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Nut crops hold a major place in temperate zone fruit. These nut crops, namely walnut, chestnut, chilgoza nut, hazelnut, pecan nut, and pistachio are highly valued for their nutritive properties. Most of these nut crops offer deep root system and have been found to offer soil conservation properties. Although a lot of work has been done for the improvement of productivity in the nut fruit culture but still there are many barriers in the production of nut crops. The nut culture is limited to hilly tracts only and is totally dependent on the climatic potential of the locality. The plants exhibit different floral patterns, dichogamous behaviors, incompatibility systems which are even cultivar specific and ultimately affect the fruit setting by hindering the pollination. This chapter documents the information about floral biology, pollination patterns, pollination barriers, varietal combinations, climatic barriers and pollination management studies via natural or artificial ways in different nut crops.

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  1. Department of Fruit Science, YSPUH&F College of Horticulture and Forestry, Neri, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India

    Sanjeev K. Banyal & Ajay K. Banyal

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  1. Division of Fruit Science, FOH, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

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  3. Division of Fruit Science, FOH, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

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Banyal, S.K., Patial, U.R., Banyal, A.K. (2023). Pollination Management. In: Mir, M.M., Rehman, M.U., Iqbal, U., Mir, S.A. (eds) Temperate Nuts. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9497-5_6

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