A textile fabric has a long history of application in agriculture. The word "agrotextiles" now is used to classify the woven, nonwoven and knitted fabrics applied for agricultural & horticultural uses covering livestock protection, shading, weed and insect control, and extension of the growing season. Agrotextiles help to keep sufficient soil humidity and increase the soil temperature

The textile materials mostly produce by synthetics in various decompositions, utilized in the mode of either woven or nonwovens. The fabric form is broadly utilized in the places where tensile strength and dimensional stability are measured to be compulsory for caring the plantations from natural circumstances.

The application of agro textiles will be helpful in terms of products with enhanced quality, higher production, less damages and bearable losses. It also allows us to apply less numbers of weed killers and pesticides. Alternatively, it helps the society by avoiding various hazards due to environmental pollution, etc.

The benefits of applying agrotextiles are:

. They increase crop production
. They avoid the soil from drying out
. They decrease the requirement of fertilizers, pesticides and water
. They make product quality better
. They increase the early maturing of crops and non-seasonal plants

There is various type of agrotextiles considered to train or tie up plants. Their object is

. To avoid branches from breaking
. To increase the cleanliness of the crop
. To make harvesting easy
. To give large space

HaiI protection fabrics

Hail protection fabrics supports shield vines from the fruit damage and defoliation connected with hail yet lets through adequate sunlight. The weightless netting is harsh, tear resistant, and extremely UV stabilized and processes an extra advantage of protecting vines from wind and birds. These fabrics are also applied to protect fruit, herb, and vegetable crops which are to be healthier and offer greater production when cared from the havoc of hail. The fabric provides light shading as well as safeguarding from wind and birds. These fabrics are produced by UV stabilized polyethylene mono filaments both woven and knitted form.

Structural aspects

. Diameter of monofilament: 0.25 to 0.30 mm
. Mesh width: 10 x 4 mm
. Weave : Leno
. Knitted Design: Raschel warp diamond design.

Advantages

. Hail shielding with smallest amount shading.
. Improved crop production.
. Durable, tear-resistant netting.
. Greatest ultraviolet stabilization for long life.
. Extra protection from birds and wind.
. Service life: 15-20 years.