Expert Advisory Details

idea99rice_and_cotton_23rd_sep.jpg
Posted by Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana
Punjab
2021-09-23 13:01:31

Advisory for farmers cultivating Paddy and Cotton crops

RICE- To save the rice crop from sheath blight, keep the bunds of the field clean by removing grasses. If the symptoms of disease appears, then spray 150 ml Pulsor or 26.8 g Epic or 80 g Nativo or 200 ml Amistar Top or Tilt or Folicur/Orius in 200 litres of water per acre after weather clears up.

  • To protect the crop from false smut, spray 500 g Kocide or 400 ml Galileo way in 200 litres of water per acre after weather clears up.
  • When the leaf folder damage reaches 10 per cent (ETL), this pest can be controlled by spraying 20 ml Fame 480 SC or 60 ml Coragen 18.5 SC or 170 g Mortar 75 SG or one litre of Coroban/Durmet/Force 20 EC or 80 ml neem based biopesticide, Ecotin in 100 litres of water per acre after weather clears up.

COTTON- Eradicate the weeds growing on cotton field bunds, waste lands, road side and irrigation channels/canals to avoid further spread of whitefly to cotton field. Regular surveillance of whitefly on cotton should also be done.

  • To control pimk ballworm, Use Sticka/Delta traps with at least 10 micro litre of gossyplure and place it at 15 cm above crop canopy. Replace the lure after 15 days and use 1 trap/ha.