Tropical and subtropical vegetables (2+1)

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  Tropical and subtropical Vegetables -: Course content creator :- Dr. V. Srinivasa Associate Professor (Olericulture) College of Horticulture, Mudigere e-mail: srini.oleri@yahoo.com View Profile

  -:Content moderater :- Dr. L. Pugalendi Professor & Head (Dept. of Vegetable Crops) Horticulture College & Research Institute, TNAU, Coimbatore e-mail: pugalabi@yahoo.co.in View Profile

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  Topic 1

  Definition, importance, scope and problems of vegetable production

  • Definition Page
  • Rich source of basic and protective elements Page
  • More yield per unit area Page
  • More net returns per unit area per day Page
  • Role in Agro forestry Page
  • Employment of great number of man power per unit area Page
  • Aesthetic value of vegetables Page
  • Problems and prospects of vegetable production in India Page
  • Question Bank Page
  • Quiz-Lecture-1
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  Topic 2

  Export Potential, Standard, Specification, Handling, and Value Chain for Exports

  • Introduction Page
  • Some specific requirements for the export of vegetables Page
  • Period of Requirement Page
  • Producing Pockets Page
  • Growing pockets of some vegetable crops Page
  • Export Policy Page
  • Problems in Export Page
  • Suggestions for Improvement Page
  • Rules and Regulations for Vegetable Export and Processing Business Firm Name Registration Page
  • Tomato Page
  • Chilli Page
  • Okra Page
  • Water melon Page
  • Cucumber Page
  • Bottle gourd Page
  • Quiz-Lecture-2
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  Topic 3

  Classification of vegetable crops

  • Introduction Page
  • Botanical classification Page
  • Parts used Page
  • Method of culture Page
  • Life cycle Page
  • Thermo classification Page
  • Photoperiod Page
  • According to growing season Page
  • Methods of raising Page
  • Hardiness Page
  • Rate of respiration Page
  • Forcing Page
  • Soil reaction Page
  • Rooting depth Page
  • Quiz-Lecture-3
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  Topic 4

  Types of vegetable gardening

  • Home or Kitchen garden / Nutrition garden Page
  • Commercial vegetable gardening Page
  • Market gardening Page
  • Truck gardening. Page
  • Vegetable forcing Page
  • Vegetable growing for processing Page
  • Vegetable seed production garden Page
  • Floating garden Page
  • Questions Bank Page
  • Quiz-Lecture-4
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  Topic 5

  Tomato

  • Area and production Page
  • Economic importance and use Page
  • Description of popular varieties and hybrids Page
  • Important varieties/hybrids Page
  • Varieties resistant to leaf curl Page
  • IAHS Bangalore released hybrids Page
  • Quiz-Lecture-5
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  • Power Point Presentation
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  Topic 6

  • Climate and soil Page
  • Seasons and Seed rate Page
  • Nursery Page
  • Preparation of field Page
  • Use of growth regulators and chemicals Page
  • Other Intercultural practices Page
  • Harvesting and yield Page
  • Maturity standards and post harvest management Page
  • Storage and marketing Page
  • Seed production Page
  • Quiz-Lecture-6
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  • Power Point Presentation
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  Topic 7

  Physiological disorders of tomato

  • Blossom end rot Page
  • Fruit cracking Page
  • Sun scald Page
  • Puffiness Page
  • Cat face Page
  • Unfruitfulness Page
  • Low temperature injury Page
  • Delayed ripening and colour development Page
  • Gold fleck Page
  • Silvering and Pithy stem Page
  • Following types of colour variations due to ripening disorders are seen in tomatoes Page
  • Quiz-Lecture-7
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  Topic 8

  Brinjal

  • Area and production Page
  • Economic importance and uses Page
  • Description of popular varieties and hybrids Page
  • I. Long varieties Page
  • II. Round varieties Page
  • Quiz-TVS-Lecture-8
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  • Power Point Presentation
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  Topic 9

  • Climate and soil Page
  • Seasons Page
  • Nursery Page
  • Preparation of land Page
  • Use of growth regulators and chemicals Page
  • Physiological Disorder/Constraints Page
  • Harvesting And Yield Page
  • Marketing Page
  • Storage and post harvest handling Page
  • Seed production Page
  • Quiz-TVS-Lecture-9
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  • Power Point Presentation
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  Topic 10

