Expert Advisory Details

Citrus: To control insect pests in citrus, spray 200 ml Crocodile/Confidor 17.8 SL or 160g Actara/ Dotara 25 WG or 6.25 liter Mak HMO in 500 liters of water per acre. To control fruit flies in peach, pick and destroy the infested fruits by burying at least 60 cm deep in the soil. Stir the soil well during this month to expose and kill the pupating larvae/pupae. Fix PAU fruit fly traps @ 16 traps/acre during the first week of May.

• To control citrus scab, give a spray of Bordeaux mixture (2: 2: 250) or Copper oxychloride (0.3%). In mango, spray Bordeaux mixture 2: 2: 250 at the fortnightly intervals for the control of diseases. To check rotting of grape berries, spray grapevine with 0.2% Ziram (2 g per liter of water) at 7 days interval. Stop spraying a week before harvesting bunches. To control pear disease (shoot blight and canker), spray Bordeaux mixture 2: 2: 250 or 0.3% (3 g per liter of water) copper oxychloride.
• Planning, layout, preparation of soil, pit digging and filling for planting evergreen fruit plants in July-August can be started in this month.