Agri Info

 The India Greenhouse Horticulture market held a market value of USD 190.84 Million in 2021 and is estimated to reach USD 271.25 Million by the year 2030.

• The market is expected to register a growth rate of 4.19% over the projected period. In 2021, India’s greenhouse horticulture production was 27.71 million tonnes.
• Greenhouse Horticulture is also known as protected cropping. It is the production of horticultural crops within, under or sheltered by structures for providing modified growing conditions and/or protection from adverse weather, pests, and diseases.

• Robust increase in population and food demand.
• Rising entrepreneurship under horticulture due to government intervention.

• The term horticulture is derived from two Latin words hortus, meaning ‘garden’, and cultura meaning ‘cultivation’ hence meaning, crops cultivated in a garden cultivation.
• It is a science and art of production, utilisation and improvement of fruits, vegetables, flowers and other plants for human food, non-food uses and social needs.
• L.H. Bailey is considered the Father of American Horticulture and M.H. Marigowda is considered the Father of Indian Horticulture.

Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH):

• Centrally Sponsored Scheme for the holistic growth of the horticulture sector covering fruits, vegetables and other areas.
• Under MIDH, Government of India contributes 60% of the total outlay for developmental programmes in all the states (except North Eastern and Himalayan states where GOI contributes 90%) & 40% is contributed by State governments.
• It has five major schemes on horticulture-
  • National Horticulture Mission (NHM)
  • Horticulture Mission for North East and Himalayan States (HMNEH)
  • National Horticulture Board (NHB)
  • Coconut Development Board (CDB) &
  • Central Institute of Horticulture (CIH), Nagaland.

National Horticulture Board (NHB):

• It was set up in 1984 on the basis of recommendations of the “Group on Perishable Agricultural Commodities”, headed by Dr M. S. Swaminathan.
• Headquartered at Gurugram.
• Objective is to improve integrated development of Horticulture industry and to help in coordinating, sustaining the production and processing of fruits and vegetables.

Methods of pruning

Horticulture One liner

✅“National Horticulture board” located in ? Gurugram (Haryana)    

                                                      

✅Chief pollinating agent in onion is? Honey bee                         

✅Which chemical used for preventing sprouting during storage in onion?                                       MaleicHydrazide        

                                             

✅Seed rate of hybrid tomato is? 100-150 g/ha                                                 

✅How many mango trees will be accommodated with a spacing of 5 m x 5m in an area of           one ha? 400 trees/ha.                                           

✅Post harvest losses in fruit and vegetable? 30-40%                                          

✅Cloves required for planting garlic? 500 kg/ha                              

     

✅Sanjose scale is the most serious pest of? Apple                               

              

✅“Goma Kirti” is a variety of? Ber     

     

 ✅The hard fruits of citrus are due to the? Boron deficiency         

✅ Anti-fungal factor in onion is? Catechol                       

                                        

✅Kent is the mutant variety of? Coffee , while Caturra is a natural mutant variety of                     Coffee                                                 

✅Removal of male bud after completion of female phase is known as? Denavelling              

✅Sex form of water melon is? Monoecious                               

                         

✅The element which improve quality of fruits is? Boron       

                   

✅ Saffron is obtained from? Style and Stigma                            

                      

✅Arka Keshar and Arka Dheeraj are varieties of?   Gladiolus.                   

✅Rostellum and pollinia are terms related to?  Orchid            

                          

✅World coconut day 2020 is observed on which date? 2nd september

✅ Ruby Important variety of -Pomegranate

✅ Pusa Ruby Important variety of -Tomato

Types of Vegetable gardens

1.Home  or kitchen or Nutritional Garden - Area required for home garden is 250 sqm

2.Market Garden - 

• Mostly situated near big cities,
• Intensive cultivation is followed, 
• Many crops are grown simultaneously

3.Truck Garden - 

• Extensive cultivation is followed one or two crops are grown

4.Processing Vegetable Garden - 

• Specialized cultivation practices are followed.Mainly grown on contract basis

5.Vegetable forcing or control environment agriculture - 

• Intensive cultivation is followed. 
• Very small area is used.

6.Vegetable garden for seed production - 

• Special type of vegetables are grown. 
• Contract cultivation.

7.Floating Vegetable Garden - 

• Mainly found in Jammu & Kashmir Shallow rooted vegetables are grown

8. Roof Garden - Fresh leafy vegetable are grown