Expert Advisory Details

PAU Experts' Advisory for Sugarcane Crop

1. During the month of June, irrigate the crop at 7-12 days interval and apply second dose of urea @ 65 kg per acre along the rows to plant crop.

2. Check attack of top borer by applying 10 kg Ferterra 0.4 GR or 12 kg of Furadan/Diafuran/Furacarb/Fury 3G (carbofuran) per acre at the base of shoots of sugarcane during the last week of June, only if the top borer damage exceeds 5 % level. Earth up slightly and give light irrigation to the crop immediately. If sugarcane fields get flooded with water in July, excess water may be drained out.

3. Black bug sometimes becomes serious particularly on ratoon crop during this month. Check this pest by spraying 350 ml of Dursban/Lethal/Massban/Goldban 20 EC (chlorpyriphos) in 400 litres of water per acre. Direct the spray into the leaf whorl.

4. If dry weather conditions prevail, mite may also cause severe damage to this crop. Baru is the alternative host plant from which spreads mite to sugarcane crop. So remove Baru weed growing around the sugarcane fields.