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These varieties of soybean are resistant to yellow mosaic disease

Soybean: Grow SL-958, SL-744, SL-525 varieties of soybean which are resistant to yellow mosaic virus, using seed rate of 25-30 kg/acre.

• To supplement the nitrogen supply to the crop, seed of soybean should be treated with specific  bacterial culture at the time of sowing. If soybean is being sown for the first time in the field, use of bacterial culture is very important practice.
• Sow the crop in good watter with a pre-sowing irrigation during the first fortnight of June. The crop should be sown in lines 45 cm apart. This crop can also be sown on beds. Crop sown on beds is not affected by the stagnation of rain water. Prefer bed sowing in heavy soils.
• In this crop, weeds can be controlled with the use of Stomp 30 EC @ 600 ml/acre within two days of sowing. Dissolve the recommended quantity of herbicide in 200 liters of water per acre and spray it uniformly. Alternatively weeds can be controlled by post emergence application of Parimaze 10 SL at 300 ml/acre after 15-20 days of sowing.
• To get higher yield, apply 4 tonnes farm yard manure, 28 kg urea and 200 kg single superphosphate/ acre at sowing. Apply only 150 kg single superphosphate/acre, when it folllows wheat which had received recommended dose of phosphorus.