Crop Cultivation

Inter relay technique for Cucumber cultivation in wheat crop सब्जियों का भारतीय कृषि में महत्वपूर्ण स्थान है। ये बहुत सी दूसरी फसलों की तुलना में प्रति ईकाई क्षेत्र में अधिक पैदावार देती है और कम समय में तैयार हो जाती है। भारत में खीरा-ककड़ी वर्गीय कुल की लगभग 20 प्रकार की सब्जियों की खेती की जाती है।  इनमें धीया/ लौकी, तोरी, करेला, खीरा, तरबूज, खरबूज, ककड़ी, कद्दू /सीताफल, चप्पनकद्दृ, टिण्डा, परवल आदि मुख्य है। ये सभी बेलवाली फसलें होती हैं जो कम कैलोरी व सरलता से पचने वाली होने के साथ-साथ विटामिन्स, अमीनो अम्ल एवं खनिज लवणों का अच्छा स्त्रोत है । ये सब्जियां उत्तर भारत के मैदानी भागों में फरवरी से...

जूट- गोल्डन फाइबर का सिंहावलोकन Jute is considered as the golden fibre of India. It is the commercially available natural fibre which is utilized mostly as packaging material, nowadays facing a steep competition from cheap synthetics in packaging sector. Besides the traditional packaging sector, jute has been used in both textile and non-textile sectors in large and small industries. Jute is eco-friendly, biodegradable and has much higher CO2 assimilation rate which is creating an opportunity for the survival and growth of jute industry in the era of environmental concern. Global production of jute and allied fibres is around 3.0 million tonnes, 92.5% of which comes from India and Bangladesh alone. India...

गैंदा : आम आदमी का एक फूल Flowers are the beauty in human life, it play important role from born to death. It increased the beauty in the function. To show expression, we can use a particular flower for it. Flowers may be cheaper as well as costly. But Marigold is a flower of common man. It easy to purchase or easily to cultivate with lower cost. It is one of the most commonly grown flowers for garden decoration and extensively used as loose flowers for making garlands for religious and social function ceremonies. It has popularized amongst the gardeners having its easy culture, wide adaptability, habit of free flowering and short duration...

पठार क्षेत्रों और दक्षिणी पहाड़ियों के लिए आलू की उत्पादन तकनीक Potato is a cool season crop. Its wider adaptability makes it possible to grow this crop in almost all the states of the country but by adopting suitable production technology. The plateau area and southern hills, which represent a sizeable area under potato cultivation differ from other parts of the country with respect to climatic and soil conditions, in which major potato growing area lies. Hence, for exploiting the potential benefits, the farmers of this region need to adopt suitable technology for cultivating potato, which are discussed in detail in this paper. In India major potato area is concentrated in Northern plains...

Method of growing healthy and weed free saplings  स्वस्थ एवं खरपतवार रहित नवपौध प्राप्त करने के लिये एक नई विधि जिसमें पुरानी बोरियों को इस्तेमाल किया गया, में कम मजदूरों की संख्या, खरपतवार की समस्या का हल तथा मौजूदा पद्धित द्वारा तैयार की गई नवपौध से कम खर्च वाला पाया गया । इस पद्धित से प्राप्त नवपौध को आसानी से एस. आर. आई जिसमें १२-१४ दिन की नवपौध का इस्तेमाल होता है तथा मौजूदा पौध रोपण जिसमें २०-२५ दिन की नवपौध के लिये उपयुक्त पाया गया है । नवपौध के लिये खेत व क्यारी की तैयारी: मई माह में गेहूं कटाई के बाद जमीन की सिंचाई के बाद खेत में खड़े पानी में...

रेशमकीट इरी के मेजबान सार्वकालिक पौधे केसेरू की खेती   Ericulture contributes significantly Indian commercial silk production which is mostly confined to north-eastern part of the country i.e. Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram. A small quantity of eri cultivation has been extended to Bihar, West Bengal, Orissa, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. In addition, Ericulture is practiced in China, Brazil, Russia, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Bolivia, Ethiopia, French, Egypt, Italy etc. Eri silkworm feeds primarily on castor leaves, but sufficient castor leaves are not available throughout the years for commercial rearing. Therefore, Kesseru (Heteropanax fragrans Seem) is used as an alternative food plant during the scarcity of...

अंगूर की उत्पादकता में सुधार कैसे करें। Among all the horticultural crops, grapes have received a special importance in view of its value addition into raisins. Wine grape area is around 3000 ha and production is estimated about 30000 MT with a productivity of 10MT/ha and wine production is estimated at 15 million liters from this production. Major area in the country is spread in the states of Maharashtra (to the extent of 75 to 80 percent in Nasik, Sangli, Solapur, Satara, Pune and Latur districts) followed by Karnataka (Bijapur, Bangalore, Belgaum, Gulbarga, Raichur districts), Andhra Pradesh (Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy districts) and Tamil Nadu (Theni, Coimbatore and Madurai districts) and small...

केनोपी की शुक्ष्म जलवायु का अंगूर और वाईन की गुणवत्ता पर प्रभाव Many of the earlier observations among several viticulture scientists all over the world indicated a strong effect of climate on both yield and quality of grapes. To fully understand these effects, we need to differentiate between three levels of the climate based on the ideas of the famous German climatologist, Geiger. Macroclimate (Regional climate): This is the climate of a particular region, and a weather stations located in that region usually describe the general pattern of the macroclimate. Mesoclimate (Site climate): The mesoclimate of a particular vineyard varies from macroclimate of region because of differences in elevation, slope, aspect or distance from moderating...

अधि‍क कमाई के लिए स्ट्राबेरी की खेती Strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa Duch.) is one of the best natural sources of antioxidant, vitamin 'C', proteins and minerals like P, K, Ca and Fe. It is also anticarcinogenic and anti diabetic. The introduction of day neutral cultivars, fertigation, green house, standardization of agro-techniques and improved storage techniques has revolutionized the strawberry industry. Soil and climate to grow Strawberry Strawberry prefers soil reasonably rich in humus because of 70-90 % of its roots found in the top 15 cm soil. Strawberry should not be grown continuously on the same land and on the land previously devoted to potato, tomato, eggplant, pepper and raspberry. It grows well on...

कृषि विकास के लिए संभावित फसलें - मक्का और सोयाबीन India is an agrarian country and agriculture is considered as a base of Indian economy. Around 67% of Indian population is directly or indirectly dependant on agriculture . The Country has diverse range of geographic and climatic conditions suitable for cultivating wide range of agricultural and horticultural crops. Due to globalization, competition is increased across the globe in both food as well as non food industry segments. The industry segment has to adapt economically sustaining operations right from raw material purchasing to selling the product at end market. In processed food products palatability, convenience, quality factors are becoming equally important along with price...