Synopsis The book-"Advances in Vegetable Production" consists of two parts. First part deals basic principles of production technology consisting botanical classification of vegetable crops, importance and scope of vegetable production, history of vegetable research, kitchen gardening, advancement in production technology viz; use of hybrids, recent trends of nursery raising, production under protected conditions, use of plant growth regulators, approaches for organic farming, use of micro-nutrients, micro-irrigation and fertigation, integrated disease, pest and weed management, post harvest techniques and export of vegetable crops. The second part includes cultivation techniques of sixty two vegetables. All chapters cover important references, illustrations and tables. It has also been tried to use maximum data and references related on production techniques of Indian conditions. This will serve as comprehensive compendium for informations both fundamental and production aspects of vegetable crops for the benefit of graduate and postgraduate students, teachers, researchers and the farming community.