Vegetable Crops-Improvement and Production

Vegetable Crops-Improvement and Production

1. Introduction
2. Vegetables and their importance in human nutrition
3. Growth and development
4. Classification of vegetable crops
5. Nursery management
6. Vegetable crops improvement and production technology
    6.1.    Solanaceous fruit bearing vegetable crops: Tomato, Brinjal, Chilli and  green/sweet pepper
    6.2.    Melons:  Watermelon, Muskmelon, Roundmelon and Longmelon
    6.3.    Cucumber, Pumpkins and Gourds: Cucumber, Pumpkin, Ashgourd, Snake gourd, Bottlegourd,
             Spongegourd, Ridgegourd and Bittergourd
    6.4.    Other cucurbits: Pointedgourd and Ivy gourd, Gherkin, Summer squash and Chayote.
    6.5.    Leguminous vegetables: Peas, French bean, Dolichos bean, Vegetable cowpea/Yard
             long bean,
             Cluster bean and Winged bean
    6.6.    Cole crops: Cabbage, Brussels sprouts, Cauliflower, Broccoli and Knol-Khol
    6.7.    Okra [ lady’s finger]
    6.8.    Leafy vegetables: Spinach beet/Indian spinach, Spinach, Amaranthus, Basella and
             Fenugreek    
    6.9.    Salad vegetables: Lettuce
    6.10.   Root crops: Carrot, Radish, Turnip and Beet root
    6.11.   Bulb crops: Onion and Garlic
    6.12.   Tuber crops: Potato and Sweet potato
    6.13.   Other vegetable crops: Asparagus, Drumstick, Curry leaf, Sweet corn and baby corn
7.  Organic vegetable farming
8.  Economics of vegetable production, marketing and trade
9.  Vegetable nutrition and human health
10. Food security and vegetables