Advice for farmers cultivating paddy and sugarcane
RICE: Due to depletion of water table, farmers are advised to cultivate maximum area under direct seeding of rice.
SUGARCANE: For the management of early shoot borer in sugarcane, use Tricho-cards having 20,000 eggs of Corcyra cephalonica parasitized (seven days old) by Trichogramma chilonis per acre at 10 days interval.