Tropical and subtropical vegetables (2+1)

Seed production

• It is often cross pollinated crop and to get seed isolation distance of 400 and 200 meters should be maintained for foundation and certified seeds respectively. Some cultural practices should be followed as recommended for normal crop. However, rainy season crop is good for seed. Pests and diseases are controlled strictly. Crop should be inspected thrice during the crop period. First before flowering on the basis of foliage characters, off types and disease plants should be removed. Secondly at the time of flowering and on the basis of flower characters, off types and diseased plants should be removed. Finally, at the time of pod ripening and on the basis of pod characters. When pods are brown, they should be considered for harvesting. Harvest them 4 to 6 days interval depending upon the maturity. Keep them in sun for drying and thresh them. Clean the seed and dry it up to 10% available