About the Book
Efforts Have Been Made To Provide The Maximum Information About The Nutritive And Medicinal Value, Origin And Distribution, Area Of Cultivation, Genus And Different Species, Cytogenetic, Botanical Description Including Flowering And Fruiting, Varieties, Suitable Climate And Soil, Different Methods Of Propagation Including Micropropagation, All Aspects Of Cultivation, Insect-Pest, Diseases And Their Control, Physiological Disorder And Their Control Measures, Harvesting, Yield, Post Harvest Management And Storage, Value Addition, Economics Of Cultivation, Trade And Marketing And Future Research Thrust Of Individual Crop In Such A Way That The Informationmay Be Easily Transmitted Among The Scientists, Researchers, Students, Policy Makers And Entrepreneur Who Are Intended To Cultivate, Promote And Work For Value Addition For Domestic And Medicinal Purposes. In This Book (Part-I And II) Sixty Eight Underutilized Fruit Crops Have Been Included Viz., Aonla, Avocado, Babaco, Bael, Barbados Cherry, Indian Barberry, Ber, Bilimbi, Black Mulberry, Blackberry, Bread Fruit, Burans, Burmese Grape, Cactus Pear, Cattley Guava, Chestnut, Chironji, Cranberry, Durian, Fig, Hazelnut, Horse Chestnut, Indian Almond, Indian Persimmon, Jamun, Kaiphal, Kair, Karonda, Khejri, Khirni, Kiwifruit, Kokum, Loganberry, Longan, Loquat, Mahua, Mangosteen, Manila Tamarind, Melon Pear, Minor Fruits In Bangladesh, Monkey Jack, Noni, Olive, Passion Fruit, Pecan Nut, Phalsa, Pistachio Nut, Pummelo, Quince, Rambutan, Raspberry, Rose Apple, Sapota, Singhara, Sohiong, Sohshang, Sour Cherry, Star Gooseberry, Surinam Cherry, Tamarillo, Tamarind, Tendu, Velvet Apple, Water Chestnut, White Sapote, Wild Apricot, Wild Peach And Wood Apple
About the Author :
Dr. S.N.Ghosh (Dr. Satyanarayan Ghosh) started his career as Junior Horticulturist (Assistant Professor) in All India Co-coordinated Research Project in Cashew, where he worked for a period of almost more than 7-years after which he joined as Associate Professor and later as Professor of Horticulture on 27.07.1998. During his service as Junior Horticulturist, most significant achievement was release of a cashew variety-JHARGRAM-1 as well as development of package and practices for cultivation of cashew in West Bengal. Another significant achievement during his carrier was popularization of Mosambi-sweet orange in West Bengal through development and dissemination of location-specific production technology. For his significant contribution in Citrus, "Dr. Shyam Singh Best Scientist Award on Citrus Research -2009-2010", was conferred upon Dr. Ghosh by National Research Centre for Citrus (ICAR, Govt. of India), Nagpur, India. Success story of his last 20 years of concentrated efforts is introduction of grapes in West Bengal. He has developed technology for higher production of sweet table grapes in West Bengal. Besides, he has developed number of technologies for cultivation of Aonla, Pomegranate, Sapota, Ber, Bael, Custard apple, Jackfruit, Water apple, Wood apple, Mango, Guava, Karonda and Fig in red and laterite zone of West Bengal. Dr. Ghosh shouldered additional responsibilities in many administrative position like Officer-in-Charge of All India Coordinated Research Project on Cashew (BCKV Centre); Associate Director of Research of the Regional Research Station, Jhargram, West Bengal; Head, Department of Fruits and Orchard Management, B.C.K.V. and Dean, Faculty of Horticulture, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, West Bengal. He had organized one National and one International Symposium on Minor Fruits in 2006 and 2011 respectively. International Society of Minor Fruits, Medicinal & Aromatic Plants (ISMFM&AP) with its head quarter in Sri Lanka, has been formed under dynamic leadership of Dr. Ghosh. The society (ISMFM&AP) has started publication of journal- International Journal of Minor Fruits, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants and Dr. Ghosh is associated with the journal as Editor-in-Chief. Dr. Ghosh successfully guided 9 Ph.D. students and 9 M.Sc. students and handled 12 Research Projects as Principal Investigator funded by ICAR, State Government and Private Organizations. He has published more than 185 research papers in different reputed journals at national and international level. He has visited a number of countries like Morocco, China, Malaysia, Portugal, USA, Azerbaijan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh and presented his research papers in International conference, seminar/ symposium. He has published 3 nos. edited-breeding books on fruit crops viz., i. Tropical and Sub-tropical Fruit Crops: Crop Improvement and varietal wealth (Part-I and Part-II), ii. Temperate Fruit Crop Breeding: Domestication to Cultivar Development (Part-I and Part-II and iii. Breeding of underutilized fruit crops (Part-I and Part-II).
