Course Name : Production Technology for Vegetable and Spices

Code(Credit) : ASHO1203 (1-1-0)

Course Objective: To impart knowledge and skills on advancement in production technology of vegetable and species

CO-PO Mapping

PO1 : Professional Enhancement

PO2:Knowledge Enhancement

PO3:Entrepreneurship Skills

Course Syllabus:

Theory

Unit 1

Importance of vegetables & spices in human nutrition and national economy

Unit 2

Tomato brief about origin, area, production, improved varieties, cultivation practices such as time of sowing, sowing, transplanting techniques, planting distance, fertilizer requirements, irrigation, weed management, harvesting, storage, physiological disorders, disease and pest control and seed production

Unit 3

Brinjal brief about origin, area, production, improved varieties cultivation practices such as time of sowing, sowing, transplanting techniques, planting distance, fertilizer requirements, irrigation, weed management, harvesting, storage, physiological disorders, disease and pest control and seed production

Unit 4

Chilli and Capsicum brief about origin, area, production, improved varieties; cultivation practices such as time of sowing, sowing, transplanting techniques, planting distance, fertilizer requirements, irrigation, weed management, harvesting, storage, physiological disorders, disease and pest control and seed production;

Unit 5

Cucurbits: Cucumber, Bitter gourd, Bottle gourd  brief about origin, area, production, improved varieties; cultivation practices such as time of sowing, sowing, transplanting techniques, planting distance, fertilizer requirements, irrigation, weed management, harvesting, storage, physiological disorders, disease and pest control and seed production; Pumpkin, Ridge gourd, Sponge gourd, Watermelon and Muskmelon brief about origin, area, production, improved varieties; cultivation practices such as time of sowing, sowing, transplanting techniques, planting distance, fertilizer requirements, irrigation, weed management, harvesting, storage, physiological disorders, disease and pest control and seed production;

Unit 6

Cole crops Cabbage, Cauliflower and Knolkhol brief about origin, area, production, improved varieties; cultivation practices such as time of sowing, sowing, transplanting techniques, planting distance, fertilizer requirements, irrigation, weed management, harvesting, storage, physiological disorders, disease and pest control and seed production

Unit 7

Okra brief about origin, area, production, improved varieties; cultivation practices such as time of sowing, sowing, transplanting techniques, planting distance, fertilizer requirements, irrigation, weed management, harvesting, storage, physiological disorders, disease and pest control and seed production

Unit 8

Peas and Beans Cowpea, French bean and Cluster bean brief about origin, area, production, improved varieties; cultivation practices such as time of sowing, sowing, transplanting techniques, planting distance, fertilizer requirements, irrigation, weed management, harvesting, storage, physiological disorders, disease and pest control and seed production

Unit 9

Bulb crops: Onion and Garlic brief about origin, area, production, improved varieties; cultivation practices such as time of sowing, sowing, transplanting techniques, planting distance, fertilizer requirements, irrigation, weed management, harvesting, storage, physiological disorders, disease and pest control and seed production

Unit 10

Root crops: Carrot, radish and Beet root brief about origin, area, production, improved varieties; cultivation practices such as time of sowing, sowing, transplanting techniques, planting distance, fertilizer requirements, irrigation, weed management, harvesting, storage, physiological disorders, disease and pest control and seed production

Unit 11

Tuber crops: Sweet potato, Potato and Tapioca brief about origin, area, production, improved varieties; cultivation practices such as time of sowing, sowing, transplanting techniques, planting distance, fertilizer requirements, irrigation, weed management, harvesting, storage, physiological disorders, disease and pest control and seed production

Unit 12

Perennial Vegetables: Drumstick and Pointed gourd brief about origin, area, production, improved varieties; cultivation practices such as time of sowing, sowing, transplanting techniques, planting distance, fertilizer requirements, irrigation, weed management, harvesting, storage, physiological disorders, disease and pest control and seed production

Unit 13

Major Spices: Black pepper, Cardamom, Turmeric Ginger and Cinnamon brief about origin, area, production, improved varieties; cultivation practices such as time of sowing, sowing, transplanting techniques, planting distance, fertilizer requirements, irrigation, weed management, harvesting, storage, physiological disorders, disease and pest control and seed production

Unit 14

Seed Spices: Cumin, Fenugreek, Fennel and Coriander brief about origin, area, production, improved varieties; cultivation practices such as time of sowing, sowing, transplanting techniques, planting distance, fertilizer requirements, irrigation, weed management, harvesting, storage, physiological disorders, disease and pest control and seed production.

