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How to manage wilt disease with biological treatment

17/10/2020 Saturday October 17th, 2020

This disease is caused by bacteria and fungi, which cause a huge amount of damage to the crop.
Symptoms of bacterial wilt, fungal wilt symptoms can be seen in all parts of infected plants.
In the early stages of the infection, the leaves hang, the leaves turn yellow, then the whole plant dries up and dies.
Drying starts as a cropped circle
Soil treatment is the most effective way to prevent this disease.
As a biological soil treatment, use MYCORRHIZA @ 4 kg / acre or TRICHODERMA VIRIDE @ 1 kg / acre.
PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS @ 250 gram / acre as spray .
As a chemical treatment,use KASUGAMYCIN 5% + COPPER OXYCHLORIDE 45% WP @ 300 gram / acre or THIOPHANATE METHYL 70% W/W @ 250 gram / acre as drianching
All these products can be mixed with 100 -50 kg FYM and do soil treatment.

Mandi Bhaw: What are the prices of cotton, wheat, maize and soybean in different mandis of MP?

17/10/2020

The prices of cotton, wheat, maize, soybean, etc. crops in Bhikangaon Mandi of Khargone district under Indore division are Rs. 3600, 1585, 1070, and Rs. 3890 per quintal respectively.

Apart from this, wheat in Dhar agricultural produce mandi of Dhar district under Indore division is Rs 1830 per quintal, indigenous gram Rs 4910 per quintal, jowar Rs 1480 per quintal, dollar gram Rs 6030 per quintal, maize Rs 1050 per quintal, peas Rs 3460 per quintal, lentils Rs 4800 per quintal and soybeans 3920 per quintal.

Source: Kisan Samadhan

Fruit Rot in Brinjal

17/10/2020 Monday January 11th, 2021

Excessive moisture helps in the development of this disease.
Aqueous dried spots appear on the fruits which later gradually spread to other fruits.
The upper surface of the affected fruits turns brown on which white fungus is developed.
Pick the leaves and other parts of the plant affected by this disease.
for the prevention of this disease MANCOZEB 75 % WP @ 600 gram / acre, or KASUGAMYCIN 5% + COPPER OXYCHLORIDE 45% WP @ 300 gram / acre,
HEXACONAZOLE 5% SC @ 300 gram / acre or STREPTOMYCIN SULPHATE 90%+ TETRACYCLINE HYDROCHLORIDE 10% W/W @ 30 gram / acre.
Use PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS @ 250 gram / acre or TRICHODERMA VIRIDE @ 500 gram / acre as a biological treatment.

Now ‘Kisan Rail’ will give 50% subsidy in the transportation of fruits and vegetables

16/10/2020 Friday October 16th, 2020

Now farmers will be given subsidies of up to 50% in freight on sending fruits and vegetables by rail. This includes fruits such as mango, banana, guava, kiwi, litchi, papaya, orange, tangerine, lemon, pineapple, pomegranate, jackfruit, apple, almond, amla and rhubarb, and peas, bitter gourd, brinjal, carrot, capsicum, flowers The transportation of vegetables like cabbage, green chilies, cucumbers, legumes, garlic, onions, tomatoes, potatoes will be included.

This system of subsidy on freight movement of fruits and vegetables has been implemented from Wednesday. Not only the farmer but any person can take advantage of this subsidy and the farmer can send fruits and vegetables for only 50% of the fare through rail. It is worth mentioning that in the budget of this financial year, the government announced to run special parcel train ‘Kisan Rail’.

