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Know why staking is important in tomato crop?

02/09/2025 Monday September 1st, 2025

At the time of tomato fruiting, the plant falls down due to the excess weight of the tomato plant. Due to this, the crop gets destroyed. Due to this, the farmer has to bear heavy losses. Along with this, pests and diseases are also more prone to fall under the plant. Therefore, to keep the tomatoes from falling down, tie them with wire and keep them safe.

Method and benefits of staking

For staking, 10-foot-high bamboo poles are placed at a distance of 10 feet along the side of the ridge. Iron wire is tied on these poles at a 2-2 feet height. After that, the plants are connected to the wire with the help of twine, due to which these plants grow upwards. The height of these plants reaches up to 5-8 feet, due to which not only the plant becomes intense, but the fruit is also better. In addition, the fruit is also saved from rotting. By this method, more profit can be obtained than conventional farming.

Stem borer infestation will increase in paddy crop, know the control measures

01/09/2025 Monday September 1st, 2025

Dead Hearts or dead tillers can be easily pulled from the base during the vegetative stages.
White earheads during the reproductive stage where the emerging panicles are whitish and unfilled or empty.
Tiny holes on the stems and tillers or Frass or faecal matter inside the damaged stems.
Dead earheads and whiteheads symptoms may sometimes be confused with damages caused by rats, neck blasts, and black bug diseases.
To confirm stem borer damage, visually inspect rice crops for dead earheards in the vegetative stages and whiteheads in the reproductive stages.
Stems can be pulled and dissected for larvae and pupae for confirmation of stem borer damage.

For Control
ProfeNova Super(Profenofos 40 % + Cypermethrin 04 % EC)@ 400ml/acre or FipNova(Fipronil 5% SC)@400ml/acre or
Novalice (Fipronil 40% + Imidacloprid 40% WG)@ 40gm/acre.

Outbreak of Shoot and fruit borer will increase in brinjal crop, prevent soon

31/08/2025 Friday August 8th, 2025

Shoot and fruit borer are considered the most destructive pests of brinjal crop.
The crop is affected by the drugs in both the vegetative and fruit stages.
This insect remains active throughout the year in a place with a moderate climate.
Eggshells, grapes, flower buds and sometimes the only details on the ventral surface of the flowers are below.
When young, the caterpillars are restless and bore into the cecals and midribs of young tender stems, sealing the entry point with excrement and feeding inside.
Affected leaves dry up and fall down while the growth point is destroyed in case of scab. In the later stage, the caterpillars bore holes in the flower buds and fruits.
To control it, use Novalaxam (Lambda Cyhalothrin 9.5% + Thiamethoxam12.9% ZC) @ 50-80ml per acre.

Outbreak of downy mildew will cause heavy loss in cucumber crop

30/08/2025 Friday August 8th, 2025

Symptoms of downy mildew are confined to the leaves and their appearance varies widely among cucurbit species. On most species, lesions are first visible on the upper leaf surface as small, irregular to angular, slightly chlorotic areas.
Symptoms appear first on older leaves and progress to younger leaves as they expand.
When conditions (leaf wetness and humidity) favour sporulation, the production of fruiting bodies (sporangia) on the lower leaf surface gives the undersides of the lesions a downy appearance, varying in colour from light grey to deep purple.
Lesions can coalesce and result in large areas of dead tissue which exposes the fruit to sunscald. Extensive defoliation can occur when conditions are favourable.
For its control, apply Novaxyl (Metalaxyl 8% + Mancozeb 64% WP) @ 1 kg/acre or Jatayu (Chlorothalonil 75% WP) @ 300 g/acre.

The outbreak of maggot will increase in onions, this is how to protect

29/08/2025 Friday August 8th, 2025

Onion maggot is a very small white colored insect and it causes a lot of damage to onion tubers.
In large tubers, 9 to 10 maggots attack simultaneously and make it hollow. Due to this, onion bulb rots completely.
Symptoms of its infestation appear as wilting and yellowing of leaves, after which the leaves start falling. Leaves may rot and plants may die as infestations progress.
Onion plants are most vulnerable during the seedling stage, and seedlings can be killed by larval feeding.
These insects can cause damage to the onion crop throughout the crop cycle, although they are widely known to frequently infect the crop during the vegetative stage.
If the attack of this pest occurs in the last stage of the crop, then due to this the possibility of storage rot problem increases.
To control maggots in Onion, use Caldan 4G (Cartap Hydrochloride) @ 7.5 kg/acre or Fax GR (Fipronil 00.30% GR) 8.0 kg/acre.

Save sugarcane crop from red rot disease, know the control measures

28/08/2025 Friday August 8th, 2025

This fungus mainly attacks the stem and leaves of the sugarcane plant. the leaves of the upper portion of the plant become pale and dark red which ultimately droop down.
The stem splits and many red-coloured longitudinal streaks are formed on it. The red colouring is mainly in the vascular bundles and often in the pith.
At severe infection, the stem gets rotten, shrinks at internodes, and becomes dull in appearance. The pathogen attacks all the parts above the ground, but more especially the canes stems, and midribs of leaves.
When the diseased canes(stems) are split open, the tissues of the internodes will be found longitudinally reddened (normally white or yellowish-white) in one or more internodes.
This red colour is interrupted by white patches extending crosswise on the canes. In the case of true red rot, the red colour extends through many internodes.
To control it, remove the affected bunches at the initial stage and drench the soil with Carbendazim 50 WP (1 gram per 1 liter of water).

