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Foreword
Forming is groduolly becoming technology intensive, which colls for plonned

efforis {or enhoncing ogriculturol productivity ond olso for increosing the
formers'income, so thot there is not only sustoinoble food security but
olso income security. These chollenges con be met only by hoving strong
working linkoges omong the stokeholders engoged in technology generotion,
technology tronsfer ond the end users with motching infrosiructurol support.
Since the technology generotion is o continuous process, it wos decided Dn. MANGALA RAI
to compile oi ihe first instonce some of the technologies, with potentiol
to bring revolutionory chonges in lndion ogriculture, in form of publicotion
entitled "Selected Agriculturol Technologies-A Compendium". The
compendium provides informotion on severol frontier oreos like seed
production, integroted pest monogement, grope cultivotion for export,
cultivotion of medicinol plonts, reclomotion ond lond monogemeni of
degroded soils, {resh woter peorl culture, ond low cost green house, etc.
A chopter on 'Focilities ond Services Provided by Centrolly Sponsored
Schemes in Agriculture' hos olso been included to provide in{ormotion
reloted to ovoiloble services ond support.
The publicotion would not hove been possible without the contribuiions
o{ ICAR lnstiiutes/Proiect Directorotes/All lndio Coordinoted Reseorch
Proiects os well os the Subiect Motter Divisions otthe ICAR heodquorters.
loppreciote the efforts of my colleogues in the Agriculturol Extension
Division in preporing this very informotive compendium. lom sure this
publicotion will prove to be very use{ul to the formers ond oll those who
ore engoged in the tosks of ogriculturol development in the country.
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(Mongolo Roi)
Secretary, Department of Agribultural Research and
Education and Director General,
Indian Council of Agricultural Research
6 Moy 2004
COI{TBI{TS
Foreword
Crop Production I
a Pockoge of proctices for cultivotion of hybrid rice I

a Pockoge of proctices for hybrid rice seed production 6
a Wheot seed production technology for formers r3
Plant Protection 16
. lntegroted pest monogement for selected crops 16
Cotton 17
Rice (Bosmofi) r8
Ch ickpeo 19
Pigeon peo 20
Ropeseed-mustord (Royo sorson) 21
Cobboge 21
Tomoto 22
Briniol 24
Cocon ut 25
Mo ngo 29
lntegroted monogement of importont diseoses 32
ond pests of pototo
lntegroted diseose monogement in mongo 36
Horticulture 40
. Grope cultivotion for export 40
. Low cost input technology for pototo production 46
. Pockoge of proctices for cultivotion of Sofed Musii 48
. Pockoge of proctices for cultivotion of /sobgo/ 5l
. Pockoge of proctices {or cultivotion of Aloe Vero 55
. Pockoge of prociices for culiivotion of Senno 59
. Pockoge of proctices for cultivotion of Long Pepper 64
. Technology of reluvenolion of old unproductive 67
mongo orchords
. Mushroom (White button) culfivotion 70
Soil and Water Management 74
o Sond dunes stobilizotion 74

a Reclomotion of olkoli soils of lndo-gongetic ploins 76
a Pitcher irrigotion technology for vegeioble production 80
in orid oreos
. Enriched compost production technology 83
Animal Sciences 84
. Ureo treotmeni of poor quolity roughoges 84

. Ureo molosses liquid diet for livestock 87
Ureo ommonioted neem seed kernel coke for livestock 89
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Fisheries 91
Fresh woler peorl culture 91

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. Shrimp {orming technology 94
. Shrimp hotchery technology 98
Hotchery technology for freshwoter prown 102
'
Agricultural Engineering r06
Low cost greenhouse r06
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107
' Loc scropper-cum-groder
' Troctor drown pneumotic Plonter r09
' lntegroted iurmeric processing unit il0
Loc cultivotion (Rongeeni) in Po/os ond ber 112
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Centrally Sponsored Schemes in Agriculture il5
. Focilities ond services provided by centrolly sponsored il5
schemes in ogriculture
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PACKAGE OF PRACTICES FOR

CUTTIVATION OF HYBRID RICE
The first two hybrid vorieties of rice were releosed by the Stote Voriefy
,l993.
Releose Committee of Andhro Prodesh in By the end of 2002,17
hybrids (13 from public sector ond {our from privote sector), hove been
releosed for commerciol culiivotion, the list of which is given below:
Hylrid Crop % Yield States for which recommended for cultivatlon

duration advantage over
(Days) local check
APHR_I r30-135 35.4 Telaagana, Rayalaseema and uplands of coastal

DRRH_1 125-130 32.7 ,qndhra Pradesh
APHR_2 120-125 44.2
MGR-I 1 10-1 15 16.2 Tamil Nadu (for May-June and September-0ctober)

planting
CORH_z 120-125 20.2 Tamil Nadu (luly-Sept.)
ANTRH.I 115-120 44.9 Tamil Nadu tApril-July)
KRH-I 120*125 31.4 lrrigated areas of Karnataka

KRH_2 130-135 21,3
cl{RH-3 125-130 37.+ West Bengal (Boro season)
Pant Sankar 115-120 g.7 Plains of western Uttar Pradesh

Dhan-1
Sahyadri 125-r30 35.8 Konkan regjon of Maharashtra
Narendra 125-r30 24.5 Eastern Uttar Pradesh

Sankar Dhan-Z
High yielding hybrid rice variety KRH-2
PHB_71 130-135 28.0 Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh
PA 5201 (2ooo) 125-130 22,9 Eastern and some parts of Southern lndia
HRI-120 (2001) 135*140 24.4 Telangana region ofAndhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Konkan
region of Maharashtra, Plains of Uttaranchal, Eastem
Uttar Pradesh. 0risa and Tripura
Pusa RH-10 (2001) i20-125 39.9 Haryata, Punlab, Western Uttar Pradesh, Delhi
On-form multi-locotionol evoluotion o{ hybrids releosed till 2000, showed

thot hybrid KRH*2 wos the highest yielder ond most odoptoble one, {ollowed
by hybrids PHB-71, PA-6201, Sohyodri, Norendro Sonkor Dhon 2 ond High yielding hybrid rice variety PHB-71
DRRH,] .
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PACKAGE OF PRACTICES
The Directorote of Rice Reseorch (DRR), Hyderobod hos developed
pockoge of proctices for hybrid rice cultlvotion, which con be locolly
toilored depending upon the voriotion in soil, climote ond other ossocioted
fo cto rs.
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Adiust sowing in o woy thot the crop is not exposed to extreme high or
low temperotures porticulorly ot ponicle initiotion ond flowering stoges.
Season $owing period* Planting period*
Khanf iune 1st-3rd week July 1st-i ld weeh
Kahi November 2nd-4th week December 2nd'4th week
*Sowing and transplanling time may vary slightly depending on locations/seasons.
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15-20 kg/ho. Seed is to be procured ofresh every seoson.
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Since the cost of hybrid seed is higher, proper nursery monogement is

very importont. Sporse sowing of hybrid seed @ 20-30 g/m2 should be
odopted to obtoin strong, heolthy ond multi-tiller seedlings in 20-25
doys for plonting.
Prepore wet beds of I

meterwidth ond of convenieni length with good
droinoge focility. Totol nursery oreo required for sowing 15-20 kg of
.l,000
seed is 250 to m2. Apply 250 kgs of formyord monure, 1 kg Nitrogen,
0.4 kg Phosphorus ond 0.5 kg Potosh per 100 m2 nursery oreo. Before
sowing sook the seeds for l2-l5 hours. Treot the pre-sooked seeds with
Corbendozim (50% WP) O 4 g per kg of seed. lncubote ihe seeds in
gunny bogs for I to 2 doys for better sprouting. Sow the sprouted seeds
sporsely ond uniformly on well prepored seed beds. Mointoin thin {ilm o{
woter without ollowing the beds to dry ot onytime. Top dress the nursery
beds ofter 15 doys of sowing with 0.6-0.8 kg of Nitrogen per 100 m2
oreo. Appropriote plont protection meosures moy be token, if necessory.
Crop Production
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Prepore moin fields thoroughly by repeoted ploughing followed by

puddling ond opply the recommended dose o{ formyord monure lwo
weeks before tronsplonting. After thorough leveling o{ the fields, opply
50% of Nitrogen ond75% o{ Potosh, ond complete dose of Phosphorous,
o doy before tronsplonting. Tronsplont 25-30 doys-old seedlings, 1 Io 2
seedlings per hill o12-3 cm depth. The spocing of 20 x l0 cm or l5 x
l5 cm is essentiol to ensure o plont populotion of 45-50 hills/m2 meter
o reo.
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Mix 2.5-3.0 kg of Butochlor in 50-70 kg of sond ond opply in one

hectore oreo o{ter 5-6 doys of tronsplonting of rice. Thereofter ensure
uniform 2 cm ol sionding woter in ihe fleld {or 3-4 doys. lf needed,
undertoke hond weeding to ensure heolthy crop.
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Bolonced use of orgonic ond inorgonic {ertilizers is olso very importont

to reolize {ull potentiol of these rice hybrids.
Recommended dose (per ha)
Green manure or Farm Yard Manure (tonne) 10-15
Chemical fenilizers* (kg)

Nitrogen (N) 1 20 -150
Phosphorus (P) 40-50
Potash (K) 40-60
Zinc lzo) need based 50-60 ZnSO, once in 3 years
*Fertilizer recommendations may vary slightly depending on location. Need based application of zinc and
iron is also recommended for higher yields.
Apply o[ the recommended dose of niirogen in the form of Ureo

25o/o
ot 30-35 doys ofter ploniing ond the remoining 25% nilrogen ond 25%
of Potosh ot ponicle initiotion stoge (70-75 doys o{ter tronsploniing).
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Mointoin o thin film of woter for initiol 30 doys ond when the crop
reoches moximum tillering stoge, increose the woter level to 4-5 cm.
Selected Agriculturol Technologies . . . A Compendium
Droin out woter {or 4 to 5 doys ofter moximum tillering stoge so thot
emergence of lote tillers con be suppressed. Ten doys before horvest
droin out opplied irrigotion woier completely {rom the field.
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Like other rice vorieties, hybrids olso ore domoged by insect pests ond
diseoses. Control meosures for some of the common insect pests ond
diseoses ore given below. Ploni Protection Experts from the concerned
Agriculturol University ond/or stote Deportment o{ Agriculture moy be
contocied for locotion specific requirements.
Recommended control mearures
Diseases
Blast . Tricyclozole 75 WP
* Seed treatment (2 g/kg of seed)
- Spraying (0.6 g/Jitre)
Sheath Blight o Val idamycin JL spray (2.5 ml per J itre) or

. Hexaconazole 5 EC spray (2 ml per litre) or
o Propiconazole 25 EC (1 ml per litre)
False smut . Chlorothalonil 75 WP spray (2 g per litre)

. Propiconazole 25 EC spray (1 ml per litre)
. Mancozeb 75 WP spray (3 g per lilre)
Sheath Rot . Carbendazim 50 V? spray ( I g per litre)

. Propiconazole 25 EC spray ( I ml per litre)
Insect Pests
Stem borer . C^rtap spray 50 VP (0.3 kg a.i.lha) or

. Monocrotophos spray 36 WSC (0.5 kg a.i./ ha) or
. Chloropyriphos spray 20 EC (0.5 kg a,i./ha)
Brown plant hopper . lmidachloprid spray 200 SL (25 g a.i./ha\ or

o Thimathoxan spray 25 WG t25 ga.i.lha) or
. Ethofenprox spral 10 EC t75 ga.i./ha)
Leaf folder o Cartap granules + g (0.6 kg a.i./hat or

o Cartap spray 50 SP (0.3 kg a.i./ha)
Gall midge . Carbofuran or Phorate granules 3 g (1.00-1.25 kga.i.lha

or
. Chloropyriphos granules 10 g {1.0 kga.i./hal
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When groins in the lowest portion of the ponicle ore in the dough
stoge (obout 20 doys from 50% f lowering), droin out woter from fields.
Allow the groins to horden.

Crop Production
. Horvest 30-35 doys ofter flowering when stolks still remoin green to
ovoid groin shedding. Moisture content o{ poddy should be 20 to
24o/o oI horvest.
' Thresh os eorly os possible, preferobly o doy ofter horvest.

. Dry groduolly under shode until the moisture content is brought down
lo 12-14o/o, to ensure better milling quolity ond storoge. Under good
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monogement conditions the hybrids con give to 1.5 tonnes/ho
more thon the besi high yielding vorieiies.
GRAIN STORAGE
Depending upon the quontity of groin to be stored, o suitoble sioroge
structure (metollic/non-metollic) which is foirly oir tight is needed. Disinfest
the sioroge siructure with molothion 50 EC (1: IOO dilution) @ 3 litres
o{ sproy emulsion per 100 m2. before filling in with groins. Store rice os
unmilled poddy. Bring down the groin moisture level to 12_14% before
storoge by open drying.
lf old gunny bogs ore to be reused, ireot such bogs with molothion or
immerse in boiling woter for l5 to 20 minutes ond dry. Stock the bogs in
systemotic woy on proper plonks either on wooden crotes or on o foot
high thick loyer of husk or strow, owoy {rom the wolls.
ECONOMTCS
For more details cont*ct:
With complete odoption of the recommended proctices olong with
Director
good field monogement, ii is possible to obtoin 1 0-l .5 tonnes/ho higher
Directorote of Rice Reseorch
yields from hybrids os compored to the recommended high yielding vorieties (ICAR) Roiendronogor
under similor growing conditions. Hybrid seed cost is the only odditionol Hyderobod 500 030
expenditure incurred in cultivotion.
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HYBRID RICE SEED PRODUCTION
The seed production technology {or hybrid rice is quite different {rom
thot of high yielding vorieties. The hybrid seed is not only required to be
produced every yeor but it is necessory to mointoin more thon 99o/o genetic
purity of the F, seeds to reolize its moximum yield potentiol.
IDEAT CONDITIONS
Seoson Robi seoson is better {or seed production thon khorif
seoson. The doily meon temperoture of 24-30'C ond
cleor sunny doys during flowering ore mosl ideol.
Site Feriile lond with good irrigotion ond droinoge focilities

ore suitoble for seed production. Preferobly select o site
where previous crop wos not rice, to ovoid the problem
of voluntory plonts.
lsolotion Provide spoce isolotion of more thon '100 m or o time
Monitoring team visiting a seed
isolotion of 21 doys. No other rice voriety should be
production field of a farmer grown on oll sides of the field within lO0 meters. ln
cose of time isolotion, there should be o dif{erence of
ot leost 21 doys between its flowering ond other vorieties
grown in the vicinity.
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Since the porenlol lines di{fer in their durotion, differentiol seeding

should be odopted to synchronize the flowering o{ two porentol lines for
seed production. lf the flowering mole porent is ten doys lote os compored
to thot of the femole porent, the mole porent (R line) is sown first with two
dotes of seeding, with o gop o{ 4-5 doys. Then the femole line is sown
only once, 10 doys ofter ihe first seeding of R line.
Day-l Day-5 Day-l0
Male line (R-t) Male line (R-2) Female line

(a kg) (a kg) (I5 kg)
Crop Production
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' Sow the seed of porentol lines sporsely ot the rote o{ 20-25 m2 to
obtoin strong, heolthy ond multi-tiller seedlings in 20-25 doys.
' Prepore wet beds of one meter width ond of convenient length with
good droinoge focility. Totol nursery oreo required for sowing 23 kg
of seed is lO00 ro l2OO m2.
' Apply 250 kg of formyord monure, 1 kg Nitrogen, 0.4 kg Phosphorus

ond 0.5 kg Potosh per 100 m2 nursery oreo.
. Sook the porentol line seed lor 12-15 hours. Treot the pre-sooked
seeds with Corbendozim (50% WP) @ 4 g per kg of seed. lncubote
the seeds in gunny bogs for I to 2 doys for better sprouting.
. Sow the sprouted seeds sporsely ond uniformly on well prepored seed
beds. Mointoin o thin film of irrigotion woter without ollowing the
beds to dry oi onytime.
Topdress the nursery beds ofter 15 doys of sowing with 0.6-0.8 kg of

Nitrogen per 100 m2 oreo.
Adopt oppropriote plont protection meosures, if necessory.
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Prepore the moin field thoroughly by repeoted ploughing followed by

puddling ond opply the recommended dose of formyord monure, two
weeks before tronsplonting. Apply 5Oo/o ol recommended Nitrogen ond
75o/o o{ Potosh, ond full dose of Phosphorous o doy before tronsplonting,
followed by thorough leveling.
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When seedlings of the second sowing of mole porent are 25 doys old,
uproot first ond second sown seedlings of mole porent ond mix them
properly ond tronsplont in poired rows, leoving o spoce for B rows in
between to plont femole seedlings. Plont 3-4 seedlings of mole porent
per hill. Subsequently, pull out the seedlings of femole porent ond ironsplont
l-2 seedlings per hill in 8 rows between the rows of mole porent.
30 x 15 cm, ond femole

