About Crop Covers:

• Crop-covers generate an outstanding micro atmosphere for seed germination and seedling growth. A crop-cover is positioned over a huge area (a number of rows) of a harvest.
• In cooler atmosphere, crop-covers are often positioned over direct seeded rows or newly removed crops to create a warmer, more humid micro environment to assist quick plant establishment of warm season crops.
• Rope covers also offer crop shelter from pesticide.

• The crop covers can be classified as:-
• Woven
• Non Woven
• Sheet / Film
• Non-woven crop-covers are the most general across the globe.
• The less weight and the permeability of these covers permit gas exchange and infiltrations of rain, controls bugs, enhance growth.
• Even though non-woven materials are more costly, they do not burn crops as willingly by permitting some penetration of water and lower the maximum temperatures under the cover.
• The non-woven crop covers are ultra-violet treated fabrics of polypropylene manufactured using the spun bond technique.
• The crop covers are light in weight (generally 17-19 grams per square meter) so that the plants are not crushed under their weight.
• Generally 17 to 19 GSM UV treated white fabric is used in hot climate and 20 to 30 GSM in cold climates to protect the crops from frost.
• The non woven fabrics are packed in the form of rolls of 3 meter width and length of 450-500 meters.
  
  Raw Material:
  
  The main raw material is Polypropylene.
  
  Advantages of Using Crop Covers:
  
  
• Higher soil and air temperatures compared to those in the open field which leads to early harvest
• It also protects crops from rain, hail, snow and wind. 
• Development in seed bed conditions.
• It is used to detach varieties to maintain line cleanliness by excluding bugs and thus put a stop to cross pollination.  
• It increases yields and enhanced harvest quality.
  
  Technology Used:
  
  Spunbond machine normally thermal bonding technology used.