Season, Seed Rate, Sowing & Irrigatin

Season
Hills       February - March
Plains    October- November

Seed Rate  

Hills        80 kg/ha

Plains      50 kg/ha

Sowing
Hills      sow the seeds (2 seeds/hill) in lines or in beds at a spacing of 30 x 15 cm.  

Plains   sow the seeds (2 seeds/hill) in the sides of the ridges at a spacing of 45 x 30 cm.

Irrigation
Irrigation is done immediately after sowing & again on third day and thereafter once in a week.

Fertilizer Requirement(Per Hectare)

Aphids & Thrips

§  Aphids & Thrips

ü  Spray Kargil (Imidachloprid 30.5 % SC) 1.6 ml/Litre of Water

ü  Apply Phorate 10 % G @ 20 kg /ha

ü  Neem Extract Azadirachtin 1000 EC 1.7 ml/lit of water

ü  Dimethoate 30 % EC 7.0ml/10 lit 

Pod Borer

§  Pod Borer

ü  Neem Extract Azadirachtin 1000 EC 1.7 ml/lit of water.

ü  Dust with Carbaryl 10 D at the rate of 2.5 kg/ha

Ash Weevil

§  Neem Extract Azadirachtin 1000 EC 1.7 ml/lit of water.

White Fly

§  White Fly

ü  Miticide 1.6 ml/Litre of Water

ü  Bell (Fipronil 5 % SC) 2-5 ml/lit of water

ü  Flemingo (Emamectin Benzoate 3% + Thiamethoxam 12% WDG)  0.4 - 0.5 g/ ltr of water

Powdery Mildew

§  Powdery Mildew

ü  FUNGUS-G  1.5 g/ litre of water

ü  Haldi-Baan 1.5 ml/ litre of water

ü  DEFENSE (Carbendazim 12% + Mancozeb 63% WP) 2g/ litre of water

ü  K-SULF (Sulphur 80% WDG) 3g/ litre of water    

ü  ZEB-75 (Mancozeb 75% WP) 2g/ litre of water     

ü  LAXYCO (Metalaxyl 8%  + Mancozeb 64% WP) 2g/ litre of water                

Rust

§  Rust

ü  K-SULF (Sulphur 80% WDG) 3g/ litre of water    

Anthracnose

§  Anthracnose

ü  DEFENSE (Carbendazim 12% + Mancozeb 63% WP) 2g/ litre of water

ü  ZEB-75 (Mancozeb 75% WP) 2g/ litre of water     

ü  LAXYCO (Metalaxyl 8%  + Mancozeb 64% WP) 2g/ litre of water                

Leaf spot

§  Leaf spot

ü  ZEB-75 (Mancozeb 75% WP) 2g/ litre of water    

ü  DEFENSE (Carbendazim 12% + Mancozeb 63% WP) 2g/ litre of water

Root Rot

§  Root Rot

ü  Drenching with DEFENSE (Carbendazim 12% + Mancozeb 63% WP) 2g/ litre of water