Tronsplont mole seedlings ot o spocing of
seedlings ot o spocing o{ 15 x 15 cm in the row roiio of 2 mole:8
femole. Keep 20 cm spocing between o row of mole line ond femole
line.
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Mix 2.5-3.0 kg of Butochlor in 50-20 kg of sond ond opply in one

hectore oreo ofter 5-6 doys o{ tronsplonting. Ensure uni{orm level o{
2 cm o{ stonding woter in the field [or 3-4 doys. Need-bosed hond weeding
moy be undertoken to ensure heolihy crop.
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80 kg
It is recommended to opply 150 kg Nitrogen, 60 kg Phosphorus,
Poiosh ond l5 tonnes Form Yord Monure/ho. ln oddition,50 kg/ho Zinc
Sulphoie (once in three yeors) be olso opplied. Apply 25o/o o{ the recommended
dose of Nitrogen in the form o{ Ureo ot 30-35 doys o{ter plonting ond
the remoining 25% Nitrogen ond 25% of Potosh ot 7O-75 doys ofter
ironsplonting ot ponicle initiotion stoge. Full dose o{ Phosphorus ond
Zinc Sulphote should be opplied os bosol.
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Mointoin o thin film of woter for initiol 30 doys ond loter on increose
the woter level to 4-5 cm when the crop reoches moximum tillering stoge.
Droin oui irrigoiion woter {or 4 to 5 doys ofter moximum tillering stoge,
so thot emergence o{ lote tillers con be suppressed. Droin out woter
completely {rom 'the fields ot leost l0 doys before horvest.
SPECIAL SEED PRODUCTION OPERATIONS
ffi*guEstg
Roguing is o process of removol of unwonted rice plonts irom the seed
production plots. lt is very importont to mointoin the purity of hybrid
seed. Therefore, remove off-type plonts ot di{ferent stoges storting from
sowing to horvest. Though rouging is o continuous process throughout
the crop seoson, it should speciflcolly be corried out ot three distinct
stoges viz., during vegetotive phose oi moximum tillering, before ond
during flowering, ond lust before horvesting. The importont chorocters
Crop Production
Dosed on which rouging should be done during the crop growth stoges
ore given below.
Stoge Chorocters
Vegetotive Morphologicol chorocters such os plont

height, plont lype, leo{ shope ond
colour, pigmentotion of stem, leof,
leof sheoth etc.
Before ond during flowering Eorly ond lote types, ponicle type,
presence or obsence of owns, ponicle
exertion, spikelet shope, onther colour
etc.
Before horvesting Extent of seed sel on femole porent

(if the seed set on {emole porent is
more thon 70% such plonts need to
be checked thoroughly), groin type,
groin shope/ etc.
Prediclion and Adiustmenl of Flowering

Perfect synchronizotion of mole ond {emole {lowering is o pre-requisite
for getting higher seed yield. For ideol synchronizotion, iemole porent
should come to heoding 2-3 doys prior to heoding of mole porent.
Synchronizotion con be predicted by observing the stoges o{ young ponicle
development in femole ond mole lines. There ore eight stoges in ponicle
development.
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When {emole line is eorlier thon mole line in growth durotion
thon femole
cose of DRRH-l), the mole line should be one sioge eorlier
femole ond
line during the {irst 3 stoges of ponicle development. Both
of ponicle
mole lines should be in the some stoge during nextthree stoges
{lowering is
development. l{ the difference between mole ond {emole
methods, viz.,
obout 7-8 doys, synchronizotion con be odiusted by two
woter monogement, ond by sproying nutrieni solution'
t Woier monogement is eifective {or odiusting {lowering o{
mole porent'
To deloy flowering o{ mole porent, completely droin out

the irrigotion
woterlor4_5doys'Forhostening{loweringo{moleporent'mointoino
con be
woier level of 4-5 centimeters. Applicotion o{ nutrient solution
Applicotion
odopted for odiustment of {lowering in both poreniol lines.
ol 2% Ureo os folior sproy will deloy the flowering ond ihe use o{
1o/o
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phosphoiic {ertilizer will enhonce flowering. Depending upon the situotion
ond severity of the problem, ony one or both the methods
con be used to
ottoin proper synchronizotion. In rore coses, if the difference

between
- ihe flowering
-,- mole ond femole flowering is more thon lO doys, synchronizing
2YoUreo
of eorly porent by removing the moin ponicles ond by sproying
or by opplying Niirogenous {ertilizer ot the roie of 30-40 kg/ho
moy be
odopted.
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Flog leof clipping ot o right stoge helps in betier pollen dispersol.
booting sioge, cut the upper one-third to one-holf of the
flog leo{ uniformly
the field is
with o shorp sickle. Flog leof clipping is not odvisoble when
further'
in{esied wiih bocteriol leof bllght, os this moy spreod the diseose
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seed production,
ln oll the CMS lines currently being used in commerciol
ponicle exeriion is noi complete, os 2O to 25% o{ the ponicle remoins
ore not
inside the flog leof. Hence olmost one-{ourth of the splkelets
ovoiloble {or out crossing. GA. oppllcotion helps in
improving ponicle
for GA, opplicotion
exertion, stigmo exeriion ond overoll seed sei. Right stoge
is ot 5-lO% iniiiol heoding (when 5 to l0 out o{ lO0
tillers show initiol
quontity ol70o/o
heoding). Dissolve recommended dose o{ GA, in o little
olcohol ond use it for sproying os per the given schedule'
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Spray schedule Type of rprayer
Knapsack uty
GA, dose (lha) 50

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First Spray (fimt day) 20 g in 500 litres of water 10 g in 20 litres of water
Second Spray (next day) 30 g in 500 litres of water 15 g in 20 litres ofwater
Sproy GA, uniformly on both femole ond mole lines during morning
or evening hours on o sunny doy by using either Knopsock or ULV sproyer
os per convenience.
S=ppE*m*ffi*#ny F*EEm*$E**
As rice is o self-pollinoted crop, pollen dispersol ond consequently
extent of noiurol crossing is low. To increose out crossing ond the seed
set, supplementory pollinotion is odopted. Move in between mole rows
ond shoke the plonts with the help o{ two long (2to 3 m) bomboo sticks
during peok onthesis period. Depending on weother conditions, the time
of peok onthesis vories, the plonts reoch peok onthesis ofter hol{ on hour
ofter the opening of first few spikelets in o ponicle. Corry oui supplementory
pollinotion 3 to 4 times in o doy storting from 9.00 to I 1.30 eu ot peok
onthesis period depending on weother conditions ond locotions.
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Like other rice vorieties, hybrids ore olso domoged by insect pests ond
diseoses. Control meosures for some of the common insect pesis ond
diseoses hove been given under Pockoge of Proctices for Cultivotion of
Hybrid Rice.
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. Droin out irrigotion woter from ihe field when the groins in the lower
portion of the ponicle in mole poreni ore in dough stoge (opproximotely
20 doys ofter 5O% {lowering). Allow the groins to horden. lnitiote
horvesting 30-35 doys o{ter flowering when stolks ore noi completely
dried to ovoid shoitering of groins.
. Horvest the mole rows {irsi. Dry ofter threshing ond remove the produce
from threshing floor ond store seporotely. Criticolly exomine the field
for ony o{ the ponicles of mole porent folling on the ground or on the
plonts of femole lines.
Toke up the {inol rouging in the femole lines, specificolly looking for
seed set hlgher than70%. Allthe ponicles hoving seed set more thon
70%, should be removed, os these moy be selfs or off types.
Horvest ond thresh the femole rows seporotely, ofter cleoning the
thresher thoroughly. The seed borne on {emole porent is the hybrid
seed.
Dry the horvested seed for 1-2 doys, to ensure thot moisture percentoge
is reduced to l2-l4.
Cleon ond bog the seed in well oeroted gunny
bogs. lf old gunny bogs ore used, these should be properly cleoned
before using for bogging.
YIELD
With good plonning ond ideol monogement, overoge seed yields o{
I .5 to 2.0 tonne/ho con be obtoined.
ECONOMTCS
odoption of the obove recommended pockoge of proctices, overoge

By
seed yields obtoined in lorge scole seed production oreos ore 2.0-2.5 t/
For rnare ctetail.s ct)fltat:t:
ho. At the overoge procurement price of Rs 30-40 per kg, the gross
Director
Direclorote o{ Rice Reseorch refurns ore Rs 60,000 to 80,000 per hectore. The cost of cultivotion is
(ICAR) Roiendronosor oround Rs 25,000-30,000 per hectore. Hence the net profit by undertoking
Hyderobod 500 030 hybrid rice seed production works out to be Rs 35,000 to 50,OOO per
h ecto re.
WHEAT SEED PRODUCTION
TECHNOLOGY FOR FARftfiERS
Wheot being o self-pollinoted crop, the vorietol deteriorotion tokes ot o
slow rote ond seed needs replocement o{ter {ive to six yeors, provided o
seporote seed plot is mointoined following o systemotic seed production
progromme. Formers con multiply quolity seed for their own use from
the source seed of ony closs-breeders, foundotion, certified, or truthf u 1 ly
lobeied, procured from o relioble source by odopting the guidelines developed
by the Directorote of Wheot Reseorch (DWR), Kornol os described below:
LAND REQUIREMENTS
A well levelled seporote piece of fertile lond with ossured irrigotion,
free from surfoce droinoge problems should be demorcoted for seed
production. ln the hilly oreos, since the emergence of volunteer wheot
plonts is o serious problem, tl-rerefore, the fields with the previous wheot
crop should be ovoided.
Bumper wheat crop for seed production
METHOD OF SOWING
Seed rote of 80 kg/ho for timely sowing ond I OO kg/ho for lote sown
crop should be used. Adopt normol recommended nutrient monogement
proctices for the oreo. Seed production plots should be sown using o
seed drill by odopting the following steps:
. The seed drill's pipes, seed cups ond bin should be thoroughly cleoned
os ony left bock seed will contominote the seed production plot.
. Ensure thot there is no physicol mixiure due to negligence ot sowing
time.
. Every eighth ond ninth row should be left unsown in order io wolk
through the plots {or eosy culturol operotions, monitoring ond effective
rouging.
ISOTATION
Mointoin minimum isolotion distonce of three meters o{ seed plot of o
voriety with other vorieties to ovoid possible out-crossing ond odmixture.
Also, ensure thot no loose smut infected wheot; iriiicole or rye field is
,l50
neorby seed plot (within meters) to word off infectlon from seed
borne diseoses.
ROUGING
Off-type plonts con be identified in seed plot bosed on the voriotion
noticed in feotures of the voriety like:
. Auricle pigmentotion
. Doys of flowering
. Plont height
. Woxy bloom
. Eor color
. Eor shope
. Eor density, etc.
It is recommended to per{orm ot leosi three rougings i.e. one eoch ot

eorly vegetotlve growth,75% eor emergence, ond moturity. The rouged
plonis, porticulorly those hoving physiologicol seed moturity, should be
removed from the field ond disposed-off from seed plot to ovoid ony
chonce of its mixing with ihe seed bulk.
HARVESTING AND POST.HARVEST HANDTING OF

BREEDER SEED
Extro core is needed to ovoid mechonicol mixing likelyto occur during

horvesting, threshing, seed treotment, pocking ond processing. The threshers,
combine horvesters, troilers, processing mochinery etc. to be used for
seed production should be thoroughly cleoned.
SEED TREATMENT AND STORAGE

' Treot the seed through seed dresser using Vitovox Z5 WP @ 2.5 g/kg
or Roxil 2 DS @ 1.25 g/kg seed to control loose smut ond other seed
borne diseoses such os hill bunt. lf seed production is undertoken in the
hills, seed treotment is strongly recommended to control hill bunt.
Crop Production
Generolly, ot horvesting time the seed moisture is oround l4 to 15o/o

ond ot such o moisture level the seeds should not be sent to the worehouse.
The seed should be dried in shode or with o seed drier to bring the seed
moisture to 9-10%. This will besides increosing seed vlobility olso minimizes
the chonces of domoge due to sioroge pests ond fungi. Proper record of
seed bogs ond storoge should olso be mointoined.
During storoge in wore house/silo, somples must be drown ot periodic

intervols to meosure groin moisture, ond olso inspect for pest/fungi domoge.
As the situotion moy demond, oction musi be token eitherto reduce seed
moisture levels or fumigoie seed lo suppress insect,pest incidence.
Occosionolly, rodent control moy olso be necessory.
SEED PURITY STANDARDS

A series of tests should be undertoken to ossess the quolity of seed.
Generolly such tests ore conducted in designoted Seed Testing Loborotories.
Every Stote hos ot leost one Seed Testing Loboroiory io conduct such
tests.
Minimum certification requirements for field standards
Field standards Specific requirement$ Limits

Field Number of Isolation distance Off type Inseparableseed born dlsease
selectionfieldinspections (metres) plants (%) other crop infested plants
needed Crop Dise"as. plants (%)
FCFC TCTCFC
Free of Tho 150 150 0.05 0.2 0.01 0.05 0.1 0.5
volunteer
plants
F- Foundation Seed, C-Certified Seed
Minimum certification requirements for seed standards
Parameters Standard
Foundation Certified
Pure seed (minimum, %) 98 98

lnerl material (maximum. oo) ,)
2
Other uop seed (maximum per kg) 10 20
0ther distinguishable varieties (maximum per kg) 10 20

For ruore details contact:
Total weed seed (maximum per kg) i0 20 Projeci Director
0bjectionable weed seed (maximum per kg) 2 5 Direciorote of Wheoi
Germination (minimum, %) 85 85
Reseorch (ICAR)
Moisture (maximum, oo) Aggorsoin Morg, PO. Box
12 12 ,l32
No. l58, Kornol 001
Moisture for vapour-proof containers (maximum, 9o) 8 I
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I NTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT

(rPM) FOR SELECTED CROPS
The intensive ogriculture prociiced during the lost fifty yeors or so conlributed
to signiflcont increose in production. However, the iniudicious use of
chemicol pesticides os one of the intensive inputs, offected non-torget
ond beneficiol orgonisms. Overthe period the residues grew os environmentol
threots ond non-tori{f borriers to export of ogriculturol commodities. The
biggest chollenge todoy is to sustoin crop production olong with conservotion
o{ noturol resources like soil ond woter, ond to conserve ond moximize
the obundonce os well os the ef{ectiveness of beneficiol insects ond
microorgonisms by odopting o systems opprooch with o holistic view.
One of the conservotive esiimoies is thot oround l8% loss in yield in
different field crops is due to diseose ond insect in{estotion omounting to
Rs. Forty five thousond crores. ln order to keep the economic losses to
the minimum, lntegroted Pest Monogement (lPM) hos been introduced
since I 985.
The IPM opprooch includes ollthe components such os soil preporotion,
treotment o{ seed, optimum sowing time, mointenonce of desiroble plont
populotion, bolonced use of fertilizers, irrigotion woter, moniioring of
insect pests, need bosed use o{ pesiicides, ond use o{ bio ogents for
sustoinoble ond heolthy crop production. Estimotes show thot in our country
opproximotely holf of the totol pesticide use is in cotton, 17o/o in rice,
ond l2o/o in vegetobles ond the remoining in other crops. The Notionol
Centre for lntegroted Pest Monogement (NCIPM), New Delhi in ossociotion
with severol other institutions like Stote Agriculturol Universities, Stote
Deportments o{ Agriculture ond Horticulture, Non Governmentol
Orgonizotions, ond privote industriol institutions hos developed IPM modules
{or severol importont crops. These modules ore environmentolly sound,
economicolly vioble ond sociolly occepted ond hove been volidoted in
former's porticipotory mode ot severol locotions. The IPM modules being
locotion ond crop specific require oppropriote re{inement os per locoilon
needs. Eorly worning system for ophids ond bollworms hos olso been
developed for rotionol decision moking by the formers.
Plont Protection
COTTON
Cotton is on importont commerciol crop in lndlo occupying oboui B
million ho. ond supports 60 million people. Cotion under irrigoted conditions
is grown in Puniob, Horyono ond Roiosthon while it is cultivoted in Mohoroshtro,
Kornotoko, Andhro Prodesh, Guioroi, Modhyo Prodesh ond Tomil Nodu

moinly under roinfed conditions. This crop is offecied by severol insect
pests, ond diseoses from sowing io its horvesting. Though this crop occupies
only 5% o{ the totol culiivoted oreo of the country, yet over 50% of the
iotol pesticide use is in this crop ond it occounts {or 40% of the totol Whitefly adults
production cost in cotton. Due io indiscriminote use of pesticides, there
hove been deleterious effecis on environment os well os development of
resistonce in insect-pests. Therefore, IPM opprooch in cotton ossumes
greot significonce.
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Cotton iossid (Amrosco biguffu/o), whitefly (Bemisio toboci), spotted

bollworm (Eorios insu/ono ond E. vittello), pink bollworm (Pectinophoro
gossypie//o), Americon bollworm (He/icoverpo ormigero), Tobocco coterpillor
(Spodopofera lituro) ond Cotton Leof Curl Virus.
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Adopt sucking pest toleront ond eorly moturing vorieties.
Treot Ikg seed with 8g lmidocloprid, ihereofter treot this seed with
l0 ml Chloropyriphos.
Mointoin plont to plont distonce of 3O cm ond row to row distonce of
75 cm.
After sowing , put 4-5 Pheromone Trops per hectore, to monitor bollworms
ond undertoke weekly scouting for other pests.
Along with cotton, sowing o{ cover crops - one border row of maize/
boiro promotes the entomophogous populotion.
To control Americon bollworm, bioogent Trichogrammo chi/onis @
1.5 lokh / ho should be releosed in the fields. AIso sproy Nucleor
Polyhedrosis Virus (HoNPV) @ 250 mllho {2 x 10'qPOB/ml) ot ihe
flowering ond boil formotion sloges.
Undertoke need bosed sproy of systemic inseciicides i.e., Dimethoote

