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Fall armyworm will ruin the entire crop in a short time, know the preventive measures

18/07/2025 Friday July 18th, 2025

These insects travel more than 100 kilometres in search of food like locusts. These insects make a home on the shell covering the leaves and cobs of standing crops in the fields and eat them by scratching them. Due to their outbreak, white stripes also start forming on the leaves of maize. Although they live only for 30-35 days, they also have the power to damage crops in a single night. Especially female armyworms increase the problem by laying eggs in the crops.

How to Identify Fall Armyworms?

They are green, pink, brown or black in colour
Between their eyes, a white colour pattern like the letter Y inverted English is made.
They have trapezoid pattern spots on each segment of their body.

Chemical Control

use Novalaxam (Thiamethoxam 12.60 % + Lambda-Cyhalothrin 09.50 % Zc)@ 80ml/Acre Emanova (Emamectin Benzoate 5 % Sg) @ 100gm/acre Cover (Chlorantraniliprole 18.5 % W/W Sc) @60 ml/Acre.

Increase the speed of flower and fruit growth in crops with Nutriful Maxx

17/07/2025 Friday July 18th, 2025

It is a plant superfood that promotes crop growth. It is indigenously extracted from base organic acids imported from America. Due to this, the plants in the crop become healthy and strong. Flower formation is faster which leads to better fruit formation. This increases the transport of nutrients from the root to the shoot system. Plants become immune to drought and frost etc.

For spraying use Nutriful Maxx @ 250 ml per acre. You can use it in cotton, paddy, pulse crops and all vegetable crops.

Why are Plant Growth Regulators necessary for crops, know their importance!

16/07/2025 Friday July 18th, 2025

Plant growth regulators act as growth regulators for crops.
It plays a very important role in the growth of roots, growth of flowers.
Crops require oxygen and micronutrients for growth, all of these provided by the plant growth regulators.
Crops require very small amounts of these
They act on those parts of crops which play an important role in root development, fruit development, flower production, etc.
The crops that remain small are helpful in the growth by increasing the length of the stems of those crops.
Help to break the dormancy in seeds by cell division.

Due to these reasons leaves start burning and scorching in the crops

15/07/2025 Friday July 18th, 2025

There can be many reasons for burning crop leaves.
Pest, disease and nutritional deficiency are also the cause of the burning of leaves.
Any type of pest and insect in the roots like a nematode, cutworm, etc., cuts off the roots of the crops, due to which the leaves start falling and scorching.
One of the most common causes of leaf burns and scorching is the disease of roots, due to the infection of fungus in the roots, the roots get damaged and the leaves start burning and scorching.
Another common cause of scorching is the deficiency of nutrients in the soil and due to which the edges of the leaves start drying up.
Some pollutants are found in the air which stick on the surface of the leaves and can burn the edges of the leaf.

Outbreak of Cercospora Leaf Spot disease will increase in cotton

12/07/2025 Wednesday July 2nd, 2025

The disease affects mainly older leaves of mature plants. Reddish lesions will appear on these leaves during the early stages of the infection. As the disease progresses, the lesions enlarge and tum white to light brown or grey in the centre with a purple, dark brown or blackish margin. The lesions are circular or irregular in shape and vary in size depending on the time of infection. A concentric zonation of the spots occurs alternating dark and light brown or red margins. Affected leaves eventually become pale in colour and finally, fall off.

The symptoms are caused by a fungus of the Cercospora family that attacks cotton plants, Mycosphaerella gossypina. It is different from those that affect other crops such as soybean or pepper. In the field, it is often difficult to differentiate Cercospora leaf spot from other foliar diseases, such as target spot. However, the specificity of this disease lies in the fact that it is often found in cotton plants undergoing episodes of stress such as drought or nutrient deficiency (mainly potassium). Maintaining plant vigour by having a proper fertilization scheme and preventing drought stress through proper irrigation helps to delay primary infections significantly. It will also reduce the severity of the outbreaks. The disease is favoured by temperatures between 20-30 °C and high relative humidity. Spores are dispersed onto healthy leaves by wind and water splashing.

Chemical Control:

Always consider an integrated approach with preventive measures and biological treatments if available. Spray formulations containing Tilt / Zerox (Propiconazole 25% EC) @ 200ml/Acre show also produce good results.

