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Block 3
:
Case Studies
Unit I:
Response to Climate Change: Case studies – responses of fruit trees to
climatic variability 
vis-a-vis
tolerance and adaptation; role of fruit tree
in carbon sequestration.
VII. Teaching Methods/ Activities
• Class room Lectures
• Student Seminars/ Presentations
• Field Tours/ Demonstrations
• Assignments
VIII. Learning outcome
After the successful completion of the course, the students are expected to have
learnt
• Nature and extent of altered behaviour or damage due to climate change
• Methods to assess the adverse effects
• Approaches to mitigate the effect due to climatic variability
IX. Suggested Reading
Dhillon WS and Aulakh PS. 2011. 
Impact of Climate Change in Fruit Production
. Narendra
Publishing House, New Delhi.
Peter KV. 2008. 
Basics in Horticulture
. New India Publishing Agency, New Delhi.
Ramirez F and Kallarackal J. 2015. 
Responses of Fruit Trees to Global Climate Change
. Spinger-
Verlag.
Rao GSLHV. 2008. 
Agricultural Meteorology
. Prentice Hall, New Delhi.
Rao GSLHV, Rao GGSN, Rao VUM and Ramakrishnan YS. 2008. 
Climate Change and
Agriculture over India
. ICAR, New Delhi.
Schafeer B and Anderson P. 1994. 
Handbook of Environmental Physiology of Fruit Crops
.Vol.
1 & 2. CRC Press. USA.
I. Course Title
: Minor Fruit Production
II. Course Code
: FSC 513
III. Credit Hours
: (2+1)
IV. Why this course ?
Apart from commercially grown fruits, several other fruits inspite of being rich in
nutrients and potential future crops, remains neglected/ underexploited. The hardy

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nature coupled with the possibility of diversification (newly domesticated crops)
further adds to their importance. The course outlines the efforts made in
standardizing agro-techniques for propagation and cultivation besides know-how
on their nutraceutical value and other uses.