SUMMER VEGETABLES (Hort-304)

COURSE OUTLINE Spring2020
Course Title: SUMMER VEGETABLES
Course Code: HORT_304
Credit Hours:3(2-1)
Instructor: Shahla Rashid
Email: [email protected]

Theory:
Introduction, importance and issues, Types of vegetable farming, Cultivation of summer vegetables with
reference to their acreage, production, botany, cultivars, climate, soil, cultural practices, maturity indices,
harvesting, grading, packing, quality assurance, marketing, production problems, important weeds,
insect-pests, Diseases and their control.
Practical:
Practice in raising of summer vegetables including mushrooms, Eradication of weeds and control
measures of insects and diseases, Harvesting, grading and packing of vegetables, Economics of
summer vegetable production, Visits to vegetable farms and markets.

Bose, T.K., M.G. Som and J. Kabir. 1993. Vegetable Crops. Naya Prokash, Calcutta-Six, India.
 Biswas, S., ‎M. Datta and S.V. Ngachan. 2011. Mushrooms: A Manual for Cultivation. PHI learning
private Ltd., New Delhi, India.Libner, N.S. 2006. Vegetable Production. Vedams Books Pvt. Ltd.
New Delhi, India.
 Das, P.C. 2003. Vegetable Crops of India. Kalyani Publishers, New Delhi.
 Decoteau, D.R. 2002. Vegetable Crops. Prentice-Hall of India, New Delhi, India.
 Dhaliwal, M.S. 2008. Handbook of Vegetable Crops. Kalyani Publishers, Ludhiana, New Delhi, India.
 Maynard, D.N. and G.J. Hochmuth. 2007. Knott’s Handbook of Vegetable Growers (5 th Ed.). John
Willey and Sons Inc., New York.
 Rana, M.K. 2008. Scientific Cultivation of Vegetables. Kalyani Publishers, Ludhiana, New Delhi,
India.
 Swaider, J.M., G.W. Ware and J.P. McCollum. 2002. Producing Vegetable Crops (5 th Ed.), Interstate
Publishers Printers and Publishers Inc., Danville, Illinois.
 Singh, A.P. 2002. Vegetable Growing in India. Kalyani Publishers, New Delhi.
 Singh, D.K. 2007. Modern Vegetable Varieties and Production Technology. International Book
Distributing Co. (Publishing Division), Lucknow, India.

                                                               COURSE SCHEDULE

Week

Topics and Readings

Books with Page No.

1.

Theory: Introduction, importance and issues

Practical: Practice in layout methods (Vegetables)

Producing Vegetable Crops7

2.

Theory: Types of vegetables farming

Practical: Raising of nursery

Producing Vegetable Crops,11

3.

Theory: Cultivation of tomato with acreage, production, botany, climate, soil, cultural practices, maturity indices, harvesting, grading, packing, quality assurance, marketing, production problems, important weeds, insect-pests, Diseases and their control

Practical: Raising of nursery.

Horticulture,508

4.

Theory: Cultivation of Cucumber with acreage, production, botany, climate, soil, cultural practices, maturity indices, harvesting, grading, packing, quality assurance, marketing, production problems, important weeds, insect-pests, Diseases and their control

Practical: Selection of plants from nursery.

Horticulture,517

5.

Theory: Cultivation of Chili with acreage, production, botany, climate, soil, cultural practices, maturity indices, harvesting, grading, packing, quality assurance, marketing, production problems, important weeds, insect-pests, Diseases and their control

Practical: Transplanting of plants from nursery.

Horticulture,510

6.

Theory: Cultivation of Okra with acreage, production, botany, climate, soil, cultural practices, maturity indices, harvesting, grading, packing, quality assurance, marketing, production problems, important weeds, insect-pests, Diseases and their control

Practical: Transplanting of plants from nursery.

Horticulture,529

7.

Theory: Cultivation of Bitter gourd with acreage, production, botany, climate, soil, cultural practices, maturity indices, harvesting, grading, packing, quality assurance, marketing, production problems, important weeds, insect-pests, Diseases and their control

Practical: Weed Eradication.

Horticulture,522

8.

Theory: Cultivation of Pumpkin with acreage, production, botany, climate, soil, cultural practices, maturity indices, harvesting, grading, packing, quality assurance, marketing, production problems, important weeds, insect-pests, Diseases and their control

Practical: Weed eradication.

Horticulture,524

9.

Theory: Cultivation of Musk melon with acreage, production, botany, climate, soil, cultural practices, maturity indices, harvesting, grading, packing, quality assurance, marketing, production problems, important weeds, insect-pests, Diseases and their control

Practical: Control measures of weeds.

Horticulture,519

10.

Theory: Cultivation of Water melon with acreage, production, botany, climate, soil, cultural practices, maturity indices, harvesting, grading, packing, quality assurance, marketing, production problems, important weeds, insect-pests, Diseases and their control

Practical: Control measures of weeds.

Horticulture,520

11.

Theory: Cultivation of Brinjal with acreage, production, botany, climate, soil, cultural practices, maturity indices, harvesting, grading, packing, quality assurance, marketing, production problems, important weeds, insect-pests, Diseases and their control

Practical: After transplanting care of vegetables.

Horticulture ,528

12.

Theory: Cultivation of Garlic with acreage, production, botany, climate, soil, cultural practices, maturity indices, harvesting, grading, packing, quality assurance, marketing, production problems, important weeds, insect-pests, Diseases and their control

Practical: Media preparation for mushroom.

Mushroom Growing,13

Producing Vegetable Crops

13.

Theory: Cultivation of Sponge Gourd with acreage, production, botany, climate, soil, cultural practices, maturity indices, harvesting, grading, packing, quality assurance, marketing, production problems, important weeds, insect-pests, Diseases and their control

Practical: Substrate preparation.

Mushroom Growing,15

Producing Vegetable Crops

14.

Theory: Cultivation of Ridge Gourd with acreage, production, botany, climate, soil, cultural practices, maturity indices, harvesting, grading, packing, quality assurance, marketing, production problems, important weeds, insect-pests, Diseases and their control

Practical: Spawn preparation

Mushroom Growing,19

15.

Theory: Cultivation of Coriender with acreage, production, botany, climate, soil, cultural practices, maturity indices, harvesting, grading, packing, quality assurance, marketing, production problems, important weeds, insect-pests, Diseases and their control

Practical: Growing of mushrooms

Mushroom Growing,74

16.

Presentations

Visit to vegetable farm and market

 

Course Material

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