1st Edition

Greenhouse Technology for Sustainable Agriculture

286 Pages 19 Color & 15 B/W Illustrations
by Apple Academic Press

286 Pages 19 Color & 15 B/W Illustrations
by Apple Academic Press

Providing an integrated approach to crop growth and development and the technical aspects of greenhouse cultivation and climate management, this new volume focuses on the sustainable elements of greenhouse technology that are currently available on the market. The book examines the most major issues in this dynamic and developing field that calls for innovative multidisciplinary scientific and... Read more

1. Global Trends on Greenhouse Technology Toward Sustainable Agriculture

Jaripiti Trivikrama Raju and Jagtap Priyanka Pandurang

2. Systematic Greenhouse Design, Components, Installation, and Maintenance

Jaripiti Trivikrama Raju, Harsh Upadhyay, S. R. Bhakar, B. G. Chhipa, Mudasir Ali, and Owais Bhat

3. Irrigation and Fertigation for Greenhouse Cultivation

Latrech Basma, Lasram Asma, and Boujelben Abdelhamid

4. Nursery Raising under Protected Conditions

Majid Rashid, Tajamul Hussain Malik, Khursheed Hussain, Ishfaq Ayoub, Javaid Ahmad Dar, Z. A. Bhat, Taha Mukhtar, Tawheed Amin, and Irfan Ghani

5. Green House Technology for Controlled Environment-Advances in Green House Automation and Control

Dinesh Kumar Vishwakarma, Devideen Yadav, Rohitashw Kumar, Ab. Waheed Wani, and Shahid Qayoom

6. Greenhouse Cooling and Ventilation Technologies

Rajat Mishra, P. V. Singh, Vishnu Ji Awasthi, Rohit Pratap Ojha, Navneet Sharma,  and Dilwar Singh Parihar

7. Economic Feasibility of Greenhouse Technology for Crop Production in Cold Desert Conditions

Muneeb-ur-Rehman, Barkat Hussain, and T. Angmo

8. Greenhouse Technology and Agricultural Engineering

Aseeya Wahid, Abhishek Patel, Poojitha Challa, Shilpa S. Selvan, Vijay Kumar, Shakeel Ahmad Bhat, Omar Bashir, and Tanu Malik,

9. Greenhouse Insect and Pest Management

Umer Bin Farook, S. A. Dar, Asif Rafiq, N. A. Ganie, Barkat Hussain, A. A. Khan, and Shahnawaz Ahmad Dar

10. Management of Plant Parasitic Nematodes (PPNs) in Greenhouse

Aasha Rana, Aashaq Hussain Bhat, Ashok Kumar Chaubey, and Barkat Hussain

11. Organic Management in Organic Greenhouses

Rayees Ahmad, Syed Nighat Bukhari, Shafiya Hassan, Barkat Hussain, Waseem Yousuf, A. A. Khan, and Aijaz Ahmad Wani

Biography

Shakeel Ahmad Bhat is pursuing his PhD in agricultural engineering (soil and water conservation engineering) at the College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, India. He is currently working on hydroponics technology. He is the author of scientific articles, book chapters, and two books. He has presented and participated at state, national, and international conferences, seminars, and workshops. He is also a reviewer for several international journals.

Tawheed Amin, PhD, is an Assistant Professor-cum-Junior Scientist in the Division of Food Science and Technology of Kashmir, India. He has been a Food Safety Officer in the Drug and Food Control Organization, Govt. of J&K. He has attended several national and international conferences, symposiums, and workshops and has presented poster papers. He has to his credit several national and international papers and popular articles. He holds a PhD in Food Technology from the Division of Food Science and Technology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Kashmir, India.

Omar Bashir, PhD, is an Assistant Professor-cum-Junior Scientist (Food Technology and Nutrition) in the Department of Food Technology and Nutrition, Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India. He has published research and review papers, book chapters, and magazine articles. He has attended several national and international conferences and workshops. He was awarded by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MOFPI), India, for contributing to the concept of emerging technologies for powdered foods. He also has to his credit editorial board memberships for various reputed journals.

Shafat Ahmad Khan  is working as an Assistant Professor in the College of Dairy and Food Technology, Jaipur, at Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, India. He has a bachelor’s from Sher-e-Kashmir University of Sciences and Technology Kashmir. He qualified GATE exam and was awarded a fellowship to pursue his master’s degree in food process engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. He has been awarded many projects and his research areas include extraction, greenhouse solar drying, refrigeration, and controlled atmosphere (CA) storage.