Horticulture Research In Central Asia: A review of Papers from Scopus Database Published for The Period of 2000-2020 (original) (raw)
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Journal of Multidisciplinary Sciences (e-ISSN: 2671-5449), 2022
Horticulture crops (fruit trees) had been grown and cultivated from ancient times in Central Asia. Few researchers have addressed the problem of this profitable sector in the former Great Silk Road, which was at the crossroads of trading avenues. Horticulture has received much attention in the last twenty years. To investigate the current state of research activity of horticulture in Central Asia, we downloaded 4205 English papers from the Scopus database between 2000-2020. We identified a total of 50 papers, and the last four years have witnessed significant growth in publication number, an average of 5 articles per year. Acta Horticulturea was one of the most productive journals. Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology (Almaty) and the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan have worked productively to study high issues. United States Department of Agriculture and Swiss National Science Foundation with Karl Popper Foundation have supported scientific activity in the region. Top 15 highly cited articles were published within funded projects with international researchers. Researchers of Central Asia focused on walnut, grape, and apple, studied on the molecular level, and cryopreservation of wild relatives for future use. Researchers less studied cherry, apricot, almond, and pomegranate crops.
Advances in horticultural science, 2016
The Afghan economy is based essentially on the primary sector and, namely, on fruit production. A cross road of trade along the "Silk route", local traditional fruitculture based on the bagh (home garden) is widely variegated in terms of species and varieties. Afghan fresh and dried fruits (namely raisins) and nuts, sweet and rich in flavors, are demanded by domestic and foreign consumers. The lack of traceability and quality of the propagation material has been considered one of the basic bottle necks hindering development of an advanced horticulture. During the period 2006-2015 the Perennial Horticulture Development Project (PHDP), funded by the EC-EuropeAid Program, has been supporting the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock of Afghanistan through a process of collection and selection of local fruit varieties in order to improve the private nursery system, as well as perennial horticulture. About 850 accessions of different fruit tree species have been col...
Home gardens of Central Asia: Reservoirs of diversity of fruit and nut tree species
PLOS ONE
Central Asia is an important center of origin for many globally valued fruit and nut tree species. Forest degradation and deforestation are cause for concern for the conservation of these valuable species, now confined to small remnant populations. Home gardens have the important function of sustaining household food consumption and income generation, and can potentially play a critical role in conserving diversity of fruit and nut trees. These systems have been very poorly documented in the scientific literature. This study contributes to filling this gap by describing the diversity of fruit and nut trees in home gardens of Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan, examining their dynamic flow of planting material and its sources, understanding their future prospects, and looking at significant differences between the three countries. Home gardens show a similar portfolio of the most abundant tree species (apple, apricot, walnut, pear, and plum). Although the diversity of tree specie...
The Central Asiatic region of cultivated plants
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The Central Asiatisc Region is commonly known as one of the primary centers of origin of cultivated plants, especially for apricots, cherries, apples, pears, pistachios, almonds, walnuts, and some vegetables. However, it lacks exact data and information about cultivated plants in this region. A comprehensive introduction and analysis will help people understand the status. The methods of literature study had been used to collect data from existing references. The aim of this study was to provide details of cultivated plants in the Central Asiatic Region for conservation and sustainable uses of plant genetic resources. As a result, 802 species of cultivated plants from 107 families and 388 genera were presented according to Mansfeld's definition. In addition, 304 wild relatives of cultivated plants and several landraces have been recorded in the Central Asiatic Region. Remarkably, the region had exported important species of vegetables, fruits and nuts to other parts of the world. The Silk Road passed through the Central Asiatic Region and had strongly promoted the exchange of cultivated plants between the East and the West. Located in the key zone of the Belt and Road Initiative, this region will continue to make great contributions to the world in terms of conservation, breeding, development and use of cultivated plants. Keywords Central Asiatic region Á Center of origin Á Diversity of nuts Á Silk Road Á Belt and Road Initiative
Acta Horticulturae
The production and marketing of horticultural crops is undergoing continuous change globally. This is due to the growing demands of consumers for safe and healthy foods, increased urbanisation of societies, the growth in scale and influence of supermarkets, the corporatisation of farming, changes in the availability of labour and the low priority given to food production by governments. Horticultural science can respond to many of these challenges through research and innovation that can seek to gain more efficient methods of crop production, refined post-harvest storage and handling methods, newer and higher value cultivars, demonstration of health benefits, and newer methods of knowledge dissemination.
2017
Afghanistan possesses a rich horticultural history, with a number of unique products, such as dried fruit, that are still renowned in various parts of the world. The period of conflict that has plagued Afghanistan for the past 40 years has, however, severely disrupted supply chains and markets for horticultural products and, in particular, hindered the ability of traders and producers to export products to high-value markets. The following sections provide an overview of the horticultural sector in Afghanistan and its various components. Section 1.1 describes the history and economic importance of horticulture in Afghanistan; section 1.2 describes the endowments and infrastructure that support the production and trade of horticultural crops in Afghanistan; section 1.3 presents an overview of the nature of horticultural inputs in Afghanistan and details methods for producing horticultural crops; section 1.4 describes the structure of post-harvest activities; section 1.5 reviews the p...
Advances in Horticultural Crops
Weser Books No 78737, Aussere Webserstr.57 02763 Zittau, Germany e-mail : weserbooks@gmail.com Website : www.weserbooks.com, 2018
This book “Advances in Horticultural Crops” has been design to provide overall understanding of all aspects related to the study of horticultural crops. In this book up to date enlarged, comprehensive and advanced book. It cover both the aspects of the subject such as brief and descriptive.This book provides an over view of the concise and clearly expressed principles and practices in horticulture crops. The aim has been to present a complete and modern view of the horticultural sciences. Keeping the aforesaid points of view, I have made an attempt to compile the latest information an all facts and all the facets of horticulture based on my experience in this subject. The literature consulted to compile this book has been duly acknowledge to augment the wider acceptability and full utility of this book some chapters with modifications have been incorporated from literature survey scientists and officials ,who helped me during this period . These might have been few errors in spite of best efforts made through carefully proof reading. We are especially thankful to everyone who help us for completing this book. We are thankful to our editors who have toiled along with me in editing the voluminous treaties. We hope that the book is useful and interesting to readers, teachers and students and would create in them the urge to know more about recent researchers going related to environment protection. We also thanks International publisher Weser Books, Germany for taking keen interest to publish the book. Dr. Joginder Singh
Uzbekistan - Strengthening the horticulture value chain
2015
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT AGRICULTRUAL SCIENCE
2011
The present investigation conducted in the temperate region of Kashmir valley revealed important underutilized vegetables consumed by the sample population and more common by the tribal communities of the surveyed region. These communities were found expert collectors of these herbs and use them for common culinary and ethnic medicinal purposes. Underutilized species hold a great genetic diversity and a vast heritage of indigenous knowledge. The new emphasis given to indigenous knowledge is creating new favourable conditions for the enhancement of these species largely maintained today by local communities. Due to the modernization the common people are forgetting these traditional foods and because of the floral and genetic erosion due to various natural causes and human interference many of these foods are near to the verge of extinction. Hence the present study was initiated to document the basics information of these lesser known food plants to plan future possibilities for popularizing these valuable herbs. These greens possess enough potential if utilized and explored up to their maximum potential through specific breeding and laboratory techniques to meet the present nutritional needs and secure the future demands.