Expert Advisory Details

Right time to sow Chickpea varieties in irrigated fields

Grow varieties PDG-4, PDG-3 (under rainfed from 10 to 25 October), and GPF-2 in the Central and South-Western districts and varieties PBG 5 which have resistance to gram blight in the sub-mountainous districts and PBG-7 in all the districts under irrigated conditions.

• The best time for sowing Desi and Kabuli gram in the entire state is from 25 October to 10 November under irrigated conditions.
• To manage gram blight, grow PBG-7 or PBG 5 in disease-prone areas.
• At the time of sowing, drill 13 kg urea and 50 kg single superphosphate per acre for desi gram but in case of Kabuli gram, drill 13 kg urea and 100 kg single superphosphate/acre. 
• Also, inoculate the seed with a biofertilizer consortium before sowing.