Agricultural operation: Cereals

Month: March: Plains

Dr. Deepali Tewari Pandey, GBPUAT

 

Wheat

• Give irrigation to maintain sufficient moisture in the field.
• Remove and destroy weeds like Madusi, jungly jai.
• Remove the panicles infected with loose smut and destroy them.
• For the management of aphids spray Endosulfan 35EC @1.25 liter/ha in 800-1000 liter water.

Sarson

• Harvest the crop when 75% pods turn golden brown colour.
• Dry the pods.
• Keep the seeds in store after drying.

Sugarcane

• Complete the sowing of new crop in the field.

• Treat the setts with fungicides before sowing.
• For sowing maintain plant-plant distance of 75cm and use setts with at least 3 eyes.
• Apply 120-150 kg nitrogen, 50-60 kg phosphorus and 30-40 kg potash per hectare in spring season crop.
• For the management of weeds spray Simazine 4.0 kg/ha in 600-750 liter water1-2 days after sowing.
• Intercrop with mung, urd, cowpea etc.

 Sunflower

• Maintain plant-plant distance of 25-30 cm.
• Apply 40 kg nitrogen/ha in the form of urea.
• Do hoeing
• Irrigate the field 15-20 days after sowing.

Chickpea

• Give light irrigation after flowering.

Mentha

• Do hoeing after 25-30 days.
• If required give irrigation afteer15-20 days interval.

Urd, Mung

• Use high yielding varieties.
• Mung

Seed rate=25-30 kg/ha

Line-line distance=25-30 cm

Depth=4-5 cm

• Urd

Seed rate=30-35 kg/ha

Line-line distance=20-25 cm

Depth=4-5 cm

• Apply 40-45 kg phosphorus and 20 kg nitrogenous fertilizer per hectare.

 Berseem

• Give irrigation after every cutting.
• For seed stop cutting barseem after 2^nd fortnight of March.