Expert Advisory Details

Advisory for farmers cultivating Lentils, Pea and Okra

LENTIL- Sowing of lentil crop should be done . Lentil varieties like PL 406, PL 639, PL- 4,5,7,8, DPL-15, 62 should be selected for sowing . Seed rate for sowing should be 30-40 kg/ha.

FIELD PEA- Dwarf variety of field pea like Aparna, Malviya matar-5, DDR-23, Pant matar 13, 14, 25, 75 & normal variety of pea like Pant matar-42 should be selected for sowing. Sowing should be done with seed rate 100-125 kg/ha and 75-80kg/ha for dwarf and normal varieties respectively of pea at a distance 30 cm.

OKRA- If the leaves of okra are turning black then spray fungicide in the lower portion of leaves in day time. Copper oxychloride 0.3%, Mancozeb 0.25% should be used as protective fungicide.