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How much phosphorus to use at the time of sowing wheat after potato cultivation

30/01/2021 Thursday January 28th, 2021

Potato crop requires a significant amount of phosphorus to mature.
For this, keep in mind that if you want to grow wheat in the same field where the potato crop was planted, then use phosphorus according to soil requirement.
The total amount of phosphorus required at the time of planting wheat crop is 50 kg / acre.
In this way farmers can get more production of their wheat crop at a lower cost.

What is the specialty of Gir Cow

30/01/2021 Thursday January 28th, 2021

Gir is a famous milk producing breed of cow in India.
It is found in the Gir forest region of Gujarat state and adjoining districts of Maharashtra and Rajasthan.
This cow is known for good milk productivity.
This cow is very disease resistant. It regularly delivers calves. It starts giving birth at age 3
The average weight of a female gir is 385 kg and height is 130 cm.

What are the measures to be taken to control of congress grass

29/01/2021 Thursday January 28th, 2021

If congress grass has taken root at some place in the field, do not leave these plants as it is, uproot it before the flowering, and bury it into the pit.
In places where this grass grows in large quantities, it should be uprooted from the field before flowering.
The uprooted plants should be mixed and buried with dung in 6 to 3 feet deep pits. This mixture produces good quality manure.
For chemical control of this grass use 2,4 D @ 40 ml / pump, when this grass has plant 3-4 leaves stage spray should be done.

How to prevent white worms in garlic crop

29/01/2021 Thursday January 28th, 2021

Nowadays, a white colored worm is found in the roots of the garlic crop.
Due to this insect, the garlic tuber is completely rotting.
This worm is causing a lot of damage by going inside the tuber of garlic and consuming the tuber completely.
To control this insect, use Carbofuran 3% GR @ 7.5 kg/acre or Cartap Hydrochloride 50% SP @ 7.5 kg/acre as soil treatment.
Spray Chlorpyriphos @ 50% EC @ 400 ml/acre.
Spray Beauveria Bassiana @ 500 gram/acre as a biological treatment.

How to prepare good compost manure

28/01/2021 Wednesday January 27th, 2021

To get a good quality compost manure, the waste from the field should be collected in one place.
Then pits should be made 15 to 20 feet long, 5-6 feet wide, 3-3 ½ feet deep.
Mix all the waste well and spread a layer in the pit and lay out wet cow dung over it.
Repeat this sequence until the level of the waste is 2-2 ½ feet above the surface of the ground.
If the compost is prepared in summer, the pit should be watered 1-2 times at an interval of 15-20 days so that there is sufficient moisture to dissolve the waste.
There is no need to add much water during rainy or cold days.
The fertilizer prepared after this whole process contains 0.5 percent nitrogen, 0.15 percent phosphorus and 0.5 percent potash.

Potassium contributes to plant nutritional management

27/01/2021 Wednesday January 27th, 2021

Potassium helps in the formation of sugars and starch in the leaves and also increases their size
Potassium increases protein synthesis in cells and helps in water circulation.
In addition, it helps the enzymes that control various functions of plants to function properly.
Potassium builds immunity in plants and balances the amount of iron content in the plant.
It also strengthens the stem of the plant.

Symptoms and control of ascochyta blight in peas

26/01/2021 Saturday January 23rd, 2021

- In this disease, affected pea crop plants wither away.
- The roots become brown. Brown spots appear on the leaves and stems.
- The crop becomes weak due to this disease.

Chemical treatment: for control of this disease use Chlorothalonil 75% WP @ 400 gram/acre or Carbendazim 12% + Mancozeb 63% @ 500 gram/acre or Azoxystrobin 11% + Tebuconazole 18.3% SC @ 250 ml/acre

Biological treatment: use Pseudomonas Fluorescens @ 250 gram/acre

Symptoms and control of termite attack in wheat crop

26/01/2021 Saturday January 23rd, 2021

Termite is a polyphagous insect, it damages all crops.
There is a lot of damage due to termites in wheat crop
Termites damage germinated wheat plants.
Insects prepare tunnels into the ground and feed on plant roots. They also eat the stem when the attack is high.
The adult of this insect is fat, which is gray-brown in color.
This insects hide under cracks or fallen leaves and eat stems and soft part of leaves at night
There is a lot of termite infestation in the fields where raw manure is used.
Deep ploughing in the field before sowing.
Use only well decomposed manure in the field.
Use Chlorpyriphos 50% EC@ 500 ml/acre as spray and Cartap Hydrochloride 4 GR @ 7.5 kg/acre use as a soli application
Chlorpyriphos 20% EC @ 1.0 litre/acre mix with any fertilizer and apply in field as soil application
As a biological treatment use Beauveria Bassiana@ 250 gram/acre

Control of white fly in watermelon

25/01/2021 Saturday January 23rd, 2021

Nymphs and adults suck the cell sap from the leaves.
The affected leaves curl and dry.
The affected plants show stunted growth.
Whiteflies are also responsible for transmitting yellow vein mosaic virus or leaf curl disease.
4-5 foliar spray of dimethoate 30% EC @ 300 ml/acre or profenophos 50% EC @ 400 ml/acre at 10 days intervals.

Damage due to Aphid and Jassid in melon crop

25/01/2021 Tuesday January 19th, 2021

Aphid and jassid are small, soft-bodied small insects which can be yellow, brown, green or black in color.
They are usually found in groups on small leaves and twigs and suck the cell sap from the plant and release sticky honey dew, which increases the chances of fungal diseases.
Leaves and twigs may wither or become yellow due to severe infection.
Spray of Thiamethoxam 25% WG @ 100 gram/acre or Imidacloprid 17.8 %SL@ 100 ml/acre or Flonicamid 50% WG @ 60 gram/acre
As a biologically treatment use Beauveria Bassiana @ 250 gram/acre