(Rogor) or Oxydemeton methyl (Metosystox) @ 750-900 milliliter or Jassid nymph
lmidocloprid (Confidor) @ lO0 milliliter/ho (1-2 sproys during July).
ffi**rt*d **ye$$E*ffis
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Cotton iossid (Amrosco biguttu/o), whitefly (Bemisio toboci), thrips (fhrips

foboci), spotted bollworm (Eorios insu/ono ond E. vittello), pink bollworm
(Pecfinophoro gossypie//o), Americon bollworm (He/icoverpo ormigero),
ond tobocco coterpillor (Spodopofero lituro).
f FeE &pps'#$#{fu
Treot seed with lmidocloprid ond use Bt cotton (MECH - 1 84) os o

resistont cultivor for the monogement of Bollworms.
Plont border row of moize *

cowpeo os o cover crop ond one row o{
setorio os o source of food ond perch for birds in between eoch l0'h
'l
o nd I th row of cotton.
Releose Trichogrommo chilonis @ I .5 lokhs/ ho when Americon bollworm

,{or mor* details contad:
eggs ore seen ond sproy HoNPV @ 250 nl/ ho (2 x I Oe POB/ml),
D i recto r
Notionol Reseorch Cenire for when the smoll lorvoe of Americon bollworm ore seen.
lntegroted Pest Monogement
(ICAR), Lol Bohudur Shosiri Sproy 5% Neem Seed Kernel Extroct for the monogement of sucking
Bhowon, lARl Compus, Puso, pests ond bollworms ond repeot HoNPV sproy @ 250 ml/ha (2 x 1Oe
New Delhi-l l0 012 POB/ml), if required. Also sproy Endosulfon 35 EC, if required.
RrcE (BASMATT)
Bosmoti rice is high volue crop with greot potentiol of export. Thus the
formers ofien use excessive fertilizers ond chemicol pesticides. The development
of IPM proctices not only help to sustoin soil feriility but olso in crop
quolity improvement.
Key F*sts smd #Esess*s

Yellow stem borer, leof folder, brown plont hopper, Gondhi bug, blost
or bocteriol diseoses.
EF$tut &ppnstrqh
. Treot seed with Trichoderma @ 4 g/kg ond Corbendazim/ Bovistin
@ 5 g/kg seed.
. Monitor for oppeoronce of eggs of stem borer on the leof from the
very beginning. Use Trichocords (fix smoll pieces of Trichocords ol
severol ploces in the fields).
. Fix five pheromone trops/ho.
Plont Protection
To control leof folder, sproy neem bosed pesticides like Neegork/

For more details ce&t&et:
Nimbesidin or use Monocrotophos or Phosphomidon (mix 5oo ml in
woter sufficient for sproy in one hectore). Director
Notionol Reseorch Centre for
ln cose o{ ottock of folse smut, use Dithone-M- 45 (O.2|o/o) or Copper lntegroted Pest Monogemeni
(ICAR), Lol Bohudur Shostri
oxychloride (2 g/ lit)
Bhowon, lARl Compus, Puso,
New Delhi-l l0 0,I2
CHICKPEA
Pulses ore suitoble crops {or crop diversificotion ond ore o moior source
of protein. Grom pod borer, pod {ly, sterility mosoic virus, phytophthoro
blight ore biotic stresses in chickpeo peo ond lower the yield significonily.
Fusorium wilt, yellow mosoic virus ond pod borers olso couse oround
15-20Yo losses in chickpeo ond other pulses.
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Fusorium wilt (Fusoriu m oxysporum f sp. ciceris), dry root rot (Rhizoctonio
so/oni),
botrytis grey mold (Botrytis cinereo), cutworm (Agrotis ipsi/on) ond grom
coterpillo r
(H eli cov e rpo orm igero) .
EPffi ffi*du$e
. Use toleront vorieiy like RSG-44.
' Treot seed with Rhizobium culture @ 600 g/ho ond olso seed treotment
wiih rrichodermo horzionum/ Trichodermo viride @ 4 g plus vitovox
@ 2 g/kg seed for the control of collor rot.
. Adopt seed rote of 80 kgl ho ond increose plont to plont
distonce of 30 cm insteod o{ 22.5 cm usuolly recommended.
. Apply pre-emergence sproy of Alochlor @ 2 kg/ho for the
monogement of weeds.
. Monitor presence o{ He/icoverpo through pheromone trop
@ 3-4/ho storting {rom 30 Doys After Sowing.
. lnstoll T-shoped perches for birds @ 25-30 /ha, 20-30
cm obove crop height for noturol control of insects.
. Sproy HoNPV @ 250 ml/ho (2 x 10e POB/ml) + O.0t%
fobric whitener + 0.5% gur, when the smoll lorvoe of Americon
bollworm ore seen. After next seven doys, sproy Neem Seed
.l500
Kernel Extroct @ 5%o or ppm os Azodirochtin solvent bose. Pheromone traps and perches installed in
Chickpea field
Selecled Agricultu rol Technologies A Compendtum
Repeot the sproy of HoNPV @ 250 ml/ho (2 x 10e POB/ml) + 0.0.I%

For more det$ils cryntdct: fobric whitener -f 0.5o/o gur ofter o gop of one week.
D irector lf there are 1-2 Helicoverpo in o row of one meter, sproy Endosulfon
Notionol Reseqrch Centre for
lniegroted Pest Monogement
35 EC @ 250-800 mllho.
Neor io groin ripening, ensure removol of bird perches.
New Delhr-l l0 0.l2
PIGEON PEA
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Tur pod fly (Me/onogromyzo obluso), pod borer
(He/icoverpa ormigero), plume moth (Exe/osfis
olomoso), Euchrysops cneius, legume pod borer
(Moruco vitroto), green stink bug (Nezoro viridulo),
pod sucking bug (C/ovigro//o gibboso), phytopthoro
blight, etc.
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. Undertoke deep summer ploughing to destroy

immoture stoges ond pothogen propogules.
' To control pigeon peo wilt, prior to sowing,

undertoke soil opplicotion ol Trichoderma
horzionum @ l0 g in 1 kg o{ FYM.
. Grow high yielding vorieties with pest/diseose
toleronce like Asho (ICPL-871 1 9) -wilt ond pigeon
Ridge Sowing of Pigeonpea for the
management of Phytopthora blight peo sterility mosoic toleront for Andhro Prodesh
ond Kornotoko, ond Bohor for Voronosi oreo o{
UP
Sow crop on ridges for suppression of Phytophthoro diseose of Voronosi
(Uttor Prodesh).
During September, instoll in the {ields pheromone trops @ lOlho.
For nore tletails eontaet: Erect bird perches @ 25/ho for focilitoting predotion of He/icoverpo
D irecto r lorvoe.
lntegroted Pest Monogement Undertoke one sproy of neem oil (2%).
Apply Neem Seed Kernel Extroct (5%) eoch in September ond October.
New Delhi-ll0 012 When smoll lorvoe ore noticed, sproy HoNPV @ 500 mll ho (2 x 1Oe
POB/ml) in September ond October.
Plont Protection
Shoke plonts Ior 4-5 times o doy storting from October.
Undertoke need bosed sproy of Endosul{on @ 2litre/ho in oreos

oround Voronosi, UP
RAPESEED .MUSTARD (RAYA SARSOTV)
The ollseeds crops ond primorily ropeseed ond mustord ore the moior
source of edible oils in the lndogongetic ploins. The moior pest problems
like ophids ond white rust ore moinly monoged by odvoncing dote of
sowing. Sowing of crop in second ond third week of October provides
ophid free growing period ond con enoble the formers io grow it under
pesticide free umbrello.
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The mustord ophid (Lipophis erysimi) is the key pest of this crop.
Hence the IPM strotegy is primorily bosed on the conirol o{ this pest.
t trS'rt &p+q* r'#{"iiii:
. Undertoke eorly sowing of crop (beiween 15-25 October).

. Grow ioleront vorieties like T 59, RLM l98, RL 1359 to sove the crop
from mustord ophid infestotion ond grow Voibhov, Vordon vorieties
to the sove the crop from otiock of white rust.
. Monitor the crop ofter every l0-,l5 doys to find out the extent o{
domoge, if ony by ophids. Remove twigs heovily infested by ophids
For rnore details contact:
withoui disturbing the whole plont so os to check its proliferotion.
D irector
. Mechonicolly remove, preferobly on community bosis, twigs ond leoves Notionol Reseorch Centre {or
horbouring Hoiry Coterpillor. lntegroted Pest Monogement
. To control white rust coused by A/bugo condida , corry out three sproys Bhowon, lARl Compus, Puso,
of Dithone-M-45 or Ridomil @ 0.2o/o solution ofter o gop of 15 doys NewDelhi-ll00l2
eoch, when the crop is 50 to 60 doys old.
CABBAGE
Cobboge is moinly lniested by Diomond Block Moih ond Block rot. Use
of Neem seed kernel extroct ond Pongomio soop solution, use o{ heolthy
seedlings, light trop ougmentotion of Co/esio mufellae ore some of the
opprooches to reduce chemicol pesticides use.
K*y F*ss *mS #Ese*s*s

Diomond Bock Moth (Plutello xylostello), leof webber (Crocido/omio
binofo/is), stem borer (Hellulo undo/is), block rot (Xonthomonos compestris),
ophids (Brevicoryne brossicoe) ond soft rot.
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About two to three weeks before sowing, underioke soil solorizoiion

of nursery beds with polythene sheets (60-.l00 gouge).
Add 5O g of Irichodermo horzionum IoFYM ond mix in I m2 of nursery
beds to prevent infection {rom soil ond seed borne fungol diseoses.
Sook I kg seed in lO0 ppm Streptocycline sulphote solution for l5

minutes before sowing to prevent the block rot infection.
. Use nylon nets in nursery beds io ovoid entry of white fly, ophids etc.
r:Yii"J. Ill :i::ii.::
lf Diomond Bock Moth (DBM) populotion is observed oi eorly stoge

ofier tro nsplo nti ng, sproy Boci// u s thu ri ngiensis @ 5OOg/ho ond repeot
ii ofter every fortnight.
Storting from 30 doys of tronsplonting, toke up inundotive releoses
of Trichogrommo boctroe @ 0.5-0.75 lokh/ho ot weekly iniervol. Four
to five releoses will be required.
For m*re dctedls cofit{ttt: Periodicolly remove Alternorio offected bottom leoves.
Director Sproy Chlorotholonil @ 0.2% incose the A/ternorio diseose is severe.
lniegroted Pest Monogement Periodicolly remove block rot offected heods. l{ the diseose is severe,
(ICAR), Lol Bqhudur Shostri
then sproy Blitox 0.2o/o+ 100ppm Streptocycline sulphote/ ho.
New Delhi-l l0 0.l2 Sproy of Neem seed kernel extroct (5%) or Pongomio soop solution
for the monogement o{ Diomond Block Moth.
TOfi,lATO
Tomoto is highly susceptible to diseoses ond pesis. The most prevolent
omong those ore fruit borer, white{ly, tomoto leof curl virus, Alternorio
blight, collor rot, ond bocteriol leo{ spot. A comprehensive pest ond
diseose monogement module hos been developed by the lndion lnstitute
Plont Protection
of Vegetoble Reseorch (llvR), voronosi with leost use of chemicol pesticides.

Beside use of bioogents in monogement of pest ond diseose, this lpM
opprooch con reduce fhe pesticide residue to o toleronce level.
IFffi EEFEhE*il*SY
Soil solarizations of nursery beds
Nurs*np
' Undertoke soil solorizot,ion of nursery bed os well os moin crop field.
' Use diseose/bocterio free seeds collected from heolthy plonts.
' Treoi seeds wiih rrichodermo horzionum @ 4 g/kg of seeds ond olso
with lmidocloprid @ 3 g/kg of seeds.
' Cover the nursery bed with nylon net (of 2oo gouge) or muslin cloth
for 25-30 doys.
tuBmtm $Ee$d
Plont one row of morigold for every l6 rows of tomoto.

After 45 doys of tronsplonting opply 2-3 sproys of NSKE (4%) ot 1o
doys intervol.
Monitor fruit borer (Helicoverpo) odults through pheromone trops

@
4 traps/ho ond releose Trichogrommo prefiosum @ 50,000 odults/
ho per releose (3-4 times) ot weekly intervol when odults ore noticed
in the trop.
sproy NPV250 LE (,l.5 x lor2 PoB)/ho 2-3 times ot 6-7 doys inrervol
in the evening.
ln cose of collor rot, uproot diseose infected plonts olong with infested
soil ond burn it.
Give two sproys of streptocycline @ 150 ppm followed by folior sproy

of Blitox-S0 @ 0.3% to controlAlternorio blight, collor roi ond bocteriol
d iseoses.
ECONOI',llCS
By odopting the obove IPM technology,the cost benefit rotio is oround

1: 2.09. The produce obtoined by the lpM is much sofer in terms of
pesticide residue os well.
AVAITABITITY OF TRICHODERMA
For ewre detqtts c$ntilef :
Trichodermo is ovoiloble with severol ICAR lnstitutes, Stote Agriculturol
Director
Universities ond Plont Protection Deportment of Siotes ond the Centrol
lndion lnstitute o{ Vegetoble
Reseorch (ICAR) Government.
l, Gondhinogor (Norio)
PO. Box No. 5002, It is olso ovoiloble with severol privoie firms like Pest Control (lndio)
Post Office BHU Limited, No. 3612, Sriromnoholli Roionkunte (PO.) P.O. Box l\o. 6426,
Vornosi 221 005 Yelohonko, Bongolore; Biotech lnternotionol, New Delhi; Excel lndustries;
Anu Biotech lnternotionol etc. with different brond nomes.
BRINJAT
Briniol shoot ond fruit borer (Leucinodes orbono/is) ore the most importont
insecis in cultivotion of brinlol os these moy couse more thot B0% domoge
if left unprotected. Formers often resort to frequent insecticide opplicotion
ond spending opproxlmotely 2,000 to I 5,000 per seoson on insecticides.
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This increoses the insecticide resistont level without much sotisfoctory

control of the pest. The lndion lnstiiute of Vegetoble Reseorch (llVR),
Voronosi hos developed Sex Pheromone bosed lntegroted Pest Monogemeni
(lPM) Technique in which there is leost use of insecticides ond ihus reduces
ihe chonces of heolth hozords coused by inseciicides residues. Besides,
lnfestation of brinjal shoot borer the cost of plont protection is olso less compored to chemicol inseciicides.
The noturol enemies ore more obundont cousing higher porositizotion of
ihe pest.
. Keep seedlings free from pest infestotion by roising the nursery under
nylon net cover.
. Treoi the seedlings by putting the root zone in lmidocloprid soluiion
il ml/lit) for 3 hours.
. Storting |rom 25 doys ofier tronsplonting, remove ond destroy the
borer infested shoots ot weekly intervol olong with ihe insect lorvoe.
. lnstoll sex phercmone boited pheromone trops @ 100/ho ot l0 m
,jistonce from eoch otherond 5 m owoy{rom the crop border. Plostic
iunnel trop moy be used ior tropping the moths. The trops should be
instolled ot such height ihot ihe pheromone sepio r-emoins lust obove
the piont conopy. lncreose the height periociicolly to retoin the relotive
Sex pheromone baited traps in brinjal field height of the trcps os the pionts grow ioiler. The septo shouid be
Plont Proiection
chonged oi 50-60 doys intervol. The tropped moths should be killed

ot weekly intervol.
Remove the dry leoves ot weekly intervol ond keep ihe crop cleon.
During eoch horvesting, the eorly infested fruits should be p I ucked

ond the lorvoe inside the {ruits should be killed.
ECONOMTCS
ln comporison to former's proctice o{ opplying insecticide mixtures

otleost 5-6 times per month, by odopting sex pheromone bosed IPM
technique, the domoge con be reduced by 20-25o/o.
For more details contact:

