Day 1
Introduction
Green house technology, Types of Green Houses; Plant response to Greenhouse environment, Planning and design of greenhouses, Design criteria of greenhouse for cooling and heating purposes. Green house equipment, materials of construction for traditional and low cost green houses.
Irrigation systems used in greenhouses, Typical applications, passive solar green house, hot air greenhouse heating systems, green house drying.
Cost estimation and economic analysis.
Choice of crops for cultivation under greenhouses, problems / constraints of greenhouse cultivation and future strategies. Growing media, soil culture, type of soil required, drainage, flooding and leaching, soil pasteurization in peat moss and mixtures, rock wool and other inert media, nutrient film technique (NFT) / hydroponics.
Green house heating, cooling, shading and ventilation system – CO2 generation and monitoring – Lighting systems – Growing of vegetables crops i.e., Cucumber and Capsicum – Containers and substrates
Soil Sterilization – Drip and fertigation system – Water and nutrient management – Weed management – Special horticultural practices i.e. training and pruning – IPM & IDM – Harvest indices – Harvesting techniques, post harvest handling techniques – visit to commercial vegetables production units – Precision horticulture; principles and concepts; GPS, GIS, remote sensing, variability management in precision farming, GAP, precision equipments. Project preparation to establish a commercial green house.
Components and orientation
Organic farming
Benefits
Day 2
Career Opportunities in the Greenhouse Industry
Growing Structures
Fertilizers
Plant health management
Documentation/ fumigation Organic production and trade/ supply chain management
packaging machines
Manufacturing
Field demonstration/feed back/discussion
Validatry function