Expert Advisory Details

PAU Advisory for Sugarcane and Oil Seeds Crop

SUGARCANE:

• Prop up the sugarcane crop in the beginning of this month by using trash-twist method. Irrigate the crop at regular intervals for getting better yields.
• Rogue out the canes affected by red rot and wilt. Collect and destroy the shoots infested with Gurdaspur borer. Repeat this operation at weekly intervals.
• Start sowing of early maturing sugarcane varieties like Co 118, CoJ 85 and CoJ 64 from second fortnight of this month. Keep 90 cm distance between rows.
• Grow toria, potato or garlic as intercrops in sugarcane for getting higher returns.

OILSEEDS:

Toria: September is the optimum period for sowing of toria. Use short duration variety TL 17,PBT 37 and TL 15 for better yield and getting the field vacated well in time. Toria may be sown after applying 55 kg urea and 50 kg single superphosphate per acre. If single superphosphate is not available, apply gypsum @ 50 kg per acre particularly in sulphur deficient soils alongwith nitrogen and phosphatic fertilizers. For getting higher productivity, grow toria + gobhi sarson as intercrops at 22.5 cm row spacing by mid-September.