Do-it-Yourself online training program
What is Vegetable Grafting?
- Grafting in simple terms means joining of living plant parts so that it grows as a single plant.
- Grafting in vegetable plants is a boon for farmers in regions, where cultivation of vegetable is challenging due to biotic and abiotic stresses.
- With the help of this technology, one can overcome many soil-borne diseases, tackle salinity and cold temperature issues that hinder vegetable production.
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Program Content and coverage:
List of Chapters
Introduction to Vegetable Grafting
- History & evolution of Vegetable Grafting
- Need of grafting in vegetable crops
Chapter 1: Grafting in Vegetables
- What is Vegetable Grafting?
- Basic Inputs required
- Types of grafting
- Grafting in solanaceous and cucurbits crops
- Method demonstrations of grafting
Click here to attend, Chapter 1: Grafting in Vegetables
Chapter 2: Healing and Hardening
- What is healing & hardening?
- Importance of healing & hardening
- Various models of healing chambers
- Explanation of various process activities
- Innovative proprietary V-method of healing
- Day wise breakup of healing and hardening
- Workshop sessions – method demonstrations
Click here to attend, Chapter 2: Healing and Hardening
Chapter 3: Infrastructure and inputs required for grafting
Inputs and Infrastructure used in:
- Seed Sowing
- Irrigation and Fertigation
- Grafting, Healing and Hardening
- Pesticides and PGRs Spray
- Electronic Equipments and Accessories
- Other Important Value Additions
Click here to attend, Chapter 3: Inputs & Infrastructure
Chapter 4: Concepts of Seed Sowing
Develop understanding of:
- What is a Quality Nursery?
- Basic Inputs & Infrastructure Required for Seed Sowing
- Selection of Appropriate and Correct Protrays for Seed Sowing
- Result Demonstration of “Effect of Density on Plant Growth”
- Selection of Different Growing Media
- Method Demonstration of “Onsite Testing of EC, pH of Media”
- Result Demonstration of “Impact of Choice of Media & Media Mix on Plant Growth”
- Precautions to be Undertaken During Seed Sowing
- Result Demonstration of “Seed Orientation” in Cucurbits Crops
- How to do Seed Sowing ?
- Method Demonstration of Seed Sowing
Click here to attend, Chapter 4: Concepts of Seed Sowing
Chapter 5: Irrigation and Fertigation in Nursery
Develop understanding of:
- What is Fertigation?
- Why & when to Fertigate?
- Important terms used in concept of Fertigation
- Measurement of EC, pH & Nitrate of Fertigation water
- Optimum & Recommended value of EC, pH & Nitrate
- Fertigation schedule in different stages and different season
- Basics of Irrigation for plug nursery
- Decision of Irrigation based on surface colour of cocopeat
- Result demonstration of “Effect of Fertigation on plant growth”
- Result demonstration of “Effect of pH of Fertifation water on plant growth”
Click here to attend, Chapter 5: Irrigation and Fertigation in Nursery
Chapter 6: Plant growth regulators
Develop understanding of:
- What are plant growth regulators (PGRs)?
- What are plant growth enhancers?
- What are plant growth retardants?
- Physiology & mode of action of PGR
- Recommended stages for PGR application
- Dosage recommendation of PGRs
- Calculation of PGR dosage
- Preparation of PGR solution
- Result demonstration of “Effect of PGR on plant growth”
Click here to attend, Chapter 6: Plant Growth Regulators
Chapter 7: Irrigation setup
Who should attend?
- Progressive Farmers
- Nurserymen
- Agriculture entrepreneurs
- Students/Researchers/Scientists/Scholars who are willing to gain knowledge and experience in technology and further innovate, simplify and make this technology relatively economical to adapt
Mode of delivery:
- Virtual class room training is conducted through digital platform
- Do it Yourself (DIY) work shop on every aspects of vegetable grafting
Program Duration:
- Course is classified into a sequential chapters with specified duration
- These chapters will be released periodically in a schedule
- Module wise classroom and workshop sessions can be taken up sequentially by participants – as per their convenience
