Sustainable Horticultural Systems : Issues, Technology and Innovation - Nandwani, Dilip; SpringerLink (Online service) (Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014)
Section A: Sustainable Horticultural Systems. 1. Sustainable Vegetable Production Systems in the Caribbean; Velta Fenis-Napoleaon, Dilip Nandwani -- 2. Horticulture Based Production Systems in Indian Arid Regions; D.C. Bhandari et al -- 3. Principles and practices of sustainable vegetable production systems; Ajay Nair et al -- 4. A Small Integrated Farm System in a Tropical Insular Environment of Guam - A Case Study; Mari Marutani, John Brown -- 5. Impacts of Vulnerabilities and Climate Change on Sustainable Agriculture for Caribbean Small Island Developing States (CSIDS); Rohanie Maharaj, Dimple Singh-Ackbarali -- Section B : Biodiversity in Sustainable Horticultural Systems. 6. Agroforestry in the Caribbean, Traditional Systems, both Sustainable and Biodiverse; Michael Morgan, Thomas Zimmermann -- 7. Role of Horticulture in Biodiversity Conservation; Nidhi Gupta, Ashwani Kumar -- 8. Avocado History, Biodiversity and Production; Tomas Ayala Silva, Noris Ledesma -- 9. Orchid fruit diversity at Puebla Mexico: A new insight into the biodiversity of a fragmented ecosystem with need for conservation and potential for horticultural exploitations in future; William Cetzal-Ix et al -- Section C : Breeding and Improvement in Sustainable Horticultural Systems -- 10. Advances in Microbial Insect Control in Horticultural Ecosystem; Shaohui Wu et al -- 11. Plant Breeding: A Tool for Achieving Food Sufficiency; M.K.Osei et al -- 12. Transcriptome analysis of Musa and its applications in banana improvement; S. Backiyarani et al -- 13. Commiphora wightii (Arnott.)Bhandari in the Indian Desert: Biology, Distribution and Threat Status; R. N. Kulloli, Suresh Kumar -- 14. Risk Assessments and Management Practices for the Major Invasive Plants Recorded in the Horticultural Ecosystem on Western Pacific; Gadi V.P. Reddy -- 15. Genetic Resources of Vegetable Crops: Indian Perspective; Anjula Pandey -- 16. Plant Disease Prevention and Management in Sustainable Agricultural Systems; Koon-Hui Wang, Janice Uchida. Index.
Keywords: Agriculture; Biodiversity; Plant breeding; Plant science; Botany; Agriculture; Biodiversity; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Plant Sciences