Influence Of Different Growing Conditions On Leafy Vegetables

It is need of time in field of horticulture specially in leafy vegetable cultivation which is ideal, safe and have much potential for its quality and quantity with advance technology of Protected Cultivation. In open field condition leafy vegetables exposed to biotic and abiotic stresses which causes productivity and quality. The physical environmental factors like sunlight, rainfall, wind velocity, atmospheric moisture also affects on growth and other physio-chemical attributes of leafy-vegetables. Protected cultivation has the potential to reduce the stresses offset the vagaries of weather and permitting the year round cultivation to ensure the regular supply in the market. However the profitability of protected cultivation depends upon choices of structures, selection of crop, cultivars, production technologies and market price in respective period of cultivation.