International Web Conference on “Biodiversity in Vegetable Crops for Healthier Life and Livelihood” 27-28 August, 2020, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur. I Proceedings-cum-Abstract Book International Web Conference on Biodiversity in Vegetable Crops for Healthier Life and Livelihood 27-28 August, 2020 Editors Dr. S.S. Solankey Dr. D.P. Saha Dr. Shyama Kumari Dr. Shirin Akhtar Dr. V.B. Jha Dr. R. K. Sohane Dr. R.R. Singh Bihar Agricultural University, International WebSabour, Conference on Bhagalpur “Biodiversity in Vegetable – 813210 Crops for Healthier (Bihar) Life and Livelihood” 27-28 August, 2020, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur. I Chairman Dr. Ajoy Kumar Singh Vice Chancellor Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour Editors Dr. S.S. Solankey Dr. D.P. Saha Dr. Shyama Kumari Dr. Shirin Akhtar Dr. V.B. Jha Dr. R. K. Sohane Dr. R.R. Singh Cover Design Mr. Brajesh Kumar Tiwari Technical Support Mr. Ishwar Chandra Mr. Anjum Hashim © 2020, Solankey S.S., Saha D.P., Kumari Shyama, Akhtar Shirin, Jha V.B., Sohane R. K. and Singh R.R. All Right Reserved Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour ISBN: 978-81-937815-0-0 International Web Conference on “Biodiversity in Vegetable Crops for Healthier Life and Livelihood” 27-28 August, 2020, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur. I FOREWORD Biodiversity is the natural heritage of the planet and is one of the key factors of sustainable development. It is the backbone of crop improvement and has importance not only for the environmental aspects of sustainability but also for the social and economic ones. Vegetable biodiversity helps ensure not only a stable and sustainable supply of sufficient quantities of food, energy and protein but also plays a major role in ensuring its quality. A direct product of crop diversity is itself considered desirable by nutritionists. Besides, the supply of vital nutrients of vitamins and minerals can be enhanced through the efficient use of genetic diversity. New varieties can be developed with improved nutritional quality, with respect to vitamins, minerals, better quality protein, essential elements and reduced anti-nutritional or toxic factors. On this context the two day International web conference on “Biodiversity in Vegetable Crops for Healthier Life and Livelihood” was an excellent platform to exchange concepts and opinions. The web conference was attended by more than two thousand and three hundred participants across the India and from different countries. I am happy to learn that, several important recommendations were emerged through a critical discussion during the said web conference. I hope the Proceedings-cum-Abstract book of this web conference will be quite useful for scientific communities, education stakeholders and policymakers involved in vegetable research and production. I congratulate the organizers of the web conference and the editorial team for their commitment and active participation and wish you all the success. (Ajoy Kumar Singh) International Web Conference on “Biodiversity in Vegetable Crops for Healthier Life and Livelihood” 27-28 August, 2020, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur. I CONTENTS Sl. No. Particulars Page No. 1. ABOUT THE WEB CONFERENCE 1 Keynote Article K-01 UNDERUTILIZED CROPS AND HIGH-TECH 3-8 HORTICULTURE FOR FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL SECURITY OF URBAN AND PERI-URBAN POPULATION: A PREVIEW M.L. Chadha