This PSEB 10th Class Agriculture Notes Chapter 4 Winter Vegetables will help you in revision during exams.
PSEB 10th Class Agriculture Notes Chapter 4 Winter Vegetables
→ Vegetables are an essential part of the human diet.
→ Vegetables contain carbohydrates, proteins, minerals, and vitamins, etc.
→ According to dieticians, an adult should take 284 grams of vegetables.
→ Vegetables mature in a short duration and 2-4 crops can be taken in one year.
→ Vegetable yield is 5-10 times more than rice-wheat crop rotation therefore one can earn more by growing vegetables.
→ Sandy loam or clayey loam soils are suitable for growing vegetables.
→ For root vegetables like radish, carrot, turnip, etc., sandy loam soil is suitable.
→ Fertilizers are of two types Organic and chemical fertilizers.
→ Organic manures keep the chemical and physical structure of the soil.
→ Chemical fertilizers are manufactured in factories, these contain nitrogen, phosphorus, and potash.
→ Seed can be sown in two ways.
- directly
- by raising nursery (transplanted crop)
→ Carrot, radish, fenugreek, coriander, potato, etc. are sown directly.
→ Vegetable which is grown by transplanting is Cabbage, cauliflower, Chinese cabbage, broccoli, onion, lettuce, etc.
→ Irrigate the vegetable crops before wilting.
→ Treat vegetable seeds by Captan or Thiram it helps in preventing attacks of insects and diseases.
→ Rabi or winter vegetables are -Carrot, radish, pea, cauliflower, cabbage, potato, broccoli, Chinese cabbage, etc.
→ Varieties of carrots are – Desi and European.
→ Varieties of radish are – Punjab pasand, Pusa chetki, Japanese white.
→ Pea is a cool-season crop. It contains protein in large quantities.
→ For growing cauliflower 15-20 degree centigrade temperature is required.
→ Varieties of cauliflower are-Giant snowball, Pusa snowball-1, Pusa snowball k-1.
→ An early variety of cabbage can be grown directly.
→ Varieties of Chinese cabbage-Chini sarson-1 and saag sarson.
→ Improved varieties of Broccoli-Punjab Broccoli-1. Its yield is 70 Quinta per acre.
→ Varieties of potato are Kufri Surya, Kufri Pukhraj, Kufri Pushkar, Kufri Jyoti, Kufri sindhuri, Kufri Badshah.