Irfan Ashraf | King AbdulAziz University (KAU) Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (original) (raw)
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Food Science and Technology, 2019
Fruits and vegetables have very important place in human diet due to their nutritional status. It... more Fruits and vegetables have very important place in human diet due to their nutritional status. It is well recognized now that the area under fruits and vegetables should be increased. However, the major problem in this regard is non-availability of true to type and healthy nursery plants. Nurserymen are still using traditional methods to raise the nursery plants. The quality and production of fruits and vegetables depends on the nursery plants those are transplanted to establish orchards. Therefore, it is very important that the nursery should be established by adopting advanced technology that can provide healthy, disease-free and true to type plants to the growers. The aim of this chapter is to provide guide lines to nurserymen and growers to raise nursery plants by adopting modern techniques. This chapter provides information regarding modern nursery structures, mother stocks, characteristics of mother stocks, rootstocks, characteristics of ideal rootstocks, selection of media, t...
Food Science and Technology, 2019
Fruits and vegetables have very important place in human diet due to their nutritional status. It... more Fruits and vegetables have very important place in human diet due to their nutritional status. It is well recognized now that the area under fruits and vegetables should be increased. However, the major problem in this regard is non-availability of true to type and healthy nursery plants. Nurserymen are still using traditional methods to raise the nursery plants. The quality and production of fruits and vegetables depends on the nursery plants those are transplanted to establish orchards. Therefore, it is very important that the nursery should be established by adopting advanced technology that can provide healthy, disease-free and true to type plants to the growers. The aim of this chapter is to provide guide lines to nurserymen and growers to raise nursery plants by adopting modern techniques. This chapter provides information regarding modern nursery structures, mother stocks, characteristics of mother stocks, rootstocks, characteristics of ideal rootstocks, selection of media, t...