K-02 BIODIVERSITY AND SUSTAINABLE NUTRITION 9-17 WITH REFERENCE TO TOMATO, BRINJAL AND POTATO Pranab Hazra K-03 FRESH VEGETABLES FOR HEALTH AND BOOSTING 18-24 IMMUNITY Ranjit Chatterjee K-04 GENETIC DIVERSITY AND IMPROVEMENT IN 25-32 CHILLIES (CAPSICUM SPECIES) Rajesh Kumar and Ashutosh Rai K-05 BREEDING TOMATOES FOR RESISTANCE TO 33-42 DISEASES A.T. Sadashiva, Ashish Kaushal, Amarjeet Kumar Rai and Vinod Jatav K-06 INDIGENOUS PERENNIAL FRUITS AS VEGETABLES 43-49 IN ALLEVIATING HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION V.B. Patel and S.S. Solankey Extended Summary E-01 ANTIOXIDANTS RICH VEGETABLES AS IMMUNITY 51-53 BOOSTER FOR HEALTHIER LIFE S.S. Solankey, Meenakshi Kumari, Shirin Akhtar, B. N. Saha and Randhir Kumar E-02 MICRO-IRRIGATION TECHNIQUES FOR 54-56 VEGETABLES-A BRIEF REVIEW Priyanka Suryavanshi, Munish Sharma and Dipender Kumar E-03 BIODIVERSITY IN VEGETABLE CROPS IN BIHAR 57-59 Kumari Ragni, Nitu Kumari and Prabhat Kumar E-04 APPLICATION OF BIOTECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS IN 60-63 VEGETABLE IMPROVEMENT Nupur Saini International Web Conference on “Biodiversity in Vegetable Crops for Healthier Life and Livelihood” I 27-28 August, 2020, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur. E-05 RADICLE EMERGENCE TEST AS A QUICK VIGOUR 64-67 TEST TO PREDICT FIELD EMERGENCE PERFORMANCE IN OKRA (ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS L.) SEEDS G. P. Chinnasamy, S. Sundareswaran and P. R. Renganayaki E-06 COMBATING MICRONUTRIENT MALNUTRITION 68-69 THROUGH AGRONOMIC BIOFORTIFICATION OF HORTICULTURAL CROPS – A WAY FORWARD Bholanath Saha, Shashank Sekhar Solankey, Jitendra Kumar, Sushanta Saha and V.B. Jha E-07 BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF BITTER 70-74 GOURD (MOMORDICA CHARANTIA L.) IN SOUTHERN INDIA Sathish.M, Lakshmanan.V, Juliet Hepziba.S and Balakumbahan.R E-08 RECENT TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVEMENT OF 75-78 PRODUCTIVITY AND QUALITY OF VEGETABLE CROPS Saurabh Tomar, Meenakshi Kumari, Rajiv and H. G. Prakash E-09 ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION STRATEGIES FOR 79-81 CLIMATE CHANGE TOWARDS THE VEGETABLE PRODUCTION P. Arun Kumar, B. Venudevan, J. Ramkumar and R. Mangaiyarkarasi E-10 CLIMATE CHANGE, ITS RESPONSE ON VEGETABLE 82-84 CROPS AND MITIGATION STRATEGIES Nikunj Joshi, Chirag Thakar and Dipti Parmar E-11 ROLE OF CHANGE IN CLIMATE ON PRODUCTION 85-88 AND QUALITY OF VEGETABLES Meenakshi Kumari, S.S.Solankey, D.P.Singh, Neha Sinha and H.G. Prakash E-12 INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON VEGETABLE 89-93 CROPS Madhumita E-13 CLIMATE RESILIENT TECHIQUES TO OVERCOME 94-97 HEAT STRESS IN VEGETABLES Rehan and Ankita Sharma E-14 IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND MITIGATION 98-100 STRATEGIES IN VEGETABLE PRODUCTION Mehak Nagora, Shweta, Lalit Kumar and Sharad E-15 NEW RECORD OF BACTERIAL PATHOGEN IN 101-102 BUTTON MUSHROOM ASPSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA (MUMMY DISEASE) IN INDIA Anil Kumar, Satish Kumar and V.P. Sharma International Web Conference on “Biodiversity in Vegetable Crops for Healthier Life and Livelihood” II 27-28 August, 2020, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur. E-16 VEGETABLES AS IMMUNITY BOOSTER AND 103-105 NUTRITIONAL SECURITY Mohini Singh and Anshuman Semwal E-17 UNDERUTILIZED LEAFY VEGETABLES: A 106-108 REQUISITE TO EXPLORE AND CONSERVE NUTRITIONAL SECURITY FOR RURAL LIVELIHOOD Ankita Sharma, Reena Nair