Expert Advisory Details

Advisory for vegetables crops

Vegetables-

• Weeding and hoeing in all crops and vegetables should be done for optimum growth.
• Farmers are advised to monitor their fields regularly.
• Spray of Imidacloprid 17.8 % SC@ 1.0 ml / 3 lit of water is recommended against white flies and other sucking pests in all crop and vegetables when sky is clear.
• For shoot and fruit borer in brinjal and tomato crops, infested fruits and shoots should be collected and buried inside the soil.
• Also install pheromone trap @25 per hectare If pest population is high, spraying of spinosad 48 EC @ 1 ml /4 litres of water is advised when sky is clear.
• In present weather conditions, rouging of viral infested crop should be done in chilli. Infected crop should be uprooted and buried in the soil.
• After rouging, spraying of Imidacloprid @ 0.3 ml per litre of water is advised to control the vector.