All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) on vegetable crops (VC) was started during the IVth five-year plan in 1970-71, to provide a national grid for multi-location testing of the vegetable technologies developed by various research institutes and state agricultural universities

The Information About the Division of Crop Production of the ICAR-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research is given below

About the Production :

Technology for nursery management was standardized involving soil solarization, seed treatment and shade/agro nets. Solarization of nursery beds by covering with transparent polythene (200 gauge) for 5-6 weeks and seed treatment with Trichoderma viridae (@ 4g/kg seeds) gave good control of diseases.

During seedling growth, when temperature is more than 30 °C, covering of seed beds with shade/agro nets (50 or 60 % shade) at 1 m height with suitable support reduces seedling mortality due to heat scorching. Besides, agro nets also help in control of insects, particularly insect vectors that spread viral diseases.

The highest fruit yield of tomato cv. Avinash-2 (1222.13 q/ha) and water use efficiency (58.06 q/ha-cm) was recorded with drip irrigation at 100% ET (Evapotranspiration) coupled with black polythene mulch.

Furrow irrigated raised bed planting (FIRB) in tomato (Kashi Vishesh) saved 36% water over flat system. This system along with paddy straw mulch is able to save about 49% water with 55% increase in fruit yield over absolute control.

In tomato cv. Kashi Vishesh, the maximum WUE (9.42 q/ha-cm) was achieved with alternate furrow irrigation (AFI) + black polythene mulching. Black polythene and transparent polythene saved 33.7% and 20% water, respectively over ‘no mulch’.

In okra c.v. Kashi Pragati, the maximum WUE of 602.73 kg/ha-cm was obtained with irrigation at 10 days intervals coupled with pea straw mulching (@7.5 t/ha) About 30% water could be saved in okra during summer with pea straw mulching as compared to unmulched control.


Major Areas of Research
Agronomy
Soil science
Water management
Physiology and biochemistry
Post harvest technology
Social science

Facility
Biochemistry laboratory
Soil science laboratory
Plant physiology laboratory
Post harvest laboratory
CHNS analyser
Nitrogen analyser
Spectrophotometer
Texture analyser
HPLC
GCMS

For more Detials you may Contact to the ICAR-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research the contact details Are given below

Contact Detials
ICAR- INDIAN INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE RESEARCH
POST BAG NO. 01; P. O. JAKHANI (SHAHANSHAPUR)
VARANASI - 221 305, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA
PHONE NO. 91-542-2635247; 2635236
FAX NO. 91-5443-229007