What are Biological control agents? Their utility and benefits to soil and crop

10/09/2021Posted on
What are Biological control agents? Their utility and benefits to soil and crop

  • The biological pesticides used to control plant pests are known as biocontrol agents or biological controllers.

  • These biological controllers play an important role in controlling pests such as nematodes, weeds, insects, and mites.  

  • Biological control agents help the soil in keeping the balance between its harmful and beneficial species.

  • Biological controllers can be defined as the application of a living organism, which means that organisms who participate in this process that control other organisms are called biological controllers.

  • Types of biological control agents are insecticide, fungicidal, bacteria, virus.

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Heavy rain is likely to continue in most districts of Madhya Pradesh

10/09/2021Posted on
Weather Update

Due to the successive low pressure, rain activities will increase over Central India. Rain may increase once again in Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. Monsoon is on the verge of becoming active over East India and North India including Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Monsoon activities will remain weak over South India.

Source: Skymet Weather

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Gram Prashnotri started again, answer a simple question daily and win prizes

10/09/2021Posted on
Gram Prashnotri

The ‘Gram Prashnotri’ is back once again on the Gramophone app. Under this quiz, five lucky farmers will be given attractive gifts daily out of the correct answers. Let us tell you that in the ‘Gram Prashnotri’, an easy question will be asked every day, as well as four options, will be given, out of which you have to choose the right option. Out of all the farmers who choose the right option, five lucky farmers will be given attractive rewards every day.

This Gram Prashnotri has started from 10th September 2021 i.e. today and will continue for the next few days. Every day 5 lucky people will be chosen as the winner for the correct answer. The winners will be announced every third day. This means that every third day 15 winners will be announced in the community section of the Gramophone app and attractive prizes will be delivered to the winners’ homes a few days after the winner is announced.

To participate in the Gram Prashnotri, you have to go to the Quiz option through the menu bar on the left upper corner of the Gramophone app and answer the simple questions asked there every day.

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Quickly go to the quiz option of the Gramophone app and take your step towards becoming the lucky winner by answering the question asked today.

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Kheti Plus’s Karymala is amazing, know-how farmers get the benefit

09/09/2021Posted on
Kheti Plus's Karymala is amazing, know-how farmers get the benefit

Gramophone became a topic of discussion among farmers since the launch of the Kheti Plus service and there was a competition among farmers to join this service. Hundreds of farmers joined this service in this Kharif season and adopted smart farming. By joining Kheti Plus, the farmers used the Krishi Karymala related to their crops in a good way, from which they are getting benefits.

It is worth noting that under the Kheti Plus service, farmers are given a Krishi Karymala of their desired crop, in which the agricultural work to be done during the entire crop cycle has been recorded. In this list, at what time, which pest can be infested or at which crop stage, which fertilizers should be given, as well as when and when irrigation should be done, all the things like this are recorded in this program.

This program has been designed by a team of senior agriculture experts. By cultivating on the basis of Kheti Plus, farmers get less expenditure and more profit in farming. In view of these benefits of Kheti Plus service, farmers are booking this service before sowing Rabi crops. You can also make your booking for this service.

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Drones started in Madhya Pradesh, spraying will be done cheaply

09/09/2021Posted on
Drones started in Madhya Pradesh

Drones are used in many fields, but now they use of drones has also started increasing in the agricultural sector. Drones are a good and cheap alternative to pesticides in the fields and this option was used recently with the help of Krishi Vigyan Kendra and Horticulture College located in Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh.

As an initial experiment, drones were sprayed with insecticides in soybean crops. This experiment was also very successful. In the coming days, it can be used for the farmers in other areas of the state as well.

Please tell that currently it is being displayed by a private company. Under this, a fee of Rs 500 is charged for spraying an area of ​​one acre. At present this rate seems to be high but this rate will come down further in the coming time.

Source: Krishak Jagat

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Improved varieties of potato and method of preparation of the field

09/09/2021Posted on
Improved varieties of potato and method of preparation of the field

  • Solanum Tuberosum: This is a commonly cultivated species of potato, its plants are short with thick stems and leaves that are large and relatively long.

  • Kufri Jyoti, Kufri Muthu, Kufri Swarna, Kufri Malar, Kufri Soga, Kufri Anand, Kufri Miracle, Kufri Alankar, Chipsona and Kufri Giriraj are commonly cultivated.

  • Field preparation- A well-drained soil or seedbed is required for good tuberization of the potato crop. Potato is mainly grown as a Rabi crop. Immediately after harvesting the Kharif crop, plough the field once, 20-25 cm deep using soil turning plough. Thereafter, two to three times of cross harrowing or four to five ploughings with a cultivator are necessary to make the surface smooth and even. It is necessary to have sufficient moisture in the field at the time of sowing. 

  • Potatoes can be sown by the following methods, out of which the popular method is to prepare the ridge and furrow and sow it.

  • If the carbon content of the soil is low, four metric tons per acre of well-rotted manure should be used during land preparation, this amount should be given fifteen days before planting. Potato plants require a lot of nutrients.

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More rain will increase in these areas of Madhya Pradesh, know the weather forecast

09/09/2021Posted on
Weather Update

Rain activities will increase over the northern and central parts of Madhya Pradesh as well. A Low-Pressure Area is now over Gujarat which will move towards Rajasthan. Heavy rains will continue over the southern and eastern districts of Rajasthan including Gujarat for the next 24 hours. Monsoon is likely to be active in Delhi including Uttar Pradesh Bihar Jharkhand West Bengal. The ongoing rain activities over South India will now reduce.

Source: Skymet Weather

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