Tropical and subtropical vegetables (2+1)

Lecture Schedule

Tropical and Sub-Tropical Vegetables. VSC.102 (2+1)
Detailed course outlines

SL.No	Course syllabus to be covered during the one hour lecture
Lecture 1	Definition, importance, scope and problems of vegetable production
Lecture 2	Export potential, standards, specifications, handling and value chain for exports
Lecture 3	Classification of vegetable crops
Lecture 4	Types of vegetable gardening
Lecture 5	Origin, area, production, economic importance, and description of varieties and hybrids of tomato
Lecture 6	Climate, soil requirement, seed rate, preparation of field, nursery practices, transplanting, spacing, planting systems, irrigation, growth regulators. nutrition and weed management, harvest, post-harvest handling, storage, marketing and seed production of tomato.
Lecture 7	Physiological disorders of tomato.
Lecture 8	Origin, area, production, economic importance and description of varieties and hybrids of brinjal.
Lecture 9	Climate, soil requirement, seed rate, preparation of field, nursery practices, transplanting, spacing, planting systems, irrigation, growth regulators, nutrition and weed management, physiological disorders, harvest, post harvest handling, storage, marketing and seed production of brinjal
Lecture 10	Origin, area, production, economic importance and description of varieties and hybrids of chilli and capsicum
Lecture 11	Climate, soil requirement, seed rate, preparation of field, nursery practices, transplanting, spacing, planting systems, irrigation, growth regulators, nutrition and weed management, physiological disorders, harvest, post harvest handling, storage, marketing and seed production of chilli and capsicum
Lecture 12	Origin, area, production, economic importance and description of varieties and hybrids of Okra
Lecture 13	Climate, soil requirement, seed rate and preparation of field, sowing, spacing, planting systems, irrigation, growth regulators, nutrition and weed management, physiological disorders, harvest, post harvest handling, storage, marketing and seed production of Okra
Lecture 14	Introduction on leafy vegetables. Origin, area, production, economic importance, description of varieties and hybrids, climate, soil requirement, seed rate and preparation of field, sowing, spacing, irrigation, nutrition , inter cultivation, harvest and post harvest handling of amaranthus
Lecture 15	Origin, economic importance, description of varieties, climate, soil requirement, seed rate and preparation of field, sowing, spacing, irrigation, nutrition and weed management, harvest and post harvest handling of basella
Lecture 16	Origin, area, production, economic importance, description of varieties and hybrids, climate, soil requirement, propagation, preparation of field, planting, irrigation, growth regulators, nutrition and weed management, harvest , post harvest handling and storage of curry leaf
Lecture 17	Origin, area, production, economic importance, description of varieties and hybrids, climate, soil requirement, propagation, preparation of field, planting, irrigation, nutrition and weed management, harvest, post harvest handling and storage of moringa
Lecture 18	Origin, area, production, economic importance, description of varieties and hybrids, climate, soil requirement, seed rate and preparation of field, sowing, spacing, irrigation, growth regulators, nutrition and weed management, harvest, post harvest handling, storage, marketing and seed production of cowpea
Lecture 19	Origin, area, production, economic importance, description of varieties and hybrids, climate, soil requirement, seed rate and preparation of field, sowing, spacing, irrigation, growth regulators, nutrition and weed management, harvest, post harvest handling, storage and seed production of cluster bean
Lecture 20	Origin, area, production, economic importance, description of varieties and hybrids, climate, soil requirement, seed rate and preparation of field, sowing, spacing, irrigation, nutrition and weed management, harvest, post harvest handling, storage and seed production of Dolichos bean
Lecture 21	Origin, area, production, economic importance, description of varieties and hybrids, climate, soil requirement, propagation and preparation of field, planting, spacing, irrigation, growth regulators, nutrition and weed management, harvest, post harvest handling, storage, marketing and seed production of French Bean/snap bean
Lecture 22	Introduction to cucurbits. Origin, area, production, economic importance, description of varieties and hybrids, climate, soil requirement, seed rate and preparation of field, sowing, spacing, irrigation, growth regulators, nutrition and weed management, harvest, post harvest handling, storage and marketing of muskmelon
Lecture 23	Origin, area, production, economic importance, description of varieties and hybrids, climate, soil requirement, seed rate and preparation of field, sowing, spacing, irrigation, growth regulators, nutrition and weed management, harvest, post harvest handling, storage and marketing of water melon
Lecture 24	Origin, area, production, economic importance, description of varieties and hybrids, climate, soil requirement, seed rate and preparation of field, sowing, spacing, irrigation, growth regulators, nutrition and weed management, harvest, post harvest handling, storage and marketing of cucumber
Lecture 25	Origin, area, production, economic importance, description of varieties and hybrids, climate, soil requirement, seed rate and preparation of field, sowing, spacing, irrigation, growth regulators, nutrition and weed management, harvest, post harvest handling, storage and marketing of bottle gourd
Lecture 26	Origin, area, production, economic importance, description of varieties and hybrids, climate, soil requirement, seed rate and preparation of field, sowing, spacing, irrigation, growth regulators, nutrition and weed management, harvest, post harvest handling and storage of bitter gourd
Lecture 27	Origin, area, production, economic importance, description of varieties and hybrids, climate, soil requirement, seed rate and preparation of field, sowing, spacing, irrigation, growth regulators, nutrition and weed management, harvest, post harvest handling and storage of pumpkin
Lecture 28	Origin, area, production, economic importance, description of varieties and hybrids, climate, soil requirement, seed rate and preparation of field, sowing, spacing, irrigation, growth regulators, nutrition and weed management, harvest, post harvest handling, storage and marketing of ridge gourd and sponge gourd
Lecture 29	Origin, area, production, economic importance, description of varieties and hybrids, climate, soil requirement, seed rate and preparation of field, sowing, spacing, irrigation, nutrition, inter culture, harvesting and yield of summer squash
Lecture 30	Origin, area, production, economic importance, description of varieties and hybrids, climate, soil requirement, seed rate and preparation of field, sowing, spacing, irrigation, nutrition and weed management, harvest, post harvest handling and storage of ash gourd
Lecture 31	Origin, area, production, economic importance, description of varieties and hybrids, climate, soil requirement, seed rate and preparation of field, sowing, spacing, irrigation, nutrition and weed management, harvest, post harvest handling, storage and marketing of snake gourd
Lecture 32	Origin, area, production, economic importance, description of varieties and hybrids, climate, soil requirement, propagation and preparation of field, spacing, irrigation, nutrition and inter cultivation, harvest, post harvest handling, storage and marketing of pointed gourd
Lecture 33	Origin, economic importance, description of varieties and hybrids, climate, soil requirement, preparation of field, planting, spacing, irrigation, nutrition and weed management, harvest and yield of Chow -Chow
Lecture 34	origin, area, production, economic importance, description of varieties and hybrids, climate, soil requirement, seed rate and preparation of field, sowing, spacing, irrigation, growth regulators, nutrition and weed management, harvest, post harvest handling, storage, marketing and seed production of Ivy gourd and physiological disorders of cucurbits.