Monday, 1 May 2017

Horticultural regions in India

India can broadly be divided into 6 major horticultural zones / regions based on the climate , rainfall , humidity etc , they are ::


1. Temperate:  Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, North Uttaranchal, Sikkim and part of Arunachal
Pradesh. 

2. N.W. Subtropical:  Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Central Uttar Pradesh and North M.P.

3. N.E. Subtropical: Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur.

4. Central tropical: South Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Orissa and West
Bengal.

5. Southern tropical: Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

6. Coastal tropical humid: Konkan, Goa, Kerala, Western Ghats, Eastern Ghats in Tamil Nadu,
Andhra Pradesh and Orissa.

Horticulture JRF 2018 question paper