- First irrigation should be done immediately after sowing.
- second irrigation should be done on the fourth day after first irrigation.
- Then subsequent irrigation should be done after every 7-10 days.
Ways to treat downy mildew in pumpkin crop
- Plucking and destroying affected leaves.
- Plant seeds of disease-resistant varieties.
- Crop rotation and sanitation reduces the severity of the disease.
- Spray thiophanate methyl 70% WP at the rate of 300 gm/acre.
- Spray of Metalaxyl 8% + Mancozeb 64% WP @ 500 gm/acre.
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How to identify downy mildew in pumpkin crop?
The major symptoms of downy mildew in pumpkin crop are as follows-
- Water-soaked lesions are formed on the lower surface of the leaves.
- Lesions appear first on the older leaves and then progress on the younger leaves.
- As the lesions expand, they may remain yellow or become dry and brown.
- Affected vines do not bear fruit properly.
Very Important tips for the storage of wheat crops
- The moisture should not be more than 10-12% in the grain for safe storage.
- After placing the grain in the buffer, the closet or in the room, two tablets of 3 grams of aluminium phosphide should be kept among each tonne of wheat.
Farmers should sow these varieties of crops in march-April to increase the yield
| SN | Crop Name | Important variety (company’s name) |
| 1. | Bitter gourd | Nagesh (Hyveg), Amanshri, US1315 (Nunhems), Akash (VNR) |
| 2. | Ridge gourd | Aarti |
| 3. | Pumpkin | Kohinoor (pahuja), VNR 11 (VNR) |
| 4. | Okara | Radhika, Vinas Plus (Golden), Singham (Nunhems), Shatabdi (Rashi) |
| 5. | coriander | surbhi (Namdhari), LS 800 (pahuja ) |
Management of Mosaic Virus in chilli
- Uproot the infected plants.
- Cultivate of resistant/tolerant varieties like Pusa Jwala, Pant C-1, Pusa- Sadabahar, Panjab lal etc.
- Spray Acetamiprid 20% SP at the rate of 130gram/acre at regular intervals to reduce the vectors, or
- You can also Spray Fipronil 40% + Imidachloprid 40% WG @ 40 gram/acre.
Identification of Mosaic Virus in chili –
- The main symptom of this disease is the appearance of dark green and yellow spots on the leaves.
- Another symptom includes the appearance of Light pits and blisters
- Yellowing and distortion of younger leaves, followed by conspicuous mosaic.
- Severe mottling with light and dark green patches get Scattered all over the leaf surface.
- Slight curling, marginal rolling and shortening of leaves are other common symptoms of mosaic virus.
- This disease spreads through whitefly.
Tips for Disease-Free Nursery Raising of Vegetables –
- choose healthy seeds for showing.
- The seeds should be treated with recommended fungicide before sowing.
- The continuous raising of the nursery in the same plot should be avoided.
- The topsoil of the nursery should be treated with Carbendazim @ 5 gm/square m. area of the soil and the nursery should be drenched with Carbendazim @ 2gm/litre of water fortnightly.
- Soil solarization by spreading 250 gauge polythene sheet over the bed for 30 days before sowing in summer season should be done.
- Application of bio-control agent Trichoderma viride in soil @ 500 gram/acre is also found effective to control damping-off to a considerable extent.
Nutrient management during field preparation in sponge gourd and ridge gourd –
- one should apply About 8-10 t/acre of FYM at the time of field preparation.
- 30 kg Urea, 70kg single super phosphate and 35 kg muriate of potash per acre is applied at the time of last ploughing.
- Another 30 kg urea should be top dressed in two split doses, one at 8-10 leaf stage and second at the flowering stage.
Some important crops that can be grown under inter-cropping
| SN | Maincrop | Intercrop | |
| 1. | Soya bean | maize, peagonpea |
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| 2. | Okra | Coriander, spinach | |
| 3. | Cotton | groundnut, green gram, black gram maize. | |
| 4. | Chilli | radish, carrot. | |
| 5. | Mango | onion, Turmeric |
