How to do soil treatment in early cauliflower nursery

18/05/2020Posted on
How to do soil treatment in Cotton crop?
  • While making nursery beds, add FYM to the land @ 8-10 kg per square meter. 25 grams of Trichoderma viride should be mixed at the rate of per square meter to protect against damping off diseases. Or
  • To protect the plant from the damage by damping off disease, drenching with 3 ml Metalaxyl 4% + Mancozeb 64% WP or 2 gm of Thiophanate methyl 75 WP in one liter water.
  • To protect the plants from the attack of sucking pests @ 0.5 gm Thiamethoxam 25% WG per square meter at the time of nursery preparation.
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How to Control Cauliflower Diamondback moth

18/10/2019Posted on
  • For the prevention of diamondback moth, bold mustard should be sown in 2 lines after every 25 lines of cabbage/Cauliflower.
  • Spray the crop with Profenofos 50% EC 500 ml/acre or Profenofos 40% EC + cypermethrin 4% EC @ 400 ml/acre or
  • Spinosad 25% SC100 ml/acre or Indoxacarb @ 300 ml/acre or Emamectin Benzoate 5% SG @ 100 gm/acre Spray at fortnight intervals starting from 25 days after transplanting to control the pest.
  • For biological control Beauveria bassiana @ 1kg/acre.
  • Note: Mix the sticker with each spray.

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Cauliflower Diamondback moth

18/10/2019Posted on

Identification

  • Eggs are yellowish-white with greenish tings.
  • The caterpillars are 7-12 mm in length, pale yellowish-green in colour with fine erect back hair scattered all over the body.
  • Adults are 8-10 mm long greyish-brown in colour having pale whitish narrow wing inner yellow margins.
  • The adult female lays eggs on the leaves either singly or in groups.
  • White markings along the back of the fore wings which when folded from a diamond-shaped pattern in adult diamondback moth.

Damage

  • Small slender green caterpillars on emergence feed on the leafs epidemics and later make holes in the leaves.
  • Severely affected leaves are completely skeletonized.

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How to Control Downy Mildew in Cauliflower:-

28/09/2019Posted on
  • Proper water management so that there is no excess moisture on the soil surface.
  • Saaf (Carbendazim 12% + Mancozeb 63% WP) @ 300-400 gm/acre or
  • Ridomil gold (Metalaxyl 4%+ Mancozeb 64% WP) @ 300-400 gm/acre.
  • Amistar (Azoxystrobin 23%Sc) @ 200 ml/acre.
  • Netivo (Tebuconazole50%+Trifloxystrobin 25%WG) can be sprayed @120 gm/acre.
  • Follow the crop cycle and keep the field clean.

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What’s the Symptoms of Downy Mildew in Cauliflower:-

28/09/2019Posted on
  • The stem shows dark brown, depressed lesions which later develop downy growth of the fungus.
  • On leaves, purplish-brown spots appear on the under surface followed by the appearance of downy growth on such lesions.
  • It causes damage to curd, producing curd-rot.

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How to Control Cauliflower Diamondback moth:-

17/07/2019Posted on

Identification

  • Eggs are yellowish-white with greenish tinges.
  • The caterpillars are 7-12 mm in length, pale yellowish green in color with fine erect back hair scattered all over the body.
  • Adults are 8-10 mm long greyish-brown in color having pale whitish narrow wing inner yellow margins.
  • The adult female lays eggs on the leaves either singly or in groups.
  • White markings along the back of the fore wings which when folded from a diamond-shaped pattern in adult diamondback moth.

Damage

  • Small slender green caterpillars on emergence feed on the leafs epidemics and later make holes in the leaves.
  • Severely affected leaves are completely skeletonized.

Control

    • For the prevention of diamondback moth, bold mustard should be sown in 2 lines after every 25 lines of cabbage/Cauliflower.
    • Spray the crop with Profenofos 50% EC 500 ml/acre or Profenofos 40% EC + cypermethrin 4% EC @ 400 ml/acre or
    • Spinosad 25% SC100 ml/acre or Indoxacarb @ 300 ml/acre or Emamectin Benzoate 5% SG @ 100 gm/acre Spray at fortnight intervals starting from 25 days after transplanting to control the pest.

