08 Aug Potato production technology for Plateau areas and Southern hills
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...