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Astral Publishing Authors Across The Globe Commercial Flowers Vol 2 3Rd Revised And Illustrated Edn by Bose T.K. C Aswath Reeta Bhatia K. Dutta Rajiv Kumar & T N Saha
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. During the last 18 years, extensive researches on various aspects including protected cultivation, bio-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. Bulbous Plants in Ornamental Horticulture 1 1.0 Importance and Uses 2.0 Season of Flowering of Bulbous Plants 3.0 Bulbous Plants for Rock Garden 4.0 Research and Development on Bulbous Ornamental Plants 5.0 References. 2. Lotus 11 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Importance and Uses 3.0 Origin, History and Distribution 4.0 Species and Cultivars 5.0 Breeding 6.0 Growth and Flowering 7.0 Propagation 8.0 Soil and Climate 9.0 Cultivation 10.0 Diseases and Pests 11.0 Harvesting and Yield 12.0 Biotechnology 13.0 References. 3. Tulip 59 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Importance and Uses 3.0 Origin and History 4.0 Morphology 5.0 Species, Classification and Cultivars 6.0 Genetics and Breeding 7.0 Growth and Flowering 8.0 Propagation 9.0 Forcing 10.0 Soil and Climate 11.0 Cultivation 12.0 Diseases,Pests and Disorders 13.0 Harvesting and Postharvest Management 14.0 Biotechnology 15.0 References. 4. Lilium 125 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Importance and Uses 3.0 Origin, History and Distribution 4.0 Morphology, Species and Cultivars 5.0 Genetics and Breeding 6.0 Growth and Flowering 7.0 Propagation 8.0 Soil and Climate 9.0 Cultivation 10.0 Diseases, Pests and Disorders 11.0 Harvesting and Postharvest Management 12.0 Biotechnology 13.0 References. 5. Gladiolus 189 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Importance and Uses 3.0 Origin and History 4.0 Taxonomy 5.0 Classification 6.0 Cultivars 7.0 Genetics and Breeding 8.0 Growth and Flowering 9.0 Propagation 10.0 Dormancy of Corm and Cormels 11.0 Open Cultivation 12.0 Greenhouse Cultivation 13.0 Diseases, Pests and Disorders 14.0 Harvesting and Yield 15.0 Postharvest Management 16.0 Biotechnology 17.0 References. 6. Tuberose 357 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Importance and Uses 3.0 Origin and History 4.0 Distribution 5.0 Morphology and Classification 6.0 Species and Cultivars 7.0 Genetics and Breeding 8.0 Growth and Flowering 9.0 Propagation 10.0 Soil and Climate 11.0 Cultivation 12.0 Diseases and Pests 13.0 Harvesting and Yield 14.0 Extraction of Concrete and Absolute 15.0 Postharvest Management 16.0 Biotechnology 17.0 References. 7. Dahlia 441 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Importance and Uses 3.0 Origin, History and Morphology 4.0 Species, Classification and Cultivars 5.0 Genetics and Breeding 6.0 Growth and Flowering 7.0 Propagation 8.0 Soil and Climate 9.0 Cultivation 10.0 Greenhouse Cultivation 11.0 Diseases and Pests 12.0 Harvesting and Postharvest Management 13.0 Biotechnology 14.0 References. 8. Alstroemeria 509 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Importance and Uses 3.0 Origin, History and Distribution 4.0 Morphology, Species and Cultivars 5.0 Genetics and Breeding 6.0 Growth and Flowering 7.0 Propagation 8.0 Soil and Climate 9.0 Cultivation 10.0 Diseases and Pests 11.0 Harvesting and Postharvest Management 12.0 Biotechnology 13.0 References. 9. Amaryllis and Hippeastrum 555 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Importance and Uses 3.0 Origin, History and Distribution 4.0 Morphology and Classification 5.0 Species and Cultivars 6.0 Genetics and Breeding 7.0 Growth and Flowering 8.0 Propagation 9.0 Soil and Climate 10.0 Cultivation 11.0 Diseases and Pests 12.0 Harvesting and Postharvest Management 13.0 Biotechnology 14.0 References. 10. Peony 611 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Importance and Uses 3.0 Origin and History 4.0 Taxonomy, Morphology and Classification 5.0 Species and Cultivars 6.0 Genetics and Breeding 7.0 Growth and Flowering 8.0 Propagation 9.0 Soil and Climate 10.0 Cultivation 11.0 Diseases and Pests 12.0 Harvesting and Postharvest Management 13.0 Yield 14.0 Biotechnology 15.0 References. 11. Anemone 659 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Importance and Uses 3.0 Origin and History 4.0 Morphology and Classification 5.0 Species and Cultivars 6.0 Genetics and Breeding 7.0 Growth and Flowering 8.0 Propagation 9.0 Soil and Climate 10.0 Cultivation 11.0 Harvesting and Postharvest Management 12.0 Diseases, Pests and Disorders 13.0 Biotechnology 14.0 References. 12. Canna 685 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Importance and Uses 3.0 Origin and History 4.0 Taxonomy 5.0 Species and Cultivars 6.0 Genetics and Breeding 7.0 Growth and Flowering 8.0 Propagation 9.0 Soil and Climate 10.0 Cultivation 11.0 Diseases and Pests 12.0 Harvesting and Overwintering of Canna 13.0 Biotechnology 14.0 References. 13. Ornithogalum 707 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Importance and Uses 3.0 Origin and History 4.0 Taxonomy 5.0 Species and Cultivars 6.0 Genetics and Breeding 7.0 Growth and Flowering 8.0 Propagation 9.0 Soil and Climate 10.0 Cultivation 11.0 Diseases and Pests 12.0 Harvesting and Postharvest Management 13.0 Bulb Storage 14.0 Biotechnology 15.0 References. 14. Achimenes 731 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Importance and Uses 3.0 Origin and History 4.0 Morphology 5.0 Species and Cultivars 6.0 Genetics and Breeding 7.0 Growth and Flowering 8.0 Propagation 9.0 Soil and Climate 10.0 Cultivation 11.0 Harvesting and Postharvest Management 12.0 Diseases and Pests 13.0 Biotechnology 14.0 References. 15. Torch Ginger 745 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Importance and Uses 3.0 Origin and History 4.0 Taxonomy 5.0 Species 6.0 Genetics and Breeding 7.0 Growth and Flowering 8.0 Propagation 9.0 Soil and Climate 10.0 Cultivation 11.0 Harvesting and Postharvest Management 12.0 Diseases and Pests 13.0 Biotechnology 14.0 References. 16. Victoria Lily 761 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Importance and Uses 3.0 Origin and History 4.0 Taxonomy 5.0 Species and Cultivars 6.0 Genetics and Breeding 7.0 Propagation 8.0 Soil and Climate 9.0 Cultivation 10.0 Diseases, Pests and Disorders 11.0 Biotechnology 12.0 References. 17. Kniphofia 775 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Importance and Uses 3.0 Origin and Distribution 4.0 Morphology, Species and Cultivars 5.0 Genetics and Breeding 6.0 Propagation 7.0 Soil and Climate 8.0 Cultivation 9.0 Diseases and Pests 10.0 Harvesting and Postharvest Management 11.0 Biotechnology 12.0 References. Index 797