Production Technology of Warm 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 warm 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, sowing/ transplanting time, seed rate, seed treatment, nutritional and irrigation requirements, chemical weed control, mulching, physiological disorders, harvesting techniques, postharvest management, plant protection measures and seed production of warm season vegetable crops i.e. solanaceous crops, okra, cucurbitaceous crops, cowpea, sweet potato, cluster beans, amaranth, basella, moringa, tapioca. Poly-house, net- house and low tunnel technology for off-season production of summer 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 summer vegetables. Visit to vegetable nursery unit/ protected cultivation unit.
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.