Sunflower
General Information
Sowing & Spacing

Sowing  June-July


Spacing
Hybrids    60 cm x 30cm
Varieties  45 cm x 30cm

Seed Rate

Hybrids

Irrigated

4 Kg/Ha

Rainfed

5 Kg/Ha

Varieties

Irrigated

6 Kg/Ha

Rainfed

7 Kg/Ha

Fertilizer
Fertilizer Requirement(Per Hectare)

Spread 10 Kg/Ha Michorrhiza Granule evenly on the field before the last ploughing and incorporate in the soil by working a country plough.

Season

Blanket Recommendation Of Nutrients (Kg/Ha)

Urea 46-0-0

Katra Nano Mono Potassium Phosphate 0-52-34

Katra Nano Potassium Sulphate   0-0-50

Hybrids

Irrigated

120 Kg

150 Kg

100 Kg

Rainfed

80 Kg

85 Kg

60 Kg

Varieties

Irrigated

120 Kg

50 Kg

50 Kg

Rainfed

800 Kg

85 Kg

60 Kg

Napthalene Acetic Acid (NAA)  Spray 280 g NAA in 625 litres of water per ha) on the 30 and 60 DAS.

Sulphur Fertilizer Apply 20 Kg/Ha Ammonium Sulphate Or apply Gypsum 200 Kg/Ha as Basal.

Boron Fertilizer Spray Atal (Boran Ethanolamine B-10%) 1.6 ml/L of water at ray floret opening stage to improve seed set and seed filling.

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Diseases
Alternaria Blight Alternaria helianthi

§  Alternaria Blight  Alternaria helianthi

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                

4 times at an interval of 10 days.

Rust Puccinia helianthi

§  Rust  Puccinia helianthi

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

Charcoal Rot Macrophomina phaseolina

§  Charcoal Rot Macrophomina phaseolina

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

Rhizopus Head Rot Rhizopus sp

§  Rhizopus Head Rot  Rhizopus sp

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

Downy Mildew Plasmopara halstedii

§  Downy Mildew Plasmopara halstedii

ü  Seed treatment with LAXYCO (Metalaxyl 8%  + Mancozeb 64% WP) 2g/kg seed

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

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

ü  FUNGUS-G  1.5 g/ litre of water

ü  Haldi-Baan 1.5 ml/ litre of water

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

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

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Pests
Leaf Hopper (Jassids) Amrasca biguttula

§  Leaf Hopper (Jassids)  Amrasca biguttula 

ü  Treat seed with KARGIL (Imidachloprid 30.5 % SC) 1.6 g/kg seed

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

Parakeet Psittacula kramer

§  Parakeet Psittacula krameri

ü  Spray Neem Extract Azadirachtin 1000 ppm EC 1.7 ml

ü  Spray Neem Kernal Powder Solution 10 g/litre of water after seed shedding repels the birds

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Tobacco Caterpillar Spodoptera litur

§  Tobacco Caterpillar  Spodoptera litur

ü  Dusting with Chlorpyriphos 1.5 % DP 25-30 kg/ha

ü  Dusting with Fenvalerate 0.4% or Quinolphos 1.5% 25-30 kg/ha

ü  Spray Chlorpyriphos 1.5 % DP 3-4 ml/ lit of water 

Yield
Yield

20-25 Q/Ha

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