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Importance of gypsum in soil

18/07/2020 Tuesday January 12th, 2021

Gypsum helps in stabilizing the pH value of the soil and improves the alkaline soil.
Essential for good growth of crops and roots
Using gypsum ensures the availability of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, and sulfur in the soil.
It’s a good source of calcium and sulfur.
Gypsum is used to increase crop production
Gypsum is used before sowing.
Make sure to do light plowing in the field after using gypsum
The amount of gypsum to be used depends on the nature of the soil.
There should not be much moisture in the field at the time of the use of gypsum.
The hands should be completely dry at the time of broadcasting

Heavy rains may occur in these states, know weather forecast for next 24 hours

18/07/2020

Take precautions related to agriculture during the weather changes

Monsoon has become active in most of the states of the country and its effect is also visible. Mumbai and Gujarat have received heavy rainfall for the last few hours. Along with this, many areas of Kerala are also receiving continuous rains. In Assam, a flood situation has been created due to rain.

The axis of Monsoon trough currently extends to the northern parts of the Bay of Bengal via Faludi, Ajmer, Umaria, Ambikapur, Jamshedpur and Digha. A cyclonic circulation is also seen over interior parts of Madhya Pradesh.

According to the Meteorological Department, moderate to heavy rain in coastal Karnataka, Kerala and sub-Himalayan West Bengal over the next 24 hours. Light to moderate rain in some areas of Konkan Goa, Uttarakhand, Terai regions of Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and North Coastal Andhra Pradesh. Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Gilgit-Baltistan, Muzaffarabad, Uttar Pradesh, North Bihar, Gangetic West Bengal, Odisha, South and South-Western Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, South-Eastern Rajasthan, Telangana, Punjab, Haryana and parts of Delhi light to moderate rains may occur.

Source: Krishi Jagran

Boron’s importance for crops

18/07/2020 Tuesday January 12th, 2021

Boron helps in the synthesis of carbohydrates in plants.
Helped in formation in root nodules leguminous crops
improve pollination in flowers.
Plays an important role in protein synthesis
Plants remain dwarf and crops grow very slowly due to boron deficiency .
Internodes are small.
The growth of roots stops and roots and stems remain hollow.

Importance of phosphorus in cotton crop

17/07/2020 Tuesday January 12th, 2021

Phosphorus is a very important element for the good production of cotton crops.
Plays a very important role in the metabolic activity of crops
The growth of roots is accelerated by the use of phosphorus in cotton crops.
Green leaves remain green.
In the cotton crop, a proper amount of phosphorus is required at the time of ball formation, due to its use ball formation is very good and timely done.
Due to the deficiency of phosphorus, the roots become weak, sometimes the roots become dry.
The plants remain dwarf and the leaf appears purple.

Water will be delivered to every inch of farmers’ land, CM Shivraj announced

17/07/2020

The most important requirement of farmers for improved farming is better irrigation. Keeping this need in mind, Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan has said that “we will make effective efforts to provide water to every inch of the land of farmers in the state”.

The Chief Minister said during this time that “special work has been done to increase irrigation potentials in Madhya Pradesh. In the last years, we have increased the irrigation potential in the state from 7.5 lakh hectare to 42 lakh hectare, in which NABARD has a significant contribution.” He said that in the coming time irrigation arrangements will be made for every inch of the land of farmers.

Actually, the Chief Minister said these things through video conferencing in the program organized on the 39th foundation day of NABARD. Members of Women self-help groups of several districts of Madhya Pradesh and representatives of Farmers Producer Association and many farmers were involved in this program.

The Chief Minister said during this time that “it is a matter of great pleasure that lift irrigation of Rs 1425 crore has been approved by NABARD for Madhya Pradesh today. Along with this, a loan of 4 thousand crores has been sanctioned for other projects. I express my heartfelt gratitude to the entire team of NABARD.

Source: Bhaskar

Tikka disease management in groundnut crop

17/07/2020 Monday September 25th, 2023

It is the main disease in peanuts which is a fungal disease.
The symptoms of this disease are first seen on the leaves.
In this disease, irregular spots appear on the upper surface of the leaves.
After some time these spots also infected the lower surface of the leaves.
The leaf becomes dry after some time of infection
For the management of this disease, use of Tebuconazole 10% + Sulfur 65% WG @ 500 gram / acre or Kasugamycin 5% + Copper oxychloride 45% WP @ 300 gram / acre or Pyraclostrobin + Epoxiconazole @ 300 ml / acre.

Bacterial stalk rot in maize crop

16/07/2020 Tuesday January 12th, 2021

Symptoms: – It is a bacterial disease, due to this disease, the internodes of the lower part of the stem of maize get infected and because of this stem rotting starts in the infected part of the stem.
Viscous water comes out from the part in which the infection has occurred and a bad smell starts.
After some time its symptoms are seen on the leaves, which later spread on the whole plant.
Management: – streptomycin sulfate IP 90% w / w + tetracycline hydrochloride IP 10% w / w @ 24 gram / acre or Kasugamycin 5% + copper oxychloride 45% WP @ 300 gram / acre.
Pseudomonas fluorescens @ 250 gram / acre as a biological treatment.

Grant will be given in the field of food processing, farmers’ income will increase

16/07/2020

The government seems to be cautious about the construction of units associated with food processing and preservation capacity and the modernization of already built units. This is the reason that the government has decided to give 35% of the cost of grants in this area. This grant will be given for construction up to a maximum of 5 crores.

The scheme includes processing of fruits and vegetables, milk, meat/poultry/fish, breakfast cereals/snacks/bakeries, cereals/pulses, oils, etc.

The purpose of this grant is to develop processing and preservation capabilities in the country and in addition to modernizing and expanding the existing food processing units.

Source: Krishi Alert

Stem fly prevention in Maize Crop

16/07/2020 Tuesday January 12th, 2021

It is a major pest of maize crops which attack maize stems, due to its infestation, the main part of the maize trunk is cut off, due to this growth of the maize plant affected.
Its young pest attacks the new plant, due to which the corn plants dry up and die.
For the prevention of this pest, thiamethoxam 12.6% + Lambda cyhalothrin 9.5% ZC @ 80 gram / acre or fipronil 40% + imidacloprid 40% WG @ 40 gram / acre
Bavaria Basiana @ 500 gram / acre use as a biological treatment.

White fly symptoms and prevention

15/07/2020 Tuesday January 12th, 2021

Increase the number of flowers by protecting the crop of moong and urad from white fly

White Fly Symptoms: – This pest causes a lot of damage to the crops in both the infant and adult stage.
Sucking leaf juice inhibits the growth of the plant and this pest also causes the infection of harmful fungus called black fungus that is produced on the plant leaves.
Because of these pests, the chilli plant is fully infected and after this chilli plant leaves may dry and die.
Management: – For the prevention of this pest use diafenthiuron 50% SP @ 250 g / acre or flonicamid 50% WG @ 60 ml / acre or acetamiprid 20% SP @ 100 gram / acre or pyriproxyfen 10% + bifenthrin 10% EC@ 250 ml / acre.