Expert Advisory Details

Advisory for farmers cultivating Wheat crops

WHEAT- Farmers are advised to complete sowing of long duration varieties of wheat like PBW 869, PBW 824, PBW 803, Sunehri (PBW 766), PBW 1 Chapati, DBW 222, DBW 187, HD 3226, Unnat PBW 343, Unnat PBW 550, PBW 1 Zinc, PBW 725, PBW 677, HD 3086, WH 1105, HD 2967 and durum wheat WHD 943 and PDW 291 under irrigated conditions.

• Prefer to use happy seeder or super seeder for the sowing of wheat crop.
• Treat 40 Kg seed with Raxil easy/ orius @13 ml (dissolve in 400 ml of water) or Tebuseed or Seedex or Exzole @ 40 g Or vitavax power @120 g or vitavax @ 80g.
• In termite infested fields, treat the seed with 1 g Cruiser 70 WS or 2 ml Neonix 20 FS or 4 ml Dursban/Ruban/Durmet 20 EC per kg seed and dry in shade.
• Seed treated with Neonix also controls smuts of wheat.
• Farmers of sub-mountainous areas can sow yellow rust resistant varieties like PBW 725, Unnat PBW 550, PBW 752 and PBW 660 during this time.