Keep Chili plants safe from Thrips attack

11/07/2025 Wednesday July 2nd, 2025

Thrips insects both adult and nymph cause damage to plants.
Their adults are small, thin and have brown feathers, the same nymphs are of pale size.
Wrinkles are seen in the leaves of Chili infected with thrips and these leaves turn upwards.
In the initial stage, it stops the growth of plants, the production of flowers and the production of fruits.
To control this, spray Fipnova (Fipronil 05% SC) @ 400ml/Acre or Media Super (Imidacloprid 30.5% Sc) @ 50-60ml/ Acre.

NovaMaxx is a great tonic for crops, accelerates the overall growth of plants

10/07/2025 Wednesday July 2nd, 2025

It is a biologically produced plant growth assistant tonic. By using it, the crop will show some kind of benefits like plants will remain healthy and vigorous, and grain/fruit formation and maturity rate will increase. The activity of microorganisms in the soil will also increase. The problem of flowers and fruits dropping will be reduced. Apart from this, more photosynthesis and improvement in the metabolic process of plants are seen and it also reduces plants stress and overcomes the plant from nutritional and growth deficiencies.

In Paddy, Sugarcane, Cotton, Groundnut, Banana, Tomato, Potato, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Grapes, Brinjal, Okra, Tea, Mulberry, NovaMaxx should be used as spraying at the rate of 180 to 200 ml per acre.

Management Of Whitefly In Cotton

09/07/2025 Wednesday July 2nd, 2025

Eradicate weeds growing on field bunds, wastelands, roadside and irrigation channels/canals to avoid further spread of whitefly to cotton fields.
White fly attacks also occur in vegetables like brinjal, cucumber, tomato, okra etc, so do not grow these crops in cotton. Regular surveillance on these alternate host crops from February onwards and on cotton, moong from April onwards should be carried out for timely management of whitefly on these crops.
Avoid excessive use of nitrogenous fertilizer because it increases the attack of sucking insects.
Make sure to install 40 yellow sticky traps per acre in the cotton fields, which helps in controlling the whitefly infestation.
Give one to two sprays of Novaceta (Acetamiprid 20% SP) @ 40 gm per acre or Novafen (Pyriproxyfen 5% + Diafenthiuron 25% SE) @ 400-500 ml per acre.

Why Sulphur is an important nutrient in oilseed crops!

08/07/2025 Wednesday July 2nd, 2025

Sulphur plays an important role in the formation of plant proteins, amino acids, some vitamins and enzymes, photosynthesis, energy metabolism, carbohydrate production, and synthesis of protein. Sulphur is an integral part of amino acids such as cystine, cysteine and methionine which are essential components of protein. The plants fed with sufficient sulphur in turn increase the yield and oil content of the seeds.

What are the deficiency Symptoms of Sulphur in oilseed crops?

The main symptom of sulphur nutrient deficiency is the yellowing of younger leaves may be due to low chlorophyll production. Eventually, plant growth will be reduced.

How to Overcome Sulphur Deficiency?

The Sulphur requirements of oilseeds can be overcome by supplying Sulphur containing fertilizers. Sulphur nutrients may be supplemented to plants in soil applications such as basal, top dressing, fertigation and also by foliar application.

Use of fertilizers through fertigation method will provide many benefits to the crops

07/07/2025 Wednesday July 2nd, 2025

Fertigation is a method of fertilizer application in which fertilizer is incorporated within the irrigation water by the drip system. In this system fertilizer solution is distributed evenly in irrigation. The availability of nutrients is very high therefore the efficiency is more. In this method, liquid fertilizer as well as water-soluble fertilizers are used. By this method, fertilizer use efficiency is increased from 80 to 90 per cent.

Advantages of fertigation

Nutrients and water are supplied near the active root zone through fertigation which results in greater absorption by the crops.
As water and fertilizer are supplied evenly to all the crops through fertigation there is the possibility of getting a 25-50 per cent higher yield.
Fertilizer use efficiency through fertigation ranges between 80-90 per cent, which helps to save a minimum of 25 per cent of nutrients.
In this way, along with less amount of water and saving of fertilizer, time, labour and energy use is also reduced substantially.

