Miscellaneous Points Related to Vegetable
Sex Forms in Vegetables
Sex Form | Crops |
Cleistogamy | Lettuce |
Chasmogamy | Tomato, Capsicum |
Protogyny | Cole crops |
Protandry | Onion, Carrot |
Sex Forms in Cucurbits
Type | Examples |
Hermaphrodite | Satputia (Ridge Gourd), Cucumber (original form) |
Andromonoecious | Musk Melon |
Gynoecious | Cucumber |
Trimonoecious | Cucumber, Musk Melon, Ridge Gourd |
Pollination Types
Pollination Type | Crops |
Anemophily | Spinach, Beet Root, Palak, Amaranthus |
Entomophily | Onion, Carrot, Radish, Cole crops |
Fruit Types in Vegetables
Fruit Type | Examples |
Pod/Legume | Peas, Beans |
Capsule | Okra, Sweet Potato, Yams |
Berry | Tomato, Potato, Taro |
Schizocarp | Carrot |
Seed Ball | Turnip, Beetroot |
Pod | Rat-tail Radish |
Inflorescence Types
Type | Crops |
Racemose | Peas, Beans, Tomato, Cole crops |
Panicle | Cassava, Drumstick |
Umbel | Celery, Onion, Garlic |
Spike | Beet, Amaranthus, Palak |
Capitulatum | Globe Artichoke |
Spadix | Taro, Elephant Foot Yam (EFY) |
Catkin | Cabbage |
Onion Color Compounds
- Red Onion: Anthocyanin
- Yellow Onion: Quercetin
Nutritional & Disease Information
- Sweet Potato: Cheapest source of calories
- Tapioca: Highest carbohydrate content
- Agathi: High calcium
- Vegetables: Almost no fat (0.1%)
- Mature seeds of Pea & Bean: Contain Phytic acid
- Colletotrichum & Purple Blotch: More severe in Kharif Onion
- Rabi Onion: Prone to blight
- Nematode (Ditylenchus): Common in Onion & Garlic
Micronutrient Effects in Crops
Nutrient | Crop | Effect |
P | Tomato | Increases number of flowers |
Cu | Brinjal | Increases number of flowers |
Zn | Brinjal | Increases fruit weight |
Genetic Information
- Inbreeding Depression:
- High: Carrot
- Moderate: Onion, Cole crops
- Nil: Tomato, Brinjal
Ist Hybrids:
- Cucumber: Japan (1940)
- IARI Vegetables: Pusa Meghdoot, Pusa Manjari (1971)
- Tomato Hybrid: Karnataka
- Sweet Pepper Hybrid: Bharat
Carrot Types
Type | Characteristics |
Asiatic | Core is distinct |
European | Core is indistinct, blunt |
Miscellaneous Important Points
- Savoy Cabbage: B.O. var. sabauda (Conical shape)
- Savoy Varieties: Perfection, Chieftain, Wakefield, Charlatan, Jercey
- Trap Crop: Bold mustard (25:1) in cabbage – prevents red pumpkin beetle
- Spinach: Has 5 different sex forms
- Thinning: Compulsory in Beetroot & Turnip
- Tomato for Juice: Pusa Ruby, Angur Lata, Kalinpur
- Processing Tomato: Arka Saurabh
- Seedless Watermelon: Pusa Bedana (Dr. Kihara, 1972)
- Tomato Interspecific Hybrid:
- Hissar Anmol: Hissar Arun × L. hirsutum
- Pusa Red Plum: L. esculentum × L. pimpillifolium
Floriculture & ICAR Programs
- 1970: Separate division of Floriculture and Vegetable Crops (IARI)
- 1971: AICVIP launched by ICAR
Important Flower Colors
Crop Group | Flower Color |
Cruciferae | Yellow |
Brinjal | Purple/Blue |
Chilli | White |
Tomato | Yellow |
Bottle Gourd, Snake Gourd, Pointed Gourd | White |
