How to manage weed in moong crop?

15/03/2021Posted on
How to manage weed in moong crop?
  • Green gram is cultivated on a large scale in many districts of Madhya Pradesh.
  • Green gram is included in the major pulses crops and it is a short duration crop with good production.
  • Farmers should pay special attention to weeds for about 20 to 30 days after sowing of Green gram.
  • Because in the early stages weeds cause heavy damages to the crop.
  • Farmers should use Pendimethalin 38.7 CS @ 700 ml/acre in as a pre-emergence herbicide in green gram crop.
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Importance of Rhizobium culture in Moong crop

27/02/2021Posted on
Importance of Rhizobium culture in Moong crop
  • Rhizobium bacteria is found in the roots of moong plants which causes atmospheric nitrogen fixation and increases crop yield.
  • Use of Rhizobium culture produces fast nodules in pulses, which increases 20-30 % yield of Moong, Gram, Pigeonpea and Urad and 50-60% increases soybean yield.
  • The use of Rhizobium culture increases about 30-40 kg of nitrogen per hectare in the land.
  • Seed treatment in moong is done with 5-10 gram of Rhizobium culture while the Soil treatment is done by mixing 1 kg / acre for pre-sowing with 50 kg FYM.
  • The nitrogen deposited by Rhizobium bacteria present in the roots of the pulse crop is used in the next crop, which reduces the need of nitrogen in the next crop.
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Information of improved varieties of Moong bean

01/04/2020Posted on
Information of improved varieties of Moong bean

Shakti Vardhak Virat: This variety of moong has 70-80 days maturity. Its plant is straight, hard, less growing, which has 10-12 grains in pods. This improved variety is suitable for sowing in both summer and kharif seasons.

Moong Awasthi Samrat: This improved variety is suitable for sowing in both summer and kharif seasons. This variety of moong gives good yield in 70-80 days.

Eagle Moong: This variety is also known as PDM-139, which is matured in 55-60 days. Its yield is 12-15 quintals per hectare. This variety has moderate immunity to the yellow mosaic virus. This improved variety is suitable for sowing in summer season.

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Increase yield of Summer Moong through land and seed treatment

22/03/2020Posted on

Soil treatment: 

  • land treatment is very important before starting the agricultural process in summer moong. It helps in destroying harmful pests and fungi present in the soil. 
  • Mix 4 kg of composting bacteria and 1 kg of Trichoderma Viridi in 6-8 tons FYM and spread it over an acre field.

Seed treatment: 

  • seed treatment is also very important before starting the agricultural process in summer moong. It helps in destroying harmful fungi and sucking pests.

Mung seeds can be treated with either 2.5 grams of carboxin 37.5% + Thiram 37.5% DS per kg seed or

  • They can also be treated using 5-10 grams Trichoderma viridi / Pseudomonas fluorescence and 5 ml imidacloprid 48 FS per kg seed.
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