Sustainable Horticultural Systems: Issues, Technology and Innovation

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Sustainable Vegetable Production: Caribbean Perspective....Pages 3-17
Horticulture Based Production Systems in Indian Arid Regions....Pages 19-49
Principles and Practices of Sustainable Vegetable Production Systems....Pages 51-78
A Small-Scale Integrated Farm System in a Tropical Insular Environment of Guam: A Case Study....Pages 79-93
Impacts of Vulnerabilities and Climate Change on Sustainable Agriculture for Caribbean Small Island Developing States (CSIDS)....Pages 95-126
Front Matter....Pages 127-127
Agroforestry in the Caribbean, Traditional Systems, both Sustainable and Biodiverse....Pages 129-142
Role of Horticulture in Biodiversity Conservation....Pages 143-155
Avocado History, Biodiversity and Production....Pages 157-205
Orchid Fruit Diversity at Puebla Mexico: A New Insight into the Biodiversity of a Fragmented Ecosystem with Need for Conservation and Potential for Horticultural Exploitations in Future....Pages 207-220
Front Matter....Pages 221-221
Advances in Microbial Insect Control in Horticultural Ecosystem....Pages 223-252
Plant Breeding: A Tool for Achieving Food Sufficiency....Pages 253-274
Transcriptome Analysis of Musa and its Applications in Banana Improvement....Pages 275-299
 Commiphora wightii (Arnott.) Bhandari in the Indian Desert: Biology, Distribution and Threat Status....Pages 301-313
Risk Assessments and Management Practices for the Major Invasive Plants Recorded in the Horticultural Ecosystem of the Western Pacific....Pages 315-327
Genetic Resources of Vegetable Crops: Indian Perspective....Pages 329-351
Plant Disease Prevention and Management in Sustainable Agricultural Systems....Pages 353-384
Back Matter....Pages 385-395