PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY OF WARM SEASON VEGETABLE CROPS

Theory:

Introduction, botany and taxonomy, climatic and soil requirements, commercial varieties/hybrids, sowing/planting times and methods, seed rate and seed treatment, nutritional and irrigation requirements, intercultural operations, weed control, mulching, physiological disorders, harvesting, post harvest management, plant protection measures, economics of crop production and seed production of:

UNIT I

Tomato, eggplant, hot and sweet peppers

 UNIT II

Okra, beans and cowpea

 UNIT III

Cucurbitaceous crops

 UNIT IV

Tapioca and sweet potato

 UNIT V

Green leafy warm season vegetables

Practical:

 Cultural operations (fertilizer application, sowing, mulching, irrigation, weed control) of summer vegetable crops and their economics; study of physiological disorders and deficiency of mineral elements, preparation of cropping schemes for commercial farms; experiments to demonstrate the role of mineral elements, physiological disorders; plant growth substances and herbicides; seed extraction techniques; identification of important pests and diseases and their control; maturity standards; economics of warm season vegetable crops.