1. Bud Dormancy 2. Chilling Requirement in Fruit Crops 3. Heat Units and Thermoperiodism 4. Physiology of Flowering in Horticultural Crops 5. Fruit Growth and Development 6. Unfruitfulness in Fruit Crops – Causes and Control Measures 7. Alternate Bearing in Fruit Plants – Causes and Management 8. Parthenocarpy – A Mechanism for Seedlessness 9. Graft Incompatibility – Causes and Remedial Measures 10. Physiology of Dwarfism in Fruit Plants 11. Fruit Ripening – Biochemistry, Physiology and Regulation 12. Abscission in Fruit Plants