Critical Stages for Irrigation in Different Crops

 

Name of the Crop	Critical Stages
Cereals
Rice/Paddy	Tillering, Panicle initiation, Heading and Flowering
Wheat	Crown root initiation, Tillering to booting
Sorghum	Booting, Blooming and Milky Dough Stage
Maize	Silking and Tasseling to Dough stage
Pearl millet	Heading and Flowering
Finger millet	Primordial Initiation and Flowering
Pulses
Chickpea	Late vegetative phage
Black gram	Flowering and pod setting
Green gram	Flowering and pod setting
Beans	Flowering and pod setting
Peas	Flowering and Early pod formation
Alfalfa	After cutting and flowering
Oil Seeds
Ground nut	Flowering, Peg Formation and Pod Development
Sesame	Blooming to Maturity
Sunflower	Pre-flowering to Pos-flowering
Soybean	Blooming and Seed Formation
Vegetables
Onion	Bulb Formation and Pre-maturity
Tomato	Flowering and Fruit Setting
Chilies	Flowering and Fruit Setting
Cabbage	Head Formation
Potato	Tuber Initiation to Maturity
Carrot	Root Enlargement
Others
Cotton	Flowering and Boll Formation
Citrus	Flowering, Fruit Setting and Fruit Enlargement
Mango	Pre-flowering and Fruit Setting