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Farm experts discuss future research priorities in horticulture

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Posted: Nov 08, 2012 at 0226 hrs IST

Ludhiana Farm experts from across the world deliberated on various aspects of horticulture during the second-day of the 5th Indian Horticultural Congress on “Horticulture for Food and Environment Security,” underway at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU). The technical sessions on global scenario of horticulture, new tools and novel biotechnological applications in horticulture, future research priorities and hi-tech interventions in horticulture; and mitigation and management of biotic and abiotic stresses in horticultural crops, were held.

The speakers hailed from renowned agricultural institutions and organizations of Canada, Austria, Italy, Australia and Indian states like New Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra.

During the horticultural congress, the experts dwelt upon the research priorities in vegetable crops, floriculture, and tropical and sub-tropical fruits; present status of temperate horticulture; opportunities for urban and peri-urban horticulture in India; potential and scope of high-value vegetable crops for domestic and export markets. The farm experts also delved upon the future prospects of fruit biotechnology and scope of nanotechnology in horticulture.

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