Physiological Disorders of Vegetable Crops

AUTHOR: K.L. Bhat
PUBLISHER: Daya Publishing House
ISBN: 9788170355915
YEAR: 2009
PAGES: 266
SIZE: 14 X 22 X 1.5 cms.
BINDING: Hard
LANGUAGE: English

ABOUT THE BOOK: Vegetables form an important part of our diet. The quality of vegetables that we consume is influenced by deficiency or excess of mineral elements, hormonal imbalance, improper pollination or fertilization/ injuries due to adverse climatic and growing conditions and some physiological factors.
This book provides scientific knowledge on the role of both major and minor nutrients, adverse climatic and other related factors in the growth and development of physiological disorders of vegetable crops, making them unfit for human consumption
An attempt has been made in this book to give as much information as possible regarding causes, symptoms and the role of elements and temperature associated in the development of the avoidable disorders.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Dr. Kanaya Lal Bhat Professor, Division of Vegetable Science and Floriculture, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (J& K). Dr. Bhat received his Ph.D. in Vegetable Science from HPKV, Palampur(HP) in 2004. He has taught vegetable science courses to M.Sc. and Ph.D. students at SKUAST K and SKUAST Jammu for about 20 years and has guided a number of M.Sc. and a Ph. D student in the discipline of vegetable production. He is author of numerous research papers and has written extensively in scientific press and for the general public. He has participated in several national seminars and workshops on vegetable. He has to his credit one book viz., Minor Vegetables lln-tapped Potential, which has received wide acclaim from the students of agriculture, horticulture and vegetable growers.

CONTENTS:

Preface

1. Introduction

2. Physiological Disorders of Tomato
Blossom-end rot, Blotchy ripening, Cat face. Growth cracks, Puffiness, Sun scald, 'Yellow top, Large core. Sun burn, Cloud spot, Pox, Blossom drop, Waxy blister. Gray wall, Green shoulder, Gold specks, Collar rot, Watery fruit, Apical necrosis, Toxic effects, Shedding of flower or fruit and other Blemishes.

3. Potato and Peppers
Hollow heart, Brown center, Internal rust spot, Vascular discolouration, Black heart, Tip burn. Black spot or Bruising of tubers. Greening of tubers. Growth cracking, Translucent end tubers., Jelly end rot. Chilling injury, Freezing injury-Freezing solid, Turning sweet, Internal frost necrosis. High temperature injury, Ring and net necrosis, Ageing of seed tubers-Scorching, Legginess, Strings of tubers. Cracks & hollowness, Excess lenticel, Production, Coloured patches, Button rot

4. Physiological Disorders of Cole Crops
Cauliflower-Whip tail, Buttoning, Riceyness, Browning, Blindness, Hollow stem, Pinking, Chlorosis, Frost injury, Leafiness, Premature head &• flower formation & Grey dots, Cabbage-Tip bum, Black petiole, Black peck, Bolting & Red heart, Broccoli-Internal tip burn, Heat injury, Brussels sprout-Loose sprouts.

5. Physiological Disorders of Other Vegetable Crops
Lettuce—Tip burn, Red heart, Premature yellowing, Big vein, Bolting, Russet spotting, Rib discoloration, Internal rib necrosis, Pink rib. Rusty brown discoloration, Brown stain. Low oxygen injury & other disorders, Carrot-Cavity spot, scab spot, splitting, bitterness. Drought, Root cracks, Bolting Beet & Chard-Internal black spot. Tip burn, Brown heart, Bean & Lima bean-Ball head & sneak head, French bean-Sunscald, Delayed flowering and pod development,Cotyledon cracking & Sun scald, Yam bean-Heat injury & Sun scald, Runner beans-Pod ageing or discolouring, Celery-Cracked stem, Black heart, Pithiness, Chlorosis, Pencil strip, Hollow leafstalks, Bolting & Hypocotyl necrosis, Onion-Bolting, Splitting and doubling of bulbs, Scorching, Cracking & Bolting, Garlic-Sprouting of bulbs. Straw berry-Albinism, Scolding & Tip burn, Asparagus-Tip rust, Die back, Mushroom-Distortion, Water lodging and Pinning, Chicory, Reddish & Turnip, Watermelon-Blossom-end Rot, Muskmelon, Pumpkin, Cucumber, Spinach, Artichoke, Sweet potato, Taro, Endive £v Maize.

6. Abiotic Disorders of Vegetable Crops
Low temperature disorders. Chilling injury. Freezing stress, Light injury. High temperature injury

7. Disorders in Vegetables Attributed to Controlled Atmosphere (CA)
Disorders attributed to control atmosphere, Role of nutrient element in vegetable production. Management of mineral disorder symptoms. Essential elements, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium, Factors affecting availability of micro-nutrients, Calcium, magnesium, sulphur, boron, molybdenum, copper, manganese, iron and zinc. Mineral related disorders, Toxicity of minerals- Air pollution damage (Ozone, nitrogen dioxide, Sulphur dioxide), Fertilizer application techniques- Time and methods of application

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Index