Production Technology of Cool Season Vegetable Crops
Course Overview
Official detailed syllabus from the ICAR Sixth Deans’ Committee curriculum.
Course Objectives
To impart knowledge and skills for production of cool season vegetable crops
Theory Syllabus
Introduction, nutritional value, origin, botany and taxonomy, important countries and states growing vegetables along with area, climate and soil requirements, commercial varieties/hybrids evolved by private and public sector, sowing/ transplanting time, seed rate and seed treatment, nutritional and irrigation requirements, chemical weed control, mulching, physiological disorders, harvesting techniques, postharvest management, plant protection measures and seed production of potato, cole crops; cabbage, cauliflower, knolkhol, broccoli, brussels’ sprout, chinese cabbage, root crops; carrot, radish, turnip, beet root, bulb crops; onion and garlic, peas and beans, green leafy cool season vegetables.
Practical Syllabus
Seed extraction, sowing practices, nursery management, Use of growth regulators, grafting technique, water and nutrient management. Drip irrigation, fertigation, weed management and mulching. Identification of physiological disorders, pests, diseases and nutrient deficiencies. Study of maturity indices. Forcing techniques for raising cool season vegetables. Visit to vegetable nursery unit/ protected cultivation unit. Layout of kitchen garden.
Suggested Readings
1. Bose T K, Kabir J, Maity T K, Parthasarathy VA and Som M G. 2003. Vegetable Crops. Vols. I-III. Naya Udyog.
2. Dhaliwal M S. 2017. Handbook of Vegetable Crops. Kalyani publishers, Ludhiana
3. Hazra P. 2016. Vegetable Science (2nd Edn.). Kalyani publishers, Ludhiana.
4. Hazra P. 2019. Vegetable Production and Technology. New India Publishing Agency, New Delhi.
5. ICAR. 2002. Hand Book of Horticulture. ICAR.
6. Thamburaj S and Singh N. (Eds.). 2004. Vegetables, Tuber Crops and Spices. ICAR.