Raising of Hybrid Vegetable Seedlings under Protrays

The growing of vegetable seedlings under protray is gaining importance for the production of pest free healthy seedlings. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Namakkal has initiated the production of hybrid vegetable seedlings during 2007 where seedlings were raised under fifty per cent shade net. The side portion of the shade net area was covered with sixteen mesh white net to prevent the entry of sucking pest. Nearly seven lakh seedlings were supplied to the farmers in the district and the technology was disseminated through training programmes and demonstrations. Through this intervention, area under hybrid vegetables cultivation increased up to 400 ha.