MODERN NURSERY RAISING SYSTEMS IN VEGETABLES

P. PANDIYARAJ¹*, RAJEEV KUMAR YADAV², S. VIJAYAKUMAR³, ARINDAM DAS^4
1Division of Vegetable Crops, ICAR- Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore, 560 089
²Division of Vegetable Crops, ICAR- Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore, 560 089
³Division of Ornamental Crops, ICAR- Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore, 560 089
⁴Division of Vegetable Crops, ICAR- Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore, 560 089
* Corresponding Author : pandiyaraj.p7@yahoo.com

Received : 28-07-2017     Accepted : 17-11-2017     Published : 30-11-2017
Volume : 9     Issue : 52       Pages : 4889 - 4892
Int J Agr Sci 9.52 (2017):4889-4892

Keywords : Seedling tray, Media, Protected structure, Quality seedling production
Academic Editor : Dr K Sundharaiya, Sharma Akhilesh, Dr Jai P. Rai, M P Wankhade, Mohan Lal, C. Manimurugan
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author are thankful to ICAR - Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore, 560 089
Author Contribution : Pandiyaraj P – Collection of article, analyze the article, critical revision of the article, final approval of the version to be published and acted as corresponding author

Raising healthy seedlings under good nursery management practices is an important part of successful vegetable production. Seedling tray technology was developed for the efficient production of high-quality seedlings for transplanting. The technology was introduced into Korea in 1992, and has now become an important industry. Modern technologies are important mainly for the mass production of vegetable seedlings, which were transplanted into greenhouses or the open field. The quality of the growing media used in seedling tray is largely influenced by physical, chemical and biological properties of the growing media. The main purpose of raising seedlings in protected structure is to produce quality and disease free seedlings in off season to raise early crop in protected condition or open field condition to get higher profit.

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