Expert Advisory Details

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Posted by Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana
Punjab
2019-02-08 12:41:44

Wheat related advisory for February month

Advisory regarding wheat for the month of February is as follows

  • Apply second irrigation to December sown wheat. 
  • In light textured soil, the third dose of nitrogen viz. 27 kg urea/acre may be applied after the second irrigation. 
  • Leaf color chart can be used to know nitrogen requirement of the crop. 
  • Wheat plants affected with flag smut should be rouged out and burnt.
  • Special attention should be given in Ropar and Hoshiarpur areas.
  • Observe the wheat fields for appearance of yellow rust. As soon as the disease appears, spray the crop with Nativo @ 120g or Tilt or Shine or Bumper or Stilt or Compass or Markzole @ 200 ml in 200 litres of water per acre. Repeat the spray at 15 days interval.
  • Observe the fields for appearance of aphids, if the population reached the economic threshold level (ETL) i.e. 5 aphids/earhead, spray the crop with 20g Actara/Taiyo 25 WG (thiamethoxam) in 80-100 liter of water per acre