Early blight outbreak in tomato will have serious consequences

27/08/2025 Friday August 8th, 2025

Symptoms of early blight usually begin after the first fruit set on tomato plants, starting with a few small, brown lesions on the lower leaves.
As the lesions progress, they take on the shape of target-like rings with dry, dead plant tissue in between.
The surrounding plant tissue turns yellow, then brown before the leaves die and drop from the plant.
While early blight does not directly affect the fruit, loss of protective foliage from exposure to direct sun can damage the fruit. That condition is called sun-scald.
Control: Novacrust (Azoxystrobin 11% + Tebuconazole 18.3% SC) @ 240-400 ml/acre or M 45 (Mancozeb75 % WP) @ 600-800 gm/acre.

Nematodes cause heavy damage to crops, know the control measures?

26/08/2025 Friday August 8th, 2025

Nematodes are like very thin threads. Their body is long cylindrical and the whole body is without segments.
Nematodes, living inside the soil, form a knot in the roots of the crop and damage the crop.
Biological treatment is the best solution to control this pest.
Soil treatment is the best way to control this pest.
As a chemical treatment, treat the soil with Furi (Carbofuran 3% GR) @ 10 kg/acre.
Before sowing the crop, apply Nematofree (Paceilomyces Linnaeus) @ 1 kg/acre mixed with 50-100 kg FYM in an empty field.
Whenever this product is used, keep in mind that it is contemporary in the field.

Symptoms and prevention measures of powdery mildew and downy mildew in chilli

25/08/2025 Friday August 8th, 2025

Powdery and Downy mildew is a fungal disease that highly affects the leaves of chilli crops.
This disease is also known as Bhabhutiya disease.
In Powdery mildew, white powder appears on the upper surface of the leaves of the chilli plant.
In Downy mildew yellow spots appear on the lower surface of the leaves, after some time these spots become large, angular, and turn into a brown powder.
This brown powder deposits as a layer on the leaves making the process of photosynthesis difficult.
To control the disease, spray Novacrust (Azoxystrobin 11% + Tebuconazole 18.3% SC) @ 240-400 ml/acre or Tesunova (Tebuconazole 10% + Sulfur 65% WG) @ 500 g/acre.
As a biological treatment, spray Tricho shield combat(Trichoderma viridi @ 500 g/acre or Monas- curb(Pseudomonas fluorescens)@ 250 g/acre.

How to take care of soybean crops in low rainfall

24/08/2025 Friday August 8th, 2025

We all are aware of how the climate is changing these days.
This shifting pattern of weather makes heavy rainfall in some areas and low rainfall in others, it is in these areas of low rainfall that soybean crop is being affected drastically.
Soybean crops suffer a lot due to drought and high temperatures.
The symptoms of water scarcity are seen in the soybean crop in the form of dullness and plant wilting causing the plant to come under stress which makes the growth of the soybean plant reduced or stunted.
To manage it, apply NovaMaxx (Gibrelic Acid 0.001%) @ 180-200 ml/acre or MaxxRoot (Humic Acid + Potassium + Fulvic Acid) @ 100 g/acre

Method and benefits of staking

Dead Hearts or dead tillers can be easily pulled from the base during the vegetative stages.

White earheads during the reproductive stage where the emerging panicles are whitish and unfilled or empty.

Tiny holes on the stems and tillers or Frass or faecal matter inside the damaged stems.

Dead earheads and whiteheads symptoms may sometimes be confused with damages caused by rats, neck blasts, and black bug diseases.

To confirm stem borer damage, visually inspect rice crops for dead earheards in the vegetative stages and whiteheads in the reproductive stages.

Stems can be pulled and dissected for larvae and pupae for confirmation of stem borer damage.

For Control

ProfeNova Super(Profenofos 40 % + Cypermethrin 04 % EC)@ 400ml/acre or FipNova(Fipronil 5% SC)@400ml/acre or

Novalice (Fipronil 40% + Imidacloprid 40% WG)@ 40gm/acre.

Shoot and fruit borer are considered the most destructive pests of brinjal crop.

The crop is affected by the drugs in both the vegetative and fruit stages.

This insect remains active throughout the year in a place with a moderate climate.

Eggshells, grapes, flower buds and sometimes the only details on the ventral surface of the flowers are below.

When young, the caterpillars are restless and bore into the cecals and midribs of young tender stems, sealing the entry point with excrement and feeding inside.

Affected leaves dry up and fall down while the growth point is destroyed in case of scab. In the later stage, the caterpillars bore holes in the flower buds and fruits.

To control it, use Novalaxam (Lambda Cyhalothrin 9.5% + Thiamethoxam12.9% ZC) @ 50-80ml per acre.

