Expert Advisory Details

PAU advisory for wheat and oil seeds crops

WHEAT: Farmers are advised to start sowing of wheat varieties Unnat PBW 343, PBW 1 Zinc, PBW 725, PBW 677, HD 3086, WH 1105, PBW 621, HD 2967 and durum wheat WHD 943 and PDW 291.

• Treat 40 Kg seed with Raxil easy/ orius @13 ml (dissolve in 400 ml of water ) or Tebuseed or Seedex or Exzole @ 40 g or vitavax power @120 g or vitavax @ 80g.
• In termite infested fields, treat the seed with 1 g Cruiser 70 WS or 2 ml Neonix 20 FS or 4 ml Dursban/Ruban/Durmet 20 EC per kg seed and dry in shade. Seed treated with Neonix also controls smuts of wheat.
• Farmers of sub-mountainous areas can sow yellow rust resistant varieties like PBW 725, Unnat PBW 550, PBW 752 and PBW 660 during this time.

OILSEEDS: It is optimum time for the sowing of Gobhi Sarson varieties GSC 7, GSC 6, Hyola PAC 401, GSL 2 and GSL 1.

• Farmers can start sowing of Raya varieties Giriraj, RLC 3, PBR 357, RLM 619, PBR 91, PBR 97.