 

  • For biological control Beauveria bassiana @ 1 kg/acre.

 

  • Note: Mix the sticker with each spray.

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Improved Varieties of Cauliflower

06/06/2019Posted on

1.SV 3630 Seminis

  • Curd color seems like milky white.
  • Average Curd weight 800-1000 gm.
  • Curd Covering Medium and Good.
  • Curd like round shape and tough.
  • The crop will be ready in 55-60 days.

2.Diamond Moti

  • This variety is generally grown in the hilly areas.
  • Its stems are long & broad.
  • High rain resistance.
  • Average curd weight 750 grams to 1.5 kg.
  • Head seems Milky white, very hard & tough looks like a pearl.
  • Best sowing time is 15 May to July.
  • Seedlings will be ready in- 22 to 30 days.
  • The crop will be ready in 50 to 60.

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Nursery Preparation Method for CauliFlower

23/05/2019Posted on
  • The seeds are sown in the nursery bed. Raised beds of size 3*6 m. and 10-15 cm. in height are prepared.
  • About 70 cm. distance is kept between two beds to carry out intercultural operations.
  • The surface of nursery beds should be smooth and well leveled.
  • Well decomposed FYM @ 8-10 kg/square meter should be added at the time of bed preparation.
  • Raised beds avoid the problem of water logging in heavy soils.
  • To avoid mortality of seedlings due to damping off, drench the beds three weeks before sowing with carbendazim 50% WP @ 15-20 gm/ 10 liter of water. OR Apply Thiophanate Methyl 70% WP @ 0.5 gram/meter2
  • To avoid mortality of seedlings due to insect attack, Apply Thiamethoxam 25% WG @ 0.3 gram/meter2

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Suitable varieties of Cauliflower

23/05/2019Posted on

Good quality selection of seeds of cauliflower not only ensures good yield but also reduces a lot of other infestation problems, if a suitable variety of seed offers tolerance to a particular disease then it significantly reduces the cost of input in terms of pesticide and labor. while selecting the type of seed for cauliflower, care should be taken the weather conditions and sowing time. Ideally, the types that should be selected for the upcoming sowing season are improved Karina and super crop.

Improved Karina ( Rajkumar Seeds )

an early variety suitable for fresh market and sowing from early May to end of August. the maturity period after transplantation is around 55-60 days with high-temperature sustainability in humid conditions. Leaf characteristics curve in nature and curd weight up to 1.2 kg and curd color are white in nature. Curds shape is dome type and very compact in nature. This gives good protection to curd against the sun.

Super First crop

A midsegment variety for moderate temperature and climate. Sowing time is from Feb to August. thus winter hardy and produces good curd even at moderate temperature. Curds compact, pure white, weight 800 – 1000 gm. the crop matures after 60 days of transplanting. curds are compact and stone hard which makes it suitable for long-distance transportation. this variety has high tolerance to black rot disease.

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Save cauliflower to diseases – May cause serious damage

03/05/2019Posted on
  • Due to the fungal diseases about 4 – 25% crop loss has been reported in production.
  • Cauliflower is one of the important vegetable crops in India.
  • Black rot, Soft rot, Alternaria leaf spot, Downy mildew, and wilt, etc. disease causes serious damage and reduces the quality of cauliflower crop.
  • Management practices is more important to control of disease:-
  • For Black rot & Soft rot :- Spray of Streptocycline @ 20 gm/acre and Copper Oxychloride 50% @ 300 gm/acre.
  • For fungal disease :- Spray of Mancozeb 75% WP @ 400 gm/acre OR Carbendazim 50% @ 300gm/acre OR Tebuconazole 50% + Trifloxystrobin 25% WP @ 120 gm/acre can be used.

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