AVAILABILITY OF SEX PHEROMONE AND Director
PHEROMONE TRAP lndion lnstifuie of Vegetoble
Reseorch (ICAR)
Sex pheromone septo ond pheromone trop of brinlol shoot ond fruit I Gondhinqgor (Norio)
Post Box No. 5002
borer moy be hod from Bio Control Reseorch Loborotories, Pest Control PO. BHU
(lndio) Limited, 36/2, Sriromnoholli, Rolonkunte (PO.) PO. Box No. 6426 Voronosi 221 005
Yelohonko, Bongolore 560 064.
COCONUT
The coconut crop is oitocked by severol pests. The Centrol Plontotion
Crops Reseorch lnstitute (CPCRI), Kosorogod hos developed on integroted
pest monogement (lPM) technology.
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This is one of the moior insect pests of coconut polm. The odult beetle
domoges the polm by boring through the unopened spindle, inflorescences
ond petiole. The domoge of spindle on unfolding presents the typicol 'V'
shoped geometric cut pottern. The IPM pockoge includes:
. By using o beetle hook, extroct odult beetles, during the peok period
of pest obundonce (June-Sept.) from crown of oll the polms. Holes
should be filled with Dithone M-45,3 g mixed in 1 kg fine sond.
' Treot oll possible breeding sites of the insect (Form Yord Monure dump,
follen coconut logs, etc.) with O.0l% Corboryl (50% WP) on w/w
bosis.
. Dispose of oll breeding grounds of beetle. Adults of Rhinoceros beetle
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As o biologicol suppression of the pest, releose l0 l5 beeiles inoculoted

with orycfes virus in one ho of gorden. During monsoon period,
opply 5 x l0rr spores o[ Metorhizium onisopiioe fungus/cubic meter
oreo of the breeding site of ihe pest.
Corry out leof oxil fillings with l2 g nophtholene bolls/polm covered
with sond ot 45 doys intervol.
set up breeding trops using decoying orgonic debris treoted with
0.lo/o Corbaryl 3-4 times o yeor.
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Red polm weevil is o serious tissue borer pest of the coconut, copoble
of cousing domoge to ihe crown ond bole regions of the polm. lnfestotion,
if undetected, kills the polm outright by toppling the crown. All the stoges
of the insect ore compleiely hidden inside the polm. The opodous grubs
ore the domoge inflicting stoge. /PM pockoge includes:
' Cleon polm crown periodicolly to ovoid decoying of orgonic debris

by cutting ond splitting. Burn red polm weevil infested polms.
' Treot the wounds on the polm with Cool tor + l% Corboryl or o.l%
Endosulfon.
' Treot bud rot ond leof rot diseoses with recommended fungicides
ond insecticides. while cutiing the leoves, Ieove l20 cm long peiiole.
Plont Proteclion
Prophyloctic leo{ oxil filling with 20 g Phorote (10 g in 200 g of fine

sond) or with 250 g morotti oil coke + 200 g o{ fine sond in leof
oxils oround spindle durlng Moy, September ond December.
Adopt curotive treotment of infested polms with 0..l% Endosulfon/

Dichlorvos or lYo Corboryl. lntroduce the chemicol into the polm by
o funnel inserted into o hole drilled slontingly downword on the stem
ot obout I 5 cm obove the in{ested portion. After the chemicol opplicotion
o 45 doys woiting period must be given {or horvest.
Trop flooting populotion of the weevil by using coconut logs treoted
with fermented toddy (@ tO trops/ho) or with mud pots contoining
sugorcone molosses 2.5 kg or toddy 2.5 ln t ocetic ocid 5 ml +
yeost 5 g * longitudinolly split tender coconut stem/logs of green
petiole ot the rote of 75 numbers/ho. The trops should be kept in the
evening. Tropped weevils must be killed next doy morning.
Set up pheromone trops. Use Five litre plosiic bucket ond moke four
windows (2.5 x 5.0 cm) equidistontly iusi below the upper rim o{the
bucket. Stick lute cloth (gunny) on ihe outside of the bucketto provide
better grip {or the ottrocied weevils to get into the bucket.
Hong the pheromone lure on the inner side o{ the lid using o metol
wire. Provide o food boit of pineopple 100 g or '100 ml o{ ioddy,
yeost 2 g or ioggery ond corboryl 5 g mixed in I liter of woter in the
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bucket. Hung the trops ot obout to L5 m obove the ground.
Undertoke once in o week, servicing o{ the trops ond replocing it
wlth fresh food boit. One trop per hectore is recommended, ond the
irop shoUld be shifted {rom ploce to ploce. Plocement of the trops on
young polms (less thon 10 yeor old) should be ovoided.
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ln certoin oreos, leof eoting coterpillor is o moior endemic pest. The

lorvoe of this insect feed on the undersurfoce of the leoflets within silken
golleries resulting in consideroble reduction of photosynthetic oreo. This
leof-eoting coterpillor con be monoged by biologicol control methods.
ln on epidemic outbreok, IPM method os recommended below should
be {ollowed.
' Cut ond burn bodly in{ested outer leoves/leoflets.

. Sproy less toxic insecticide like 0.02o/o Dichlorvos, when ihe pest is in
octive lorvol stoge.
Releose lorvol porositoids Goniozus nephonfidis @ 20.5%, pre-pupol

porositoids like E/osmus nephonfidis @ 49.4% ond Brochymerio nosofoi
@ 31 .gyo respectively ot fortnightly intervols depending on the lorvoe,
pre-pupol ond pupol populotion of Opisino.
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The mites ore very smoll (obout 250 microns in size) ond horbour on
ihe tender meristemotic regions of the nuts underneoth the perionth. The
miies suck the sop from the tender nuts resulting in oppeoronce of elongoted
triongulor white potch below the perionth, which first becomes pole yellow
ond with the odvoncement of the mite infestotion to brown. Severe infestotion
leods to poor development of the nuts with reduced kernel weight ond
poor quoliiy fiber. The following meosures should be odopted:
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Sproy micronised Wettoble Sulphur at 0.4o/o concentrotion or O.2Yo

Triozophos or 0.,l% of Endosulfon or Dicofol or 0.05% Corbosulfon.
S**seic*l p*st*ciS**
Sproy 2% Neem oil, Gorlic ond soop mixture or 0.004% Azodirochtin.
Prepore Neem oil, Gorlic ond soop mixture (Neem oil-20 ml, cleoned
gorlic peorls-20 g, woshing soop-5 g, woter-1 liter). Dlssolve the soop
in 500 ml o{ woter, odd neem oil to this soluiion ond mix it well until
emulsificotion occurs. ln onother 500 ml woter, mix the well ground gorlic
ond odd this to the soop-neem oil by sieving through o cloth. Stir the
whole contents well. Sproy it on the some doy.
The mite colonies ore horboured on the innersofttissues of the developing

nuts covered by the perionth. Therefore, pesticide sproy should be focused
on the perionth regions {rom the top to provide the moximum possible
occessibility to the perionth lobes through copillory oction. The droplet
F*r more derails c{rfltar:I: of sproy should be fine ond obout 250-500 mllpolm of sproy solution is
Director sufficient. Nuts of 2-7 months olone need to be sproyed during April-
Centrol Plontotion Crops Moy, Oct.-Nov. ond Dec.-Jon., in such o woy ihot oll mite infested polms
Reseorch lnstituie (ICAR)
in on oreo ore covered of the shortest possible intervol. Moture bunches
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Kero lo should be horvested before the pesticide opplicotion. Unpollinoted bunches
should not be sproyed.
Plont Protection
MANGO
Mongo orchords ore ottocked by severol pests leoding to poor quolity of
fruits ond low returns to the orchordists. The Centrol lnstitute for Subtropicol
Horticulture (CISH), Lucknow hos developed o colendor of operotions
for integroted pest monogement. The recommended month wise operotions
ore lisied below to focilitote eosy comprehension ond odoption.
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. Cleon ot regulor intervols the olkothene bonds olreody {ostened on
tree trunk to monoge mongo meoly bug.
. To control in{lorescence midge, sproy Fenitroihion (0.05%) or Dimethoote
(0.045%) or Monocrotophos (0.04%) ot the bud burst stoge.
. lf necessory, corry out second sproy with obove insecticides o{ter o
fortnight. F,,
Spraying on mango plants

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. For control of hoppers, carry out first sproy with corboryl (0.2%) or
monocrotophos (0.04%) or chlorpyriphos (0.04%) or dimethoote (0.06%).
Underioke pruning ond destruciion of inflorescence infested with
inflorescence midge.
. Cleon polythene bonds ot regulor intervols.
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. lf necessory, corry out second sproy with ony of the insecticides obove
for control of mongo hoppers.
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. To look ofter the grofted seedings, if necessory, sproy Corboryl (0.2%)

or Monocrotophos (0.04%) to control leof cutting weevils.
. Hong methyl eugenol bottle trops (methyl eugenol 0.1% + molothion
0..l% solution) for monitoring of fruit fly ond its control.
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' Chonge bottle trop solution ot weekly intervols.
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. Chonge solution in methyl eugenol trops ot weekly intervols.

Selecied Agriculturol Technologies . . . A Compendium
Undertoke eorly horvesting of moture fruits to ovoid fruit fly infestotion.
Collect ond destroy fruit fly in{ested fruits.
July
. Chonge solution in methyl eugenol bottle trops ot weekly intervols.
. Collect ond destroy {ruit fly infested fruits.
. Corry out deep ploughing of orchord immediotely ofter horvest to
expose eggs ond pupoe of meoly bug ond inflorescence midge.
. l{ required, sproy Monocrotophos (0.04%) or Dimethoole (0.06%) to
control scole insects in the second week. This willtoke core of infestotion
of leof eoting weevil ond shoot borer.
. Prune ond destroy shoots infested by shoot borer.
&ugust
. Remove webs (mode by leof Webber) by 'leof web' removing device
ond burn them.
. Prune overcrowded ond overlopping bronches to control leof Webber.
. Sproy Corboryl (0.2y") or Monocrotophos (0.04"/") or Quinolphos
(0.05%) in cose of heovy infestotion of leof Webber. These insecticides
will olso control infestotion of shoot goll psyllo.
Septermbex'
. l{ necessory undertoke second sproy of one of the insecticides mentioned
obove (in August) for control of shoot goll psyllo ond leof Webber.
Se?eher qmd Nevember

. Flood orchords tb destroy eggs of meoly bug, dio-pousing pupoe of
midge ond fruit fly.
. Prune shoots ond bronches in{ested with leof Webber ond shoot goll
psyllo, if required.
. Corry out deep ploughing of the orchords to expose eggs ond pupoe
oi insects ond to remove weeds which horbour pests ond diseoses.
&eceamher
. Fosi25 cm. wide olkothene sheet of 400 gouge thickness oround ihe
bose of tree to conirol meoly bug.
Plont Protection
Roke soil oround the tree trunk ond mix neem coke for monogement
of meoly bug nymph or opply Chlorpyriphos dusr (1.5%) @ 250 g
per tree.
PRECAUTIONS lN ORCHARD I,IANAGEMENT

ln order to corry out efficiently the operotions listed month-wise, it is
necessory io odopi severol precoutions os well. These ore:
. Plonting ot proper distonce.
. Troining ond pruning.
. Cleon cultivotion.
. lnterculturol operotions of regulor intervols.
. Avoiding sproy crt full bloom.
' Avoiding use of pesticides which domoge the pollinoting ogents.
. Avoiding use o{ synthetic pyrethroids.
' Preferoble use of neem bosed pesticides, predotors ond porosites in

orchords.
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l. Director, Noiionol Centre for lntegroted pest monogement (ICAR),
Lol Bohodur shostri Bhowon, lARl Compus, puso, New Delhi I l ool2.
2. Proiect Director, Profeci Directoroie of Biologicol Control, pB No.

2491 , Hebbol, Bongolore - 560024.
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J. Director, Centrol Rice Reseorch lnstitute, cuttock -253 006 (orisso).
4 Director, Directorote of oilseeds Reseorch, Roiendro Nogor, Hyderobod-
500 030.
5. Director, lndion lnstiiute of Horticulturol Reseorch, Hossoroghotto Loke
Post, Bongolore-560 089.
6. All Stote Agriculturol Universities.

Far more det*ils cont&et:
7. Biotech lnternotionol Ltd.,'vlPPS centre', 2-Locor shopping centre,
Block-EPGH, Mosiid Morh, GK-2, New Delhi_l1O 042. Director
Centrol lnstitute for
o Excel crop Life lndio Ltd., 705-702, Novrong House, 2l-Kosturbo Subtropicol Horticultu re
(tcAR)
Gondhi Morg, New Delhi.
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9. Pest Control Indio Pvt. Ltd.,36- yusuf Building, MG Rood, pB No. PO. Kqkori
l5l Lucknow 227 107
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INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT
OF IMPORTANT DISEASES AND
PESTS OF POTATO
Pototo is offected by o lorge number of {ungi, bocterio ond virol pothogens
depending uporr the region. Lote blight is the most importont diseose
followed by mosoic/leof rollviruses ond bocteriolwilt. The Centrol Pototo
Reseorch lnstltute (CPRI), Shimlo hos developed technology of iniegroted
monogement of importont pests ond diseoses.
VIRAL DISEASES
Depending upon the type ond extent of virol diseoses, yield losses
vory from l0 to 80%. The viruses show o wide ronge of overlopping
symptoms individuolly ond/or in vorious combinoiions, such os super-
mild, 'tronsient, typicol green or yellow, mild/severe mosoics mottle ond
to generote chlorosis of plonts, coupled with vorious types of folioge
discolourotion/distortion. Due to di{ferences in the noiure o{ spreod ond
growth o{ viruses, o number of indirect ond direct meosures need io be
odopted. The indirect meosures con help in mointoining better heolth oi
the crop for o longer period by seleciing the seeds wiih the {ollowing
meosures:
' Aphid free locotion

. Use of certified heolthy seed
. Tissue cultured virus eliminoted tubers
FUNGAI. DISEASES
Among the fungol diseoses, lote blight, eorly blight ond phomo leof
spois ore importont. Lote blight (Phytophthoro infestons) is one of the
most devostoting diseoses of potoio, the losses moy go os hlgh os 85%
in hilly regions, if crop remoins unprotected. Lote blight offects oll plont
ports -leoves, stems ond tubers. The eorly blight (Alternario so/oni) infecis
leoves ond tubers. The symptoms include brown, circulor to irregulor
Late blight attack on potato depressed lesions. The symptoms of leof spots (Phomo exiguo) ore olternote
Plont Proteciion
light ond dork concentric zones of I to 2.5 cm in diometer ond those

with (Phomo sorghino) numerous pinheod size spots oppeor.
To control lote blight, the following meosures should be odopted:
. ln lote blight endemic oreos o{ ploins, grow resistont vorieties like
Ku{ri Bodshoh, Kufri Jyoti, Kufri Sutlei, Kufri Jowohor, Kufri Anond,
Kufri Chipsono-1, Ku{ri Chipsono-ll ond Kufri Pukhroi. For hills, Kufri
Megho (Khosi hills), Kufri Giriroi (HP hills), Ku{ri Sworno, Ku{riThonomoloi
(Nilgiri hills) ond Kufri Konchon (Dorieeling ond Sikkim hills) ore
recom mended.
. Use diseose free seed ond follow proper eorihing up.
. Sproy the crop with Moncozeb (0.2%) 2-3 times during the crop seoson.
. ln hills, two odditionol sproys of Ridomil (0.25yo) * Sticker (0..l%)
moy olso be given.
. Stop irrigotion under cloudy conditions.
. Remove the houlms ond bury them in pits oi 75% diseose severity.
ln cose of other leof spot diseoses, opply bolonced dose o{ fertilizers,
especiolly Nitrogen. Sproy l% Ureo al 45 doys ond give subsequent
sproys ofter 8-,l0 doys. Discouroge colloterol solonoceous hosts neor
poioto fields to reduce diseose inoculums.
To control tuber born diseoses, use heolthy seed, odopt crop rototion
with cereols, millets ond non-solonoceous crops. Follow hot weother cultivotion
or soil solorizotion in ploins ond ploteou, ond cold weother cultivotion in
hills. Horvesi crop before soil temperoture rises obove 28'C, thereofter,
cure tubers for 8*l 0 doys ot I 0-.l5'C ond store them in cool, ventiloted
ploces.
BACTERIAT DISEASES
The bocieriol wilt (Ro/stonio so/onoceorum) is chorocterized by wilting

of the plont, vosculor rot ond pitted lesions in tubers occurring in potches
in the field cousing losses upto 30-70%. The diseose is present in Nor.theostern
hills, Eostern ploins, Northwest mid hills (upto 2,000 m), Deccon ploteou
ond the Nilgiri hills. Though bocteriol wilt is difficult to control, yet, it is
recommended to odopt the {ollowing meosures:
. Grow diseose free seed in diseose free oreos.
. lnclude in the crop rototion non-solonoceous crops like, cereols onion,
gorlic, cobboge, knolkhol, horse grom, etc.
. Drench the in{ested oreos wiih stoble bleoching powder @ 12 kg/ho.
. Undertoke blind eorthing up.

. Cold weother/hot weother cultivotion olso reduces diseose incidence.
INSECT-PEST5
ln eoch region, there ore certoin key pests thot must be specificolly
torgeied for control.
Aphids (Myzus persicoe) con iniure pototo plont directly by sop feeding
ond ore copoble of lronsmitting severol importont pototo viruses. The
primory concern with ophids is usuolly their role os vectors in tronsmitting
viruses. This ophid hos different summer ond winter hosts (peoch). The
eggs ore loid on the winter hosts in the outumn ond in the spring; the
young ophids fly from these plonts to their diverse summer hosts, one o{
which is the pototo. They moy be winged or wingless ond under fovouroble
conditions, ophids con propogote very ropidly. Dimethoote ond Metosysiox
@ 0.03% ore recommended os remediol control meosures.
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These insects oct os o vector moinly for pototo geminiviruses in ploins.

