Hi-tech horticulture is a technology which is recent, less environment-dependent and capital intensive but with a capacity to improve productivity and farmers' profits. In the new era of changing scenario, hi-tech horticulture has become requirement so as to uphold productivity and economic stability of the Indian farmers. Ensuring the nutritional and aesthetic security and fulfill the demand of 135 crores population of country, hi-tech approaches would be incorporated in production of horticultural crops for enhancing productivity and quality. The food habits of peoples are now changing and demand of value added and processed products are increased day by day therefore, integration of hi-tech approaches in value addition of fruits and vegetables are the need of hour for production of hygiene and quality products. There is hardy available any edited/text book which covers approaches for cultivation and value addition of horticultural crops with recent technologies. The present edited book is outcomes of the lectures contributed by the resource persons of most prestigious ICAR sponsored winter school on “Hi-tech approaches for production and value addition of horticultural crops in arid and semi arid regions” organized at Directorate of Human Resources Development, SKRAU, Bikaner. The book covers topics viz., Hi-tech horticulture and their importance, cultivation of vegetables like tomato, cucumber and capsicum in polyhouse, tunnel technology, role of rootstocks and training and pruning, exotic fruits, biotechnological approaches for quality production, tissue culture, hi-tech cultivation of tuber crops, rose and marigold, abiotic stress management, GAP, hi-tech approaches in processing and value addition of horticultural crops etc. Contents: 1. Hi-Tech Horticulture and its Importance Dr. Praveen K. Singh and Dr. Rajendra S. Rathore 2. Techniques of Disease Free and Quality Seedlings Preparation of Vegetables Dr. Praveen K. Singh and Dr. Mukul Kumar 3. Production of Vegetables Under Protected Cultivation Dr. K. D. Ameta 4. Hi-Tech Approaches for Production of Tomato in Polyhouse Dr. Praveen K Singh and Dr. Mukul Kumar 5. Hi-Tech Cultivation of Colored Capsicum under Polyhouse Conditions Dr. Praveen K. Singh and Dr. Mukul Kumar 6. Hi-Tech Cultivation of Parthenocarpic Seedless Cucumber under Polyhouse Conditions Dr. Praveen K. Singh and Dr. Mukul Kumar 7. Role of Rootstocks for Quality Production in Horticultural Crops J. S. Gora, R. Kumar, C Ram, M. K. Berwal, V. Bhati, Kumari Lata and Dushyant Parihar 8. Tunnel Technology for Hi-Tech Cultivation Dr. B. R. Choudhary 9. Hi-Tech Approaches in Training and Pruning of Fruit Crops Jitendra Singh, Kalpana Choudhary and Sandeep Kumar 10. Advance Approaches in Arid Vegetables Production Dr. D. K. Samadia 11. Recent Advances in Exotic Fruits Production R. S. Singh 12. Biotechnological Approaches for Quality Production in Horticultural Crops Govind Singh 13. Tissue Culture Technology in Fruit Crops Dhurendra Singh and Kamlesh Kumar 14. Horticultural Crops: Potential Source of Functional Food and Nutraceuticals Mukesh K. Berwal, Chet Ram, Ramesh Kumar and J. S. Gora 15. Hi-Tech Approaches in Tuber Crops Production Dr. R. S. Rathore and Ms. Mithlesh K. Meena 16. Hi-Tech Approaches in Rose Cultivation and Value Addition L. N. Mahawer, A. L. Regar and S. Husain 17. Hi-Tech Approaches in Marigold Cultivation Dr. R. K. Narolia 18. Hi-Tech Approaches for Processing and Value Addition of Horticultural Crops Vijay R. Reddy, S., Ramkesh Meena and R. S. Singh 19. Acquaintance of Different Value-Added Products of Fruit Crops and Preparation of Squash and RTS R. K. Meena, Vijay, Rakesh Reddy, D. K. Sarolia & R. S. Singh 20. Modern Approaches in Production of Bio-Control Agents to Manage Soil Borne Diseases S. L. Godara 21. Hi-Tech Approaches in Mushroom Cultivation B. D. S. Nathawat and Deependra Singh Shekhawat 22. Advance Approaches in Organic Production Dr. P. S. Shekhawat and Deependra Singh Shekhawat 23. Advance Approaches for Soil and Water Management Dr Pramendra Singh Chauhan, Dr R. P. S. Chauhan and Er A. K. Singh 24. Recent Advances in Abiotic Stress Management in Horticultural Crops N. S. Nathawat, V. S. Rathore, Birbal, V. Subbulakshmi and N. D. Yadava 25. Advances Approaches in Weed Management of Horticultural Crops R. S. Yadav and Manohar Lal 26. Good Agricultural Practices for Cucurbits Production Dr. Sagar Mal Kumawat 27. Modern Extension Approaches for Hi-Tech Horticulture Technology Dissemination Mukul Kumar, P. K. Dwivedi, Alok Kumar, Y. K. Singh and S. Dubey