and Rehan E-18 VEGETABLE KITCHEN GARDENING FOR FOOD, 109-111 NUTRITIONAL AND ECONOMIC SECURITY DURING PANDEMIC SITUATIONS SUCH AS COVID-19 Munish Sharma and P. Suryavanshi E-19 BRINJAL FOR NUTRITIONAL SECURITY 112-113 Rashmi Kumari and Shirin Akhtar E-20 EXPLORING JUTE LEAFY VEGETABLES AS AN 114-117 UNCONVENTIONAL SOURCE OF VITAMIN A Anita Roy, Debjani Mondal, Sourav Hazari E-21 NUTRACEUTICALS ROLE OF VEGETABLES IN 118-123 HUMAN DIET AS IMMUNITY BOOSTER Meenakshi Kumari, S.S. Solankey, D.P. Singh, Saurabh Tomar and Neha Sinha E-22 ROLE OF VEGETABLES TO BOOST HUMAN HEALTH 124-128 AND NUTRITION Priyanka Sahu and Barsha Tripathy E-23 CAROTENOID ENHANCEMENT IN PLANTAIN CROP 129-131 UNDER CHANGING CLIMATE SCENARIO Neha Sinha and Meenakshi Kumari E-24 VEGETABLE CROPS: BOOSTER OF HEALTH AND 132-137 LIVELIHOOD Archana. P.V E-25 UNDERUTILIZED VEGETABLES: CROPS FOR 138-142 FUTURE Barsha Tripathy, P. Sahu, S. Rout and Kalyani Pradhan E-26 SCOPE OF UNDERUTILIZED VEGETABLE CROPS IN 143-148 INDIA Pinki Kumari and Amit Raj E-27 EFFECT OF SOWING TIME AND FERTILIZER LEVELS 149-152 ON SEED YIELD OF KASURI METHI (TRIGONELLA CORNICULATE L.) S.M.Ghawade, S.V. Bhavar and D.S. Phad E-28 STUDIES ON EFFECTIVENESS OF PRE AND POST 153-155 EMERGENCE APPLICATION OF METRIBUZIN ON YIELD AND ECONOMICS OF POTATO (SOLANUM TUBEROSUM L) R. B. Verma, A. P. Singh, M. D. Ojha, Vijay Kumar3, R.K. Verma and S. S. Solankey International Web Conference on “Biodiversity in Vegetable Crops for Healthier Life and Livelihood” III 27-28 August, 2020, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur. E-29 MULTITIER CROPPING SYSTEM FOR SUSTAINABLE 156-159 MANAGEMENT OF LAND Anupam Adarsh, Anupma Kumari, Savita Kumari and Kamlesh Kumar Singh E-30 ROLE OF ZINC IN VEGETABLE CROP PRODUCTION 160-162 Kamlesh Kumar Singh, Anupam Adarsh, Sunita Kumari, A. K. Singh and S.S. Solankey E-31 VEGETABLES AS IMMUNITY BOOSTER AND FOR 163-166 NUTRITIONAL SECURITY A. Palanisamy, and P. Parameshwari Theme-I: Present status, challenges and future prospects of vegetables at national and global perspective T-01.1 TALES FROM THE TROPICS: THE SCIENCE AND ART 168-169 OF VEGETABLE BREEDING Sanjeet Kumar T-01.2 VEGETABLE BIODIVERSITY FOR FUTURE 170 SECURITY S.S. Solankey, Shyama Kumari, Shirin Akhtar, D.P. Saha, V.B. Jha, R.K. Sohane and R.R. Singh T-01.3 FUTURE STRATEGY TO INCREASE VEGETABLE 171 PRODUCTION T. Tejaswini and T. Thomson T-01.4 ABIOTIC STRESS ADAPTATION IN VEGETABLE 171-172 CROPS FOR PROTEIN FOLDING STABILITY Sharvan Kumar, V.B. Singh, Manjeet Kumar, Yogesh Kumar and Shalu Yadav T-01.5 BIO-EFFICACY OF SOME INSECTICIDES AGAINST 172-173 FRUIT AND SHOOT BORER (LEUCINODES ORBONALIS GUENEE) OF BRINJAL AND THEIR EFFECT ON NATURAL ENEMIES Shalini Pandey T-01.6 PRESENT STATUS, CHALLENGES AND FUTURE 173 PROSPECTS OF VEGETABLES AT NATIONAL AND GLOBAL LEVELS PRESENT AND FUTURE SITUATION OF VEGETABLES Sushma Kotha T-01.7 DOMINANCE OF APHIS GOSSYPII AMONG 174 DIRRERENT APHID SPECIES RECORDED FROM DIFFERENT HORTICULTURAL PLANTS AT RAIPUR, CHHATTISGARH Rashmi Gauraha, Jayalaxmi Ganguli, Chunni Kumari and Ambika Nag T-01.8 EFFICACY OF BIO-AGENTS FOR MANAGEMENT OF 174-175 POTATO DISEASES Ram Pal Verma and Shivam Kumar International Web Conference on “Biodiversity in Vegetable Crops for Healthier Life and Livelihood” IV 27-28 August, 2020, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur. T-01.9 ROLE OF MICRO-ORGANISMS IN FOOD SECURITY 175-176 AND SAFETY OF HORTICULTURE CROPS Pooshpendra Singh Dixit, Mahendra Chaudhary, D.