Tomato seeds are sown on nursery beds for transplanting in the field.
The nursery produces beds size 3 x 0.6 m and a height of 10–15 cm.
a distance of about 70 cm is kept between the two beds to carry out the operation of water, weeding, etc. The surface of the beds should be smooth and well levels.
Treat nursery beds at the rate of FYM 10 kg/acre and DAP @ 1 kg/acre
Raised beds are necessary to avoid the problem of waterlogging in heavy soils.
Pre-sowing seed treatment is also essential. Carbendazim 12% + Mancozeb 63% WP @ 3 gram / kg seed or Trichoderma viride @ 1 gram/100 g seed or Thiram 37.5% + Carboxin 37.5% @ 2.5 gram / kg seed rate Seed treatment is necessary.
Chlorothalonil 75% WP @ 30 gram/5 liters or thiamethoxam 25% WG 10 gram / 15 liters as drenching after 7 days of nursery.
In this disease, light brown concentric spots are formed on the leaves, and finally, the leaves start drying up. This disease is seen only when there is an excess of moisture in the atmosphere and spreads fiercely.
Seed treatment at the rate of Carbendazim 12% + Mancozeb 63% WP @ 2.5 gram / kg seed or Trichoderma viride @ 5 gram / kg seed is necessary.
Spray the thiophene methyl 70% WP @ 500 gram / acre or Pseudomonas fluorescens @ 250 gram / acre.
Locust team attacks have been taking place in states like Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh for the last several weeks. In such a situation, several efforts have been made for locust control campaigns in India, due to which locust control is getting success. India has done something to control locusts, which is being praised all over the world. Actually, India has resorted to drones for locust control and has also become the first country in the world to do so.
Locusts causing heavy damage to crops are being wiped out by air spraying with the help of drones. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has also praised India for this success achieved on locusts.
According to the news, this work is being carried out with the help of the Agriculture Department, Local Administration, and Border Security Force of many states of the country. Locust control work has been successfully completed in about 114,026 hectares in Rajasthan, Punjab, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh.
Zinc is needed for the growth of maize crops and good yield. These nutrients are obtained from the soil.
An important role in hormone modification required for fungal growth and reproductive functions of zinc plants in maize
Lack of zinc in maize causes white bud disease.
Zinc plays an important role in the formation of a hormone called indole acetic acid that determines plant growth.
Essential for catalytic and metabolic activities in various metallic enzymes in plants
Symptoms of zinc deficiency occur on the medium leaves of plants. Excess zinc deficiency causes new leaves to become white. Appears in white spots between the veins of the leaves.
Zinc indirectly participates in protein synthesis and water absorption in plants
Its involvement in the manufacture of plant genetic material ribonucleic amal.
This insect hides in piles of soil, straw, weeds during the day, and eats crops overnight. Its number can be seen significantly in the affected farm/crop. This pest tends to eat very fast and can affect the entire field crop by eating in a very short time. Hence management/control of this pest is necessary.
The armyworm attacks the crop in groups together and cuts off the leaves or other green parts of the crop at night and in the day it hides under a crack or lump in the field or under a dense crop shade. lives.
In areas where the number of fall armyworm pests is high, spraying of any of the following insecticides should be done immediately.
Pre-sowing soil treatment: In the maize crop, fall armyworm is managed by soil treatment, for this, Bavaria bassiana should be mixed with 50 kg FYM at the rate of 250 gram/acre and broadcast in an empty field.
Spraying: Lemdashelothrin 4.6% + chlorantraniliprole 9.3% ZC 100 ml / acre, or chlorantraniliprole 18.5% SC @ 60 ml / acre, or emamectin benzoate 5% SG @ 100 gram / acre + Bavaria bassiana @ 250 gram/acre
In areas where its number is less, in those areas, keep the farmer on the ridge of their fields and place a small pile of straw in the middle of the field. In the sun, the armyworm (soldier moth) hides in these straw piles in search of shade. In the evening these straws should be collected and burnt.
