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Intercultural operations in horticultural crops
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Crop
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Intercultural operations
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Beet
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Weed Control, Thinning
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Bitter Gourd
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Weeding
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Brinjal
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Weeding By Shallow Cultivation, Earthing up
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Carrot
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Weeding and hoeing, Earthing up
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Cauliflower
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Weeding, hoeing, earthing up, Blanching
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Cabbage
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Weeding, hoeing, earthing up
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Okra
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Weeding
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Onion
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Weeding
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Peas
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Weeding, Vine Support
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Radish
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Weeding and hoeing, Earthing up
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Tomato
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Weed Control ,shallow Cultivation for aeration, earthing up, mulching
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Mango
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Training and pruning ,hoeing(crust breaking),Weeding and Ploughing
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Citrus
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Weed Control , Intercropping ,Training and Pruning
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Papaya
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Thinning, Weed Control, Intercropping
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Tools used in intercultural operations
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Name of Tool/implements
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Intercultural operation
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Hoe
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Weeding, thinning, crust breaking, soil aeration.
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Cultivator. Fork
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Weeding, loosening the soil for aeration
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Ridge Plough, Spade
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earthing up
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Poles
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Wine support
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Knife
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Training
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Rope Saws, Pole Pruner & Lopper, Folding Pruner
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Pruning
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Other hand tools used in horticulture
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Hand tool
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Usage
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Spade
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Digging, trenching and removing soil
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Fork
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Used after the soil is turned by the spade for breaking clods and
Weeding
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Border fork
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For weeding in borders
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Potato fork
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For digging out potatoes, for clearing compost and rubbish
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Garden rake-
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To break up the clods, leave to a fine tilth. It
Can also be used for gathering stones, weeds
and hedge clippings
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Lawn rake
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Used on lawns to rake out the dead grass and collect leaves
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The hay rake
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It is used for raking together grass and leaves
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Draw hoe
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It chops through the roots of the weeds,
especially tap roots, and can also be used for
making drills for seed sowing and for singling
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Dutch hoe
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It is used for Weeding. It is given with a pushing action as the operator walks
Backwards
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Triangular headed
Hoe
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Used with a pulling action for making a
Shallow drill
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Trowels
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They are small scoop shaped tools used for making small holes for planting plants
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Garden line
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It is a very important horticultural tool used
for setting out straight lines. It is used when
seed sowing, trenching, lawn edging,
transplanting and for many other garden
operations
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Hand shears
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Used for cutting grass and hedges
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Edging shares
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Used for cutting lawn edges and because of the length of the handles they can be used when standing upright.
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