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How to supply fertilizer in cotton crop in 40-50 days

12/07/2021 Saturday July 17th, 2021

The 40-45 days stage in the cotton crop is the early stage of Ball formation. At this stage, the cotton crop needs more nutrients, for this it becomes necessary to use the following nutrients.
Add urea @ 30 kg + MOP @ 30 kg + magnesium sulfate @ 10 kg/acre in the soil.
Urea:- Urea is the biggest source of nitrogen supply in the cotton crop. Its use does not cause problems like yellowing and drying of leaves, urea accelerates the process of photosynthesis.
MOP (Potash):- Potash plays a very important role in transporting the sugars synthesized in the cotton plant to all parts of the cotton plant. Potash promotes the efficiency of natural nitrogen. Increases immunity in plants
Magnesium sulfate:- Application of Magnesium sulfate in the cotton crop increases greenery in cotton crop and accelerates the process of photosynthesis, ultimately leading to higher yield and quality of production.
In this way, the supply of nitrogen in the cotton crop is very good due to nutritional management. Potash increases the number and size of the ball. Magnesium sulfate supplies micronutrients. If the production of ball is very good, then the production of cotton is also high.

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How to identify weeds, Know what kind of damage it causes to crops

11/07/2021 Sunday July 11th, 2021

Know what kind of damage weed causes to crops

The production of any crop is greatly affected by the outbreak of weeds, pests and diseases, in which maximum 35 to 70 percent loss is due to weeds only. Weeds compete with the crop for natural resources such as light, space, water, air as well as nutrients, causing a huge reduction in yield.
Due to the high infestation of weeds, the outbreak of diseases in the crop is also very high. There are three types of weeds in the crop.
Narrowleaf / monocotyledon weed: The leaves of the weeds of the grass family are thin and long and parallel stripes are found on these leaves. It is a monocotyledonous plant such as Sanwa (Echinochloa colona) and Kodon (Eleusine indica) etc.
Broadleaf / Dicotyledonous weeds: The leaves of this type of weeds are often broad, it is mainly dicotyledonous plants such as choti and badi doodhi, phulkia, diwalia, bokhana, jangali choulai (Amaranthus viridis), safed murgh ( celosia argentea), jangali jute (Corchorus acutangulus)
Annual weed: The leaves of this family of weeds are long and the stem is solid with three edges. Tubers are found in the roots, which help in collecting food and giving birth to new plants such as doob, motha (Cyperus rotundus, Cyperus species) etc.
The crop yield is greatly affected due to the weeds, the nutrients given to the crop are also absorbed by the weeds. Infestations of the weeds cause more damage to the crop. Generally, weeds use up to 47% of phosphorus, 50% of potash, 39% of calcium and 34% of magnesium available to crops. Due to which the yield of the crop decreases. Due to these weeds, the outbreak of fungal diseases and pests on the crop is also very high.

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Which products should be used for the first spray in the cabbage nursery?

09/07/2021 Monday September 25th, 2023

In a Cabbage nursery, it is very important to spray at the stage of 10-15 days after sowing.
By this spray, diseases like plant rot, root rot do not occur in cabbage crops.
Insects found in the early stage of cabbage nurseries can be easily controlled.
When the nursery is at 10 days stage, it is the initial stage after germination, in this stage two types of spraying can be done to protect the plant.
To avoid pest infestation, spray Thiamethoxam 25% WP @ 10 gm/pump or Bavaria @ 50 gm/pump.
For prevention of any fungal diseases, spray Thiophanate Methyl 70% W/W @ 30 gm/pump or Trichoderma 25 g + Pseudomonas fluorescens @ 25 gm/pump.
For good growth of nursery, spray Humic Acid @ 10 gm/pump.