How to Identify Fall Armyworms?

They are green, pink, brown or black in colour

Between their eyes, a white colour pattern like the letter Y inverted English is made.

They have trapezoid pattern spots on each segment of their body.

Chemical Control

use Novalaxam (Thiamethoxam 12.60 % + Lambda-Cyhalothrin 09.50 % Zc)@ 80ml/Acre Emanova (Emamectin Benzoate 5 % Sg) @ 100gm/acre Cover (Chlorantraniliprole 18.5 % W/W Sc) @60 ml/Acre.

For spraying use Nutriful Maxx @ 250 ml per acre. You can use it in cotton, paddy, pulse crops and all vegetable crops.

Plant growth regulators act as growth regulators for crops.

It plays a very important role in the growth of roots, growth of flowers.

Crops require oxygen and micronutrients for growth, all of these provided by the plant growth regulators.

Crops require very small amounts of these

They act on those parts of crops which play an important role in root development, fruit development, flower production, etc.

The crops that remain small are helpful in the growth by increasing the length of the stems of those crops.

Help to break the dormancy in seeds by cell division.

There can be many reasons for burning crop leaves.

Pest, disease and nutritional deficiency are also the cause of the burning of leaves.

Any type of pest and insect in the roots like a nematode, cutworm, etc., cuts off the roots of the crops, due to which the leaves start falling and scorching.

One of the most common causes of leaf burns and scorching is the disease of roots, due to the infection of fungus in the roots, the roots get damaged and the leaves start burning and scorching.

Another common cause of scorching is the deficiency of nutrients in the soil and due to which the edges of the leaves start drying up.

Some pollutants are found in the air which stick on the surface of the leaves and can burn the edges of the leaf.

Chemical Control:

Always consider an integrated approach with preventive measures and biological treatments if available. Spray formulations containing Tilt / Zerox (Propiconazole 25% EC) @ 200ml/Acre show also produce good results.

Thrips insects both adult and nymph cause damage to plants.

Their adults are small, thin and have brown feathers, the same nymphs are of pale size.

Wrinkles are seen in the leaves of Chili infected with thrips and these leaves turn upwards.

In the initial stage, it stops the growth of plants, the production of flowers and the production of fruits.

To control this, spray Fipnova (Fipronil 05% SC) @ 400ml/Acre or Media Super (Imidacloprid 30.5% Sc) @ 50-60ml/ Acre.

In Paddy, Sugarcane, Cotton, Groundnut, Banana, Tomato, Potato, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Grapes, Brinjal, Okra, Tea, Mulberry, NovaMaxx should be used as spraying at the rate of 180 to 200 ml per acre.

Eradicate weeds growing on field bunds, wastelands, roadside and irrigation channels/canals to avoid further spread of whitefly to cotton fields.

Avoid excessive use of nitrogenous fertilizer because it increases the attack of sucking insects.

Make sure to install 40 yellow sticky traps per acre in the cotton fields, which helps in controlling the whitefly infestation.

Give one to two sprays of Novaceta (Acetamiprid 20% SP) @ 40 gm per acre or Novafen (Pyriproxyfen 5% + Diafenthiuron 25% SE) @ 400-500 ml per acre.

What are the deficiency Symptoms of Sulphur in oilseed crops?

The main symptom of sulphur nutrient deficiency is the yellowing of younger leaves may be due to low chlorophyll production. Eventually, plant growth will be reduced.

How to Overcome Sulphur Deficiency?

The Sulphur requirements of oilseeds can be overcome by supplying Sulphur containing fertilizers. Sulphur nutrients may be supplemented to plants in soil applications such as basal, top dressing, fertigation and also by foliar application.

Advantages of fertigation

Nutrients and water are supplied near the active root zone through fertigation which results in greater absorption by the crops.

As water and fertilizer are supplied evenly to all the crops through fertigation there is the possibility of getting a 25-50 per cent higher yield.

Fertilizer use efficiency through fertigation ranges between 80-90 per cent, which helps to save a minimum of 25 per cent of nutrients.

In this way, along with less amount of water and saving of fertilizer, time, labour and energy use is also reduced substantially.