National webinar was conducted on the topic “Protected cultivation of vegetable crops – way forward” on 28th Aug 2020. The webinar was inaugurated by Dr. M R Dinesh, Director, ICAR-IIHR. The following topics were covered in the webinar.
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Topic |
Resource scientist |
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Design, structure, problem and prospects of protected cultivation of vegetable crops
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Dr. Shankar Hebbar, Principal Scientist (Agronomy) |
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Production technology of crops grown under protected cultivation |
Dr. Anil Kumar Nair, Principal Scientist (Agronomy) |
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Insect and mite pest management in vegetable crops grown under protected cultivation |
Dr. V Sridhar, Principal Scientist (Entomology) |
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Monitoring pesticide residues in vegetable crops for safe consumption and their waiting periods |
Dr. Debi Sharma, Principal Scientist, Referral Lab for food safety |
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Disease management in vegetable crops grown under protected cultivation |
Dr. Sandeep Kumar. Scientist (Plant Pathology) |
The webinar was conducted between 10.00 am to 1.30 pm through ZOOM media. The number of participants exceeded the limit of permitted numbers. Hence additional members were accommodated in youtube channel through LIVE broadcast. More than 34 queries were attended at the end of the session. Several topics were requested by participants to learn in depth about various topics. The programme was moderated by Dr. T N Shivananda, Nodal Officer, HRD Cell, ICAR-IIHR. The program was concluded by vote of thanks by moderator.