  Chilli and Capsicum

  • Area and production Page
  • Economic importance and uses Page
  • Varieties of chilli Page
  • Bell pepper varieties Page
  • Quiz-TVS-Lecture-10
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  Topic 11

  • Climate and soil Page
  • Seasons Page
  • Cropping system Page
  • Nursery practices Page
  • Preparation of field Page
  • Use of chemicals and growth regulators Page
  • Protected cultivation Page
  • Physiological disorders/constraints Page
  • Harvesting and yield Page
  • Storage Page
  • Marketing Page
  • Value added products Page
  • Seed Production Page
  • Quiz-TVS-Lecture-11
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  • Power Point Presentation
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  Topic 12

  Okra

  • Area and production Page
  • Economic importance and uses Page
  • Description of popular varieties and hybrids Page
  • Quiz-TVS-Lecture-12
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  • Power Point Presentation
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  Topic 13

  • Climate and soil Page
  • Seasons Page
  • Seed sowing Page
  • Seed rate Page
  • Cropping systems/ planting systems Page
  • Preparation of field Page
  • Physiological disorder Page
  • Harvesting and yield Page
  • Storage and marketing Page
  • Seed production Page
  • Quiz-TVS-Lecture-13
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  • Power Point Presentation
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  Topic 14

  Introduction on leafy vegetables

  Amaranthus

  • Introduction on leafy vegetables Page
  • Groups of leaf vegetable Page
  • Importance and utility Page
  • Varieties Page
  • Climate and Soil Page
  • Season,Seed rate & fertilizer recomendation Page
  • Land preparation and sowing Page
  • Harvesting and yield Page
  • Quiz-TVS-Lecture-14
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  Topic 15

  Basella

  • Importance and utility Page
  • Climate and soil requirements Page
  • Varieties Page
  • Sowing and Manuring Page
  • Inter cultivation Page
  • Plant protection Page
  • Harvest and yield Page
  • Quiz-TVS-Lecture-15
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  • Power Point Presentation
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  Topic 16

  Curry leaf

  • Area and Production Page
  • Importance and utility Page
  • Varieties Page
  • Soil and climate Page
  • Propagation Page
  • Crop production Page
  • Nutrition and Weeding Page
  • Harvesting and yield Page
  • Post harvest management Page
  • Quiz-TVS-Lecture-16
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  • Power Point Presentaion
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  Topic 17

  Moringa

  • Importance and uses Page
  • Varieties Page
  • Climate and soil Page
  • Propagation Page
  • Planting Page
  • Manuring Page
  • After care Page
  • Irrigation Page
  • Harvesting and yield Page
  • Quiz-TVS-Lecture-17
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  • Power Point Presentation
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  Topic 18

  Cowpea

  • Economic importance Page
  • Description of popular varieties/hybrids Page
  • Soil and climate Page
  • Season and Cropping system Page
  • Land preparation Page
  • Harvesting and yield Page
  • Marketing and Storage Page
  • Seed production Page
  • Quiz-TVS-Lecture-18
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  • Power Point Presentation
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  Topic 19

  Cluster Bean

  • Economic importance Page
  • Description of popular varieties/hybrids Page
  • Climate and Soil Page
  • Season and Cropping system Page
  • Land preparation Page
  • Harvesting and Yield Page
  • Seed production Page
  • Quiz-TVS-Lecture-19
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  • Power Point Presentation
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  Topic 20

  Dolichos Bean

  • Area and production Page
  • Economic importance Page
  • Description of popular varieties/hybrids Page
  • Soil and Climate Page
  • Sesone , Seed rate and seed inoculum Page
  • Land preparation Page
  • Harvesting and yield Page
  • Storage Page
  • Seed production Page
  • Quiz-TVS-Lecture-20
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  Topic 21

  French Bean

  • Economic importance Page
  • Description of popular varieties/hybrids Page
  • Bush type Page
  • Pole types Page
  • Climate and Soil Page
  • Season and Cropping system Page
  • Land preparation Page
  • Harvesting and yield Page
  • Maturity standards Page
  • Marketing and Storage Page
  • Seed production Page
  • Quiz-TVS-Lecture-21
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  Topic 22