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Benefits of first spraying after tomato transplanting

08/07/2021 Thursday July 8th, 2021

After transplanting tomato seedlings in the main field, there is a possibility of disease and pest infestation in the crop. It is very important to protect the tomato crop from these diseases and pests. In 10 -15 days of tomato transplantation, there is every possibility of getting fungal diseases like blight, leaf spot, wilt disease. Talking about insect infestation, then sucking insects like thrips, aphid, jassid, whitefly, mites etc. are prominent.
Tomato seedlings are planted in the main field, in this stage, the plant needs nutrients to spread its roots well in the soil, for this, it is very necessary to manage micronutrients in the form of spraying.
To protect the tomato crop from these insects, fungal and bacterial diseases and for good growth of the crop, spray is very necessary.
Spray of Seaweed Extract + Amino Acid + Fulvic Acid @ 400 gram/acre. Due to which the essential nutrients can be supplied and good growth in tomato crop.
Spray Carbendazim 12% + Mancozeb 63% WP @300 gram/acre for the prevention of fungal and bacterial diseases or spray Pseudomonas fluorescens @ 250 gram/acre as biological treatment.
Spraying of Thiamethoxam 25% WG @ 100 gram/acre or Cyantraniliprole 10.26% OD @ 240 ml/acre or Acetamiprid 20% SP @ 100 gram/acre for control of sucking pests.

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How to control leaf eating caterpillar in soybean crop

06/07/2021 Tuesday July 6th, 2021

The larvae of this insect attack the leaf and cause damage by feeding on the soft tissues (parts) of the leaf. After eating one of the leaves by this caterpillar, this caterpillar attacks the new leaves as well, resulting in 40-50% damage to the soybean crop. When urea is given separately to the soybean crop, the chances of caterpillar attack in the soybean crop are high.
To protect the soybean crop from these caterpillars, prevention can be done in three ways, mechanically, chemically and biologically.
Mechanical control: – Before sowing of soybean, do deep plowing of the field in summer so that the pupa of this caterpillar gets destroyed in the soil itself. Do not sow before monsoon because it gives favourable temperature to increase the number of this caterpillar, do not sow the crop too densely, if any infected plant is visible, then uproot it and destroy it, For better control of caterpillars, install pheromone trap at the rate of 10 nos. per acre in the field, the lure of this trap should be changed at every 3 weeks interval.
Chemical Control: Spraying of Profenofos 40% + Cypermethrin 4% EC @ 400 ml/acre or Emamectin Benzoate 5% SG @ 100 gram/acre or Flubendiamide 20% WG @ 100 gram/acre or Chlorantraniliprole 18.5% SC @ 60 ml/acre do
Biological control:- Spray Bavaria bassiana @ 500 gram/acre.

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When should farmers use gypsum?

05/07/2021 Sunday July 4th, 2021

Gypsum is a good soil conditioner, it works to improve the alkaline soil.
Gypsum should be used before the sowing of any crop.
Spread gypsum in the field and lightly plow the field
Gypsum should not be mixed deeply into the soil.
By using gypsum, the crop gets calcium 22% and sulfur 18%.
According to the result of the soil test, apply the appropriate amount of gypsum.
Helps in normal growth and development of roots in crops.
Gypsum can be used in all types of crops, especially in vegetable and oilseed crops.

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Damage and prevention measures of girdle beetle in soybean

05/07/2021 Sunday July 4th, 2021

This pest causes lots of damage to the soybean crop.
The female of this insect lays eggs inside the stem and when the caterpillar emerges from the egg, it weakens the stem by eating it from inside.
Due to which, the stem becomes hollow, nutrients do not reach to the leaves and the leaves wither and dry up.
There is a significant reduction in crop production.

Mechanical Management: Deep plow the vacant field in summer. Do not sow too dense crop. Do not use high nitrogenous fertilizers, if the infestation is very high, use appropriate chemicals.

Chemical Management: Spray Lambda Cyhalothrin 4.9% EC @ 200 ml/acre OR Beta Cyfluthrin 8.49%+ Imidacloprid19.81 OD% @ 150 ml/acre, Profenofos 40% + Cypermethrin 4% EC @ 400 ml/acre OR Thiamethoxam 12.6%+ Lambda Cyhalothrin 9.5% ZC @ 80 ml/acre, Fipronil 40% + Imidacloprid 40% WG @ 40 gram/acre.

