Crop Cultivation

High density or Intensive farming of Fruit trees भारतवर्ष में जनसंख्या वृध्दि के साथ साथ फल उत्पादन भी बढ़ रहा है, लेकिन फल उत्पादन में द्वितीय स्थान होने के बावजूद भी प्रति व्यक्ति फलों की उपलब्धता केवल 80 ग्राम प्रतिदिन है। प्रति व्यक्ति फलों की उपलब्धता को बढ़ाने के लिए क्षेत्रफल का बढ़ाना बहुत ही मुश्किल काम है लेकिन फल उत्पादन को हम निम्न तरीके से बढ़ा सकते हैं जैसे अधिक उपज वाली किस्में लगाकर, समय के साथ कटाई, छंटाई व अन्य, फल वृक्षों की रोग तथा किटाणुओं के प्रति प्रबन्धन तथा सघन खेती से भी हम फल उत्पादन बढ़ा सकते हैं। सघन खेती से हमारा अभिप्राय किसी क्षेत्र में फल वृक्षों की संख्या...

भारत के पूर्वोत्तर पर्वतीय क्षेत्र में बेबी कॉर्न की खेती। Maize had been cultivated for grain and fodder purpose. It is used both as food for human and feed for livestock especially in poultry industries. It is the third most important cereal crop next to rice and wheat in India and also a predominant cereal in global agricultural economy. It has got immense yield potential and is therefore called as “miracle crop” and also “queen of cereals”. Maize being a C4 plant is an efficient convertor of nutrients into food. In the recent years, baby corn maize has gained popularity as valued vegetable throughout the world including in India. Cobs removed within...

कश्मीर घाटी में चावल गहनता (एसआरआई) प्रणाली के कार्यान्वयन की गुंजाइश व उपयोगिता “The system of rice intensification (SRI)" is a method of rice cultivation that involves efficient utilization of natural resources in conjunction with judicious use of external inputs to produce optimum rice yield.  Although SRI is best explained operationally in terms of making certain changes in conventional rice-growing practices, it is not best defined in terms of practices. SRI is a strategy of irrigated rice production, adapted to local conditions, that alters plant, soil, water and nutrient management practices with the purpose of (a) inducing larger and better-functioning root systems, and (b) more abundant, diverse and active communities of soil...

भारत मे गेंहू उगाने की उन्‍नत प्रौद्योगिकी   Its scientific name is triticum aestivum and first originated at Middle East. Wheat grains are used to make flour, which is transformed into dough and then breads. Wheat is a staple food in India. It contains manganese, phosphorus, magnesium and selenium in very large quantities. Wheat also rich in zinc, copper, iron and potassium. Calcium is present but in small amounts. They contain vitamin b. Vitamin E and vitamin K are also present but in small amounts. Wheat has a calorific value of 339.0 per 100 gm. Being a grain, it is very appropriate in calories and hence, filling as a food. Wheat cultivation is...

भारत के उपोष्णकटिबंधीय क्षेत्रों मे कम सर्द नाशपाती के उत्पादन की प्रौद्योगिकी     Pear, an important fruits of the temperate region, belongs to the family Rosaceae. In India pear cultivation is mainly confined to the temperate Himalayan mountains at 1,700-2,400 m above mean sea level which have ideal conditions to grow a large number of European (Pyrus communisL.) and oriental [P. pyrifolia (Burm.) Nakai ] pears. Selection and development of low chill pear cultivars had made it possible to grow pear in subtropical regions of India also. Now pear is cultivated as a commercial crop under the tarai region of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Uttrakhand because these area has a typical subtropical climate with...

पॉपकार्न : वि‍शेष प्रकार की मक्‍का उगाने की वि‍धि‍  Corn (Zea mays L.) is one of the important cereal crop in the world.  In India 49% of corn is used in poultry feed industry, 12% as animal feed and 25% as food in various forms. Diverse types of corns like sweet corn, dent corn, flint corn, pod corn,flour corn, waxy corn and pop corn are grown in India of which pop corn is the only corn that pops. Pop corn type is characterized by a very hard, corneous endosperm containing only a small portion of soft starch. Pop corn is essentially small-kernelled flint type. Pop corn has several grain colours are grown viz.,...

Maize cultivation: how to मक्का खरीफ ऋतु की फसल है, परन्तु जहां सिचाई के साधन हैं वहां रबी और खरीफ की अगेती फसल के रूप मे मक्‍का की खेती की जा सकती है। मक्का कार्बोहाइड्रेट का बहुत अच्छा स्रोत है। यह एक बहपयोगी फसल है व मनुष्य के साथ- साथ पशुओं के आहार का प्रमुख अवयव भी है तथा औद्योगिक दृष्टिकोण से भी मक्‍का की खेती का महत्वपूर्ण स्थान भी है। चपाती के रूप मे, भुट्टे सेंककर, मधु मक्का को उबालकर, कॉर्नफलेक्स ,पॉपकार्न, लइया के रूप मे आदि के साथ-साथ अब मक्का का उपयोग कार्ड आइल, बायोफयूल के लिए भी होने लगा है। लगभग 65 प्रतिशत मक्का का उपयोग मुर्गी एवं पशु आहार के रूप...

भारतीय किसान के लिए बैंगन के उत्पादन प्रौद्योगिकी  Brinjal or eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) is an important solanaceous crop grown in India.   In India, it is one of the most common, popular and principal vegetable crops grown throughout the country except higher altitudes. It is a versatile crop adapted to different agro-climatic regions. Brinjal can be grown throughout the year. It is a perennial but grown commercially as an annual crop. The varieties of Brinjal display a wide range of fruit shapes and colours, ranging from oval or egg-shaped to long club-shaped; and from white, yellow, green through degrees of purple pigmentation to almost black.  Seedling raising: Nursery Bed Preparation : Brinjal seeds are sown on...