Chervil (Anthriscus cerefolium L.) is a warmth-giving herb of the family Apiaceae (Umbelliferae), popular especially in France for culinary purposes. In the past, it was called myrhis on account of its volatile oil which has an aroma similar to the resinous substance of myrrh. The chapter gives a description of the plant and its chemical composition. Production and cultivation -soil, climate, propagation, cultivars, fertilizing, weeding, irrigation, intercultural operations, intercropping and pest control -are described together with harvesting and post-harvest care. The chapter details the medicinal and culinary uses of chervil.

Front line demonstration was carried out at farmer's field of Doddaballapur taluk, Bengaluru Rural district, Karnataka, India to study the fertigation levels and schedules on growth, yield and economic of tomato. The treatments included 3 fertigation levels (T 1-60% of recommended dose of fertilizer (RDF), T 2-80% of RDF and T 3-100% of RDF) with 3 fertigation schedules (T 1-farmers practice 30 equal splits of RDF at every 3 days interval, T 2-IIHR practice 37 equal splits of RDF at every 3 days interval and T 3-TNAU practice 40 equal splits of RDF at every 3 days interval). The results indicated that fertigation of 100 per cent RD of NPK in 40 equal splits at every 3 days interval upto 120 days after transplanting was found significantly superior in case of growth (plant height 138.83cm), yield attributes (number of fruits per plant 100.83) and fruit yield (71.89t/ha) of tomato. The economic benefits of drip irrigation resulted in maximum gross returns (Rs.3,59,450/ha) and B: C of 2.84 in T 3 treatment.

Late blight incited by Phytophthora infestansis one of the most widelyspread and economically important disease of tomato. The present investigation was carried out to evaluate the efficacy of different fungicides and biocontrol agents for the management of the disease. Soil application of Trichoderma viride and Pseudomonas fluorescens 15 days before transplanting followed by prophylactic spray of Mancozeb (0.2%) 25 days after transplanting was found effective. Three sprays of fungicides viz., Metalaxyl+Mancozeb (0.2%), Fosetyl-Al (0.2%) and Dimethomorph (0.1%)+Polyram (0.2%) sprayed at regular intervals of ten, twenty and thirty days depending on the disease severity was found very effective in managing the disease.

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Evaluation of fifteen diverse genotypes of cucumber was carried out in a randomized complete block design for studying genetic divergence. Presence of wide genetic diversity, among the genotypes studied was confirmed by using Mahalanobis D2 statistics. Based on the interactions genetic distances of cucumber genotypes had grouped into five separate clusters inferring that the genetic divergence between them was quite high. The germplasm were so divergent, that only six genotypes were grouped in cluster V and three genotypes in each cluster I and III. The two genotypes SKY/AC-270-613481 and JB/11-091-613462 were grouped as cluster II and the genotype Tripura local was so divergent in all the characters that they were allotted as a separate group as cluster IV. Cluster mean analysis proclaimed that, genotypes in cluster I recorded maximum value for vine length (3.36 m), number of leaves per plant (43.85), number of branches per plant (12.98), leaf area (144.71 cm2), number of female flowers per plant (20.30), fruiting period (52.20 days), fruit set (89.10 %), average fruit weight (214.72 g), number of fruits per plant (19.00), fruit yield per plant (2.50 kg), fruit yield per ha (31.23 t/ha), rind thickness (2.79 mm) and flesh thickness (3.02 cm), whereas, same cluster I recorded minimum value for traits viz., internodal length (6.55 cm), days to appearance of first male flower (30.34 days), days to appearance of first female flower (31.81 days), node number at which first female flower appeared (4.00), days to first harvest (41.22 days) and number of seeds per fruit (211.69) which are negatively desirable characters in the crop production and crop improvement programme.