Practical

Unit1

Identification of vegetables & spices crops and their seeds

Unit2

Nursery raising Direct seed sowing and transplanting; Study of morphological characters of different vegetables

Unit 3

Study of morphological characters of different spices; Fertilizers applications; Raising of nursery of vegetables

Unit 4

Raising of nursery of spices

 Unit 5

Vegetables seed extraction; spices seed extraction

Unit 6 &Unit 7

Harvesting & preparation for market of vegetables and harvesting & preparation for market of spices

Unit 8

Economics of vegetables and spices cultivation.

References:

Pranab Hazra, A. Chattopadhyay, K.Karmakar and S.Dutta.2010. Modern Technology in Vegetable Production. New India Publishing Agency,New

Neeraj Pratap Singh, 2007. Basic Concepts of Vegetable Science. International Book Distributing Co. New Delhi, Academic Press, New Delhi.

Nempal Singh, Singh,D.K., Singh, Y.K. and Virendra Kumar. 2006. Vetetable Seed Production Technology. Internaltional BookDistributing Co. Luc

Prem Singh Arya and S.Prakash 2002. Vetetables Growing in India. Kalyani publishers, New Delhi.

Bose,T.K., Kabir,J.,Maity T.K., Parthasarathy V.A., and Som M.G., 2002. Vegetable Crops Vol I, II& III Naya Prokash, Kolkata.

Shanmugavelu, K.G., N.Kumar and K.V.Peter 2005, Production Technology of Spices and Plantation Crops. Agrobios(India), Jodhpur

Session Plan

Theory

Session 1 Importance of Vegetables & spices in human nutrition and the national economy

http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in/content/vegetables-and-human-nutrition

Session 2 Tomato brief about origin, area, production, improved varieties, cultivation practices such as time of sowing, sowing, transplanting techniques, planting distance, fertilizer requirements, irrigation, weed management, harvesting, storage, physiological disorders, disease and pest control and seed production

http://courseware.cutm.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Tomato.pdf

Session 3 Brinjal brief about origin, area, production, improved varieties cultivation practices such as time of sowing, sowing, transplanting techniques, planting distance, fertilizer requirements, irrigation, weed management, harvesting, storage, physiological disorders, disease and pest control and seed production

http://courseware.cutm.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/brinjal.pdf

Session 4 Chilli and Capsicum brief about origin, area, production, improved varieties; cultivation practices such as time of sowing, sowing, transplanting techniques, planting distance, fertilizer requirements, irrigation, weed management, harvesting, storage, physiological disorders, disease and pest control and seed production

http://courseware.cutm.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/CHILLI.pdf

http://courseware.cutm.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/CAPSICUM.pdf

https://iihr.res.in/varieties-crop-name/chilli

Session 5 Cucurbits: Cucumber, Bitter gourd, Bottle gourd brief about origin, area, production, improved varieties; cultivation practices such as time of sowing, sowing, transplanting techniques, planting distance, fertilizer requirements, irrigation, weed management, harvesting, storage, physiological disorders, disease and pest control and seed production

http://courseware.cutm.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/CUCUMBER.pdf

http://courseware.cutm.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/bitter-guord.pdf

http://courseware.cutm.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/bottle.pdf

https://iivr.icar.gov.in/iivr-varieties/by-crop

Session 6 Pumpkin, Ridge gourd, Sponge gourd, Watermelon and Muskmelon brief about origin, area, production, improved varieties; cultivation practices such as time of sowing, sowing, transplanting techniques, planting distance, fertilizer requirements, irrigation, weed management, harvesting, storage, physiological disorders, disease and pest control and seed production

https://www.apnikheti.com/en/pn/agriculture/horticulture/vegetable-crops/sponge-gourd

https://www.apnikheti.com/en/pn/agriculture/horticulture/vegetable-crops/pumpkin

https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/horticulture/horti_vegetables_pumpkin.html

https://iivr.icar.gov.in/varieties/sponge-gourd

http://eagri.org/eagri50/HORT281/pdf/lec08.pdf

https://www.iihr.res.in/varieties

https://iivr.icar.gov.in/iivr-varieties/by-crop

Session 7 Cole crops Cabbage, Cauliflower and Knolkhol brief about origin, area, production, improved varieties; cultivation practices such as time of sowing, sowing, transplanting techniques, planting distance, fertilizer requirements, irrigation, weed management, harvesting, storage, physiological disorders, disease and pest control and seed production

https://vikaspedia.in/agriculture/crop-production/package-of-practices/vegetables-1/cauliflower