To preveni populotion build up o{ this pest, give prophyloctic sproys oi
Dimethoote, Methyldemeton or lmidocloprid.
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The coterpillors of pototo tuber moth con couse domoge to pototo, in
porticulor to the tubers, in worm oreos, both before horvest ond during
storoge. The coterpillors first moke mines in the leoves, leof veins ond
,l00%
stems. This pest con couse domoge to the stored tubers. Most
domoge in the field occurs iust prior to horvest, especiolly when vines
dying noiurolly ore left over the rows. To prevent tuber inlury, the following
meosures should be odopted:
. Ensure odequote hilling without crocks in the soil.
. Sproy crop with synthetic Pyrethriods or Monocrotophos to kill the
moths ond coierpillors.
' Sproy storoge oreos/ too, if pototoes ore to be stored of temperoture

obove l0'C.
. Remove infested iubers before storoge.
PIont Protection
Protect stored poiotoes from egg loying femoles by wire mesh screens
ploced over ony potentiol entry point into storoge {ocilities.
. ln stores, sove tubers by covering them with dry leoves ol Agerofum,
Eucolyptus or Lonlono.
Wfufire Srubs
These ore polyphogous pests both in grub ond odult stoges ond inflict
heovy domoge on vorious fruit/forest trees, their nurseries, vegetobles,
pototo, lowns ond field crops in hilly oreos. The preventive meosures ore
os follows
. Collection of beetles on flight trees on community bosis during Moy-
June.
. As soon os ottock is noticed, sproy @ 0.05% Methyl porothion or
Corboryl 0.lo/o or Monocroiophos 0.05% on flight trees.
. ln growing crop, white grub domoge con be minimized by opplying
Phorote or Chlorpyriphos ot the time of eorthing up during mid June.
*uBw*rces
It domoges poioto during dry seosons in hills (by Agrofis ipsi/on) ond For more details contact:
in ploins (bV A segetum). The lorvoe ore octive ot night ond rest in the Director
soil during the doy close to the stem of plonts. The stems ore iniured Cenlrol Pototo Reseorch
lnstitute (ICAR)
underground or iust obove the soil line. Treot the soilwith Chlorpyriphos Shimlo l7l 00"|
20 EC (2.5 liters/ho) when there is likelihood of domoge.
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INTEGRATED DISEASE
II,IANAGEMENT lN ftfiANGO
Mongo orchords ore ottocked by severol diseoses, leoding to poor quolity
of fruiis ond low returns to the orchordists. The Centrol lnstitute for Subtropicol
Horticulture (CISH), Lucknow hos developed o colendor o{ operoiions
for integroted diseose monogement.
Jonuory
. Protect plonts from frosi injury by irrigoting the fields. Young plonts
should be protecied by thoiching the plonts. Core should be token
thot the eost side of the thotch is kept open so thot the sun light
enlers in the thoich ot Ieosi for some time in the morning. To control
mongo molformoiion new flower buds or new growing ponicles should
be de-blossomed.
Februory
. Powdery mildew offected leoves ond molformed ponicles should be
removed ond burnt. Undertoke first sproy for control of powdery mildew
with Wetoble Sulphur @ 2 g/liter. Liquid soop is mixed with the solution
so thot the fungicide sticks well ond mokes it more effective. Generolly
10-20liters of solution is required for one plont, depending upon its
oge.
Mq rch
' Undertoke second sproy for the conirol o{ powdery mildew with Tridemorph
(Colixin @ 0..l % i.e. 1 mllltted. Core should be token thot ihe second
sproy is done before the opening of the flowers. ln the third orfourih
week of the month, Dinocop or Tridemefon (Korothone or Boyleton)
@ 0..l% (1 nl or 1 g/liter) is sproyed. Third sproy should be done
when fruit set hos olreody token ploce. During this month, infesiotion
of mongo hopper olso tokes ploce. Joint control of powdery mildew
ond hopper con be token.
Plont Proteciion
April
. lf blossom blight or onthrocnose is visible on the ponicles, Corbendozim
(Bovistin) @ 0 lo/o(1 g/1iter) should be sproyed. Side byside, offected
leoves ond iwigs should olso be removed ond burni, so thot the inoculums
lood is kept under control.
Mqy
. Two to three sproys of Borox @ 1o/o ore desiroble {or control of Block
tip or lnternol necrosis during this period. As the Borox is not eosily
dissolved in ordinory cold woter, ii should first be dissolved in smoll
quontity of worm woter ond then the volume should be increosed to
the desired quontity. For the control of lotenf infections on fruit, 1-2
sproys of Thiophonote methyle or Corbendozim (Topsin M or Bovistin)
@ 0lo/o (1 g/liter) rnoy be done, to protect mongo fruits from post
horvest diseoses. For the conirol of sooty mould, sproy of o mixture
of Wettoble Sulphur * Monocrotophos f Gum ococio (0.2, 0.05
ond 0.3% respectively) ,oy be done. lndion Oil formulotion (Tree
sproy oil) with 3% concentrotion is olso effective for control of sooty

mould. lf there is chonce of bocteriol conker diseose on fruit, Streptocycline
200 ppm should be sproyed. Field sonitotion ond pruning of infected
twigs should olso be done during this month.
June
. Second sproy o{ Streptocycline 200 ppm moy be done {or the control
of bocteriol conker diseose.
July
. Sproy of Copper-oxychloride @ 0.3% (3 g/liter) moy be done in the
third orfourth week to control onihrocnose ond red rust. Sterilize the
nursery soil by treoting soil with Formoldehyde ond then cover with
polythene sheet. Loter on, polyihene sheet should be removed ond
soil opened so thoi the leftover Formoldehyde gets evoporoted from
the soil. The mongo siones should olso be ireoied with Thirom or
Copton @ 0.3%.
August
. Undertoke second ond thlrd sproys ot l5-20 doys intervolwith Copper
oxychloride @ 0.3Yo to protect the crop from onthrocnose ond red
rust. Field soil treotment with Copton @ 0.3% to control seedling
rots be olso corried oui. Provide for oppropriote droinoge o{ woter in
the nursery to reduce the chonce of in{ection by rooi rot fungi. Undertoke
weeding to remove the colloterol hosts of the Sc/erotium or Rhizoctonio.
September
' One sproy of Copper-oxychloride con be repeoted, if there is more
incidence of onthrocnose or red rust. Undertoke field cleoning ond
ploughing to control colloterol hosts of severol poihogens.
October
. For ihe control o{ die-bock, in{ected ond dried bronches should be
pruned in such o woy thot these ore removed 5 to 8 cm below the
dried portion. After pruning, opply Copper-oxychloride poste to ihe
cul ends in nursery plonts, while in cose of grown up plonts, sproy
Copper-oxychloride @ 0.3%. This sproy olso tokes core of phomo
blight ond gummosis. For control of gummosis, 200-400 g of Copper
sulphote con be opplied depending upon the oge of the plonts. Durlng
Plqnt Proteciion
ihis month, opply recommended quontity of {ertilizers to develop plont

vigor ond io protect from different diseoses. For the control of mongo
molformotion, sproy 200 ppm of Nophtholene ocetic ocid in the firsi
week of October.
November
' Undertoke second ond third sproys of Copper-oxychroride @ 0.3%
to control die bock diseose. This sproy olso tokes core of phomo
blis ht.
December
For tnrtrc detail.s cziltaet:
' Protect crop from frost iniury os per the operotions indicoted for Jonuory. Director
For the control of mongo molformotion, corry out de-blossoming of Centrol lnstitute for
new flower buds. Subtropicol Horticu liure
(tcAR)
All these operotions moy or moy not be necessory to be odopted by Reh monkhero
PO. Kokori
every orchordist. These operotions ore need bosed ond depend upon
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GRAPE CUUTIVATION FOR EXPORT

Grope is one o{ the most exotic fruits for centuries the world over. lndio
hos been exporting Gropes to Europe ond Gulf countries, os well os to
neighboring countries like Sri Lonko ond Bonglodesh. Newer morkets for
export ore emerging in South-Eost countries ihrough Singopore ond Hong
Kong centers. The lndion grope growers hove been continuously odopting
stringent quolity control demonds of the importers, by implementing new
ond odvonced techniques in grope cultivotion ond post horvesi monogement.
The Notionol Reseorch Centre for Gropes (NRCG), Pune hos developed
pockoge of proctices for grope cultivotion for export.
QUATIW STANDARDS FOR EXPORT

Toble gropes meont for export need to look good ond tempting. Therefore,
the bunch should be well filled with berries of uniform colour ond size.
The chorocteristics of o good bunch generolly preferred in export morkets
o re:
. Loose bunches of uniform colour, size ond shope, weighing between

400 to 600 groms.
. Fresh stolk, green, turgid ond diseose free.
. Domoge {ree from scors or domoge due to sun, diseoses or pests.
Export quality bunch of grapes . Berries of l6 to I8 mm diometer ond firm to touch.

. Fresh ond green pedicel.
. Totol Soluble Solids (TSS) of I 7-18'Brix
. Brix: ocid rotio o{ 25 Io 30 ond no pesticide residues.
Smre*py d*es*t*pstt*ffi* #flEd qestrE6$F $rcpr*w*xtcffislt #g*fl

*wmder$$*Ft pr#F*EBg {epr$*}
. The vines should be given rest for obout o month ofter horvest ond
ihereofter ollthe cones ore pruned by retoining only one bosol node.
Horliculture
lmmediotely ofter pruning, sproy I % Bordeoux mixture to kill the inoculums

of poihogens. Thereofter, the buds ore swobbed with Hydrogen cyonomide
ot the rote of 30 milliliters per liter to ensure eorly ond uniform bud
b reo k.
Keep 5-6 well-developed cones {or eoch squore meter oreo of conopy
spoce. For this purpose only one shoot is retoined on eoch node.
This helps in ovoiding competition {or spoce, nutrients ond sunlight
while ensuring proper growth ond moturity of the retoined shoot ond
eosier diseose monogement.
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. to seven doys eorlier to pruning, oll the leoves moy be removed
Five
ond the cones twisied io octivote the dormont ouxiliory buds.
. Vines ore then pruned iust obove the fruitful bud. The short internodol
length generolly indicotes the locotion of the fruitful buds thoi con be
con{irmed by bud testing under the microscope.
. A{ter pruning, I % Bordeoux mixture is sproyed ond Hydrogen cyonomide
is opplied to the top 2 to 3 buds to induce uniform sprouiing.
. At 3-leo{ stoge, if excessive shoot growth is observed, sproy 250 ro
500 ppm CCC sproy
The production of loose bunches is essentiol for export, which con be
ochieved by elongotion o{ the rochis os well os by berry ond bunch thinning.
Rochis elongotion con be induced before bloom by Gibberellic Acld (GA.)
opplicoiion. The first sproy of 10 ppm is opplied ot the porrot green
stoge oi the cluster, followed by o sproy of l5 or 20 ppm GA. ofter 4 to
5 doys. Use obout 400 to 600 liter solution per hectore {or eoch sproy.
Subsequently the cluster should be dipped in 40 ppm GA, solution. To
ovoid short berries formotion, core must be loken not to dip the clusters
in GA, solution ot full bloom or from full bloom io shotter stoge, i.e. till
the berries ore 3 to 4 mm.
The rochii of the cluster need to be ihinned out monuolly, immediotely
o{ter berry set, reioining the top three bronches ond thereofter every olternote
bronch. Then, to increose the size of the berries, bio-regulotor treotments
should be given. The firsi treotment is given ofter the berry shotter stoge,
thot is when the berries ore obout 3 to 4 mm in size ond ihen ofter 7
doys. The use of hormones generolly depends upon the leo{ oreo ovoiloble
per bunch. ln cose of odequote leo{ oreo of obout 15 leoves, ihe first dip
should be with 2 pprn N-(2-chloro-4-pyridyl) -'N'-phenyl ureo (CPPU)
ond 40 ppm GA.. The second dip should be o{ I ppm CPPU ond 30 Well raised vineyard before harvest
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ppm GA.. To horvest optimum yield of 15 kg of good quolity fruits from

o vine, the excess lood is recommended to be removed.
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Most of the new vineyords ore coming on rootstock. ln oreos hoving
the problems of solinity ond woter stress, rootstocks offer o better option
{or ihe survivol ond better economic returns from the vineyord in the
long ron. Since the growth sioge influences the woter requirement of the
vines, on oppropriote irrigotion schedule bosed upon pon evoporoiion
os given in ihe following toble must be odopted.
Stage Growthstage Quantity of water (liter/ha)

per mm of evaporation
Foundation pruning
I Shoot growth (1-40 dayg 4200

l Fruit bud differentiation (41-50 days) 1 400
II] Shoot maturity (61-120 days) 1400
IV Fruit bud development (121 days to pruning) 1 400
Forward pruning
V Shoot growth (1-40 days) 4200

\1 tiloom to shaner (41-55 day, 1400
UI Berry growth (55-105 day, 4200

WII Ripening (105 days to harvest) 4200
X Rest period (harvest to back pruning)
ffi q*trienf rm*mtrS*ffi e3'Bt

Apply every yeor 660 Kg Nitrogen,880 Kg phosphorus (prOr), ond
660 Kg Potossium (Kro) per hectore. However, by fertigotion, the nutrient
Growth stage N (k/ha) P,a,(kgtha) K,0 (kg/ha)

April pruning 18ack pruning)
Pre-bud differentiation (1-30 day, B()
Bud differentiarion (31-60 dayg Lt)

Post-bud differentiation (61- ll0 days) 80
October pruning (Forward pruning)

Pre-bloom { I-40 days) 80
Bloom ser and shatter r4 l-70 days) t07
Berry growth up to veraison r7l 105 days) 80 80
Veraison to harvest (105 days to harvest) 80
After harvest (Rest period of nearly 20 daysr 27 11
35
Total 267 i55 267

Ho rticu ltu re
requiremeni con be substontiolly reduced. The growth stoge wise ferligotion

schedule given below need to be followed.
Three moior diseoses in gropes ore Downy Mildew, Powdery Mildew

ond Anthrocnose. Under roin or high humidity conditions, Downy mildew
con be very devostoting from the 3rd leof stoge till fruit set. To control
downy mildew, ihe {ollowing meosures should be odopted:
. At the 3 to 5 ond 7 leal stoges of the shoot growth, systemic f ungicide
sproys be u nderto ken.
. Give prophyloctic sproys of non-systemic fungicides ot 5 to 7 doys'
intervols from berry set tillthe berries deveiop to obout l3 millimeter
in diometer.
. Do noi sproy dithiocorbomote {ungicides such os Moncozeb or Ziram
Downy mildew affected bunch of
grapes
a[ter75 doys o{ pruning os it leods to residue of Ethyl thioureo which
is o corcinogenic compound in berries.
Powdery mildew occurs both on the leoves ond on bunches. For the
crop to be exporled, oppropriote diseose control meosures must be undedoken,
os due to blemishes on the surfoce of berries, its morketvolue gets reduced.
As soon os the symptoms of powdery mildew ore noiiced, sproy systemic
{ungicides during the octive vegetotive growih. When ihe shoot growtn
stops ofter berry sei, sproys of non-systemic fungicides should be preferred.
To ovoid development of resistonce, do noi sproy more thon 2 to 3 sproys
of systemic {ungicides per seoson.
A bunch of grapes affected by powdery
Anihrocnose occurs only on tender shoots, young leoves, flowers ond mildew
young berries. lf wet condiiions prevoil during the ociive growth stoge,
new shoots should be protected by systemic fungicides, followed by o
sproy of ony copper fungicide. The infected cones ore pruned before the
fungicide sproys. Copper iungicides ore preferentiolly sproyed os they
con control downy mildew, onthrocnose ond bocteriol conker which occur
in wet weolher.
Meoly bug is o serious problem in gropes for export, os they grow on

the moture bunches ond moke them un{it for export. Therefore, iniegroted
monogement of meoly bug is essentiol. Adopt .the foilowing mecsures
{or iis controi;
. [Jndertoke ihe rnonuol removol cf the deod bork during September
,:nd poste stickv substonce in o ring on the trunk ond the ongle irons. Anthracnose disease of grapes
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' sproys of insecticides during octive growth of bunch, bio-control by

cryptoloemus beetles neor veroison ond sproy of the fungol mycoporosiie
Verticillium leconi ofter veroison.
. On the {ourth doy of {ruit pruning, undertoke sproy of Corboryl ot the
rote of 0.15% for control of fleo beetle.
' At 50% bloom, o sproy of ony systemic insecticide con be given to

control iossid ond leofhopper.
Mealy bug on a grape bunch
POST.HARVEST MANAGEMENT
To prevent the rotting of gropes during storoge, these should be pocked
with in-pockoge Sulphur di-oxide generotors, commonly known os 'grope
guord', which ore Sodium meiobisulphite impregnoted croft poper/polythene
sheets. Pre-horvest sproy of the bio-control fungus Trichodermo horzionum,
2o ond 5 doys before horvest or immediotely ofter pre-horvest roins olso
gives good control of post-horvest rot ond increoses the shelf life of gropes.
ln order to obtoin phyto-sonitory certificote required for export of gropes,

report on pesticide residue onolysis hos become mondoiory. Some strotegies
which con be odopted to minimize pesticide residues ore:
' Use only the opproved pesticides.