Biological Management: Spray Beauveria Bassiana @ 500gram/acre.

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Maize crop will be ruined by fall army worm, save it soon

04/07/2021 Sunday July 4th, 2021

Management of fall army worm in Maize Crop,

This insect hides in earthen lumps, straw, garbage heaps during the day and eats the crops at night. Large numbers can be observed in the affected field/crop. The tendency of this pest is to eat very fast and it can affect the entire field crop in a short time. Therefore, management / control of this pest is very important.
Army worms attack the crop in groups together and mainly bite the leaves or other green part of the crop at the edge of the crop at night. During the day it hides under a crack or cold located in the field or in the shadow of a dense crop. Spraying of insecticide should be done immediately in the fields where the attack of Fall armyworm is visible.
Chemical Management: Novaluran 5.25%+Emamectin Benzoate 0.9% SC @ 600 ml/acre or Flubendiamide 39.35% SC @ 50 ml/acre or Chlorantraniliprole 18.5% SC @ 60 ml/acre, or Emamectin Benzoate 5% SG @ 100 g/acre Use Bavaria bassiana @ 250 g/acre.
Biological Management: Spray Bavaria bassiana @ 500 gm/acre.
In the areas where its number is less, in those areas, farmers should keep small piles of straw on the bunds of their fields and in the middle of the field. In the sun the army worm hides in these straw piles in search of shade. In the evening, these straw piles should be collected and burnt.
Use pheromone traps in your farm, set up 10 traps in one acre.

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How to control the sucking pest white fly in cotton crop

03/07/2021

White fly is a sucking insect which causes great damage to the cotton crop.

Identification of pests

These flies are white in colour. Their eggs are white and gray in colour. Nymphs are pale yellow in colour.

Damages caused

Both nymph and adult stage of this pest cause great damage to the cotton crop.
These insects sit on the underside of the leaves, suck the sap of the leaves and affect the growth of the plant.
White flies suck the sap of the leaves. Due to which the leaves shrink and curl upwards. After some time the leaves start turning red.
In case of severe infestation, the cotton crop becomes completely infected. Infestation of this pest can occur at any stage of the crop..
When infestations are high, plant growth is stunted leading to a severe reduction in yield.
Apart from this, white flies also work to spread virus diseases.

Management: Spray Diafenthiuron 50 % WP @ 250 gram/acre or Flonicamid 50% WG @ 60 gram/acre or Acetamiprid 20% SP @ 100 gram/acre or Pyriproxyfen 10 % + Bifenthrin 10% Ec 250 ml/acre to control white fly.

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How to treat tomato seedlings before transplanting and precautions

02/07/2021 Friday July 2nd, 2021

The tomato crop is sown in the nursery and the healthy seedlings are uprooted from the nursery and transplanted into the main field.
Tomato seedlings are ready for transplanting after 20 to 30 days of sowing. Suitable time for transplanting is from mid-June to mid-July. Before transplanting, light irrigation should be given in the nursery, by doing this the root of the plant does not break, the growth is good and the plant is easily removed from the ground. After removing the plant from the ground, it should not be kept in direct sunlight.
After removing tomato seedlings from the nursery, it is very important to treat the seedlings before planting them in the field. Therefore, for good root development, make a solution at the rate of 5 grams of Mycorrhiza per liter. Keep the quantity of water as required. Soak the roots of tomato seedlings in this solution for 10 minutes. After adopting this process, the seedlings should be transplanted in the field.
Treatment with mycorrhiza facilitates the absorption of nutrients. Helps in good growth of tomato seedlings after transplanting in the field.
Increases white root development. Helps plants absorb nutrients and enhances the process of photosynthesis. Helps a lot in protecting tomato crop from environmental stress.

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The 40-45 days stage in the cotton crop is the early stage of Ball formation. At this stage, the cotton crop needs more nutrients, for this it becomes necessary to use the following nutrients.

