Sowing Time § Hills § Plains October - November Seed Rate
3000 - 3500 Kg/Ha Planting Use
disease free, well sprouted tubers weighing 40-50 gm for planting. Plant the
tubers at 20 cm apart.
Irrigation
Summer March - April
Autumn August - September
Irrigated January - February
Irrigate the crop 10 days after planting. Subsequent irrigation should be given
once in a week.
Fertilizer Basal 45 DAS Top Dressing Michorrhiza
Granule 10
Kg - Urea
[46-0-0] 120
Kg 120
Kg Katra
Nano Mono Potassium Phosphate 0-52-34 180
Kg 180
Kg Katra
Nano Potassium Sulphate 0-0-50 120
Kg - Magnesium
Sulphate 60
kg -
§ Nematodes ü
Soil Application with Nematicide (Neem + Karanj Extract)
at 1200 ml/Ha ü
Neem Cake , 1 Tn/Ha
at planting to control root knot nematode, Meloidogyne spp. ü
Fumigation under polythene cover for 2-3 days
using following- ·
Methyl Bromide (500 g/10 m2) ·
Ethylene-di-bromide (20 lit/ha)
·
Durofume (30 lit/ha)
§ Aphids ü Spray Kargil (Imidachloprid 30.5 % SC) 1.6 ml/Litre of Water ü Neem
Extract Azadirachtin 1000 EC 1.7 ml/lit of water
ü Dimethoate 30 % EC 7.0ml/10 lit
§ Cut Worms ü Drench the collar region of the plants
in evening hours with Banlarva (Emamectin Benzoate 5 % SG) 4 g/10 lit of water a
day after planting.
§ White Grub
ü Apply Phorate 10 G at 25 kg/ha or
Chloropyriphos 10G during autumn season (August - October).
§ Potato Tuber Moth
ü Neem
Extract Azadirachtin 1000 EC 1.7 ml/lit of water
§ Late blight & Early
blight ü Spray ZEB-75 (Mancozeb 75% WP) 2g/ litre of water on 45, 60 and 75 days after planting.
ü Spray Chlorothalonil 2 g/lit at 45, 60
and 75 days after planting.
§ Viral diseases ü Control the aphid vectors by spraying Kargil
(Imidachloprid 30.5 % SC) 1.6 ml/Litre of Water
ü Difenfuron 50 % 1.5gm/liter of water
