1. Introduction to Vegetable Seed Production................................................7
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Concept and Objectives of Vegetable Seed production
1.3 History of Vegetable Seed production
1.4 Present Status and Importance of Vegetable Seed production
1.5 Top five Vegetable Seed production industries in India
1.6 Exercise

2. Classification of Vegetable Crops............................................................18
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Classification based on botanical family
2.3 Classification based on growing season
2.4 Classification based on life cycle
2.5 Classification based on plant part used for consumption
2.6 Classification based on Method of Cultivation –
2.7 Exercise

3. Vegetable Farming.....................................................................................26
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Types: Home or Kitchen garden, Market garden, Truck garden
3.3 Processing of Vegetable: Primary Processing, Secondary Processing
and Value-added processing
3.4 Exercise

4. Hybridization Techniques in Vegetable Crops........................................34
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Objectives of hybridization technique in vegetable crops
4.3 Use of male sterility in hybrid seed production
4.4 Use of self-incompatibility in hybrid seed production
4.5 Steps involved in hybridization:
4.6 Important breeding methods used to develop improved varieties and hybrids
4.7 True potato seed (TPS) production technique.
4.8 Advantages of hybridization techniques in vegetable crops.
4.9 Exercise.

5. Vegetable Nursery Managment................................................................51
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Types of Nursery beds-
5.2.1 Raised bed
5.2.2 Flat bed
5.2.3 Hi-tech Nursery
5.2.4 Soil less raising of seedlings
5.3 Transplantation technique of seedlings
5.4 Precautions in raising healthy seedlings
5.6 Exercise

6. Breeding Methods in Vegetable Crops.....................................................67
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Selection methods
6.1.1 Pure line selection
6.1.2 Pedigree selection
6.1.3 Bulk method
6.3 Exercise

7. Population Improvement..........................................................................77
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Objectives of population improvement
7.3 Methods of population improvement
7.4 Application of Population Improvement
7.5 Achievements of Population Improvement
7.6 Exercise

8. Seed Production Techniques in Vegetables..............................................89
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Seed production procedure in Brinjal, Tomato, Bitter guard and Onion
8.3 Exercise