Expert Advisory Details

Diseases in vegetables & their prevention

Vegetables: Irrigate vegetable crops at weekly intervals

• Jassid in okra (Bhindi) can be managed by spraying once or twice at fortnightly intervals with 80 ml Ekotin 5% (Neem-based insecticide) in 100-125 litres of water per acre.
• For control of fruit rot and die back in chilli, spray the crop with 250 ml of Folicur or 750 g of Indofil.
• To check fruit and shoot borer attack in brinjal, spray 80 ml Coragen 18.5 SC or 80 g Proclaim 5SG in 100-125 litres of water per acre.