Bottle Gourd (लौकी)
 Watering |
 Cultivation |
 Harvesting |
 Labour |
 Sunlight |
 pH Value |
 Temperature |
 Fertilization |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Manual | Manual | Low | Medium | 5.5 -6.8 | 18 - 22 °C | 30 kg Urea/acre |
(गाजरघास) Parthenium hysterophorus
Common Name : Congress grass Family: Asteraceae Habit: A short-lived annual herb with an extensive root system and an erect shoot; up to 2 m high. Stem: Erect main stem, upper half of the main stem becomes highly-branched at flowering; stems appear to be striped due to longitudinal grooves or ribs and they become woody with age. Leaves: Pale green, deeply lobed and covered with fine soft hairs. Flowers: Creamy-white flowers occur at the tips of the stems. Clusters of male and female florets are grouped as five-lobed flowers on the terminal branches of the flower stem and measure 4–6 mm in diameter. Fruits: Achene small (1–2 mm across), flattened, triangular and dark brown–black with two thin, white, spoon-shaped appendages.
