Horticultural crops

Horticultural crops play a unique role in increasing the income of rural people. A lot of employment opportunities are generated in rural areas due to the cultivation of horticultural crops. Moreover, fruits and vegetables provide essential vitamins, minerals, proteins, carbohydrates, etc. to human beings. Thus, the adoption of horticultural crops will increase income through an increase in productivity. There is a need to improve the resistance/ tolerance level of these crops against various biotic and multiple abiotic stresses for enhancing their yield as well as stability.
Combined efforts of plant breeders and physiologists have brought out many cultivars of these crops tolerant to the multiple stresses i.e. reduced moisture and drought-like conditions which are likely to get intensified due to climate change.