Symptoms of downy mildew are confined to the leaves and their appearance varies widely among cucurbit species. On most species, lesions are first visible on the upper leaf surface as small, irregular to angular, slightly chlorotic areas.

Symptoms appear first on older leaves and progress to younger leaves as they expand.

When conditions (leaf wetness and humidity) favour sporulation, the production of fruiting bodies (sporangia) on the lower leaf surface gives the undersides of the lesions a downy appearance, varying in colour from light grey to deep purple.

Lesions can coalesce and result in large areas of dead tissue which exposes the fruit to sunscald. Extensive defoliation can occur when conditions are favourable.

For its control, apply Novaxyl (Metalaxyl 8% + Mancozeb 64% WP) @ 1 kg/acre or Jatayu (Chlorothalonil 75% WP) @ 300 g/acre.

Onion maggot is a very small white colored insect and it causes a lot of damage to onion tubers.

In large tubers, 9 to 10 maggots attack simultaneously and make it hollow. Due to this, onion bulb rots completely.

Symptoms of its infestation appear as wilting and yellowing of leaves, after which the leaves start falling. Leaves may rot and plants may die as infestations progress.

Onion plants are most vulnerable during the seedling stage, and seedlings can be killed by larval feeding.

These insects can cause damage to the onion crop throughout the crop cycle, although they are widely known to frequently infect the crop during the vegetative stage.

If the attack of this pest occurs in the last stage of the crop, then due to this the possibility of storage rot problem increases.

To control maggots in Onion, use Caldan 4G (Cartap Hydrochloride) @ 7.5 kg/acre or Fax GR (Fipronil 00.30% GR) 8.0 kg/acre.

This fungus mainly attacks the stem and leaves of the sugarcane plant. the leaves of the upper portion of the plant become pale and dark red which ultimately droop down.

The stem splits and many red-coloured longitudinal streaks are formed on it. The red colouring is mainly in the vascular bundles and often in the pith.

At severe infection, the stem gets rotten, shrinks at internodes, and becomes dull in appearance. The pathogen attacks all the parts above the ground, but more especially the canes stems, and midribs of leaves.

When the diseased canes(stems) are split open, the tissues of the internodes will be found longitudinally reddened (normally white or yellowish-white) in one or more internodes.

This red colour is interrupted by white patches extending crosswise on the canes. In the case of true red rot, the red colour extends through many internodes.

To control it, remove the affected bunches at the initial stage and drench the soil with Carbendazim 50 WP (1 gram per 1 liter of water).

Symptoms of early blight usually begin after the first fruit set on tomato plants, starting with a few small, brown lesions on the lower leaves.

As the lesions progress, they take on the shape of target-like rings with dry, dead plant tissue in between.

The surrounding plant tissue turns yellow, then brown before the leaves die and drop from the plant.

While early blight does not directly affect the fruit, loss of protective foliage from exposure to direct sun can damage the fruit. That condition is called sun-scald.

Control: Novacrust (Azoxystrobin 11% + Tebuconazole 18.3% SC) @ 240-400 ml/acre or M 45 (Mancozeb75 % WP) @ 600-800 gm/acre.

Nematodes are like very thin threads. Their body is long cylindrical and the whole body is without segments.

Nematodes, living inside the soil, form a knot in the roots of the crop and damage the crop.

Biological treatment is the best solution to control this pest.

Soil treatment is the best way to control this pest.

As a chemical treatment, treat the soil with Furi (Carbofuran 3% GR) @ 10 kg/acre.

Before sowing the crop, apply Nematofree (Paceilomyces Linnaeus) @ 1 kg/acre mixed with 50-100 kg FYM in an empty field.

Whenever this product is used, keep in mind that it is contemporary in the field.

Powdery and Downy mildew is a fungal disease that highly affects the leaves of chilli crops.

This disease is also known as Bhabhutiya disease.

In Powdery mildew, white powder appears on the upper surface of the leaves of the chilli plant.

In Downy mildew yellow spots appear on the lower surface of the leaves, after some time these spots become large, angular, and turn into a brown powder.

This brown powder deposits as a layer on the leaves making the process of photosynthesis difficult.

To control the disease, spray Novacrust (Azoxystrobin 11% + Tebuconazole 18.3% SC) @ 240-400 ml/acre or Tesunova (Tebuconazole 10% + Sulfur 65% WG) @ 500 g/acre.

As a biological treatment, spray Tricho shield combat(Trichoderma viridi @ 500 g/acre or Monas- curb(Pseudomonas fluorescens)@ 250 g/acre.

We all are aware of how the climate is changing these days.

This shifting pattern of weather makes heavy rainfall in some areas and low rainfall in others, it is in these areas of low rainfall that soybean crop is being affected drastically.

Soybean crops suffer a lot due to drought and high temperatures.

The symptoms of water scarcity are seen in the soybean crop in the form of dullness and plant wilting causing the plant to come under stress which makes the growth of the soybean plant reduced or stunted.

To manage it, apply NovaMaxx (Gibrelic Acid 0.001%) @ 180-200 ml/acre or MaxxRoot (Humic Acid + Potassium + Fulvic Acid) @ 100 g/acre