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Astral Publishing Authors Across The Globe Commercial Flowers Vol 1 3Rd Revised And Illustrated Edn by Bose T.K. C Aswath L.P. Yadav P. Pal K. Dutta Rajiv Kumar & P. Das
The book entitled \'Commercial Flowers\' edited by T.K. Bose and L.P. Yadav with comprehensive review of research on many flowers of commercial importance, 1st published in 1989 and reprinted in 1993 and 1998, was considered as a valuable scientific publication on floriculture. The book was revised with updated scientific information and several importances of flowers were also included in the 2nd edition published in 2002, in two volumes. The revised edition on \'Commercial Flowers\' was also accepted as valuable text and reference books by the students, teachers and researchers in Floriculture and Ornamental Horticulture across the World.\nDuring the last 18 years, extensive researches on various aspects including protected cultivation, \nbio-technology, improvement, post harvest management have been carried out on large number of ornamental plants grown in tropical and sub-tropical Read moreTable of ContentsFrom the Desk of Prof. T.K. Bose v Preface to the Third Edition vii List of Contributors xv 1. Importance, Uses and Scope of Ornamental Horticulture 1 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Importance and Uses 3.0 Aesthetic Benefits of Ornamental Plants 4.0 Health and Life Style Benefits of Ornamental Plants 5.0 Social Benefits of Ornamental Plants 6.0 Environmental Benefits of Ornamental Plants 7.0 Economic Benefits of Ornamental Plants 8.0 Trade of Cut Flowers, Pot Plants, Foliage and Seed 9.0 Other Economic Benefits 10.0 References. 2. Rose 47 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Importance and Uses 3.0 Origin and History 4.0 Distribution 5.0 Classification 6.0 Species and Cultivars 7.0 Genetics and Breeding 8.0 Growth and Flowering 9.0 Propagation 10.0 Open Cultivation 11.0 Greenhouse Cultivation 12.0 Diseases and Pests 13.0 Harvesting and Yield 14.0 Postharvest Management 15.0 Biotechnology Read moreAbout the Author/EditorProfessor T.K. Bose obtained his M.Sc. (Ag.) and Ph.D. degree from Calcutta University, West Bengal, India. Trained at the Royal Botanic Garden, Kew, UK. Former Secretary of the Agri-Horticultural Society of India; Project Coordinator, All India Coordinated Floriculture Improvement Project (ICAR); Professor and Head, Department of Horticulture; Dean, Faculty of Agriculture; Director of Research, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, West Bengal; Member of Scientific Advisory Committees of ICAR, CSIR (Govt. of India) and Government of West Bengal. Awarded Honoris Causa (D.Sc.) from OUAT, Bhubaneshwar and UBKV, Coochbehar, India. Guided around 45 Ph.D. students, published more than 250 research papers and authored 30 books on horticultural crops. Dr. Chenna Reddy Aswath obtained his B.Sc. (Hort), M.Sc. (Hort.) in Floriculture from University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru andcompleted his Ph.D. degree in Biotechnology from Guwhati University, Assam. He is serving as Principal Scientist in ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru and has made significant and commendable research and technological contributions in the field of Horticultural Sciences, particularly Floriculture and Biotechnology, during the past 25 yrs of his career. He is the recipient of Dr BP Pal Best Scientist Award for Agriculture from NABS, Chennai. He became FELLOW of the NABS, Chennai, ISOH, New Delhi and SAB, Dharwad, CHAI, New Delhi. He got the 2012 SAB Award of Excellence in Horticultural Biotechnology. He is a recipient of Brain pool Post-Doctoral Fellowship from South Korea Science Federation for the outstanding research contributions in Horticultural Biotechnology. His short term fellowship in Japan under INSA has recognized him among the Orchid tissue culture group. He has published more than 110 International and National publications besides several books. He has guided more than 10 post-graduate students.