Exercise 5

SPECIAL PRACTICES IN CROP

PRODUCTION
Learning Outcomes

• Define and describe the different special practices;

• Cite the objective and purposes of the special practices; and
• Apply these practices to a given crop
Special Practices

• regularly done but are particularly applicable only (unique) to

specific crop or group of crops
 FRUIT BAGGING

• involves enclosing or wrapping the fruits (either individually or as group)

with suitable materials
DESUCKERING

• removal of
unnecessary suckers
from the base (mat) of
banana
• Gouging bar
• 3-4 suckers of varying
ages (3-4 months
interval) are retained
per mat
PROPPING

• a practice of providing
support to branches or
stalk which tend to bend
due to heavy load of fruits.
RATOONING

• the growing of new crop out of the shoots

arising from the previous crop.
• Advantages:
• saves time
• reduces cost of production
• Disadvantage:
• Lower yield
TRELLISING

• is a practice of providing support to the plant so that the stem and

leaves are kept away from the ground.
• Usually done in viny crops and crops that cannot stand vertically by
itself
• Objective:
• To allow better exposure of leaves to sunlight
• To avoid fruits from coming in contact with the soil.
FLOWER INDUCTION
• an effective way of
producing fruits even
during off-season.
• Various techniques:
• use of chemical
• modifying the
photoperiod
• pruning
• timing of irrigation

• Advantage:
• makes flowering in
mango more profuse and
more uniform
Use of KNO3
1-1.5% dry season
2-3% wet season

Ethephon
40 ml solution
(240 ppm + 1% urea)
Output: number 1 and 3
Deadline submission: 13 March 2018
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