  Introduction to cucurbits

  Muskmelon

  • Introduction to cucurbits Page
  • Uses of cucurbits Page
  • Muskmelon : Economic importance and uses Page
  • Varieties Page
  • Climate and Soil Page
  • Season Page
  • Cropping system Page
  • Preparation of field Page
  • Harvesting and yield Page
  • Maturity standards Page
  • Post harvest management Page
  • Marketing and Storage Page
  • Quize-lecture-22
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  Topic 23

  Water Melon

  • Area and production Page
  • Economic importance Page
  • Varieties Page
  • Climate and Soil Page
  • Season Page
  • Cropping system Page
  • Preparation of field Page
  • Harvesting and yield Page
  • Maturity standards Page
  • Post Harvest management Page
  • Marketing and storage Page
  • Quize lecture-23
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  Topic 24

  Cucumber

  • Area and production Page
  • Economic importance Page
  • Varieties Page
  • Climate and Soil Page
  • Season Page
  • Cropping system Page
  • Preparation of land Page
  • Harvesting and yield Page
  • Marketing Page
  • Storage Page
  • Quize-Lecture-24
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  Topic 25

  Bottle Gourd

  • Area and production Page
  • Economic importance Page
  • Varieties Page
  • Climate and Soil Page
  • Season Page
  • Cropping systems Page
  • Preparation of land Page
  • Harvesting and yield Page
  • Storage Page
  • Marketing Page
  • Quize-Lecture-25
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  • Power Point Presentation
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  Topic 26

  Bitter Gourd

  • Area and production Page
  • Economic importance Page
  • Varieties Page
  • Climate Page
  • Soil and Season Page
  • Sowing Page
  • Preparation of field Page
  • Harvesting and yield. Page
  • Storage Page
  • Quize-Lecture-26
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  Topic 27

  Pumpkin

  • Area and production Page
  • Economic importance Page
  • Varieties Page
  • Soil and Climate Page
  • Season Page
  • Preparation of field Page
  • Harvesting and yield Page
  • Storage Page
  • Quize-Lect-27
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  • Power Point Presentation
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  Topic 28

  Ridge Gourd and Sponge Gourd

  • Area and production Page
  • Economic importance Page
  • Varieties Page
  • Soil and Climate Page
  • Season Page
  • Preparation of land Page
  • Harvesting and yield Page
  • Storage and marketing Page
  • Quize-Lect-28
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  • Power Point Presentation
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  Topic 29

  Summer Squash

  • Area and production Page
  • Economic importance Page
  • Varieties Page
  • Climate and Soil Page
  • Season Page
  • Preparation of land and Spacing Page
  • Nutrition Page
  • Interculture Page
  • Harvesting and yield Page
  • Quize-Lect-29
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  Topic 30

  Ash Gourd

  • Area and production Page
  • Economic importance Page
  • Varieties Page
  • Soil and climate Page
  • Season Page
  • Seed sowing and Spacing Page
  • Nutrition Page
  • Irrigation Page
  • Weeding Page
  • Harvesting and yield Page
  • Storage Page
  • Quize-Lect-30
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  Topic 31

  Snake Gourd

  • Area and production Page
  • Economic importance Page
  • Varieties Page
  • Climate and Soil Page
  • Season Page
  • Seed rate and Spacing Page
  • Nutrition Page
  • Irrigation Page
  • Training Page
  • Harvesting and yield Page
  • Storage and marketing Page
  • Quize-Lect-31
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  Topic 32

  Pointed gourd

  • Area and production Page
  • Economic importance Page
  • Varieties Page
  • Climate And soil Page
  • Propagation Page
  • Production technology Page
  • Nutrition Page
  • Inter cultivation Page
  • Harvesting and yield Page
  • Storage and marketing Page
  • Quize-Lect-32
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  • Power Point Presentation
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  Topic 33

  Chow-Chow

  • Economic importance Page
  • Varieties Page
  • Production technology Page
  • Quize-Lect-33
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  • Power Point Presentation
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  Topic 34

  Ivy gourd

  • Area and production Page
  • Economic importance Page
  • Varieties Page
  • Climate Page
  • Soil Page
  • Propagation Page
  • Production technology Page
  • Nutrition Page
  • Irrigation Page
  • Weeding Page
  • Training and pruning Page
  • Harvesting and yield Page
  • Physiological disorders of cucurbits Page
  • Quize-Lecture-34
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  Topic 35

  Practical Manual

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  Topic 36

  • Acknowledgement Page