Due to the much neede changes in the new syllabus prescribed by the ICAR for Agricultural Sciences, there has been a need for a book that covers the aspect of Temperate Fruits and Nuts, and Temperate Fruits and Nuts: Comprehensive Guide aims to fill that need. The book has twenty chapters covering all major fruits and nuts and their introduction, uses, area, production and productivity, climate and soil, botanical description, cultivars, plant propagation, rootstocks, planting, training and pruning, manures and fertilizers, irrigation management, interculture, flowering and pollination, thinning of fruits, weed management, insect-pests management, disease management, physiological disorders, maturity stage and indices, harvesting and yield and storage and marketing. Glossary containing related terms have also been given for easier understanding of crucial elements of the curriculum.

Temperate Fruits
1. Apple
2. Pear
3. Peach
4. Plum
5. Apricot
6. Cherry
7. Strawberry
8. Kiwi fruit
9. Persimmon
10. Raspberry
11. Kafal
12. Seabuckthorn
13. Olive
Temperate Nuts
14. Almond
15. Walnut
16. Chestnut
17. Pecan nut
18. Hazel nut
19. Pistachionut
20. Chilgoza