https://vikaspedia.in/agriculture/crop-production/package-of-practices/vegetables-1/cabbage

https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/horticulture/horti_vegetables_cabbage.html

https://www.apnikheti.com/en/pn/agriculture/horticulture/vegetable-crops/cabbage

https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/horticulture/horti_vegetables_cauliflower.html

https://www.apnikheti.com/en/pn/agriculture/horticulture/vegetable-crops/cauliflower

https://www.apnikheti.com/en/pn/agriculture/horticulture/vegetable-crops/broccoli

https://www.iihr.res.in/varieties

https://iivr.icar.gov.in/iivr-varieties/by-crop

Session 8 Okra brief about origin, area, production, improved varieties; cultivation practices such as time of sowing, sowing, transplanting techniques, planting distance, fertilizer requirements, irrigation, weed management, harvesting, storage, physiological disorders, disease and pest control and seed production

https://www.apnikheti.com/en/pn/agriculture/horticulture/vegetable-crops/okra

https://vikaspedia.in/agriculture/crop-production/package-of-practices/vegetables-1/bhindi-okra

https://www.iihr.res.in/varieties

https://iivr.icar.gov.in/iivr-varieties/by-crop

Session 9 Peas and Beans brief about origin, area, production, improved varieties; cultivation practices such as time of sowing, sowing, transplanting techniques, planting distance, fertilizer requirements, irrigation, weed management, harvesting, storage, physiological disorders, disease and pest control and seed production

https://www.iihr.res.in/varieties

https://iivr.icar.gov.in/iivr-varieties/by-crop

https://www.apnikheti.com/en/pn/agriculture/horticulture/vegetable-crops/peas

Session 10 Cowpea, French bean and Cluster bean brief about origin, area, production, improved varieties; cultivation practices such as time of sowing, sowing, transplanting techniques, planting distance, fertilizer requirements, irrigation, weed management, harvesting, storage, physiological disorders, disease and pest control and seed production

https://www.apnikheti.com/en/pn/agriculture/horticulture/vegetable-crops/peas

https://vikaspedia.in/agriculture/crop-production/package-of-practices/vegetables-1/a-brief-note-on-a-package-of-practices-for-cluster-bean

https://vikaspedia.in/agriculture/crop-production/package-of-practices/vegetables-1/french-beans

https://www.iihr.res.in/varieties

https://iivr.icar.gov.in/iivr-varieties/by-crop

Session 11 Bulb crops: Onion and Garlic brief about origin, area, production, improved varieties; cultivation practices such as time of sowing, sowing, transplanting techniques, planting distance, fertilizer requirements, irrigation, weed management, harvesting, storage, physiological disorders, disease and pest control and seed production

https://vikaspedia.in/agriculture/crop-production/package-of-practices/vegetables-1/onion-allium-cepa

https://www.apnikheti.com/en/pn/agriculture/horticulture/vegetable-crops/kharif-onion-pyaz

https://www.apnikheti.com/en/pn/agriculture/horticulture/vegetable-crops/rabi-onion-pyaz

https://www.agrigoaexpert.res.in/icar/category/horitculture/vegetable_science/onion.php

https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/horticulture/horti_vegetables_small%20onion.html

https://nhb.gov.in/pdf/vegetable/onion/oni013.pdf

https://www.apnikheti.com/en/pn/agriculture/horticulture/vegetable-crops/garlic

Session 12 Root crops: Carrot, radish and Beet root brief about origin, area, production, improved varieties; cultivation practices such as time of sowing, sowing, transplanting techniques, planting distance, fertilizer requirements, irrigation, weed management, harvesting, storage, physiological disorders, disease and pest control and seed production

https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/horticulture/horti_vegetables_carrot.html

http://eagri.org/eagri50/HORT281/pdf/lec27.pdf

https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/horticulture/horti_vegetables_radish.html

http://eagri.org/eagri50/HORT281/pdf/lec28.pdf

http://eagri.org/eagri50/HORT281/pdf/lec30.pdf

https://www.iihr.res.in/varieties

https://iivr.icar.gov.in/iivr-varieties/by-crop

Session 13 Tuber crops: Sweet potato, Potato and Tapioca brief about origin, area, production, improved varieties; cultivation practices such as time of sowing, sowing, transplanting techniques, planting distance, fertilizer requirements, irrigation, weed management, harvesting, storage, physiological disorders, disease and pest control and seed production

https://iivr.icar.gov.in/iivr-varieties/by-crop

https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/horticulture/horti_vegetables_sweet%20potato.html

