29 Aug Potato Seed Production Technique for Nilgiris
निलगिरी के लिए आलू का बीज उत्पादन करने की तकनीक The potato crop produces more food (dry matter) than cereals and vegetables. It could be processed into a variety of products either by itself or in combination with other products. Due to these factors production and productivity level has shown a steady growth rate in the last four decades. Such a tremendous growth has been due to the agro-economic advantages of potato over other crops. Potatoes are traditionally propagated through vegetative means. The Nilgiri hills, situated at an elevation of 1500 - 2600 meters above mean sea level at 11o 24’ North latitude and 74o 4’ East longitude is one of the oldest place where the potato crop was introduced by the foreign invaders long ago. Here, the potato crop can be cultivated through out the year due to its better geographical location making possible to receive rainfall evenly, round the year. The average annual rainfall of the region is 1400mm in about 100 rainy days and the mean maximum and temperatures are 22.2oC and 17.5oC respectively. Potato production in Nilgiris Nilgiris is a unique place of potato production where the cost of cultivation is very high when compared with that of the plains region. This is mainly because of high labour wages and...