Sustainable Agriculture

Dear Farmers, chilli is major crop all over the world. It occurs in variety of different types of climatic conditions across the world. There are some threats (diseases) on chilli production causing damage to the crop or sometimes death. Fungal diseases of chilli and it's management 1) Die Back or anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum capsici  Symptoms 1) Flowers dropped and dried up. 2) Drying up starts from flower stock to the steam and subsequently causes dieback of branches and stem. 3) There is profuse shedding of flowers. 4) Fungus necrosis of tender twigs from the tip backwards. 5) Partially affected plant bear fruits which are few and of low quality. It also causes fruit rot disease in chillies. Disease Management 1) Use of disease free seeds is important in preventing the disease. 2) Seed treatment with Thiram or Captan 4g/kg is found to be effective in eliminating the seed borne inoculum. 3) Chilli cultivar BG-1 and perennial are found to be resistant against the disease 4

Integrated weed management in Sugarcane Prevention of introduction of weed in the field                  We must remember prevention is better than cure. Therefore to prevent the introduction of weeds in the farm we have to follow the following measures. 1) Use weed free crop seed. 2) Clean the machinery or implements before moving from weed infested area to clean area. 3) Use well decomposed weed free manure.(FYM or compost) 4) Remove weeds near irrigation channels, fencing, and sides of the way. 5) Prevent flowering/reproduction of weeds. (Cutting before bloom or seeds set) 6) Use screens to filter irrigation water 7) Restrict livestock movement. etc Integrated weed management in Sugarcane 1) Follow the preventive measures for minimising introduction and further spread of weeds. 2) Destroy the perennial weeds by digging such patches of weeds, collection and destruction of underground part of the weeds or by using translocated herbicides like glyphosate @ 1 kg ai/ha. 3) Land preparati

Dear farmers,                           Weeds are unwanted and most irritating plants in the farm. The compete with the main crop hence lead to the loss in yield production. Furthermore weeds increase the cost of cultivation, reduce the quality of product, provide shelter to the insect pests, damage irrigation systems and causes wear and tear of farm implements. So their integrated control must be done to avoid all these hazards. Prevention of introduction of weed in the field                  We must remember prevention is better than cure. Therefore to prevent the introduction of weeds in the farm we have to follow the following measures. 1) Use weed free crop seed. 2) Clean the machinery or implements before moving from weed infested area to clean area. 3) Use well decomposed weed free manure.(FYM or compost) 4) Remove weeds near irrigation channels, fencing, and sides of the way. 5) Prevent flowering/reproduction of weeds. (Cutting before bloom or seeds set) 6) Use screens to filte

Dear farmers, White grub nowadays is causing very damage in the yield production of sugarcane, ginger, termeric, groundnut, pigeon pea, soyabean etc. It is a white colour grub with dark brown mouth and a 'C' shaped body. The adult beetles are dark brown in colour. They emerge out in the month of May or the first rain and feed on neem (Azadirachta indica), babool (Vachellia nilotica) and ber trees. Management of white grub Light trap is the most efficient for the control of  white grub. One can easily make cheapest light trap at home. This light trap is hanged in the farm facing towards the neem tree and babool tree. Dig a 2 feet × 2 feet pond of 0.5 to 1 feet depth below the light trap. Cover it by polythene sheet and  pour water in it upto a height of 4 to 8 inches. Mix some amount(100ml-200ml) of kerosene in the water to reduce surface tension of the water. So some of the Beetles attracted by light trap would died due to the heat produced by light trap and remaining food die

Dear farmers, Green manures play a very important role in increasing seed cotton yield. Short growing and low water requiring green manure crop like sunn hemp is found to be effective for sustainability of both soil fertility and crop productivity in winter irrigated cotton crop. For this, the green manure seed is sown at the rate of 15kg/hectare and grown simultaneously with the cotton for a period of 45 days and then buried in the soil before flowering in the furrows and cotton is grown upto maturity. In this process green manure meets one third of the nitrogen (N) requirement of the cotton crop.           The combined application of farmyard manure (FYM) @ 5 tonne/hectare and in situ green manure of sunn hemp produces highest seed cotton yield. It is approximately equal to recommended dose of NPK (60:13:25kg/ha) in respect of yield and associated traits but soil fertility status under it will be considerably improved in comparison to control or recommended NPK.  Following are the ad

Dear farmers,                           Pink Bollworm has now became a major pest for cotton crop. It feeds on cotton seeds hence causes considerable(10-30%) production loss. It occurs in mid and late stages of crop. Nowadays it is inducing early in the crop life (i.e. 45 to 60 days after sowing). Due to internal feeding behaviour it remains usually unrecognised. To control pink bollworm Do not sow cotton crop in the month of April-May as it attracts the pink bollworm at early stages of crop life Destroy residual stalks and partially opened bolls While sowing use 20% non bt(refuge) seeds for sowing with bt seeds if provided separately Do not store infested cotton in houses/godowns Sowing should be done in the month of June with early maturing Bt varieties recommended for the region Install pheromone trap(5 traps per hectare) after 45 days after sowing to extract male individuals and to control moth activity Inspect the crop at the stages of squaring and flowering for the presence of pi