https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/horticulture/horti_vegetables_tapioca.html

https://www.tripuraicar.nic.in/publication/AGRICULTURE%2002/TECHNOLOGY%20FOR%20TAPIOCA%20PRODUCTION.pdf

https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/horticulture/horti_vegetables_potato.html

https://kvk.icar.gov.in/API/Content/PPupload/K0650_51.pdf

https://kvk.icar.gov.in/API/Content/PPupload/K0650_51.pdf

Session 14 Perennial Vegetables: Drumstick and Pointed gourd brief about origin, area, production, improved varieties; cultivation practices such as time of sowing, sowing, transplanting techniques, planting distance, fertilizer requirements, irrigation, weed management, harvesting, storage, physiological disorders, disease and pest control and seed production

https://www.agrifarming.in/pointed-gourd-cultivation

https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/horticulture/horti_vegetables_annualmoringa.html

https://iivr.icar.gov.in/iivr-varieties/by-crop

Session 15 Major Spices: Black pepper, Cardamom, Turmeric Ginger and Cinnamon brief about origin, area, production, improved varieties; cultivation practices such as time of sowing, sowing, transplanting techniques, planting distance, fertilizer requirements, irrigation, weed management, harvesting, storage, physiological disorders, disease and pest control and seed production

https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/horticulture/horti_spice%20crops_ginger_productiontech.html

https://vikaspedia.in/agriculture/crop-production/package-of-practices/spices/ginger

https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/horticulture/horti_spice%20crops_pepper.html

https://vikaspedia.in/agriculture/crop-production/package-of-practices/spices/black-pepper

https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/horticulture/horti_spice%20crops_cardamom.html

https://vikaspedia.in/agriculture/crop-production/package-of-practices/spices/cardamom

https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/horticulture/horti_spice_turmeric_%20index.html

https://vikaspedia.in/agriculture/crop-production/package-of-practices/spices/turmeric

https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/horticulture/horti_spice%20crops_cinnamon.html

https://vikaspedia.in/agriculture/crop-production/package-of-practices/spices/cinnamon

Session 16 Seed Spices: Cumin, Fenugreek, Fennel and Coriander brief about origin, area, production, improved varieties; cultivation practices such as time of sowing, sowing, transplanting techniques, planting distance, fertilizer requirements, irrigation, weed management, harvesting, storage, physiological disorders, disease and pest control and seed production.

https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/horticulture/horti_spice%20crops_corinader.html

https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/horticulture/horti_spice%20crops_fenugreek.html

https://vikaspedia.in/agriculture/crop-production/package-of-practices/spices/fenugreek

https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/horticulture/horti_spice%20crops_fennel.html

http://eagri.org/eagri50/HORT282/pdf/lec06.pdf

Practical

Session 1 &2 Identification of vegetables & spices crops and their seeds

https://www.slideshare.net/MohdAnfas/identification-of-vegetable-seeds

Session 3 Nursery raising Direct seed sowing and transplanting;

https://kvknorthgoa.icar.gov.in/litpub/Technical%20Bullietin/Vegetable%20Nursery%20Raising%20Techniques.pdf

Session 4 Study of morphological characters of different vegetables

http://www.cropj.com/rinchen_11_3_2017_258_263.pdf

Session 5& 6 Study of morphological characters of different spices

https://www.slideshare.net/Harshika4/spices-their-morphology-parts-used-uses-varieties

Session 7 & 8 Fertilizers applications; Raising of nursery of vegetables

http://ecoursesonline.iasri.res.in/mod/page/view.php?id=219

https://youtu.be/mHeI-ESfFzQ

Session 9 & 10 Raising of nursery of spices

https://spicenurseries.in/download/Guidelines_for_establishing_spices_nurseries.pdf

Session 11 &12 Vegetables seed extraction; spices seed extraction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYZitpOqJUw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8Ic01pX9DM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAQs7XRTZAs

Session 13 &14 Harvesting & preparation for market of vegetables and harvesting & preparation for market of spices

https://www.horticultureguruji.in/harvesting-and-field-handling/

Session 15& 16 Economics of vegetables and spices cultivation.

Cost Structure of Horticultural Crops by Dr SR Dash

E-material

Question bank

http://courseware.cutm.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Internal-exam-PTVS-ASHO1203.docx

Assignment

http://courseware.cutm.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Section-C-ASSIGNMNET-TOPIC.docx

http://courseware.cutm.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Section-D-Assignment-topic.docx