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Vegetable pea

Vegetable pea

Crop profile of vegetable pea

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  • This crop belongs to family Leguminoseae.

powdery mildew of vegetable pea

Causal organism:

It is caused by Erysiphe cichoracearum DC. Outbreak of this disease is associated with dry weather.

Symptoms

Bacterial disease of vegetable pea

Causal organism: Pseudomonas syringe pv.pisi (Sackett) Young, Dye and Wilkie. 

Spacing in Vegetable pea

Seeds can be sown in ridges and furrows or flat beds. The seeds are dibbled at 5-7.5 cm depth on either sides of the furrow at a spacing of 60 x 10 cm and at a spacing of 30 x 10 cm in flat beds.

Seed rate

Seed rate:

Seed rate depends on the method of planting, varieties, season of planting and purpose of growing.

Sowing time of vegetable pea

 

  • Time of sowing: The land should be thoroughly ploughed so that it is free from clods. The early varieties of pea are sown in October where as the mid-season varieties are sown in November. In the hills, first crop of pea is sown from the middle of March to the end of May while a second crop is sown in autumn.