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The book entitled “Protected Cultivation Technologies for Climate Smart Agriculture” encompasses a galore of relevant and plenteous information on all the keynotes of a course “Protected Cultivation Technologies for Climate Smart Agriculture”. For successful horticultural crop production in protected cultivation, detailed knowledge about different protected cultivation technologies is essential. The book consists of 12 chapters featuring the concepts and applications of protected cultivation technology for climate smart agriculture broadly covered with theoretical and practical approach. The first 04 chapters are particularly designed to provide detailed information on concepts, importance, advantages, present status of protected cultivation in India; types of greenhouse structures, types of nets available for structure, site selection and care to be taken during polyhouse erection; media, bed preparation and soil sterilization; Cladding material, different types; The utility of net-house and subsidy technical guidelines. In subsequent chapters, an endeavour has been made to cover the basic principles and relevance of automation technology for protected cultivation generally displaying the principals of automation for climate control along with irrigation and fertigation inside the greenhouse. Further, chapters comprise the part of general plant physiology; crop selection and cultivation of exotic vegetables, flowers and their economics for protected cultivation. Successive chapters focus on pest and disease management in polyhouse; Marketing of polyhouse produce and management. The concluding chapter of the book explores different government schemes and documentation process for the erection of protected cultivation structures.