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Fruit cultivation encompasses various aspects such as nutritive and cultural significance, origin, history, and distribution, taxonomical and botanical description, climatic and soil adaptability, propagation technology and rootstocks, plant and fruit physiology, recommended and popular cultivars, soil and plant cultural practices technology, including water and nutritional needs, weed control, inter cropping, training and pruning, fruit thinning, fruit quality improvement, and the use of plant growth regulators, as well as special problems, harvesting and production of fruits, post-harvest fruit technology, insect-pests and diseases management, and marketing and export potential. Chapters on fruit crops have been contributed by scientists working in different Universities/Institutions and Research Stations, each focusing on their respective areas of expertise. This book will be of great value to graduate and post-graduate students in Fruit Science, fruit growers, scientists, and extension workers.