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Mid August to mid September.

250 gram per acre.

Mid September for nursery raising and mid October for transplanting.

Kufri Jyoti, Kufri Pushkar.

Mid August to mid September.

Kufri Sindhuri, Kufri Badshah.

Mature in 100-110 days. Yield is 120-170 quintal per acre.

Correct answer is 90-100 days.

60 cm, 20 cm.

Kufri sindhuri and Kufri badshah.

1. Two improved varieties- Pusa himani, Pusa chetki
2. Seed rate per acre- 4-5 kg. per acre.
3. Spacing between ridges- 45 cm
4. Harvesting- 45-60 days after sowing.
5. Yield per acre- 105-215 quintal per acre.

Improved varieties: Kufri Surya, Kufri Pukhraj, Kufri Jyoti, Kufri Pushkar,

Kufri Sindhuri, Kufri Badshah.

Seed rate: 12-18 quintal seed per acre.

Sowing time: For Autumn season last of September to mid October and for spring season first fortnight of January.

Pusa snowball-1, Pusa snowball K-l, Giant snowball.

110-120 days for maturity. Yield is 120-130 quintal per acre.

April to August.

• Improved varieties: Punjab broccoli-1, Palam smridhi.
• Yield: 70 quintal per acre.
• Time of sowing: Time of sowing for nursery is from mid August to mid September and when seedlings are one month old, transplant in the field.
• Seed rate: 250 gram per acre.
• Distance between plants: Row spacing and plant spacing should be 45 cm.

To control weeds in potato use stomp 30 EC one litre for one acre or arelon 75 EC 500 gram for an acre or sencor 70 EC 200 gram for one acre. Dissolve herbicide in 150 litre water and spray before the emergence of weeds and after first irrigation.

Use stomp 30 EC one litre per acre or Tafalon 50 WP 500 gram per acre before the emergence of weeds within two days of sowing. Dissolve these herbicides in about 200 litre of water and spray in the field.

Punjab Black beauty.

Carrot needs 3-4 irrigations. First irrigation is applied immediately after sowing and second irrigation is applied after 10-12 days.

4-5 kg per acre.

1. Varieties: Two varieties-Desi and European. There are two varieties of carrot in Punjab -PC 34 and Punjab black beauty. PC 34 is of red colour and Punjab black beauty is of Blackish violet colour.
2. Yield: For black variety 196 quintal per acre and for red variety 200 quintals per acre.
3. Seed rate: 4-5 kg per acre.
4. Harvesting: Depending upon variety, harvesting can be done in 90-100 days.
5. Spacing: Sow carrot on ridges and spacing between ridges is 45 cm.

Correct answer is 45 cm.

90-100 days depending on variety.

Correct answer is Desi variety

Correct answer is 284 gram

Very less, we can get 2-4 crops in a year.

Carrot, radish, cabbage, cauliflower, potato, peas etc.

Ageta matar-6 and 7, Arkel.

Use stomp 30 EC one litre per acre or Tafalon 50 WP 500 gram per acre before the emergence of weeds within two days of sowing. Dissolve these herbicides in about 200 litre of water and spray in the field.

Pea seeds are inoculated with Rhizobium culture. It helps in nodule formation and also help in increasing the yield. It helps in fixing the nitrogen in the soil.

Correct answer is 284 gram

Vegetables play very important role in the human diet. Vegetables contain carbohydrates, proteins, minerals and vitamins etc. which are essential for human health. According to dieticians, an adult needs 284 grams of vegetables daily. Out of this quantity 114 gram vegetables should be leafy vegetables, 85 grams should be root vegetables and 85 grams other vegetables. Vegetables can be taken uncooked and cooked. In India maximum population is vegetarian. Therefore vegetables are very important in our diet.

• Improved varieties: Early sowing varieties are Matara ageta – 6 and 7 and Arkel. Main season varieties are Mithi Phali
• Yield: 20-24 quintal per acre for early varieties. For main season varieties 47-55 quintal per acre.
• Climate: Cool climate
• Time of Sowing: Mid-October to mid November.
• Seed rate: 45 kg per acre for early maturing and 30 kg per acre for main season. If sowing for the first time, inoculate with Rhizobium.
• Spacing: 30×7.5 cm. for early and 30×10 cm for main season varieties.
• Irrigation: First irrigation after 15-20 days of sowing second at flowering stage, third at pod forming stage.
• Weed control: Use stomp 30 EC one litre per acre or Tafalon 50 WP 500 gram per acre before the emergence of
• weeds that is after two days of sowing: Dissolve these herbicides in about 200 litre of water and spray in the field.
• Harvesting: Harvesting should be done at proper edible maturity stage.

• By ploughing in summer many of the insects, fungi and other nemotodes of soil are killed.
• If suitable crop rotation is adopted theft potato and peas can be saved from many diseases.
• By sowing early varieties and insects can be removed by mechanical method
• Destroy the diseased plants to save other plants from diseases.
• By treating the seeds with captan or thiram and other suitable chemicals plants can be prevented from diseases and attack of insects-pests.
• Savin, Fame insecticides can be used to get rid of some insects like caterpillars and beetles. Sapsucking insects and aphid can be controlled by using Rogor, Metasystox and malathian.

Use stomp 30 EC one litre per acre by dissolving it in 200 litre of water. Apply this solution in the moist soil conditions one day before transplanting of the seedlings.

Organic manure keep the soil healthy, physical and chemical state of the soil remains balanced. Soil remains soft and well aerated.

200-250 gram per acre.

Direct sowing and transplanting.

It should be of improved variety and disease free.

Chemical and organic.

Nitrogen, phosphorus and potash etc.

Correct answer is Two types

Sandy loam soil

Sandy loam to clayey loam soil.

Vegetables can be grown in different type of soils. But sandy loam or clayey loam soils are best suited for cultivation of vegetables. For root crops like carrot, radish, turnip, potato etc., sandy loam soil is best suited.

Those vegetables are grown through transplantation, which can tolerate the shock of transplanting. Some of the vegetables which can be grown through transplantation are cabbage, Chinese cabbage, onion, lettuce, cauliflower etc.

Those vegetables which can tolerate the shock of transplanting e.g. cabbage, broccoli, onion etc.

Chinese cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, onion, lettuce etc.