SOIL AND PLANT ANALYSIS (1+1)

CHEMISTRY OF VEGETABLE CROPS

• Vegetables play an important role in human nutrition supplying some of the materials, which other food materials are lacking.
• Vegetables are important in neutralizing the acidity formed during digestion.
• They also serve as roughages in human nutrition and thus helping digestion.
• They are the important sources of minerals like Ca, P and Fe.
• They also form an important source of vitamins, especially vitamin A.
• Green and yellow vegetables like carrot, turnip, spinach, beans, etc. contain appreciable amounts of vitamin A.
• Direct seed of beans, peas, and legumes contain appreciable amounts of proteins.
• Vegetables also contain sufficient amounts of vitamin C and also appreciable quantities of thiamine, niacin and folic acid.
• Tomatoes and potatoes contain fairly high amounts of vitamin C.