultivation of mushroom, prospective of e-commerce in agriculture, prevalence of anemia in under 1-5 year children: a medical institution-based study, programme planning, importances and their objectives, microarray technology in genomics, information and communication technology in agriculture, Cyber extension: an initiative for research, Extension and communication, Oil and Gas companies, women empowerment schemes, Advance training technology and basics of learning and teaching.