Recommended field operations to be carried out in the month of July 2010 – (Pune district)

Sugarcane –
1)Start planting adsali Sugarcane in this month and complete by the 15th August.
2)Bring down the area under adsali sugarcane cultivation possibly cultivate the preseasonal sugarcane instead of Adsali.
3)Take Soyabean as rotational crop before planting of Preseasonal Sugarcane.
4)To Achive higher yields of Sugarcane and to bring 25% saving in N and plant the Sugarcane sets by dipping in 100 liter solution of Azotobacter, Azospirillum, Acetobacter and PSB each 1.25kg for five minutes.
5)To control the mealy bugs on Sugarcane crop spray the crop with dimethoate 30EC 2050ml or methyl dematon 3650 ml + 2500ml fish oil Rosin soap mixed in 1000 liter of water for one hectare area or release 1500 eg or adults of crytolemus paracitic insect for one hectare area or carryout 2 spraying of verticillium lecanae @ 4gm per liter liter of water with 15 – 20 days interval.

Paddy –

Provide the Paddy seedings which are grown on raised bed with 2kg ammonium sulphates or 1kg urea per guntha area 15 days after sowing keep Bed weedfree.
 

A)Dump Paddy straw @ 2.3 ton/ha while preparing the field for paddy cultivate at the time of last ploughing. At the time puddling dump 2 tons of Glyricidia leaves in the soil

B)Improved controlled transplanting system of rice.
-To implement this system are bamboo stick as a guide or improved transplanting when seedling attains 20 – 25 days age. Do markings on bamboo guide or on rope at distance of 25cm, 15cm,
-At each marking transplant 3 – 4 seedlings. The population of plantlets remains 25 per square centimeter.
-While transplanting plant too lines at a time, and each time go back with 40 cm distance. This enables to make square of 15 X 15 cm. and walking street of 25cm (horizontal, verticle)

C)Method of using urea brickets
-In this method farmers are supposed to take 1 – 1.5kg of brickets in a plasticbag and then that bag is tied around the back. Take out 5 – 10 brickets at a time with the help of left hand which is dry.
-Send one bricket at a depth of 7 – 10cm exactly in the centre of square (15 X 15cm square) with the help of right hand.
-Broadcast Blue green algae @ 20 kg 1ha.in between the space 8-10 days after transplanting.

Nagli –
-Sowing transplanting should be done parallel to slope. Take Kulthi, Udid as intercrops.
-Transplant Nagli seedlings in line (15 X 10 cm)
-Treat the seeds with azotobacter and PSB @250 gm per 10 kg seed.

Bajra –
1)Choose recommended varieties for sowing.
Hybrid – Shraddha, Saburi, Shanti,
Improved Variety – ICTP.8203
2) complete the sowing by 15th of July.
3) Treat the seeds with azotobacter and PSB @ 250 gm each per 10 kg of seed before sowing.
4) Provide the crop with chemical fertilizers. In light soil give 50:25kg N and P/ ha. At the time of sowing. Provide the crop with 30 kg N as a second dose at 25-30 days after sowing.

Groundnut –
-Complete the sowing before 7th July.
-Use Phule, Pragati, S.B-11, Phule Unap(J.L.286)
-It sowing is not completed before 7 july take castor or sunflower instead of groundnut.
-To control root rot of groundnut and to manage other soil born disease effectively and economically treat the seed before sowing with Thirum or Bavistin or Trichoderma 5gm and Rhizobium, PSB 25gm each for one kg of seed.

Soybean –
1)Take soyabean as rotational crop complete the sowing before 15th July.
2)Choose Phule kalyani, MACS-13, 124, J.S.-335, P.K-1029, MACS-450 varieties to sow soyabean.
3)Use 75-80 kg of seed one ha. Area.
4)Use 50 kg N and 75kg P /ha. Before sowing.
5)Treat the seeds with rhizobium (Soyabean group) sowing @ 250 gm per 10 kg of seed.

Sunflower –
1)complete the sowing before 15th of July.
2)Spacing – medium soil- 45 – 20 cm, Heavy soil – 60 X 30cm.
3)Use 10 kg seed per ha.
4)Treat the seeds with captan or carbendazim fungicide @ 2 gm per kg of seed. After this treatment treat the seed with azotobacter and PSB @ 250 gm per 10 kg of seed.
5)Maintain 80,000 to 1,00,000 plant population.

Castor –
1)select light to medium soil to sow the castor.
2)Sow any one improved and recommended variety out of Girija, Aruna, V.I.G.
3)Use 12-15 kg of seed per hectare of Girija and V.I.G. varieties. For Aruna use 20-22 kg/ ha seed.
4)Spacing Girija and V.I.G.- 90 X 45cm.
Aruna – 60 X 45 cm
5)Provide the crop with 30 kg N and 40 kg P at the time of sowing. Remaining half N should be given at 40-45 days after sowing.
6)Treat the seeds with Azotobacter and P.S.B. @ 250 gm each per 10 kg of seed before sowing.
Redgram, Greengram, Blackgram, mothbean,

Kulthi –
1)complete the sowing by the 15th of July. Carryout seed treatment.
2)Use improved and recommended varieties

Niger –
1)Complete the sowing of niger crop by 15th of august. Use Sahyadri variety for sowing.
2)Sowing should be done across the slope.
3)Treat the seeds with azotobacter PSB before sowing.
4)Sow the seed by mixing sand at 1:3 proportion.
5)Carryout thinning 15 days after sowing maintain 15cm distance between two plants.
6)Provide 10 kg of N/hat at the time of sowing.

