Textbook of Underexploited Vegetable Crops

Horticulture is gaining importance as it gives more return per unit area and also gives nutritious food to human beings thereby improves quality oflife and enhances the aesthetic beauty in nature. Vegetables play major role in different National Developmental programmes to alleviate hunger and malnutrition. India is a second most leading vegetable producer with total area 10.29 million ha, total production and share 175.01 million MT and 59.3 per cent and with productivity of 17.01 MT/ha. A good number of vegetables grown traditionally for human consumption with higher nutritive value, but proper information of these underutilized vegetables is quite scanty. These Underexploited vegetables can improve the nutrient consumption of the human being of daily life. Many of the Underexploited vegetable are in the way of endangering. Very little number of books is available with the scientific crop management practices of this section of vegetable crops. Considering the above facts this book was written for dissemination better knowledge of Underexploited vegetable crops. The Textbook of Underexploited Vegetable Crops has been provide a valuable information on the production to the upcoming collection of literature for both undergraduate and post graduate level students.Underexploited Vegetable production deals with the scientific crop details, introduction, origin and distribution, brief taxonomy, importance and uses, nutritive value, improved varieties, climate, soil, planting requirements, nutrient management, water management, intercultural operations, harvesting, yield, plant protection and post harvest aspects.