. Do not sproy bonned os well os non-recommended chemicols.
. Strictly odhere io the recommended dose of opplicotion.
. Do not sproy pesticides blindly os per pre-decided sproy schedules.
Decide on the sproying bosed on prevoiling weother conditions ond
growth stoge of vines.
' Strictly mointoin recommended Pre-Horvest lntervol or sofe Woiting

Pe riods.
. Adopt bio-control meosures during lost 3O doys be{ore horvest.
HARVESTING
The gropes should be horvesied in cleon plostic crotes, lined with bubble
sheets or other soft moteriol {or cushioning. While horvesting, the bunch
is held by the stolk ond not by the berries ond cut obove the knot present
on the stolk, which ensures o longer shelf life. Horvesting is stopped
before the temperoture rises obove 20"C.
Horticulture
QUATITY CONTROL AND PACKAGING

ln the pock house, gropes should be unlooded ond tested for quolity.
Strict hygiene is mointoined in the pock-house. The bu nches ore first
groded by size, ihen the undersized, de{ormed
or domoged berries os well os the woter berries
ore removed. The compoct bunches ore mode
loose ond the generol look of the bunch is improved
by selective removol of berries. Bunches ore ihen
groded, bosed on more obiective porometers
like berry diometer ond the uniformity in colour
of the bunch. The groded bunches ore pocked
in four ond o holf, five or in nine kilogrom lots
os per the requirement of the export ond the
domestic morket. View of a pack house
Use ihe boxes mode of 4 to 5 ply cordboord which con be interlocked

while stocking. The process of cleoning, groding, pocking ond sending
the gropes for pre-cooling should be finished within 6 hours of horvesting.
After pocking, the boxes ore lobeled ond pre-cooled to 4"C, within 6 to For ruore det*i,ls contat:
8 hours ond then cold siored otO+ 0.5'C ond with 95% Relotive Humidity. D irector
Before shipment, the boxes ore stocked to form pollets contoining 850 Notionol Reseorch Centre for
Gropes (ICAR)
kg of gropes. Once {ully looded ond seoled, the conioiner corrier leoves Pune 412 307
forthe neorest port to relood ihe contoiner on to o ship, where ii is token
to its intended destinotion.
TOW CO$T INPUT TEEFINOtOGY
roR poTATQ pKOpUCTTOT
Pototo is one of the mosi input intensive crops. At the optimum level of
odoption of inputs ond culturol operotions, obout 35*40o/o of the cost is
for seed, neorly 40% Ior lobour, 14o/o fenilizers ond monure, ond 7% lor
irrigotion. Therefore, the Centrol Pototo Reseorch lnstitute (CPRI), Shimlo
hos developed low cost input technology. By its proper odoption sovings
con be on lobour, seed, tilloge, lerlilizer ond irrigotion inputs in pototo
per se os well os in the pototo bosed cropping system.
TIttAGE
Large scale potato production- . Proctice minimum tilloge. Go in for green monuring during khorif
Farmers' sorting potatoes
seoson, ond then one horrowing followed by one plonking for lond
preporotion to sow poiotoes. Moke ridges right of plonting to sove
cost on second eorthing up.
. Soving in lond preporotion could olso be offected in wheot following
pototo since the soil tilth is greoily improved ot the time of horvesting
of pototo. Use low cost implements being developed by CPRI like
peg type intercultivotor, rotory peg type intercultivotor, rototing blode
type inier cultivotor, ond cup type pototo plonter.
SEED
' Use smoll size seeds with on odiustment in the plonting geometry to
reduce the seed requirement by oboui 50%. The iorge size tubers
con oiso be effectively olonted by increosing the plont spocing.
FERTITIZERS
. Crow high yieldlng vorieties requiring low ierlilizer inpui. Aport from
using nuirient ei{icient vorieties, r'noke iudicious choice of source o{
nutrieni ond method of opplicotion.
Horiiculture
Applicotion of ureo o doy before plonting mitigotes the in jurious effect.

Apply hol{ of the recommended dose of phosphorous (p) ot plonting
ond the other holf through folior sproy to enhonce its efficiency ond
reduce the dose. Consideroble soving in p fertilizers con be ochieved
by sooking seed tubers for 4 hours in 1.5% singre super phosphote
+ 0.50 Ureo olong with o suitoble fungicide.
ln wheot following poioto, opply only holf of the recommended Nitrogen
ond no Phosphorous ond Potosh os their requirement is met oui of
ihe residues left by potoio crop.
WATER MANAGEMENT
Apply irrigotion in o iudicio,s monner. ln medium textured soils, irrigote

ot criticol soil moisiure deficit of 25 mm,which reduces the woter
requirement by 100 mm. Adopi olternote furrow irrigotion by which
25-35% woter soving con be ochieved, but there could be obout
I O% decreose in yield.
' If lobour is eosily ovoiloble ond cheop, proctice poddy strow mulching
which con sove 1-2 irrigotions.
WEED MANAGEMENT
Mony of the culturol operotions ore complimentory to eoch other. Weed
control is one such operotion, which is benefited by mony other culturol
operotions. Hot weother cultivotion, recommended for control of soil
borne pothogens olso mitigotes the problem of weeds. similorly, mulching
for woter economy reduces the weeds.
PESTS AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT

Far more details cantacl:
Lote blight is the most serious diseose offecting the crop in the northern
Director
Gongetic ploins. Adopt high yielding resistont vorieties. Use heolihy seed Centrol Pototo Reseorch
ond go in for hot weoiher cultivotion olong with odoption of opproprioie lnstitute (ICAR)
Shimlo l7l 00,1
crop sequences to minimize the problem of pest ond diseoses.
PACKAGE OT PRACTICTS FOR
CUTTIVATION OF SAFED MUSII
Recent yeors hove seen o moior spuri in the demond
of medicinol plonts not only with in the country but
olso for its export. More ond more number o{ formers
ore entering into ihis most potentiol secior. The Notionol
Reseorch Cenire for Medicinol ond Aromotic Plonts
(NRCMAP), Anond hos developed pockoge oi proctices
for cultivotion of Soied musli.
Sofed musli (Ch/orophytum borivilionum) is on
importont medicinol plont. The stem is o condensed
disc from which o whirl of long ond sessile leoves originote.
Roots ore fleshy ond {osciculoted ond ore medicinolly
imporiont os it contoins soponins, used for preporotion
Safed musli
of mony Ayurvedic tonics. The roots fetch on ottroctive morket price (presently
Rs 600-.I,000 per kg o{ dry peeled fleshy roots).
CTIMATE
It con be cultivoted in oreos hoving 500 to l00o mm rolnfoll. Moderote
olmospheric humidity is olso desiroble for its folior growth ond development.
The plont is very susceptible to woter logging.
sorr
The crop requires sondy loom soil with better droinoge condition. lt
con olso be cultivoted in block cotton soil, under proper droinoge conditions.
Sloppy lond is good {or its cultivotion, provided frequent irrigotion focility
is ovoiloble.
tAND PREPARATION
Itshould be grown in well pulverised soils. Thefield should be ploughed
twice or thrice, horrowed once or iwice ond well levelled. The whole
field should be subdivided in plots of suitoble size, considering the slope
to {ocilitote droinoge of excess woter.
Horticuhu re
PLANTING MATERIAT
It is recommended to plont obout 2.22lokh plonts per hectore, which
could be from obout 600-l O0O kg of sprouted plonts. Quontity o{ plonting
moieriol vories becouse of size of roots ond sprouting percentoge. Two
io ihree roots with sprouted stem disc should be used for plonting.
PLANTING TIME AND METHOD

Best plonting time is just ofter onset of first roin in the seoson. Normolly
ploniing should be done between mid Moyto mid June, depending upon
the onset of first roin. Underioke plonting on ridges 30 cm oport ond
plont to plont distonce of '15 cm.
VARI ETI ES
so for there is no releosed voriety ovoiloble for culiivotion. However,

some good selections ore ovoiloble in the privote sector. The AICRP on
Medicinol ond Aromotic Plonts, Anond hos developed o few very promising
se lections.
MANURING
Apply l0-l5 tonnes of FYM or form compost per hectore to improve soil
productivity ond woier holding copocity {or good root development. Green
monuring moy olso be undertoken to odd orgonic molterond to improve
soil structure.
INTERCUTTURAL OPERATIONS
Frequent weeding (3-4 times) is recommended in the first two months

ofter sowing/plonting. Hoeing ond eorthing -up should be done ofter
every weeding. Provide oppropriote droinoge to cope with heovy roinfoll.
IRRIGATION
lf roinfoll is well disiributed, there is no need of supplementol irrigotion.
However, in generol obout 6-8 irrigotions ore needed. No heovy irrigorion
is needed ond woter should not be ollowed to stognote in the field.
HARVESTING AND PROCESSING

Plonts stort withering ofter four to four ond o holf months irom plonting.
However, horvesling should be done during November-December. Give
iime gop {or moturotion o{ roots. Apply light irrigotion be{ore digging of
roots ond its horvesting in December to Jonuory, if the moteriol is to be
used os o plonting moteriol. Yield vories from 2,000 to 6,000 kg per
hectore depending upon the soil type, its fertility, moisture holding copocity,
ond monogemeni etc.
For sole os o row moteriol for drugs, the peeling of skin should be
done immediotely ofter horvest by mechonicolly scroping with o knife.
Thereofter, it is dried in the sun. For use os plonting moteriol, store in
sond in o cool ploce or in the soil under trees.
ECONOMTCS
The opproximote cost of cultivotion of one hectore is obout Rs 6 lokh.

Far more detcils cantdet: l{ the produce is sold os o row moteriol in the first yeor, there is every
likelihood of o loss. Therefore, it is recommended thot the first yeor production
Director
Notionol Reseorch Centre for be ogoin used os o plonting moteriol ond oreo is increosed. During the
.l00%
Medicinql ond Aromotic second yeor, the sole of produce con give obout net profit. The
Plonts (ICAR)
profitobility is likely to increose moni{olds, if the grower sells it os o plonting
Boriovi 387 3.]0 Anond
moteriol.
by first assuring its market.

Caution: Cultivation of medicinal plants is undertaken
The growers may like to establish buy back arrangements to minimize
the risk of distress selling.
PACKAGE OT PRATTICES TOR
CULTIVATION OT ISABGOL
Recent yeors hove seen o molor spurt in the demond
olso for its export. More ond more number of formers
ore entering into this most potentiol sector. The Notionol
Reseorch Centre {or Medicinol ond Aromotic Plonts
(NRCMAP), Anond hos developed pockoge o{ proctices
for cultivotion o{ lsobgol.
lsobgol (P/ontogo ovofo Forsk.) is on imporlont medicinol
crop grown during robiseoson moinly in Guiorot, Modhyo
Prodesh ond Roiosthon. The seed coot known os husk
hos medicinol properties ond is used ogoinst constipotion,
irritotion of digestive troct, etc. lt is olso used in food lsabgol
industries for preporotion of ice creom, condy, biscuit, etc. At present,
lndio is the sole exporter of the lsobgol husk ond seed to the iniernotionol
morket.
CTIMATE
lsobgol is o crop of cool ond dry seoson. Unseosonoble roin or, even
high dew deposition during crop moiuriiy con result in totol loss o{ seed.
The regions receiving winter roins ore thus noi suitoble for its cultivotion.
solL
The crop is troditionolly grown in light sondy to sondy loom soils.
However, it con olso be successfully cultivoted on cloy loom, medium
block cotton ond heovy block soils. Good droinoge is esseniiol for its
success{ul cultivotion.
tAND PREPARATION
Fine tilth is necessory for better germinotion of the seeds. Depending
upon the soilcondition, the lond should be ploughed ond properly horrowed.
The whole field moy be subdivided inio smoll plots (B_12 m x 3 m)
depending upon soil type ond slope.
SOWING TIME
Eorly sowing increoses more vegetotive growth while lote sowing reduces
totol growth period ond increoses risk of seed shottering due to pre-
monsoon roins towords moturity. ldeol sowing time is second fortnight of
November. Drostic yield loss is encountered when sowing is deloyed beyond
first fortnight o{ December.
RECOMMENDED VARIETIES
The releosed recommended vorieties ond their sources of ovoilobility
ore given below:
Y*rieties Sourceofavailabilig
Guiarat Isabgol 2 Head, AICRP on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, GujaratAgricultural University
Anand, Gujarat.
)awahar Isabgor 4 (MIB 4) ji.,l1rr^f*:,Tlii;ffilT,i#:ilatic Prants. KNK colege of Agricurrure,
HI5 Head. AJCRP on Medicinal and Aromaric PIants. CCS Haryana Agricultural
University. Hisal Haryana.
SEED RATE
Bold, diseose {ree seeds from previous yeor's crop con be used for
sowing. The optimum seed rote is 3_-4 kg/ho. Higher seed rote moy
increose severity of downy mildew diseose.
METHOD OF SOWING
Direct seeding (broodcosting) followed by light sweeping with o broom/
tree twig hoving folioge. The sweeping should be done by one-woy swing.
For uniform germinotion, core should be token not to bury the seeds
deeply in the soil.
Horticulture
IRRIGATION
A light irrigoiion with slow flow is given immediotely ofter sowing. ln
cose of poor germinotion even ofter 6-7 doys, o second irrigotion should
be opplied. ln sondy loom soils, in generol 3 irrigotions ore recommended-
first ot sowing ond one eoch ot 30 ond 70 doys ofter sowing. The lost
irrigotion should coincide with the milk stoge of the moximum number of
spikes. ln ihe drier region with light soil, more irrigotion ore to be opplied.
The plont con withstond low level of soliniiy, hence slightly soline woter
(EC upto 4 ds/m) con olso be used for irrigotion. lncreose in solinity
level beyond 4 dS/m reduces seed yield.
INTERCUTTURAT OPERATIONS
Two hond weedings ore generolly required within two monihs of sowing,
first weeding should be undertoken ot 20-25 doys ofter sowing.
MANURES AND FERTILIZERS

The crop requires very low level o{ Nitrogen. Hence, inorgonic Nitrogen
should only be opplied if the ovoiloble Nitrogen in the soil is less thon
120 kg/ho. ln generol, opplicotion o{ 2O-30 kglho o{ Nitrogen ond l5
25 kg/ha o{ Phosphorous is optimum. Holf of the Niirogen ond full dose
of Phosphorous should be opplied with the lost ploughing ond the remoining
holf of the Nitrogen should be top dressed ot 4O doys ofter sowing.
DISEASES AND INSECT.PEST MANAGEMENT

Downy mildew is the moior diseose of isobgol. Adoption o{ more thon
ihe recommended dose of Nitrogen, seed rote, ond irrigotion mokes the
crop more susceptible to this diseose. The diseose con e{fectively be
conlrolled by (o) seed treotment wiih Metoloxyl (Apron SD @ 5 g/kg
seed), ond (b) sproying Metoloxyl 0.2% (Ridomil MZ) on firsi occurrence
of diseose, followed by two sproyings at 12_]4 doys intervols. Effective
diseose monogement con increose seed yield by more thon 4o% over
the untreoted crop. However, sproying o{ f ungicides ond insecticides must
be stopped ot leost 45 doys before horvesting to ovoid pesticide residue
problem in the produce.
Aphid is the moior insect pest of this crop. Aphids generolly oppeor
50 60 doys ofter sowing. Two sproyings of 0.025% Oxydemeton methyl
(Metosystox 25 EC) ot on intervol of l2 15 doys con effectively check
Selected Ag ricu lturol Technologies A Compendium
the pest. The first sproy should generolly be done during first fortnight of
Februory, os it increoses seed yield by neorly 40o/o over unsproyed crop.
The crop tokes I l0-.l20 doys to moture. At moturity (by Morch-April)
the leoves become yellowish ond spikes turn brownish. To ovoid the seed
Ioss by shottering, slightly unripe spikes should be horvested, if there is o
possibility of unseosonol roin. However, ihe husk quolity of such o crop
deleriorotes.
HARVESTING AND YIELD

Horvest the spikes when dew dries (ofter l0 A.M.). The plonts ore
horvested ot the ground level or uprooted when soil is very loose. The
horvested plonts should be heoped on o cleon threshing yord. Aftercouple
o{ doys, the seeds ore seporoted by trompling using troctor or bullock.
The seeds con olso be threshed by motor/troctor operoted threshing mochine
(seporoting net of Boiro con be used). The seed yield of 800-1000 kgl
ho is generolly obtoined in Gu;orot. However, under fovouroble weother
conditions ond better monogement, higher seed yield is obtoinoble. Dry
strow yield of twice the seed yield is generolly horvesied. Strow con be
used os fodder for the form onimols.
MARKETING
There ore still not mony orgonized morkets. ln mony oreos group o{
formers ioin iogether ond sell the produce to get remunerotive prices.
Far m*rc dctails eontdt!: The selling price vories generolly between Rs l8-25 per kg depending
upon the demond ond quolity of seed.
Director
Notionol Reseorch Centre {or
Medicinql ond Aromotic
Plonis (ICAR) ECONOMTCS
Boriovi 387 3.l0 Anond
.l0,000-.l2,000
About Rs nei profit per hectore con be obtoined.
Caution: Cultivation of medicinal plants is undertaken by first assuring its market.