Add urea @ 30 kg + MOP @ 30 kg + magnesium sulfate @ 10 kg/acre in the soil.

Urea:- Urea is the biggest source of nitrogen supply in the cotton crop. Its use does not cause problems like yellowing and drying of leaves, urea accelerates the process of photosynthesis.

MOP (Potash):- Potash plays a very important role in transporting the sugars synthesized in the cotton plant to all parts of the cotton plant. Potash promotes the efficiency of natural nitrogen. Increases immunity in plants

Magnesium sulfate:- Application of Magnesium sulfate in the cotton crop increases greenery in cotton crop and accelerates the process of photosynthesis, ultimately leading to higher yield and quality of production.

In this way, the supply of nitrogen in the cotton crop is very good due to nutritional management. Potash increases the number and size of the ball. Magnesium sulfate supplies micronutrients. If the production of ball is very good, then the production of cotton is also high.

The production of any crop is greatly affected by the outbreak of weeds, pests and diseases, in which maximum 35 to 70 percent loss is due to weeds only. Weeds compete with the crop for natural resources such as light, space, water, air as well as nutrients, causing a huge reduction in yield.

Due to the high infestation of weeds, the outbreak of diseases in the crop is also very high. There are three types of weeds in the crop.

Narrowleaf / monocotyledon weed: The leaves of the weeds of the grass family are thin and long and parallel stripes are found on these leaves. It is a monocotyledonous plant such as Sanwa (Echinochloa colona) and Kodon (Eleusine indica) etc.

Broadleaf / Dicotyledonous weeds: The leaves of this type of weeds are often broad, it is mainly dicotyledonous plants such as choti and badi doodhi, phulkia, diwalia, bokhana, jangali choulai (Amaranthus viridis), safed murgh ( celosia argentea), jangali jute (Corchorus acutangulus)

Annual weed: The leaves of this family of weeds are long and the stem is solid with three edges. Tubers are found in the roots, which help in collecting food and giving birth to new plants such as doob, motha (Cyperus rotundus, Cyperus species) etc.

In a Cabbage nursery, it is very important to spray at the stage of 10-15 days after sowing.

By this spray, diseases like plant rot, root rot do not occur in cabbage crops.

Insects found in the early stage of cabbage nurseries can be easily controlled.

When the nursery is at 10 days stage, it is the initial stage after germination, in this stage two types of spraying can be done to protect the plant.

To avoid pest infestation, spray Thiamethoxam 25% WP @ 10 gm/pump or Bavaria @ 50 gm/pump.

For prevention of any fungal diseases, spray Thiophanate Methyl 70% W/W @ 30 gm/pump or Trichoderma 25 g + Pseudomonas fluorescens @ 25 gm/pump.

For good growth of nursery, spray Humic Acid @ 10 gm/pump.

Tomato seedlings are planted in the main field, in this stage, the plant needs nutrients to spread its roots well in the soil, for this, it is very necessary to manage micronutrients in the form of spraying.

To protect the tomato crop from these insects, fungal and bacterial diseases and for good growth of the crop, spray is very necessary.

Spray of Seaweed Extract + Amino Acid + Fulvic Acid @ 400 gram/acre. Due to which the essential nutrients can be supplied and good growth in tomato crop.

Spray Carbendazim 12% + Mancozeb 63% WP @300 gram/acre for the prevention of fungal and bacterial diseases or spray Pseudomonas fluorescens @ 250 gram/acre as biological treatment.

Spraying of Thiamethoxam 25% WG @ 100 gram/acre or Cyantraniliprole 10.26% OD @ 240 ml/acre or Acetamiprid 20% SP @ 100 gram/acre for control of sucking pests.

To protect the soybean crop from these caterpillars, prevention can be done in three ways, mechanically, chemically and biologically.

Chemical Control: Spraying of Profenofos 40% + Cypermethrin 4% EC @ 400 ml/acre or Emamectin Benzoate 5% SG @ 100 gram/acre or Flubendiamide 20% WG @ 100 gram/acre or Chlorantraniliprole 18.5% SC @ 60 ml/acre do

Biological control:- Spray Bavaria bassiana @ 500 gram/acre.

