August 2018 – Page 2

Suitable climate for pea cultivation

10/08/2018

Suitable climate for pea cultivation:-

Garden Pea is widely grown in different seasons under varied agro climate conditions.
It requires cold and dry climate while longer cold spell increases its yield.
Temperature of 15-25 °C is favorable for its cultivation.

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08/08/2018

Control Of Downy Mildew in Cauliflower:-

The stem shows dark brown, depressed lesions which later develop downy growth of the fungus.
On leaves, purplish-brown spots appear on the under surface followed by appearance of downy growth on such lesions.
It causes damage to curd, producing curd-rot.

Control:-

Give hot water treatment to seed at 50°C for 30 min with Thiram(0.3%).
Remove the diseased portions of the curd and apply copper oxychloride 50% WP @ 3 Gm/ litre to the cut surface.
Spray the crop with Mancozeb 75% WP@ 400 Gm/Acre at 10-15 days intervals, first spray be given on the appearance of symptoms.
Follow crop rotation and sanitation practices.

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06/08/2018

Intercultural Practices in Cucumber:-

The cucumber plant is a shallow rooted crop and no deep intercultural operations are required.
Earthing up is essential to cover the roots properly especially in rainy season crop.
Prune all secondary shoots up to 5 nodes, to improve yield & fruit quality.
Staking of plant in rainy season is helpful in checking the rotting of fruits.

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Season of Planting of Cabbage:-

Sowing time depends upon the variety and the agro-climatic conditions prevailing in a particular region.
Early season varieties seeds are sown during may to June.
Mid season varieties seeds are sown during last week of June to July.
Mid late season variety seeds are sown during August .
Late season variety seeds are sown during September to October.

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03/08/2018

Disease Free Nursery Raising For Tomato:-

Healthy seed should be selected for sowing.
The seed should be treated with recommended fungicide before sowing.
Continuous raising of nursery in the same plot should be avoided.
The top soil of nursery should be treated with carbendazim @ 5 gm/square m. are of the soil and nursery should be drenched with carbendazim @ 2gm/litre of water at fortnightly interval.
Soil solarization by spreading 250 gauge polythene sheet over the bed for 30 days before sowing in summer season should be done.
Application of bio-control agent tricoderma viride in soil @ 1.2 kg/ha is also found effective to control damping-off to considerable extent.

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