Invasion of Red Pumpkin Beetle in cucurbitaceous crops

23/04/2022Posted on
Invasion of Red Pumpkin Beetle in cucurbitaceous crops

  • Pest identification – The beetle of this insect is orange in colour, whose both grub and beetle stage damages the crop.

  • Symptoms of damage – After hatching from the egg, the grubs damage the roots, underground parts and the fruits which remain in contact with the ground.

  • The eaten roots and underground parts of these affected plants are attacked by fungi.

  • Due to this immature fruits and veins dry up.

  • The beetles eat the leaves and make holes in them, due to which the leaves appear like a sieve.

  • In the vegetative growth stage, beetles eat soft leaves and cause damage due to which the plants die.

  • Infected fruits are not edible to humans.

  • Control – Do deep ploughing in summer after harvesting.

  • For chemical control, Spray Lambda Cyhalothrin 4.9% CS [LemNova] @ 250 ml or Bifenthrin 10% EC [Marker] @ 400 ml/acre.

  • For biological control, use Beauveria bassiana [Bave curb] @ 500 gm/acre.

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Sorting and grading of onion and garlic bulbs

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Sorting and grading of onion and garlic bulbs

  • Sorting and grading of onion and garlic are essential before storage to reduce storage loss or to get a good price in the market.

  • In this thick-necked, mutilated or injured, diseased and affected by insects, rotten and sprouted tubers are sorted and separated.

  • After sorting onions and garlic are classified based on size.

  • Grading is generally done by human labour but at present machines are also available for this, any method can be adopted as per requirement.

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Rain likely to continue in many states, see weather forecast

23/04/2022Posted on
Weather Forecast

Heavy rain is possible over Sikkim and Northeast India including the northern districts of West Bengal. Isolated rain activities will continue over parts of Kerala, Karnataka and Interior Tamil Nadu. Apart from this, the rain activities will reduce over the upper areas but scattered rain may continue. Temperatures have started rising again in Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.

Source: Skymet Weather

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Duck farming will have more profit at less cost, know its benefits

22/04/2022Posted on
Duck farming will have more profit at less cost

Duck farming is a good option to start a poultry business. Duck farming is many times cheaper and more profitable than other poultry businesses. This is because this bird easily adapts to any environment. For this reason, ducks are less prone to diseases.

If you are doing fish farming or paddy farming then it will be very easy for you to raise ducks. Actually, these birds eat grains, insects, small fish, frogs and other insects and algae living in the water in their diet. On the other hand, the beet of these birds is the food of the fish. The best thing about these birds is that they can be taught to go from home to farm and come back home.

It is very important to know the varieties of ducks for eggs and meat before starting the business. At the same time, at 16 weeks, the duck becomes an adult and starts laying eggs. Explain that to get a clean egg, boxes have to be prepared, in which ducks lay eggs. The house for duck farming should be dry and well ventilated. If you are also thinking about the poultry business then you can earn a good profit through duck farming.

Source: TV9

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Get monthly instalment of 500 to 1000 rupees from e-shram card, know the rules of the scheme

22/04/2022Posted on
e-shram card

Many schemes are being run at the central and state level for the economically weak people in the country. One of these is the ‘e-shram card’ scheme. It has been specially implemented for the people working in the unorganized sectors. These include labourers working on construction sites, people working in homes, street vendors, migrant workers along with all other workers.

E-shram card facility
Under this scheme, a monthly instalment of 500 to 1000 rupees is given to the beneficiary. With the help of the card, the beneficiary gets insurance of 2 lakhs. At the same time, in case of the death of a worker in an accident, the government gives Rs 2 lakh to the victim’s family and Rs 1 lakh in case of disability. Apart from this, the beneficiary also gets the benefit of many other government schemes.

Information about this scheme can be obtained on the e-shram portal. According to this, any person working in the unorganized sector, whose age is between 16 and 59 years, can get his e-shram card made. If you also come under this eligibility, then register soon and take advantage of this scheme.

Source: ABP Live

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Summer ploughing of farms and its benefits

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Summer ploughing of farms and its benefits

Farmers usually do the ploughing of the field just before sowing, whereas for good production of the Kharif crop, it is very useful to do deep ploughing of the field immediately after harvesting of Rabi crop and leave the field empty in the summer season.

Benefits of summer ploughing–

  • Due to summer ploughing, the sun’s strong rays enter the ground, due to which the egg, pupa, larvae and adults of underground insects are destroyed.

  • The germs of diseases like uprooting, root rot, etc and nematodes which occur in crops, are also destroyed.

  • Due to the formation of lumps in the soil of the field, the capacity of absorbing rainwater increases. Due to this, the moisture remains in the soil for a longer time.

  • Deep ploughing can get rid of tough weeds.

  • Due to summer ploughing, the manure of cow dung and other organic matter available in the field gets mixed well in the land, due to which the nutrients become available to the crops soon.

  • Due to summer ploughing, there is a huge reduction in land erosion by water.

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Necessary advice to protect horticulture crops from the outbreak of pests and disease

22/04/2022Posted on
Necessary advice to protect horticulture crops from the outbreak of pests and disease

  • Horticulture crops like fruits, vegetables, etc. are prone to many types of pests and diseases, due to which there is a lot of damage to the crops.

  • The damage caused by insects, sucking of sap from leaves, stems, flowers and fruits, eating soft tender leaves and stems, deforming flowers and fruits, holes in stems and fruits, cutting roots of plants, etc.

  • In diseases, there may be problems like fall of flowers, rotting and wilting of roots, stunted growth of plants, etc.

  • To avoid all these problems, the farmers should take precautions.

  • For sowing use disease resistant varieties.

  • Cultivation of intercropping crops is effective in disease management, For example, cowpea can be cultivated for the control of yellow vein mosaic virus disease in okra. To control nematodes in tomatoes, the marigold crop can be taken together.

  • For the management of fungal diseases, seeds must be treated with Trichoderma virdi, Trichoderma harzianum.

  • Use of pseudomonas for bacterial diseases.

  • For diseases, chemicals like carbendazim, mancozeb, propiconazole etc. can be used.

  • For viral diseases, pick up the diseased plants and burn them.

  • Spray recommended insecticides for the control of sucking pests.

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