Gypsum is a good soil conditioner, it works to improve the alkaline soil.

Gypsum should be used before the sowing of any crop.

Spread gypsum in the field and lightly plow the field

Gypsum should not be mixed deeply into the soil.

By using gypsum, the crop gets calcium 22% and sulfur 18%.

According to the result of the soil test, apply the appropriate amount of gypsum.

Helps in normal growth and development of roots in crops.

Gypsum can be used in all types of crops, especially in vegetable and oilseed crops.

This pest causes lots of damage to the soybean crop.

The female of this insect lays eggs inside the stem and when the caterpillar emerges from the egg, it weakens the stem by eating it from inside.

Due to which, the stem becomes hollow, nutrients do not reach to the leaves and the leaves wither and dry up.

There is a significant reduction in crop production.

Mechanical Management: Deep plow the vacant field in summer. Do not sow too dense crop. Do not use high nitrogenous fertilizers, if the infestation is very high, use appropriate chemicals.

Chemical Management: Spray Lambda Cyhalothrin 4.9% EC @ 200 ml/acre OR Beta Cyfluthrin 8.49%+ Imidacloprid19.81 OD% @ 150 ml/acre, Profenofos 40% + Cypermethrin 4% EC @ 400 ml/acre OR Thiamethoxam 12.6%+ Lambda Cyhalothrin 9.5% ZC @ 80 ml/acre, Fipronil 40% + Imidacloprid 40% WG @ 40 gram/acre.

Biological Management: Spray Beauveria Bassiana @ 500gram/acre.

With the sowing of the crop, connect your farm with the My Farm section of Gramophone app and keep on getting the exact advice and solutions related to smart agriculture throughout the crop cycle. Share this article with your friends with the share button below.

Chemical Management: Novaluran 5.25%+Emamectin Benzoate 0.9% SC @ 600 ml/acre or Flubendiamide 39.35% SC @ 50 ml/acre or Chlorantraniliprole 18.5% SC @ 60 ml/acre, or Emamectin Benzoate 5% SG @ 100 g/acre Use Bavaria bassiana @ 250 g/acre.

Biological Management: Spray Bavaria bassiana @ 500 gm/acre.

In the areas where its number is less, in those areas, farmers should keep small piles of straw on the bunds of their fields and in the middle of the field. In the sun the army worm hides in these straw piles in search of shade. In the evening, these straw piles should be collected and burnt.

Use pheromone traps in your farm, set up 10 traps in one acre.

White fly is a sucking insect which causes great damage to the cotton crop.

Identification of pests

These flies are white in colour. Their eggs are white and gray in colour. Nymphs are pale yellow in colour.

Damages caused

Both nymph and adult stage of this pest cause great damage to the cotton crop.

These insects sit on the underside of the leaves, suck the sap of the leaves and affect the growth of the plant.

White flies suck the sap of the leaves. Due to which the leaves shrink and curl upwards. After some time the leaves start turning red.

In case of severe infestation, the cotton crop becomes completely infected. Infestation of this pest can occur at any stage of the crop..

When infestations are high, plant growth is stunted leading to a severe reduction in yield.

Apart from this, white flies also work to spread virus diseases.

Management: Spray Diafenthiuron 50 % WP @ 250 gram/acre or Flonicamid 50% WG @ 60 gram/acre or Acetamiprid 20% SP @ 100 gram/acre or Pyriproxyfen 10 % + Bifenthrin 10% Ec 250 ml/acre to control white fly.

The tomato crop is sown in the nursery and the healthy seedlings are uprooted from the nursery and transplanted into the main field.

Treatment with mycorrhiza facilitates the absorption of nutrients. Helps in good growth of tomato seedlings after transplanting in the field.

Increases white root development. Helps plants absorb nutrients and enhances the process of photosynthesis. Helps a lot in protecting tomato crop from environmental stress.