Marigold higher demand has made it a profitable crop

  • Marigolds are highly valuable for medicinal purposes like headaches, swelling, toothache, wounds, Cancer & Rashes and many skin problems
  • Petals of marigold for decorations and other purposes like make-up, coloring food (stews, soups, pudding etc) dying fabrics 
  • Heals Skin Wounds, Burns ,Cancer & Rashes.
  • Marigolds are also used in extract form in candles.
Share

Soil and Climate for coriander

  • Well-drained silt or loam soil are suited for cultivation.
  • For rainfed cultivation, the soil should be clay in nature and the pH should be 6-8.
  • Coriander performs well at a temperature range of 20-25oC.
  • Cool and comparatively dry and frost-free climate is suitable for coriander.
Share

Control of Aphids in Pea

  • Small green insects, adults are large pear-shaped green, yellow or pink in color.

Damage:-  

  • Suck the plant sap from leaves, flowers, and pods.
  • The affected leaves often get cupped or become irregularly distorted, shoots become stunted and malformed.  
  • Honeydew secreted by the aphids encourages the growth of Sooty mold.
Share

Control of Root-Knot Nematode in Tomato

  • Use resistant varieties.
  • Do use deep summer plowing to control root-knot nematode.
  • Neem cake at the rate of 80 Kg/Acre should be applied for effective control.
  • Carbofuran 3G at the rate of 8 kg/acre should be applied as a soil treatment.
  • Paecilomyces lilacinus-1% WP @ 10 g / kg seed for seed treatment, 50 gm / meter sq Nursery Treatment, 2.5 to 5 kg/ Hectare Soil application.

Share

Root-Knot Nematode in Tomato

Damage:-

  • The nematode attacks the roots and produces tiny galls.
  • The infected plants show symptoms of withering and wilting of leaves.
  • The block the movement of nutrients and water in the plant system and subjected to wilt and finally leads to death.
  • The growth of the plant is stunted fruiting capacity adversely affected.
  • Yellow of the foliage and wilting of the upper leaves occurs.

Share

How to flower promotion in chickpea

  • We can promote flowering and takes high yield through given below products.
  • Spray Homobrassinolide 0.04% W/w 100 ml/acre.
  • Apply seaweed extract 200-250 ml/acre.
  • Use micro-nutrients 200 gm/acre especially boron.
  • Spray 2 gm/acre gibberellic acid.

Share

The critical stage of irrigation in Potato

  • Keeping a potato crop at optimum moisture levels for the duration of the season requires a high degree of management.
  • There are certain stages of growth where water management is more critical:
  • 1) Emergence Stage
  • 2) Tuber set Stage
  • 3) Bulking up Stage
  • 4) Final crop Stage
  • 5) Pre-harvest irrigation Stage.

Share

Requirement of Irrigation in Pea

  • For proper germination, pre-sowing irrigation is a must if the soils are dry.
  • Normally 2-3 irrigation is needed for midseason peas or late sown peas.
  • Moisture stress at flowering and subsequent pod filling stage are most undesirable affecting the yield and quality of pods.

Share

Role of Calcium in Garlic

  • Calcium is an important nutrient in garlic and has a key role to play in crop yield and quality.
  • Calcium promotes enhance of root establishment and elongation of cells resulting in increasing plant height.
  • It also has a improve tolerance of disease and chilling injury. 
  • Although the recommended dose of calcium in the Garlic is good for yield, quality, and storage capacity.
  • The recommended dose of calcium is 4 Kg/Acre or according to soil testing report.

Share