After reading this article you will learn about the vegetable crops that are found in India. Vegetables, defined as those herbaceous plants of which some portion is eaten, either cooked or raw, during the principal part of the meal, constitute an important segment of our agricultural system. Starchy vegetables like potato, sweet potato, cassava and yam are rich sources of [...]
After reading this article you will learn about the advantages and reproduction of vegetable crops. Vegetable crops are important sources of carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals and proteins. India is credited as the second largest producer of vegetables in the world next only to China. Because of varied agro-climatic conditions in India, a large number of vegetable crops are grown here and [...]
After reading this article you will learn about the history of vegetable breeding research in India. 1940 - Successful attempt of seed production of temperate vegetables at Quetta (now in Pakistan). 1947 - Sanctioning of a nucleus 'Plant Introduction Scheme' at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. 1949 - Establishment of a vegetable breeding station at Katrain in Kullu [...]