CUTTIVATION OF AIOE VERA
Recent yeors hove seen o jor spurt in the demond
mo
olso for its expori. More ond more number of formers
ore entering into ihis most potentiol sector. The Notionol
Reseorch Centre {or Medicinol ond Aromotic Plonts
(NRCMAP), Anond hos developed pockoge of proctices
for cultivotion of A/oe vero.
Aloevero is known byseverol nomes like Ghrit Kumori,
Kunvor pothu ond lndion Aloe ond is widely cultivoted
becouse o{ its wide odoptobility ond use os o medicinol
plont especiolly in dry oreos. The succulent moture
Ieoves hoving bitter iuice ore economic porls. lts primory
Aloe Vera
use is in cosmetic industry for preporotion of shompoo, foce creoms,
shoving creoms ond moisturizing ogents. lt hos olso diverse use os vegetoble
ond pickle. The leoves possess mony medicinol properties ond ore used
to treot {ever, enlorged liver, ond spleen ond other glonds, skin diseoses,
gonorrheo, constipotion, menstruol suppressions, piles, ioundice, rheumotic
diseoses ond olso for the treotment of burns ond bruises.
CLIMATE
It con be grown in olmost oll ports of lndio, even under constont drought
condiiions, except in temperote climote. As its woter requirement is very
low, itcon be cultivoted in orid ond semi-orid region, especiolly in Roiosthon,
Guiorot, Modhyo Prodesh, ond Mohoroshiro.
so rr
It is grown successfully in morginol to sub morginol soils hoving low
fertility. The plonts hove tendency to iolerote high soil pH with high sodium
ond poiossium solts. However, its growth is foster under medium fertile
heovier soils such os block cotton soils of Centrol lndio. Well-droined
loom to coorse sondy loom soils with moderote fertility ond pH upto 8.5
should be preferred for its commerciol cultivotion.
LAND PREPARATION
The root system of Aloevero does not penetroie below 20-30 cm,
therefore the soil should not be disturbed too deep. Depending upon
soil type ond ogro-climotic conditions, 1-2 ploughing followed by leveling
ore recommended. The field should be divlded inio suitoble plot sizes
(.l0-,l5 m x 3 m) considering the slope ond ovoiloble source of irrigotion.
PTANTING TIME
Suckers should be plonted in July-August to gei betier field survivol
ond subsequent growth. However, under irrigoted conditions, ploniing
con be done round the yeor except in winter months (November-Februory).
Plonting MqteriEl
The plonting moteriol recommended for commerciol cultivotion ore
suckers. Neorly three to four months old suckers hoving 4-5 leoves ond
obout 20-25 cm in length be used os plonting moteriol.
SPACING AND PTANTING

Suckers should be plonted in obout l5
cm deep piis mode iust ot the
time of plonting ot 60 x 60 cm oport. After plonting oi suckers, the soil
oround ihe root zone must be firmly pressed ond oppropriote core to
ovoid woter stognotion should be token. About 25,000 suckers ore needed
for one hectore plonting.
MANURING
ln generol, the crop responds well to the opplicotion of monure (FYM
or Compost). About l0 tol5 tonnes FYM per ho moy be opplied ot the
time of soil preporotion ond olso in the subsequent yeors. lf sufficient
quoniity of wood osh is ovoiloble, ii con be opplied In the pits otthe time
of plontlng os it helps in estoblishment of plonts ond their subsequent
growth.
Horticulture
IRRIGATION
The crop wiihstonds stress condition very well but lo get good crop,
irrigotion ot criticol stoges of growth os recommended below must be
given.
. Apply first irrigotion iust ofter plonting of suckers.
. Give 2-3 irrigations subsequently till the plonts get estoblished, 4-6
irrigotions per yeor moy be enough ior its proper growth.
. Depending upon the ovoilobility of woter, give light irrigotion ofter
eoch picking o{ leoves.
INTER.CULTURE OPERATIONS
The field should be kept free from weeds throughout the growing period.
Two to three hond weedings followed by light hoeing per yeor promote
growth ond suckering. The first weeding cum hoeing should be completed
within o monih ofter plonting. ln the subsequent yeors, two weeding cum
light hoeing in eoch yeor ore sufficient io minimize the weed populotion.
Remove regulorly diseosed plonts ond dried flower stokes.
INSECT.PESTS AND DISEASES
There ore no moior problems of insect pests ond diseoses, however,

meoly bug ond onthrocnose ond leof spots hove been reported from
some ports of the country. lf there is o termite problem, itcon be monoged
by opplying light irrigotion.
HARVESTING AND YIETD

Commerciol yield
is ovoiloble from second yeor to {ifth yeor o{ tronsplonilng.
Generolly 3-4 pickings per yeor be token up, depending upon the growih.
On on overoge 15-20 t/ho fresh leof con be obtoined from second yeor
plontotion by odopting fully the recommended proctices for ils cultivotion.
Fully developed moture leoves should be horvested for extroction of iuice.
MARKETING
ln view of internotionol demond, there is now o lot of scope {or its
cultivotion ond morketing. However, oscertoin its demond in the locol/
distont morkets before toking up its commerciol cultivotion.
PROCESSING
The term Aloe' used in medicine stonds for the dried iuice, which
flows from the tronsversely cut boses of the leoves. For processing of
"Aloe", the iuice should be ollowed to droin {rom the cut leoves into
vessels ond then concentroted by evoporotion, either spontoneously or
by frequent boiling. The fresh iuice is colourless or yellow but chonges to
dork brown due to evoporotion ond boiling. Sun dried or concentroted
'Aloe" iuice over o fire gives on omorphous/ opoque/ woxy extroct colled
'hepoiic'or'livery'oloe. When the iuice is concentroted ropidly over o
strong fire, the product obtoined on cooling is omorphous ond semi
tronsporent ond is colled'glossy' or'vitreous' oloe.
Besides the dried luice, the gel is olso o very importont product. The
muciloginous pulp from the leof, which is moinly polysocchorides in noture,
is used in cosmetic industries ond in treotment of mony humon diseoses.
The leoves le{t over o{ter the removol of their exudotes con be cut open
ond muciloge is scroped outwith o blunt edged knife for isolotion of gel.
Extrocted muciloge is stirred vigorously in o blender to moke it homogeneous
mixiure (solution). This mixture is stroined through o muslin cloth ond
filtered. The gel is precipitoted irom the extroci ond is isoloted by centrifugoiion.
This gel is re-dissolved in slightly worm woter ond tronsferred to o tube
,l00'C).
of known weight ond dried ot o high temperoture (<
ECONOMTCS
For more details cttfitact:
irecto r
D A net pro{it of oboui Rs 8,000-l 2,000 per hecfore from morginol to
Notionol Reseorch Centre for sub-morginol londs con be obtoined by selling of leoves. The profitobiltty
Medicinol ond Aromotic
moy increose upto Rs 25,000 per hectore, when it is cultivoted in medium
Plqnts (ICAR)
Boriovi 3BZ 3.I0 Anond fertile soil. ln oddition, one con eorn by selling suckers os o plonting
moieriol from second yeor onwords.
Caution: Cultivation of medicinal plants is undertaken

by f irst assuring its market.
CUTTIVATION OF SENNA
Recent yeors hove seen o moior spurt in the demond of medicinol
plonts not only with in the country bui olso {or its export. More
ond more number of formers ore entering into this mosi poieniiol
sector. The Noiionol Reseorch Centre {or Medicinol ond Aromotic
Plonis (NRCMAP), Anond hos developed pockoge o{ proctices
for cultivotion of Senno.
Senno (Cossio ongusfifo/io Vohl.) leoves ond pods ore commonly
used os noturol loxotives, both in the modern os well os in
troditionol system of medicines. lt is cultivoted successfully in
Tomil Nodu, Andhro Prodesh, Rolosthon, Gu jorot, Mohoroshtro,
Kornotoko, West Bengol ond Tripuro. However, leoves of this
plont ore in demond internotionolly ond preferred os ingredient of herbol
teo in Europe.
It is o smoll l-2 m high under-shrub, with erect stem, smooth, ond
pole green, with long spreoding bronches, beoring leoflets in four io
eight poirs. The flowers ore smoll ond yellow. The pods ore broodly oblong,
obout 5-8 cm long ond 2-3 cm brood, ond contoin obout six seeds.
Presently it is culiivoted in obout 25,000 ho of oreo. lndio is olso the
lorgest producer ond exporter of Senno leoves, pods ond totol sennosides
concenirote to the world morket.
CTIMATE
Senno is usuolly cultivoted os roinfed dry crop ond very rorely grown
os irrigoted crop. lt is o deep rooted hordy plont ond requires worm ond
dry weother conditions. The plont requires bright sun shine ond occosionol
roins during its growth period. ll is highly sensiiive to heovy roin{oll ond
woterlogging conditions.
sorr
Senno thrives well in sondy loom, red loom ond even coorse grovelly
soils, olluviol loom ond rich cloyey ricefields. ltcon be cultivoted successfully
in block cotton soils. When grown in high soline soils, the plont growth
is reduced without ony symptoms o{ iniury, but shedding of some lower
leoves occurs. lt con be successfully grown in soils hoving pH up to 8.5.
LAND PREPARATION
Senno does not require fine tilth. However, weed ond pebble free lond
is recommended. The field should be twice ploughed, horrowed once or
twice ond oppropriotely levelled. considering the slope the whole field
should be subdivided into sub plots of suitoble sizes, to focilitote droinoge
of excess woter. lt musi be borne in mind thot this crop con not survive
woterlogged conditions even for o doy.
SOWING TIME
The sowing iime vories os per the onset of monsoon. However, in
Western lndio, June-July is the optimum time of sowing. In the southern
stotes, where crop is grown under residuol moisture conditions, ofter
horvesting of poddy, it con be sown in September-October. Deloy in
sowing time considerobly reduces vegetoiive phose, especiolly in oreos
where winter sets by the end of October. As o result subsequent folioge
yield is drosticolly reduced.
VARIETI ES
ALFT-2 voriety-o lote flowering type, produces higher yield of folioge

crop. A semi spreoding type voriety -Tinneyvelley senno is very populor
in Tomil Nodu. Sono identified by the Centrol lnstitute on Medicinol ond
Aromotic Plonts, Lucknow is olso grown in some ports of Roiosihon.
V*rtetf S*ltttgaf *vailahiliff
ALFT*2 Head, AICRP on Medicinal and komatic Plants, Guiarat Agricultural University,
Anand, Cujarat
Tinnel'velly senna Director of Research, Tamil Nadu Agricuilural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Directo4 Central Institute {or Medicinal and tuomatic Plants, Lucknow, Uttar pradesh
SEED RATE
Fifteen kg seed per hectore is recommended in irrigoted conditions
ond obout 25 kg in roinfed condition to be sown by broodcost. Bold,
Horticulture
diseose free ond moture seeds should be selected forsowing. Seed should
be treoted with Thirom ot 3 g/kg seed to ovoid seedling diseoses. Seed
rote con be reduced if crop is grown os line sowing under irrigoted condition.
About six kg seeds per ho is su{{icient {or optimum plont stond when
sown by dibbling.
METHOD OF SOWING
Adopt line sowing with 45 x 30 cm spocing for optimum yield in
Western lndio. Utmost core should be token to ploce seeds ot o depth oi
1-2 cm in soil through dibbling for uniform germinotion. One light irrigotion
immediotely ofter sowing enhonces germinotion up to 90% ond mointoins
proper plo nt sto nd.
MANURES AND FERTILIZERS

Apply l0 tonnes FYM per ho ot the time of lond preporotion. ln the
internotionol morket, Senno leoves grown orgonicolly get o premium
price. Therefore, the growers moy get certificotion of orgonicolly grown
Senno for getting o premium price.
IRRIGATION
Depending upon the soil moisiure condition, opply 4-6 irrigotions.
However, two irrigoiions ore very cruciol, one immediotely ofter sowing,
ond the other ot 30 doys ofter sowing if soil moisture is inodequote.
I NTERCU tTURAt OPERATIONS

Two weeding cum hoeing operotions, ot 25-30 doys ond 90 doys
ofter sowing (thinning) ore required. The growth of this crop is very slow
of initiol stoge ond requires more core. Once the plonts ottoin 20-25 cm
height, the weed growih gets suppressed outomoticolly.
DISEASES AND INSECT.PEST CONTROL

ln the north ond western porls, the crop suffers from domping-off diseose,
when grown in ill droined soils. lt is recommended to improve droinoge
conditions by ensuring proper slopes. Seed treotment with Thirom ot 3
g/kg seeds is olso beneficiol. Leof spot coused by Alternorio olternota
ond leof blight cousedby Phylloslico spp. ore the two most serious diseoses.
Cloudy doys ond humid weoiher conditions ore conducive for the spreod
of the diseoses, which first oppeor on the leoves os visible minute spots
ond loter turn dork brown to block in color. ln severe infections, leoves
stort drying ond folling. Pods ore olso offected in odvonced stoge of
diseose development. Two to three sproyings of Dithone M-45 ot o week's
intervol be corried out to check the diseose. ln such coses horvesting of
leoves must be done ofter 25-30 doys of the lost sproy.
Occosionolly, Cofopsilio pyronthe couses severe domoge to folioge

by ieeding on the leoves ond remoins octive from.July to October. ln
noture, these ore heovily porositized byTrichogrommo chilonis. Therefore,
.l.5
releose of L chi/onois @ lokh/ho/week in the odult stoge coinciding
with the egg loying of the pest is o very effective method of this pest
monogement.
CROP ROTATION
Senno fits well os o khorif crop in o crop rototion in commerciolly
grown oreos. ln the southern stotes it is grown ofter poddy, ond in north
ond western lndio it is followed by mustord ond corionder.
HARVESTING AND YIELD

Horvesting should be done when bulk o{ the leoves ore fully grown,
thick ond bluish in color. Moture leoves contoining 2.0 to 2.5o/o ond
pods contoining 2.5 to 3.0% of sennosides ore occepted In the industry.
When grown under irrigoted conditions three horvestings ore odvised to
get the moximum yield. Toke {irst horvest o{ter obout 90 doys of sowing
,l50
ond the second ond third horvest ot ond 210 doys ofter sowing,
respectively. Under roinfed conditions, cutting or uprooting of plonts ofter
4-5 months of sowing con be done.
For seed production, pods need to be collected during Februory-Morch,
when the plonts turn "light brown". Seeds from such horvest hove high
germinotion%oge. The collected pods ore dried ond seeds seporoted. By
oppropriote odopiion of the pockoge of proctices, seed yield o{ 300-
400 kg per ho. con be obtoined. On on overoge, under roinfed conditions
neorly 600-/00 kg dry leoves per ho, ond in irrigoted conditions obout
.l500-2000
kg dry leoves per ho. is the optimum yield.
Hodiculture
DRYING AND GRADING

Spreod the horvested leoves on o cleon floor in open sun for 6-.10
hours to reduce the moisiure. Thereofter undertoke shode drying in well
ventiloted rooms. Undertoke regulor stirring to ensure uniform drying
within 3-5 doys (8% moisture in the finol produce). Light green to greenish
yellow colour is preferoble. lmproper ond deloyed drying chonges the
colour from brown to block, which fetches lower morket price. Lorge
leoves ond bold pods in yellowish green colour ore in demond ond fetch
o premium price.
STORAGE AND MARKETING

The leoves, ofter proper drying, should be stored in o cool ond dry
ploce. Pressing is done using hydroulic press to reduce the volume for
tronsportotion. The loss of sennoside conients in the stored produce is
very slow ond even ofter o yeor of storoge, the loss is negligible. The
present morket price of the leoves is obout Rs 8-.l0 per kg.
D irecio r
ECONOMICS Medicinol ond Aromolic
Plonts (ICAR)
The crop con give o net profii of obout Rs 5,000-10,000 per ho from
Boriovi 387 3]0 Anond
otherwise morginol londs.
Caution: Cultivation of medicinal plants is undertaken by first assuring its market.

