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3. Protected cultivation.
7. Policy issues.
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2. Hi-tech crop production of horticultural crops.
3. Protected cultivation.
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7. Policy issues.
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Horticulture crops occupy 13% of gross cropped area in the year of 2005-06. 37% of gross
value of agriculture output and 50% of export earning. Horticulture today is not merely a
means of diversification from an integeral part of food and nutritional security.
3. Cryo preservation
4. Gene bank.
3. Hi-tech propagation:
Micro propagation:
1. Tissue culture units for propagation, Banana, papaya, cardamom, bamboo etc.
Vegetable: Cabbage.
3. Green manuring
6. Bio fertilizer
7. Vermiculture
Micro irrigation:
1. Drip irrigation — root zone application
4. Chemigation
5. Herbigation
Organic farming:
5. Protected cultivation:
3. Wrist chamber for propagation
6. Crop protection:
1. Integrated pest management.
3. Bio pesticide.
i. NPV
ii. GV
iii. Bt formulation
5. Molecular diagnostic.
Irradiation: It refers to physical means of exposing fresh or pre packed products to gamma
rays.
Hi-tech processing:
Mechanisation/Automation
Quality standards
(2) Distinctiveness
(3) Imitating
Organisational support:
1. National Horticultural mission.
3. NUB
4. APEDA
Training
i. Horticulture engineering
Research thrust:
ICAR
NBPGR
CPRI
CTCRI
NATP project
9. Conclusions:
1. Research in non core area to be taken up.
2. Various organisation like APEDA, NABARD, SFAC and FAO have to play a major pole.