Nursery management for horticulture crops

Abstract

India is featured with diverse and remarkably vast form of diversity among agro-climatic zone which gives a pave for the production of different types of horticultural crops like vegetables, plantation crops, ornamentals, flowers and so on. As agriculture is the backbone of Indian economy, it plays a vital role in providing livelihood for more than 70% of labour force. Horticulture is the branch of agriculture science which involves many areas of study. When considering the present scenario, the providence of various horticultural crops has been made possible by the establishment of nursery. The prime objective of a nursery is to provide the planting material at best quality for adoption and establishment in new environment. The present study is based on the nursery management in horticultural crops. This review article covers all the important aspects practised in nursery management like potting of seedling, manuring and irrigation, plant protection measures, weed control, packaging and marketing of nursery plants.