Expert Advisory Details

Suggestions to protect paddy/basmati from seed borne diseases.

Paddy: Start transplanting paddy during this period.

• Apply 30 kg urea per acre to medium-texture soils within 7 days of transplanting. Use PAU-Leaf color chart for need-based urea application.
• Use recommended weedicides to control weeds by mixing with 60 kg of sand/acre in standing water within 2-3 days of transplanting.
• It is optimum time for the sowing of nursery of basmati varieties CSR 30 and Pusa basmati 1509.
• To protect paddy/basmati from seed-borne diseases, treat 8 Kg seed with Sprint 75 WS (carbendazim + mancozeb) by making slurry of 24 g fungicide formulation in 80-100 ml water before sowing.
• For the management of root-knot nematode, apply mustard cake @40 g per square meter 10 days before sowing of nursery with last preparatory tillage operation after rauni.