10 Important Reasons Why Vegetable Breeding is Necessary in 21st Century

 All About Vegetable Breeding Requirement

In modern era, population is expanding and demanding from us to increase quality food in limited resources. Vegetables are the main source for quality and diversified diet. There are many important reasons that vegetable could be the goal for the upcoming breeders. Some reasons are given below:

1. Vegetables diversified the food for the people with many food supplements like vitamins, minerals etc.
2. Breeders can achieve more than one crop in a year. It can accelerates the breeding procedure as compared to other major crops. Controlled environment is suitable for the vegetable crops. Duration of crops is mostly less and can achieve multiple crops with few and pure seeds.
3. Variety development is less popular as compared to the hybrid breeding in vegetables.
4. Less availability of pure seeds as compared to major crops.
5. Country level research institutions are rare in developing countries like Pakistan and India.
6. Intensive care require for breeding program because some are bushy and some are creepers.\
7. Pest infestation is less as compared to fungal and bacterial infestation.
8. Virus infestation is rare in vegetables as compared to other plants.
9. Broad genetic base is present and exploitation is needed.
10. Monoecious vegetables are much more diverse especially cucurbits like round gourd, melon, water melon etc.