Crop systems –
1)in dryland agriculture of droughts prone area, in Kharif season Redgram + Clusterbean 1:2 crop system is recommended for medium to deep soils for this maintain 90cm spacing in between two rows and 20cm spacing in between two plants of Redgram in between two lines of Redgram at the spacing of 30cm sow two lines of cluster bean. At the time sowing block middle pole and sow Redgram and use other two poles for sowing of Redgram.
2)To achieve higher production in light soil of drought prone zone adopt Bajra + Redgram (2:1) or ber 5 X 5m + mothbean 8 lines intercrops.
3)To obtain maximum net profit in drought prone zone under irrigated conditions plant shevanti in the month of April, or take marigold as a Kharif crop followed by onion as a Rabi crop.
4)To obtain green fodder for whole year in drought prone area under irrigated conditions follow Jowar ( Ruchira ) Kharif, berseem (Vardan) in Rabi and Bajra (Giant Bajra) in summer reason, crop system. In this crop system 75% of N.P.K. to the recommended doses of fertilizers is to be given to Kharif (Jowar 75:37.5:35.5kg / ha) Rabi (Berseem12:17:20kg / ha) MOP. In Kharif and Rabi 10 Tons of FYM / ha should be given and summer Bajra should not befertilized.

Crop Protection Message –
Paddy –
1)Crab – Prepare poison bait of Acephate 75 W.P. or carbaryl 50 wp or methyl parathion 50 EC. Mix Acephate 500gm, Carbaryl 100 gm or methyl parathion 100ml in 100gm cooked rice, small balls and keep one ball in each hole.
2)Stem borer –
-Use IEC – 7575, 7568 varieties which are resistance to stem borer.
-Do not extend the transplanting of rice.
-In nursery 15 days after transplanting apply 3 kg 10% phorate, or 10 kg, 5 % quinolphos for one hectare area or use 4 trichocards for one ha. Area.

Groundnut – Immediately after incidence of pests spray of dust pesticides as mentioned below. Carryout first and second spraying / dusting with a gap of 15 days. Phosphomidon 120ml or Rogar 500ml or 400 ml methyl dematon or monocrotophos 400ml mixed in 500 liters of water or dust 5 % malathion or phoselon 4 % powder @ 20 kg /ha or spray 5 % Neem extract.

Cotton – To control the fungal blight or anthracnose on cotton spray the crop with 0.2% trichoderma viridae at 30, 45 and 60 days after sowing.

Pea – Spray, or dust any one of the following insecticide immediately after attack of the phosphomidon 120ml methyl dematon 400ml, Thimeton 400 ml / ha. Mixed in 500 litres of water, or spray HNPV 250 LE / ha.
Aphids – Dust the crop with malathion 5% dust or carbaryl 10 % @ 2 kg / ha. Second dusting should be carried out 3 weeks after sowing or spray 5 % neem extract or release 10-15 Thousand larvae of Crysoperla Carnae / ha. Area.

French bean –
Carryout spraying of quinolphos 25 EC 1000 ml or monochrotophos 700ml mixed in 500 liter water 15 days after sowing. If incidence of pest starts appearing on the crop then take second spray at 15 days after first spraying.

Ginger and Turmeric –
Rhizome fly- In the month of July when fly starts appearing mix one of the following insecticides in the soil and provide light irrigation to the crop.
1)10 % phorate granules – 20kg / ha.
2)10 % Carbaryl powder – 20 kg / ha.
3)5 % quinolphos granules – 20 kg / ha.Give 3 doses with a gap of month.

Plant Pathology –
1)To control blight of paddy take a spray of carbendazim 0.1 % or mancozeb 0.25 % or copper oxychloride 0.25 % + 0.1 % sticker as a preventive measure at 15 days after germination.
2)Groundnut, Redgram and other Pulses should be treated with fungicides and rhizobium culture before sowing Thirum or captan 4gm and then rhizobium 25gm per kg seed should be treated.
3)Carryout spraying on Tomato, Brinjal, Chilli crops to control the early blight when seedling attains15 days. For that spray chlorothalonnil 0.2 % or mancozeb 0.25% + sticker 0.1 likewise transplant the seedlings by dipping in the solutions of above fungicide at the time of transplanting
4)To control the leaf and fruit spot disease of Mrugbahar Pomegranate and anthracnose of Guava take spray as a preventive measure of bordo mixture 1 % or carbendazim 0.1 % + Mancozeb 0.20 % + Sticker 0.1 % with a interval of 10 days.
5)To control the anthracnose disease on Guava take a spray propiconazole 0.1 % Carbendazim 0.1 or + mancozeb 0.20 % as preventive measure with a interval of 15 days first spraying should be carried out during fruit setting. Likewise cleanliness in garden.
6)Control measures to be followed to control different disease
-Care of all fruit crops be taken that rain water should not be stagnated – Drain out excess water from garden.
-Remove all the weeds timely.
-Pick and destroy the diseased fruits instead of keeping them tree.
-Add 25 gm trichoderma in the soil near to the basin and then pulverize soil.
-While spraying add 0.1 % sticker.

 

Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Baramati.