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03 Jan

Posted at 08:35h in Crop Cultivation
Hiralal Jana 23 views

कमल की खेती: कमाई का संभावित क्षेत्र The lotus plant is an aquatic perennial, native to Southern Asia and Australia. It is most commonly cultivated in water gardens. The pink lotus is the national flower of India. The lotus (Nelumbonucifera) is known by a number of common names, including sacred lotus, Indian lotus, East Indian lotus, Oriental Lotus, Lily of Nile, Bean of India and Sacred water lily. It symbolizes purity, beauty, majesty, grace, fertility, wealth, richness, knowledge and serenity. The American Lotus (Nelumbolutea) is native to a region stretching from south-eastern part of North America to the northern part of South America. It is smaller than the sacred lotus; bears scented, pale yellow flowers. Uses of Lotus:- Lotus flowers, seeds, young leaves and rhizomes are all edible. In Asia, the petals are sometimes used for decoration, while the large leaves are used as a wrap for food. Various parts of the sacred lotus are also used in traditional Asian herbal medicine. The tender seeds are munched happily in north-east India. The lotus stem is eaten almost in all parts of India, and pickled too. Young lotus stems are used as a salad ingredient in Vietnamese cuisine. The distinctive dried seed heads, which resemble the spout of watering cans, are widely sold throughout the World for decorative purposes and for...

06 Dec

Posted at 06:56h in Animal husbandry
Vikash Kumar and Anjani Kumar 20 views

मखाना - विशाल क्षमता वाली एक फसल Gorgon Nut or Makhana (Euryale ferox salib) (कमल के बीज) is considered as a potential aquatic cash crop in India especially in Bihar. Commercially, it is grown in Mithilanchal districts of Bihar (Madhubani and Darbhanga). It is adapted to the tropical climate of India and found in natural, wild forms in various parts of north-east India (Assam, Meghalaya, and Odisha) and scattered pockets of central and northern India (e.g. Gorakhpur and Alwar). However, it occurs in wild form in Japan, Korea, Bangladesh, China and Russia (Shanker et al. 2010). Makhana belongs to Nymphaeaceae family which has floating leaf and emergent macrophyte. The leaves are orbicular, floating and glabrous, green and corrugated above and deep purple beneath, supported by stout, porous and prickly ribs. The popped expanded kernel of the gorgon nut (Euryale ferox) which is a monotypic genus, is characterized by its hard seed coat (shell), black colour and round shape seed.   Makhana cultivation requires minimum expenditure as new plants germinate from the seeds left over from the last harvest. The only investment required is in thinning out the overgrowths, transplanting into sparse areas, adding insecticides and the collection of dispersed seeds from the pond bed during harvesting. The cultivation of this aquatic crop involves clearing of pond, broadcasting of...