Season, Seed Rate & Spacing

Season  June - Dec

Seed Rate   600 g/Ha (fresh seeds)
Spacing
Larger Type    2.5 X 2.0 m
Smaller Type   2.0 X 1.5 m

Fertilizer Requirement(Per Hectare)

Thrips

§  Thrips

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

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

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

ü  Diafenthiuron  50 % WP 8 g/10 lit

ü  Phenthoate  50 % EC 5 ml/10 lit.

ü  Quinalphos 25 % EC 12 ml/10 lit

Hairy Caterpillar

§  Hairy Caterpillar

ü  Phosalone 35 EC 1 ml/lit

Mites

§  Mites

ü  Miticide 1.6 ml/Litre of Water

ü  Dicofol 18.5 EC 2 ml/lit

Nematode

§  Nematode

ü  Soil Application with Nematicide (Neem + Karanj Extract) at 1200 ml/Ha

ü  Neem Cake , 10 g/vine 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) 

Mosaic/Katte Disease

§  Mosaic/Katte Disease

ü  Methyl demeton 25 EC

ü  Dimethoate 30 EC

ü  Phosphomidon 86 WSC at 750 ml/Ha

Damping Off/Clump Rot/Rhizome Rot

§  Damping Off/Clump Rot/Rhizome Rot

ü  Drench with ZEB-75 (Mancozeb 75% WP) 2g/ litre of water immediately after germination

ü  DEFENSE (Carbendazim 12% + Mancozeb 63% WP) 2g/ litre of water after 15 days 

Capsule Rot/Panicle Rot/Azhukal

§  Capsule Rot/Panicle Rot/Azhukal

ü  1% Bordeaux mixture

ü  0.25% Copper oxychloride

ü  ZEB-75 (Mancozeb 75% WP) 2g/ litre of water just before onset of South West monsoon in early

August and in September. 

Yield

200 - 250 Kg/Ha