The TNBRD acquired the technology of Vegetables special for the benefit of vegetable growers in the district. It is a micronutrient formulation developed at Indian Institute of Horticulture Research (IIHR), Bangalore for combating the deficiency of micro nutrient occurring in vegetable crops. At present the TNBRD established a production unit for the production of vegetable special and it is being supplied to the farmers.
Most of the vegetables growers reported that the spray of vegetable special is found to enhance the yield of vegetables by 10-20 % and it also improves the quality of vegetables resulted in better market price