Expert Advisory Details

Experts' advice for production of green fodder

These are the suggestions from experts for green fodder:

2. Lucerne cutting can be adjusted to provide fodder during the lean months.

3. In light textured soils in paddy based system, the deficiency of manganese may appear in barseem crop. The mid stem leaves show pinkish brown spots which later on form necrotic lesions. To control this deficiency, spray the crop after two weeks of cutting with 0.5% manganese sulphate solution (1 kg manganese sulphate in 200 litres of water per acre). Two to three sprays are required at weekly interval on sunny days. In Barseem crop affected with stem rot, cut the crop and expose the soil to the sun.