Expert Advisory Details

How to cure sugarcane plants affected by red rot and wilt disease

Sugarcane: Prop up the sugarcane crop at the beginning of this month by using the trash-twist method. Irrigate the crop at regular intervals for getting better yields.

• Rogue out the canes affected by red rot and wilt. Collect and destroy the shoots infested with borer. Repeat this operation at weekly intervals. 
• Start sowing early maturing sugarcane varieties like CoPb 95, CoPb 96, Co 15023, CoPb 92, Co 118, CoJ 85, and CoJ 64 from the second fortnight of this month. Keep a 90 cm distance between rows.
• Grow Toria, potato or garlic as intercrops in sugarcane to get higher returns.