Production of Warm Season Vegetable Crops

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Dr. Subhrajyoti Chatterjee

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Course Name: Production of Warm Season Vegetable Crops
Course Code (Credit): HVSC 0502 (2-1-0)

Course Objective:

 

To impart knowledge and skills on advancement in production technology of warm season vegetable crops

CO-PSO Mapping:

 

COs

Course Outcomes

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CO1

Appreciate the scope and scenario of warm season vegetable crops in India

PSO1, PSO2

CO2

Acquire knowledge about the production technology and post-harvest handling of warm season vegetable crops

PSO1, PSO2, PSO3

CO3

Calculate the economics of vegetable production in India

PSO3

 

PSO1: Impart knowledge and understanding of fundamental concepts and techniques of maintaining and enhancing soil fertility, crop production, crop management, crop improvement, biodiversity and sustainability of agriculture worldwide.

 

PSO2: Develop the ability to know farming practices and their scope to improve in the rural areas and the environments.

 

PSO3: Apply knowledge of Agri-business management and finance to develop profitable agricultural system.

 

Syllabus:

 

Theory:

 

Unit I: Production Technology of Fruit Vegetables- Tomato, Brinjal, Hot pepper, Sweet pepper and Okra.

Unit II: Production Technology of Beans- French bean, Indian bean (Sem), Cluster bean and Cowpea.

Unit III: Production Technology of Cucurbits-Cucumber, Melons, Gourds, Pumpkin and Squashes. .

Unit IV: Production Technology of Tuber crops- Sweet potato, Elephant Foot Yam, Tapioca, Taro and Yam

Unit V: Production Technology of Leafy vegetables- Amaranth and Drumstick

 

Practical:

 

Unit I: Scientific raising of nursery and seed treatment

Unit II: Sowing, transplanting and vegetable grafting

Unit III: Description of commercial varieties and hybrids

Unit IV: Demonstration on methods of irrigation, fertilizers and micronutrients application

Unit V: Mulching practices and weed management

Unit VI: Use of plant growth substances in cool season vegetable crops

Unit VII: Study of nutritional and physiological disorders

Unit VIII: Studies on hydroponics, aeroponics and other soilless culture

Unit IX: Identification of important pest and diseases and their control

Unit X: Preparation of cropping scheme for commercial farms

Unit XI: Visit to commercial farm, greenhouse/ polyhouses

Unit XII: Visit to vegetable market

Unit XIII: Analysis of benefit to cost ratio

Suggested Readings:

 

Bose TK, Kabir J, Maity TK, Parthasarathy VA and Som MG. 2003. Vegetable crops. Vols. I-III. Naya udyog.

 

Bose TK, Som MG and Kabir J. (Eds.). 1993. Vegetable crops. Naya prokash.

 

Chadha KL and Kalloo G. (Eds.). 1993-94. Advances in horticulture Vols. V-X. Malhotra publ. house.

 

Chadha KL. (Ed.). 2002. Hand book of horticulture. ICAR.

 

Mani A, Mishra N, Meena N K and Chatterjee S. (Eds.). Antioxidant Properties and Health Benefits of Horticultural Crops (Volume 2: Antioxidant Properties and Health Benefits of Vegetables and Flowers). Brillion Publishing, Karol Bagh, New Delhi

 

Fageria MS, Choudhary BR and Dhaka RS. 2000. Vegetable crops: production technology. Vol. II. Kalyani publishers.

 

Gopalakrishanan TR. 2007. Vegetable crops. New India publ. agency.

 

Hazra P and Banerjee MK and Chattopadhyay A. 2012. Varieties of vegetable crops in India, (Second edition), Kalyani publishers, Ludhiana, 199 p.

 

Hazra P. 2016. Vegetable Science. 2nd edn, Kalyani publishers, Ludhiana.

 

Hazra P. 2019. Vegetable production and technology. New India publishing agency, New Delhi.

 

Hazra P, Chattopadhyay A, Karmakar K and Dutta S. 2011. Modern technology for vegetable production, New India publishing agency, New Delhi, 413p

 

Rana MK. 2008. Olericulture in India. Kalyani publishers, New Delhi.

 

Rana MK. 2008. Scientific cultivation of vegetables. Kalyani publishers, New Delhi.

