Jeet Ram Sharma

The book Fundamentals of Horticulture covers the topics such as importance and scope, classification, soil and climate, planning and layout, dormancy, juvenility, flowering, pollination, reproduction, unfruitfulness, fruiting, fruit drop, propagation and propagation structures, application of growth regulators, irrigation, manure and fertilizers etc., with pictorial and graphic representations to understand the concepts clearly. This book may be helpful for students of graduation in horticulture/ agriculture, post-graduation and preparation for JRF/SRF/NET and other competitive examinations. It will also serve the purpose of researchers, extension workers, orchardist and others interested in fruit cultivation. This book contains basic information which are generated on long term basis by different researchers, the authors have complied the informations in their best ways. In spite of their best efforts, they do not claim this book is complete in all sense it may have some shortcomings, the authors will be really grateful to receive the suggestions and criticism from the readers for improvement and incorporation in forthcoming issues.