The Government of Madhya Pradesh is going to deploy 26 thousand Krishak Mitras to spread information about agriculture-related schemes among the farmers. Significantly, the previous Kamal Nath government of the state had also planned to appoint one “Krishak Bandhu” on every two panchayats. Inverting this plan, now the present government has planned to deploy 26 thousand Krishak Mitras. State Agriculture Minister Kamal Patel has instructed Principal Secretary Ajit Kesari to make Krishak Mitra again.
On this issue, the officials of the Agriculture Department have said that only the local progressive farmer will be made a Krishak Mitra. Their job will be to inform the farmers about the work being done by the government and also encourage the use of technology in farming. Even if farmers face any problem in getting the benefits of any scheme, these Krishak Mitras will inform them at a senior level.
Wilt disease is a growing soil-borne disease in cotton production areas.
It can be difficult to differentiate other diseases and wilt.
In young and grown plants, the first symptom is the yellowing of the edges of the leaves and the area around the veins i.e. the discoloration begins at the margin and spreads towards the roots and stems and midribs. The leaves loosen their torsion, gradually turn brown, dry up and eventually fall. To prevent this disease, soil treatment, and seed treatment are very important.
This disease is caused by cold temperatures and wet soil during early vegetative growth, plants are infected during the early reproductive stages, but symptoms appear later.
Fungicide is used for the prevention of this disease.
Carbendazim 12% + Mancozeb 63% WP 2.5 gram / kg seed or Carboxin 37.8% + Thyram 37.8% 2.5 gram / kg seed. Treat seeds with.
Spray kasugamycin 5% + copper oxychloride at the rate of 45% WP @ 300 gram / acre or thiophanate methyl 70% WP 500 gram / acre.
Use of Bacillus subtilis / Trichoderma viride @ 500 gram / acre or Pseudomonas fluorescens @ 250 gram / acre in biological treatment. These fungicides are used as soil treatment and seed treatment.
In the case of more problems, decomposers can also be used before sowing the crop in an empty field.
For every farmer associated with the Prime Minister Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme, the Central Government has planned to give loans at a cheaper rate. The objective of this scheme is that no farmer should leave farming due to lack of money. Union Minister of State for Agriculture Kailash Chaudhary said that in the coming days, 2.5 crore farmers will be given a loan of Rs 2 lakh crore under the Kisan Credit Card. This huge amount will be given to the beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana.
Explain that the loan rate on Kisan Credit Card is 4%. Farmers can easily avail loans up to Rs 1.60 lakh without any security at the interest rate of 4%. Not only this, if the farmer pays this loan on time, then his loan amount can be increased to Rs 3 lakh.
The Union Minister of State for Agriculture further informed that from March 1 to now, about 3 crore farmers of the country have been provided an agricultural loan of Rs 4.22 lakh crore, in which 3 months interest has also been waived. Along with this, credit cards have also been issued to 25 lakh new farmers associated with the Prime Minister Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme.
Aphid and jassid is an insect sucking pest of jacid crops. They are very small in size. Their shape is like the tip of a lentil. It is usually yellow-green or white with dark spots on its front wings. Jassids fly away when there is a slight movement on the crop. In crops, these kits suck the juice from the leaves and under the buds of the leaves.
For control of aphid and jassid, Imidacloprid 60% FS or Thiamethoxam 30% FS with 10 ml/kg seed should be given. This seed treatment keeps the crop free from sucking pests for one month.
Spraying of imidacloprid 17.8% SL @ 100 ml / acre or acetamiprid 20% WP @ 100 gram / acre or acephate 50% + imidacloprid 1.8% SP @ 400 g / acre.
Biological Treatment:
Bavaria Basiana should be sprayed at the rate of 1 kg per acre.
Spraying of metrazium at the rate of 1 kg per acre
