S. K. Datta – författare

Bougainvillea is a significant crop in floriculture, particularly for its multipurpose use. It thrives well in tropical and subtropical conditions and has been the subject of extensive research in India, covering various aspects such as germplasm collection, breeding, mutagenesis, cytogenetics, disease management, tissue culture, and flower dehydration. The book aims to document the research and demonstrations conducted by Indian scientists, nurserymen, and bougainvillea enthusiasts over the past 50 years, providing a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the crop.The books main objective is to offer a coherent and concise summary of all the work done in India on bougainvillea, with a focus on recent advancements. It covers various topics, including the history of the crop, species and varieties, origin, horto-taxonomical characteristics, nursery culture, development of new varieties, cytogenetics, characterization methods, post-harvest management, in vitro propagation, and dehydration.This book will be beneficial not only for researchers but also for horticulturists, nurserymen, amateur growers, enthusiasts, city and industry planners, as it will provide valuable data and serve as a reference material for future research activities in this area.

The book is relevant to all those who wish to know why and how terrorism shifted from West Asia to South and Southeast Asia and Africa. This significant shift needs to be studied in depth for policy formulation and future strategy. The book will reveal that the so called Islamic Terrorism is traceable to Pakistan from concept to reality. Pakistan as a state has provided the platform for outward and inward march of Jihadis. For this to happen, the ISI has been playing the principal role. Thus, the focus in this book is on ISI as an instrument of spreading jihadi culture in Pakistan and elsewhere.

The book is relevant to all those who wish to know why and how terrorism shifted from West Asia to South and Southeast Asia and Africa. This significant shift needs to be studied in depth for policy formulation and future strategy. The book will reveal that the so called Islamic Terrorism is traceable to Pakistan from concept to reality. Pakistan as a state has provided the platform for outward and inward march of Jihadis. For this to happen, the ISI has been playing the principal role. Thus, the focus in this book is on ISI as an instrument of spreading jihadi culture in Pakistan and elsewhere.

Bougainvillea is a highly significant crop in the field of floriculture due to its versatile uses. It thrives in tropical and subtropical climates, making it well-suited for cultivation in many regions. A substantial amount of research has been conducted in India on Bougainvillea, encompassing various aspects such as germplasm collection, improvement and breeding, induced mutagenesis, cytogenetics, disease management, tissue culture, and flower dehydration. This book aims to provide an exhaustive and all-inclusive documentation of the research and demonstrations carried out by Indian scientists, nurserymen, and bougainvillea enthusiasts over the past 50 years.The primary objective of this book is to present a cohesive and concise summary of all the work done in India on bougainvillea, with a focus on recent advancements. The book delves into various aspects, including the history, primary species and varieties, origin, horto-taxonomic characteristics, nursery culture, techniques for cultivating new varieties, cytogenetics, characterization methods, post-harvest management, in vitro propagation, and flower dehydration.This book will be invaluable not only to researchers but also to horticulturists, nurserymen, amateur growers, enthusiasts, city and industrial planners. It will aid in devising future research strategies for bougainvillea and serve as a valuable resource for upcoming research endeavors in this field.

The volume on oilseed crops is developed as a part of a series on “Handbook of Agrobiodiversity: Conservation and Use of Plant Genetic Resources”. The handbook would function as a ready reference book for availability of PGR globally, along with specific source, wherefrom they can be procured, and used breeding programs, particularly to overcome various crop production constraints and to improve productivity and quality. The volume on floriculture and ornamental plants will be the source of basic information on origin and evolution and global dispersal of cultivated species of ornamentals. Presently, floriculture has established its credibility in improving income through increased productivity, generating employment and in enhancing exports. All research and developmental activities on ornamental crops are essentially multi-disciplinary in nature recognizing local issues as well as country issue. Floriculture is developing as an area of high technology based frontier interdisciplinary area on scientific excellence. Floriculture has progressed both scientifically and commercially due to concentrated efforts made on multidisciplinary research. It is developing as an area of high technology based frontier interdisciplinary area on scientific excellence. The volume will contain all information about different ornamentals. This shall be put together to develop a complete documentation of the results of the research and demonstrations conducted by different scientists. The volume will provide an illustrated horto-taxonomical account of important ornamental species and cultivars, germplasm status and their usages, propagation, nursery management, techno-economics, conventional breeding, induced mutagenesis, new varieties, cytogenetics, tissue culture, characterization of varieties, dehydration of flowers etc. This volume will give a coherent and concise account on recent developments. It will deal with all the important and relevant aspects of floriculture. The publication of this volume is planned to reveal multifarious activities done on different aspects of floriculture so that innovations made so far can be used judiciously for this sector. This book shall provide authoritative review account of many aspects of current interest and progress in the field of floriculture. The topics included in the book are interdisciplinary and cater not only classical floriculture but also relevant modern aspects. The book will provide valuable data on different aspects and will be widely accepted by by professional scientists, researchers, teachers, students, floriculturists, technocrats and planners. The volume will be an invaluable asset to floriculture scientists.