Source: Zee News

Anthracnose disease in Cucumber

16/10/2020 Monday January 11th, 2021

Different symptoms are observed on leaves, petioles, stem, and fruits.
On young fruits, numerous water-soaked depressed oval spots appear, which coalesce into bigger spots covering large areas.
The spots are formed under humid conditions. Pink gummy secretion may also be seen on lesions .
In this disease, similar symptoms are developed on the affected parts as in blight .
Keeping the fields clean and adopting a proper crop cycle should prevent the spread of disease.
Treat seeds with CARBENDAZIM 12% + MANCOZEB 63% WP @ 2.5 grams per kg of seeds.
To prevent this disease, MANCOZEB 75 % WP @ 500 gram / acre or CHLOROTHALONIL 75% WP @ 300 gram / acre or HEXACONAZOLE 5% SC @ 300 gram / acre.
as biological treatment. PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS @ 250 gram / acre or TRICHODERMA VIRIDE @ 500 gram / acre

Madhya Pradesh leads in procurement of Rabi crops on MSP

15/10/2020

According to data released by the Food Corporation of India, 43 lakh 35 thousand 477 farmers have availed the minimum support price for the purchase of rabi crops in the year 2020-21. 389.77 lakh metric tonnes of food grains have been procured including all farmers. Maximum 15 lakh 93 thousand 793 farmers of Madhya Pradesh have availed the minimum support price.

Punjab fell behind Madhya Pradesh this time in the production of wheat, the most prominent of the rabi crops. This is the reason why Punjab’s farmers have reached the second position this year in taking advantage of the minimum support price. According to FCI data, 10 lakh 49 thousand 982 farmers of Punjab have availed MSP for Rabi crop. Apart from this, 7 lakh 82 thousand 240 farmers of Haryana, 6 lakh 63 thousand 810 of Uttar Pradesh and 2 lakh 18 thousand 638 farmers of Rajasthan have availed minimum support price by selling their crops through फसी.

Source: Amar Ujala

Weed control in garlic

15/10/2020 Monday January 11th, 2021

Timely weed management is very important for good crop production of garlic, for this it is very important to manage weeds in the following manner.
pendimethalin 38.7% CS @ 700 ml/acre, is recommended for effective weed control in garlic after 3 days of sowing
OXADIARGYL 80% WP @ 50 gram/acre is used for effective weed control after sowing 10-15 days of garlic
PROPAQUIZAFOP 5% + OXYFLUORFIN 12% EC @ 250-350 ml/acre is used 25–25 days after sowing of garlic and also used in 40–45 days of sowing

How to control mite in garlic crop

14/10/2020 Monday January 11th, 2021

Symptoms of mite:- These pests are small and red in color, which is found in large quantities on the tender crop parts such as leaves.
Webs are visible on the mite-infested plant. This pest attacks on the soft parts of the plant by sucking the sap and eventually killing the plant.
The following products are used to control mites in garlic crops.
PROPARGITE 57% EC 57% EC @ 400 ml / acre or SPIROMESIFEN 22.9% SC @ 200 ml / acre or ABAMECTIN 1.9 % EC @ 150 ml / acre.
as a biological treatment Use METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE @ 1 kg / acre as a biological treatment

Villagers will be able to get bank loan easily through this scheme

14/10/2020 Wednesday October 14th, 2020

PM Modi has distributed property cards of 1 lakh people to their homes in 763 villages of 6 states under the ownership scheme. All the beneficiaries covered under this were sent a link through the message from which the beneficiaries downloaded their ownership card online.

On this occasion, the Prime Minister said, “The ownership scheme is going to help a lot in making our brothers and sisters living in the village self-reliant.” PM Modi further said, “The experts all over the world have been insisting that ownership of land and house has a big role in the development of the country.”

Significantly, for the first time, such a big step is being taken through new technology. The biggest benefit of this scheme will be in taking bank loans to villagers. It is being said that this move of the government will pave the way for the villagers to take the loan and use the property as a financial asset for other financial benefits.

Source: Krishi Jagran

How to protect the carrot crop from carrot fly outbreaks?

14/10/2020 Monday January 11th, 2021

The flies lay their eggs around the developing carrots.
Maggots of about 10 mm in length cause damage to the outer part of the carrot roots, mainly during October-November, gradually entering and damaging the internal parts of the roots.
Carrot leaves start drying up. They first turn yellow and then turn red. Brown tunnels begin to appear under the outer skin of mature roots.
use CARBOFURAN 3 % GR@10 kg/acre o or FIPRONIL 0.3% GR@10 kg/acre
As a biological treatment, BEAUVERIA BASSIANA @ 250 gram/ acre as soil treatment
All these products used as soil treatment.