 

Rana MK. 2014. Technology for vegetable production. Kalyani publishers, New Delhi.

 

Rubatzky VE and Yamaguchi M. (Eds.). 1997. World vegetables: principles, production and nutritive values. Chapman and Hall.

 

Saini GS. 2001. A text book of oleri and flori culture. Aman publishing house.

 

Salunkhe DK and Kadam SS. (Ed.). 1998. Hand book of vegetable science and technology: production, composition, storage and processing. Marcel dekker.

 

Shanmugavelu KG. 1989. Production technology of vegetable crops. Oxford and IBH.

 

Singh DK. 2007. Modern vegetable varieties and production technology. International book distributing Co.

 

Singh SP. (Ed.). 1989. Production technology of vegetable crops. Agril. comm. res. centre.

 

Thamburaj S and Singh N. (Eds.), 2004. Vegetables, tuber crops and spices. ICAR.

 

Thompson HC and Kelly WC. (Eds.). 1978. Vegetable crops. Tata McGraw-Hill

Session Plan:

Theory:

Session 1, 2 and 3: Production Technology of Tomato

RecentAdvances in Production of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)

Session 4, 5 and 6: Production Technology of Brinjal

brinjal rahul

DISORDERS OF BRINJAL

Lecture8.Brinjal

Lecture9.Brinjal_transplanting

Session 7 and 8: Production Technology of Chilli (Hot Pepper)

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

Session 9: Production Technology of Sweet Pepper

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

Session 10 and 11: Production Technology of Okra (Bhindi)

OKRA_merged

Session 12: Production Technology of French Bean

French bean

Session 13: Production Technology of Cowpea

Cowpea

Session 14: Production Technology of Dolichos bean (Sem)

Dolichos bean

Session 15 and 16: Production Technology of Cluster bean (Guar)

Guar_RajSingh

Cluster bean

Beans 231

Session 17-22: Production Technology of Cucurbits

CUCURBITS (SJC)

Dr SJC cucurbits

Session 23-29: Production Technology of tuber crops

Diversity of Tropical Tuber Crops

Session 30-31: Production Technology of Drumstick (Moringa)

Moringa

Drumstick book chapter

Session 32: Production Technology of Amaranthus

AMARANTHUS

Practical

Session 1: Scientific raising of nursery and seed treatment of different warm season vegetable crops

Vegetable Nursery Raising Techniques

Session 2: Sowing, transplanting and grafting of warm season vegetable crops

http://ecoursesonline.iasri.res.in/mod/page/view.php?id=12190

Grafting vegetables

Vegetable grafting

Session 3: Description of commercial varieties and hybrids of important warm season vegetables

list of new varieity of vegetable crops

Session 4 and 5: Demonstration on methods of irrigation, fertilizers and micronutrients application of warm season vegetables

https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/agriculture/agri_nutrientmgt_methodsoffertilizerappln.html

https://www.horticultureguruji.in/irrigation-methods/

Session 6: Weed management of warm season vegetable crops

Weed management of vegetable crops

Session 7: Use of plant growth substances in warm season vegetable crops

http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in/content/pgr-vegetable-production

Session 8: Study of nutritional and physiological disorders in warm season vegetable crops

Physiological_disorder_horti

Session 9: Studies on hydroponics, aeroponics and other soilless culture

soiless culture

Hydroponics in vegetable crops

Session 10 and 11: Identification of important pest and diseases and their control

IPM of vegetable

IDM of vegetables

Session 12 and 13: Preparation of cropping scheme for commercial farms

https://agriinfo.in/definition-and-objects-of-cropping-scheme-680/

Session 14: Visit to commercial farm, greenhouse/ polyhouses

Greenhouses-TypesandStructuralComponents

Session 15: Visit to vegetable market

Market survey

Session 16: Analysis of benefit to cost ratio of different vegetable crops

Cost-Structure-of-Horticultural-Crops-by-Dr-SR-Dash_rotated

Our Main Teachers

Bachelor of Science in Horticulture (2011-2015) Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (BCKV, WB) Master of Science in Hortuculture with specialization in Vegetable Science (2015-17) Dr Y S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry (Dr YSPUHF, HP) with ICAR-NTS (National Talent Scholarship) Topic of Research: Genetic Studies for important Horticultural Traits in Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis […]