Control of fall armyworm in Maize

07/01/2019Posted on

Damage:-

  • Fall armyworm generally feeds on foliage, but during heavy infestations, larvae will also feed on corn ears. 
  • Foliar damage to corn is usually characterized by ragged feeding and moist sawdust-like frass near the whorl and upper leaves of the plant.
  • They will frequently be near the tip but may feed down the ear creating a track of damaged kernels.

Control:-

  • Set up of light traps.
  • Set up sex pheromone traps at 5 /Acre.
  • Apply any one of the following on presence of pest.
  • Emamectin benzoate 5% SG @ 100 Gm per acre.
  • Fipronil 5% SC @ 400 ml per acre.
  • Cloropyriphas 50% EC @ 400 ml per acre.

Like and share with other farmers by clicking on button below

Share

Seed treatment of Muskmelon

05/01/2019Posted on
  • The muskmelon is sensitive against frost and some diseases eg.powdery mildew, downy mildew, root rot, and yellow mosaic etc.
  • For the management of these diseases, before sowing seed treatment should be applied.
  • Treat seed with carbendazim 50% WP fungicide @ 2g/kg of seed.
  • Or apply Carboxin 37.5% + Thiram 37.5% fungicide 2g/kg of seed.
  • For the controlling of yellow mosaic virus, seed should be treated with imidacloprid 600 FS.  (48%) 1ml/kg seeds.
  • Then seed may treat with Trichoderma viride @ 4 gm per kg of seeds.
  • 20-30 min.time interval keeps for using next chemicals.
  • After treatment, dry seeds in shade and then do sowing immediately.

Like and share with other farmers by clicking on button below

Share

Control of Aphids in Pea

17/12/2018Posted on

Control of Aphids in Pea:-

  • Small green insects, adults are large pear-shaped green, yellow or pink in color.

Damage:-  

  • Suck the plant sap from leaves, flowers and pods.
  • The affected leaves often get cupped or become irregularly distorted, shoots become stunted and malformed.  
  • Honeydew secreted by the aphids encourages growth of Sooty mould.

Control:-

  • Spray the crop with Following insecticides at 15-20 days interval till the end of aphid population checked.
  1. Profenofos 50% EC @ 50 ml/ Pump.
  2. Acetamiprid 20 SP @ 10 gm/Pump.
  3. Imidacloprid 17.8% SL @ 7 ml/pump.

Like and share with other farmers by clicking on button below

Share

Control of Fruit borer in Tomato

14/12/2018Posted on

Control of Fruit borer in Tomato:-

  • The borer enters the fruits making circular holes and completely destroys them resulting into heavy losses both in quality and yield.
  • For the effective control of this pest, spray Profenofos 40% EC @ 400 Ml/Acre or Indoxacarb 14.5% SC @ 200 Ml/ Acre or Emamactin Benzoate 5% SG 80 Gm/ Acre.

Like and share with other farmers by clicking on button below

Share

Control Of Jassid in Okra

05/12/2018Posted on

Control Of Jassid in Okra:-

Identification

  • Insects are 2.5 mm long and small green in color.
  • Nymphs and adults are of same shape but nymphs do not have wings.
  • Eggs are laid along veins on the underside of the leaflets.
  • One generation requires 2 weeks.

Damage

  • This pest attacks the crop at its early stage of growth.
  • The adults and nymph suck the cell sap from the leaves.
  • As a result, the leaves curl upwards along the margins and have a burnt look which extends over the entire leaf area.
  • The affected plants show stunted growth.

Control

  • Soil application of Carbofuran 3 G @ 10 Kg/acre at the time of sowing.
  • Spray Profenophos 50% EC @ 400 Ml/acre or Acetamiprid 20% WP @ 80 gm/acre at fortnightly intervals starting with the appearance of the jassid.
  • Prophylactic spray of Neem oil-garlic mixture at fortnightly intervals is advantageous for avoiding pest incidence.

Like and share with other farmers by clicking on button below

Share

Management of Carrot fly

12/11/2018Posted on

Management of Carrot fly:-

Damage –

  • The flies lay their eggs around the developing carrots.
  • Crop damage is caused by the creamy-yellow larvae (maggots) feeding on the outer layers of the carrot root. In autumn, they may penetrate further into the root.
  • The legless larvae are up to 10 mm in length.
  • Foliage becomes wilted and discoloured.
  • Leaves turn rusty red to scarlet with some yellowing. Rusty-brown tunnels are seen under the outer skin of mature roots.

 

Management –

  • Maintaining a 3–5-year crop rotation of all crops within the carrot family (Apiaceae), and locating these crops as far away as possible from the previous year’s crop.

  • Row cover is another method of exclusion.

  • Spray profenophos 50 EC @ 400 ml/acre.

  • Spray quinolphos 25 EC @ 300 ml/acre.

Like and share with other farmers by clicking on button below

Share

Control of Thrips

16/02/2018Posted on

Plants infected with thrips develop spotted appearance on leaves which turn pale-white blotches due to drainage of sap. Due to thrips attack reduces production. For effective control spray Profenofos 400 ml /acre or fipronil 5% SC 400 ml/acre or Thaimethoxam 100 gm/acre after every 10 days interval.

Like and share with other farmers by clicking on button below.

Share

Management of Pea Pod Borer

18/12/2017Posted on

Pea Pod Borer:- The larva of this insect cuts the pedicel of the flower and feeds on the stalk. Single larva damages many flower stalks. The larva feed on the leaves initially stage then bore in to the basal portion of stalks and inter the pod feeds on soft grains.

Management:- Plough deeply, Clean cultivation to expose the resting pupae. Trap cropping with crops likes Tomato and destroying them when the population is high and mechanically remove the adults and larvae from the trap crop. Use of inter crops like maize cow pea and brinjal significantly helps in reducing the pest population. Install the bird perches in the field. Application of HaNPV at the rate of 100 LE per acre along with 0.5 % jiggery and 0.1% boric acid at egg hatch stage and repeat at 15-20 days. Use of chemicals should comprise 2.00 ml profenophos 50 EC per litre of water as ovicides. Spraying neem seed kernel extract 5% in the early stage. If the infestation is sevre, spraying 0.5 ml Indoxacarb 14.5% SC or 0.1 ml Spinosad 45 SC or 2.5 ml Chlorpyriphos 20 EC can be applied.

Like and share with other farmers by clicking on button below.

Share

Control of leaf miner in Tomato

23/09/2017Posted on

Leaf miner is the major pest in Tomato crop that causes damage in early stage. to control leaf miner in Tomato, spraying of traizofos 40% EC @ 40 Ml/ 15 litre water or Cartap hydrochloride 50% SP @ 25 Gm/15 litre water should be done.

Like and share with other farmers by clicking on button below.

Share