Commercial orchids / / Lakshman Chandra De, [and others]; managing editor, Magdalena Golachowska; language editor, Emefa Monu.

Orchids account for a large share of global floriculture trade both as cut flowers and as potted plants, and are estimated to comprise around 10% of international fresh cut flower trade. The average value of fresh cut orchids and buds trade during 2007-2012 was US 483 million. In 2012, there are mor...

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Place / Publishing House:Warsaw, [Poland] ;, Berlin, [Germany] : : De Gruyter Open,, 2014.
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Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (301 pages) :; illustrations, charts; digital, PDF file(s).
Notes:Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Table of Contents:
  • Front matter
  • Contents
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Global Orchid Industry
  • 3 Biodiversity, Conservation and Bio-piracy of Genetic Resources in India
  • 4 Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Valuable species
  • 5 Breeding Approaches for Improved Genotypes
  • 6 Production of Quality Planting Materials
  • 7 Physiology of Temperate and Tropical Orchids
  • 8 Climate Change and its Impact on Orchid Productivity
  • 9 Production Technology of Commercial Epiphytic Orchids for Cut flowers
  • 10 Production Technology of Commercial Terrestrial Orchids for Cut Flowers
  • 11 Orchids for Pot Culture/ Hanging Baskets/ Tree Mounting
  • 12 Medicinal and Aromatic Orchids
  • 13 Post-harvest Management of Cut Flowers of Commercial Orchids
  • 14 Value Addition in Orchids
  • 15 Marketing
  • References
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables