Expert Advisory Details

Advisory for farmers cultivating Wheat and Oil Seeds

WHEAT- Farmers are advised to apply need based Irrigation to the wheat crop to avoid harmful effect of unusual rise in temperature at grain filling/formation stage.

• Spray salicylic acid by dissolving 15 gm salicylic acid in 450 ml of ethyl alcohol using 200 litres of water per acre at early milk stages to mitigate the effect of high temperature at grain filling and enhance the wheat yield.
• Regularly survey the wheat crop for the occurrence of yellow rust.
• If symptoms appeared then spray Custodia/Caviet/Opera/Tilt/Stilt/Bumper/Shine/Markzole @ 0.1 % or Nativo @ 0.06 %.
• To produce karnal bunt free seed of wheat, give single spray of 200 ml Tilt per acre using 200 litres of water at ear emergence stage.

OILSEEDS- When plants infestation by aphids in rapeseed and mustard crop reach 40-50%, spray Actara 25 WG (thiamethoxam) 40 g or Rogor 30 EC (dimethoate) 400 ml or Dursban/Coroban 20 EC (chlorpyrifos) 600 ml using 80-125 litres of water per acre.