• RAKESH KUMAR
• V RAJASREE
• LALICHETTI SAGAR
• U.TRIPURA
• Amit Ahuja

India is endowed with a wide variety of agro-climate conditions & enjoys an enviable position in the horticulture map of the world. In spite of having more diversity, it is a facing a lot of constraints like photo stress , moisture stress, temperature stress weed growth, soil nutrient deficiencies , excessive wind velocity and atmospheric carbon dioxide protected cultivation is a unique, specialized cropping technique where these constraints related to biotic and a biotic factors can be controlled to an extent . Protected cultivation of vegetable crops offers distinct advantage of quality, production per unit area and favorable market price to the growers. It increases farmers income in off season as compared to the normal season since it results in early nursery and early crop hence off season cultivation of cucurbits is one of the most profitable technology under Northern plains of India.

Off Season, Low Tunnel, Cucurbits, Cropping System

"OFF SEASON CULTIVATION OF CUCURBITS UNDER PLASTIC LOW TUNNELS: A APPROACH/ LOW COST TECHNIQUE TOWARDS DOUBLING FARMER INCOME", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no.587-589, August-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808388.pdf

"OFF SEASON CULTIVATION OF CUCURBITS UNDER PLASTIC LOW TUNNELS: A APPROACH/ LOW COST TECHNIQUE TOWARDS DOUBLING FARMER INCOME", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no. pp587-589, August-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808388.pdf