Expert Advisory Details

All the farmers are advised to keep regular checks at plants in the orchards

FRUITS- Regularly remove the suckers arising from the rootstock portion of the newly planted fruit plants and these plants should be supported with sticks to keep them erect post rainy season.

• For management of canker in citrus, spray streptocycline 50 g + 25 g copper sulphate in 500 litres of water per acre or Bordeaux mixture (2:2:250) during this month.
• The incidence of mango malformation can be reduced with spray of NAA (Naphthalene acetic acid) @ 100 in 500 litres of water per acre.
• Dissolve NAA in 200 ml of alcohol first.
• Powdery mildew in ber can be managed with spray of wettable sulphur @ 2.5 g per litre of water and black spot disease in ber can be managed with spray of Bordeaux mixture (2:2:250) during this month.
• For weed suppression, to reduce fruit drop and for better fruit yield, apply paddy straw mulch (5.0 ton per acre) after application of second split of urea in ber orchards.
• Juvenile orchards can be inter-cropped with rabi season crops such as wheat, barley, gram, peas etc.