Encyclopaedia of Horticulture and Allied Terms Volume 1 and 2

BOOK NAME: Encyclopaedia of Horticulture and Allied Terms Volume 1 & 2
AUTHOR: A.B. Sharangi
PUBLISHER: Daya Publishing House
ISBN: 9788170355724
YEAR: 2009
PAGES: 599
SIZE: 15.5 X 24.5 X 4.5 cms.
BINDING: Hard
LANGUAGE: English

ABOUT THE BOOK: The book "Encyclopaedia of Horticulture and Allied Terms" is a humble attempt to bring all the important and related terms together and to define each term with utmost care, accuracy and completeness to provide a rational understanding which is readily accessible for the students, teachers, amateur gardeners, corporate sectors, and all professionals associated with Horticulture. The book includes the broad and diverse areas of Agriculture, Horticulture, Botany, Plant Pathology, Entomology, Genetics, Breeding, Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering, Soil Science, Chemistry, Farm management, Economics, Sociology, Statistics, Medicine, Agricultural Engineering, Agro-meteorology, etc. in general and Pomology, Olericulture, Spices, Tea, Coffee, Rose, Wine, Post Harvest Technology, Processing, Bonsai, Flower arrangement, Pollen/Spore, Pesticides, Manures / Fertilizers, Natural / Synthetic chemicals. Instruments/ Implements/ Tools, Quality management. Water, etc in particular.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Dr. A. B. Sharangi is working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Spices and Plantation Crops, Faculty of Horticulture, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (Agricultural University), Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, India. He has teaching experiences at UG and PG level for more than ten years in this discipline and is engaged in research works with various Projects funded by different agencies. Being a brilliant scholar all throughout he served as a scientist in the All India Coordinated Research Project on Palms and attended several workshops and conferences at different places of the country. He has vast experience in the field of Spices crop production and value addition. Sponsored by the fellowship from the Ministry of Agriculture as well as by that of the External Affairs of Israel, he has visited the country and has an extensive training experience on quality horticultural crop production. On several occasions he has also visited countries like Thailand and Bangladesh. He has in his credit over 50 published research papers in various national and international peer-reviewed journals, seven books and popular articles (English, Hindi and Bengali).

CONTENTS:
Foreword
Prologue
- Volume 1 -
1. Horticultural Terms
2. Terms of Botany
3. Manures and Fertilizer Terms
4. Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Terms
5. Pesticide Terms

- Volume 2-
6. Plant Pathology Terms
7. Plant Breeding & Genetics Terms
8. Soil Science Terms
9. Pollen & Spore Terms
10. Water and Water-'Related Terms
11. Quality Management Terms
12. Crop Science Terms
13. Rose Glossary
14. Tea, Coffee and Wine Terms
15. Statistical Terms
16. Entomology Terms
17. Instruments, Implements and Tools Used in Horticulture
18. Bonsai and Flower Arrangement Terms
19. Natural and Synthetic Chemicals Used in Horticulture
20. Some Medicinal/Medical Terms
21. Some Special Terminologies Collected from Different Sources
References