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CULTIVATION OF LONG PEPPER
Recent yeors hove seen o moior spuri in the demond of medicinol
plonts not only with in the country but olso {or its export. More
ond more number of formers ore eniering into this most potentiol
secior. The Notionol Reseorch Cenire for Medicinol ond Aromotic
Plonts (NRCMAP), Anond hos developed pockoge of proctices
for cultivotion of Long pepper.
Long pepper, Piper longum (Linn.) used in the lndion System
of Medicine is the dried unripe fruit (known os spike in trode).lt
is used for treotment of cold, cough, bronchiiis, osthmo, fever,
musculor poins, insomnio, epilepsy, diorroheo, dysentery leprosy,
etc. Roots ond ihicker bosol stem portion of the plont ore olso
Long pepper presently used in mony Ayurvedic preporotions. A lorge quontity
o{ long pepper is imported by lndio {rom Moloysio, lndonesio, Singopore
ond Sri Lonko. lt is cultivoted os o commerciol crop widely in oreos hoving
high roin{oll, high humidity ond moderote temperoture of obout l5-
35"C like Wesi Bengol, Assom, Megholoyo, Mohoroshtro (Akolo region),
Orisso, Andhro Prodesh (Vishokhopotnom oreo), Uttor Prodesh, Tomil
Nodu (Anoimoloi Hills), ond Kerolo.
CTIMATE
It is cultivoted in high roinfoll oreos of Assom ond Megholoyo without
ony supplementol irrigotion ond os irrigoted crop in other ports. Since it
is o shollow rooted crop it requires high humidity ond frequent irrigotion.
The plont should be grown under portiol shode for good growth. Thus, it
con be success{ully cultivoted os on intercrop in irrigoted coconut ond
oreco nut gordens. lt is highly sensitive to drought ond olso woterlogging
conditions.
sorr
The crop thrives well on o voriety o{ soils. Light porous well droined
soil rich in orgonic content is mosi suited for its cultivotion.
Horticultu re
tAND PREPARATION
The field should be prepored with two to three ploughings, followed
by one or two horrowings ond leveling. Considering the slope of the
fields, provide droinoge for excess woter. The crop con not survive under
woter logging conditions.
PIANTING MATERIAT
Long pepper is propogoted vegetotively by rooted vine cuttings. lt is
recommended to toke three-nodded cuttings from ony port of the stem
to serve os plonting moteriol. Rooting tokes obout 15-20 doys ofier plonting.
Cuttings con be directly plonted in the field or ofter induced rooting in
the nursery, before finolly ironsplonting in the field.
PTANTING TIME
Plont on the onsei of monsoon during Moy-June. About 60 x 60 cm
spocing con be mointoined beiween row to row ond plont to plont. lf
plonts ore to be roised first in nursery, the best time for nursery roising
would be one month eorlier to octuol plonting.
VARI ETIES
Grow voriety "Viswom" os intercrop. The plont ottoints obout 72 cm
height ond hos prolonged flowering phose. lt beors stout, short, ond
thick spikes, which ore dork green when moture, hoving dry motter content
of obout 20o/o.This voriety gives economic yield for obout 240-270 doys
in o yeor, ond the spikes contoin obout 2.83Yo olkoloid.
MANURING
ln the first yeor, CIpply obout 20 ton per hectore FYM ot the time of
lond preporotion. ln the subsequent yeors, opply FYM before the onset
of monsoon. No chemicol fertilizers ore recommended for use.
I NTERCU LTU RAt OPERATIONS

During first yeor weeding moy be undertoken os ond when necessory.
Generolly two to ihree weeding ore suf{icient. Once the crop grows ond
covers the field, no serious problems of weeding ore {oced.
IRRIGATION
Ensure irrigotion during summer months. lrrigote once or twice in o
week depending upon the woier holding copocity o{the soil. Even during
the monsoon period, if there is o foilure of roins for quiie some time,
opply irrigotion. As irrigoted crop, spike production continues even in
summer months.
PTANT PROTECTION
Phytpophthoro leof, stem rot, ond onthrocnose ore importont diseoses
of long pepper. Sproy 0.5 per cent Bordeoux mixture ot {ortnightly intervols
ond corry out soil drenching of 1o/o Bordeoux mixture ot monthly inlervol
to reduce the losses coused by these diseoses. Applicotion o{ 0.25o/o Neem
seed kernel extroct os sproy or ony oiher Neem bosed insecticides is effeciive
to control meoly bugs ond He/ope/tis theivoro domoging tender folioge.
HARVESTING AND DRYING

Vines stort fruiting six month ofter plonting. The femole spikes toke
obouttwo months to moture from its inception. Afull grown moture spike
should be horvested before ripening. ln Kerolo, three to four pickings
con be token depending upon the moturity of spikes. Horvest spikes when
these ore blockish green in colour. Yield of dry spikes in first yeor is
obout 400 kg/ho ond upto l, 000 kg/ho in the third yeor. After third
yeor yield declines ond ofter {ifth yeor groduolly becomes uneconomicol.
Besides spikes, thicker roots ond bosol stem portions should olso be cut
ond dried before crop is obondoned, os these ore used os importont
drug constituents in ihe Ayurvedic ond Unoni systems of medicine. On
on overoge 500 kg roots ore obtoinoble per hectore. Dry the horvested
spikes in the sun for 4-5 doys. Green spike to dry spike rotio is obout
5 : l. Dried spikes should be stored in moisture proof contoiner. The
produce should not be stored more thon o yeor.
CHEMICAT COMPOSITION
oil, resin, piperine (4-5%) ond o terpenoid subsionce.
Fruits conioin volotile
Roots contoin piperlongumine os moior olkoloids in oddition to piperine.
For mrtre details cofltact:
Director
Notionol Reseorch Cenire {or ECONOMTCS
Medicinol ond Aromotic
The crop gives o net profit of obout Rs 25,000-75,000 per hectore
Plonts (ICAR)
Boriovi 3BZ 3,l0 Anond from second yeor of plonting. At the terminol yeor, the profltobility increoses
due to extro income from the dried roots ond stem sold os piplomul.
Caution: Cultivation of medicinal plants is underiaken by first assuring its market.
TECHNOLOGY OF REJT'YENATION
OF OIP T"IhIPRODUCTIVU fVIANGO
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ln the recent post, there hos been obout 30 to 35% decline in produciivity
of old ond dense mongo orchords. The Centrol lnstitute {or Subtropicol
Horticulture (CISH), Lucknow hos developed technology of reiuvenotion
of old ond unproductive mongo orchords. The importont components of
the technology pockoge ore indicoted below:
PRUNING
Prune tree bronches 5 timeso12.5 m to 6.5 m ond obove from ground.
Dried, diseosed ond undesired bronches ore to be completely removed. A view of old and unproductive mango
orchard
Bosed upon orchitecture of the individuol tree, retoin moin bronches
to moke the {rome work for development o{ open conopy with outword
growth. To check the microbiol infection, treot the cut surfoces with
poste of cow dung.
Two lo three months ofter pruning, there is profuse emergence of

new shoots leoding to bushy growth ond unheolthy competition for
light ond nutrition omong the shoots. To focilitote development of
open conopy of heolthy shoots ond to check the competition for nutrition
ond light, recurrent selective thinning operotions should be undertoken.
MANAGEMENT OF PRUNED TREES

Bosins ond irrigotion chonnels should be prepored during Jonuory
ofter completion of pruning. Depending upon temperoture ond soil
moisture stotus, pruned trees must be irrigoted oi on intervol of l5-
20 doys from Morch till the onset of monsoon.
Trees need intensive corefor survivol of emerging new shoots ond
development of ideol conopy. Apply 2.5 kg Ureo,3 kg Single Super
Phosphote (SSP) ond 1.5 kg Muriote of Potosh besides
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kg
well decomposed Form Yord Monure (FYM) in the bosin prepored
oround eoch pruned lree. Holf dose of Ureo ond full dose of Single A view of 50 years old pruned orchard
Super Phosphote (SSP) ond Muriote of Potosh should be opplied during

the end of Februory. Before opplicotion of fertilizer, moisture must be
ensured in the bosin. The remoining holf dose of Ureo is opplied
during onset of monsoon. Full dose of FYM should be opplied in the
first week of July. Hoeing ond weeding needs to be done before opplicotion
of monures ond fertilizers.
' Mulching moy be followed for conserving soil moisture in the bosins
during April to June. Dried grosses, mongo leoves, strow or block
polythene sheet moy be used for mulching. All these monogemeni
proctices must olso be followed for unpruned trees in olternote rows
io secure hlgher yield from them.
INTER CROPPING
' Pruning of trees moke the orchord spoce open with greoter ovoilobility
of sunlight. lnter-spoce between ihe rows of trees con be successfuliv
utilized for intercropping. Flowers like morigold, glodiolus, etc., vegetobles
(cucurbits, okro, lobio) during khorif seoson ond pototo, peo, briniol,
couliflower, cobboge etc. during robi seoson ond spices (ginger ond
turmeric) ore icjeol intercrops. lntercropping generoies odditionoi
employment ond income for form fomilies.
THINNING OF SHOOTS
Three to four months ofter pruning i.e. during Morch-April, there is
profuse emergence of shoots on pruned bronches. lf they ore ollowed
to grow, there is undesiroble competition omong shoots for spoce,
light, nutriiion ond growth. Consequently, dense ond bushy conopy
of unheolthy shoots with poor beoring potentiol develops on pruned
trees. Therefore, selective ond regulor thinning of shoots should be
corried out to focilitote development of open ond spreoding conopy
of heolthy shoots.
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Development of healthy umberalla

Retoin only outwordly growing 8-.I0 heolthy shoots per bronch ond
canopy after two years of pruning remove the rest so thot they get proper nourishment ond develop
into ideol conopy. Thinning operotions ore undertoken during June
ond August.
lnfestotion of stem borer con be eosily identified by wooden {ross
follen on ground from the offected bronches. Holes ond oozing of
gum in offected bronches ore the other indicotors of its in{estotion.
Lorvoe of the insect tunnel inside the trunk ond destroy the conductive
Horticulture
tissues. As o result, the bronch ond folioge stori drying. Lorvoe con
be pulled out from the hole by using thin wire or cycle spoke or they
con be troced olong the tunnel from gum oozing spoi. To control
lorvoe hidden inside the bronch ond trunk, ploce cotton-wick sooked
with Nuvon insecticide inside the hole, ond seoling these with mud.
' New shoots con get offected wiih leof cutting weevil insect ond onthrocnose
diseose. This weevil domoges shoots by cutting the leof ocross the
lomino like scissors. lt con be monoged by two spoys of 0.2o/o carboryt,
(Sevin) insecticide (@ S n per liter woter) ot on intervol of l5 doys.
Brown spois on young leoves ore the chorocteristic symptom of onthrocnose
diseose. Copper oxychloride (3 g per liter woter) should be sproyed
twice ot on intervol of 15 doys for its monogement.
YIETD
After two yeors of pruning, the pruned trees become reiuvenoted with
development of heolthy ond productive conopy ond stort flowering ond
fruiting. On on overoge, obout 60 kg of fruit per tree per yeor con be
secured from trees reiuvenoted ofter pruning ot o height of 5 m from
ground. By odopting this technology, the productivity con be restored
ond with progressive increose in yield, orchords once ogoin become productive
Fifty years old rejuvenated tree in good
ond remunerotive. bearing after two years
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Reiuvenotion technique involves both {ixed ond vorioble costs. The
fixed cost is for equipments for pruning, thinning, sproying ond other
octivities. The vorioble cost includes lobour, monure ond fertilizers, culturoi
F0r more details tentert:
operotions, pesticides, etc. Fruiis horvested from prunecj trees hove better
Director
quolity compored to those horvested from unoruned trees. The overoge
Centrol lnstitute {or
vorioble cost for reiuvenotion is obout Rs I 60 per tree per yeor. Reiuvenotion Subtropicol Horticuliure
iechnology hos ecologicol significonce os it provides on effective ond (tcAR)
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remunerotive olternotive to uprooting ond rehobilitoting old ond dense
PO. Kqkori
orchords. By odopting the recommended reluvenotion technology trees Lucknow 227 107
con regoin life for onother 20-25 yeors with enhonced quolity fruiting
potentiol, sustoinoble production ond competitive reiurns.
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Cultivotion of white buiton mushroom is being undertoken by the formers
on o lorge scole, especiolly in the cooler hilly regions. One crop con
eosily be token during the winter seoson in the ploins ond foot hills of
North lndio. Economic cultivotion of white button mushroom requires
high levels of skills; hence it will be desiroble to undergo speciolized
troining ot some oppropriote institution before undertoking this os ociivity.
The Notionol Reseorch Centre on Mushroom, Solon hos developed pockoge
o{ proctices for cultivotion of white button mushroom.
Button mushroom
COMPOST PREPARATION
Mushroom should be grown on on ortificiolly prepored substrote colled
'compost', ond is prepored by two methods, viz; long method ond short
method. The compost preporotion by short method is relotively more
expensive ond technicol, ond therefore, moy not be economicol {or seosonol
growers. The long method of compost preporotion is most suitoble for
seosonol growers.
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Poddy strow 400 ks
Colcium Ammonium Nitroie 9kg
Ureo 3kg
Murlote of Potosh 3kg
Single Superphosphote 3kg
Wheot bron 15 ks
Gypsum 30 ks
BHC or Lindone Dust (5%) 250 gms
Molosses 5kg
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MIXTURE PREPARATION
Spreod over o concrete floor the bose moteriols (wheot/poddy strow)
ond sprinkle woter 2-3 times o doy to ollow it to obsorb sufficient moisture
5%) for iwo doys (48 hrs). Alongside, 12_16 hrs before stocking of wet
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wheot/poddy strow; molosses, wheoi bron ond fertilizers should be mixed

in o seporote heop, lightly wotered ond covered with moist gunny bogs.
PILE INAKING
Mix thoroughly the wet mixture of fertilizers ond wheot bron ond moist
wheot/poddy strow ond stock in o heop (150 cm width x l5o cm height).
The lengih of the heop depends on the quontity of the bose moteriol
used. Press heop from the top ond left os such for five doys.
TURNING SCHEDUTE
Eight turnings os per the following schedule should be odopted:
Fi rst Give {irst turning on 6th doy. The heop is dismontled by

using wooden or iron boords ond remode for proper oeroiion.
Woter moy be odded i{ needed. In order to provide equol
opportunity to decompose entire mixiure, the turning should
be done in o woy ihot the centrol portion should be ot
bottom, top portion should be ploced ot ihe centre ond
the bottom portion (inner side) is kept on the top (outer
side).
Second Give second turning on l Oih doy.

Third The heop is iurned for the third time on I3th doy ond
gypsum is odded.
Fourth Fourth turning is given on 1 6th doy.
Fifth Give fifth turning on 19th doy.

Sixth Give sixth turning on 22nd day.
Seventh Give sevenih turning on 25th doy.
All the obove turnings should be given following the meihod of first
tu rn i ng.
E ig hth Eighth tuning is given on 281h doy. BHC or lindone dust is

olso mixed. At this stoge check ommonio ond moisture
percentoge by pressing compost between polm ond fingers.
lf no woter {lows out from compost but polm ond {ingers

become only moist, it indicotes thot right moisture level
(68-70y") in the composl exists. ln order to test presence
of ommonio, the compost should be smelled. lf there is o
feeling of smell similor to thot of onimol urine in the cow
shed, then one more turning should be given. The temperoture
of ommonio free compost should be brought to 25'C ond
ofter thot spowning is corried out.
Sp*srwerEmg
The obove prepored compost is used for spowning. The spown should
be white with silky mycelium ond free from undesiroble smell. Before
storting the spowning, spowning oreo, utensils ond implements to be
used in the spowning should be treoted wilh 2o/o formolin solution. The
workers should olso wosh their honds with soop so os to prevent infections
to the compost. Spowning is done @ 0.5-0.75% (ln 100 kg compost
mix 500-750 gm spown).
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Prepore wooden/bomboo shelves ot 60 cm. intervol ln verticol direction
(height wise) in ony well ventiloted room. Two doys before the spowning,
treotthe room (roo{, wolls ond floor) with 2%formolin solution ond keep
it closed for over night.
Fill l0-l5kg
spowned compost in polythene bogs ond fold them iust
like poper envelopes. The bogs ore then ploced on shelves close to eoch
other. Mointoin 22-25oC temperoture ond 80-85% humidity in the room.
PREPARATION OF CASING SOIt AND ITS APPTICATION

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Spown run tokes ploce ofter 12-15 doys of spowning ond dork brown
compost iurns whitish. At this stoge, opplicotion of cosing soil is essentiol
for fruiting. Cosing soil is on equol mixture of two yeors old Form Yord
Monure ond loom soil. Sproy the cosing with 2o/o formolin solution (Add
2liter formolin, 40% a.i., in 40 liters o{ woter, ond keep it covered with
polythene sheet for I 0-l 5 dcys. Remove the sheei o doy before its opplicotion.
The cosing preporotion work should be done 15 doys in odvonce.
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Open the spown run compost bogs, level their surfoce ond slightly
pressed. Then, o cosing soil loyer of 3-4 cm thickness is opplied on the
Horticu liu re
even surfoce of bogs. During this period, 22-25aC iemperoture ond

80-85% humidity is mointoined. The cosed bogs require much ottention.
Check temperoture ond moisture in the bogs doily. Lighi sproy of woter is
olso corried out.
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the room temperoture is lowered {rom 22-25 C to 4-l 8'C. The pinheods
stort oppeoring within 7-10 doys ond moture in next few doys. At this
stoge, more humidity is required; hence 85-90o/o humidity should be
mointoined. Wotering should be done twice o doy (morning ond evening).
ln oddition to temperoture ond humidity, good ventiloiion is olso required
oi this stoge. Therefore, the cropping room should hove ventilotors, windows
ond doorfitted in the righi direction. By opening the ventilotors, windows
ond doors for some time in the morning ond evening, required oir moy
be provided.
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Pinheods become fully grown mushrooms in 2-4 doys ond horvested

3-4 cm ond ore in closed condition
by twisting when their cop diometer is
(button stoge). The horvested mushrooms should be consumed or sold
off os soon os possible os it is o perishoble vegetoble. Horvest mushrooms
doily ond complete production is obtoined in 8 tol0 weeks. On on overoge,
one quintol compost produces obout 12 kg mushroom.
ECONOMTCS For rnore details contact:

Director
Cost o{ cultivotion vories from ploce to ploce depending upon ihe Notionol Reseorch Centre
cost of row moteriol, lobour, site condiiions, ond morketing opportunities {or Mushroom (ICAR)
Chomboghoi
etc. On on overoge, production cost is between Rs l0-15 per kg. The Solon
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produce is sold ot obout Rs 30 to 50 per kg depending upon ihe seoson
ond locotion of morket, eic.
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SAND DUNES STABILIZATION

More thon holf (obout 58%) o{ the oreo of orid zone in the western Roiosthon
is covered by dri{ting or semi-stobllized sond dunes. Due to high wind
velocity, the sond dunes engulf ogriculturol fields, conols, wells, roilwoy
lines, highwoys, buildings, etc., ond thus couse immense losses. Some
of the dunes ore highly octive ond ore thus o moior menoce to the inhobitonts.
The Centrol Arid Zone Reseorch lnstitute (CAZRI), Jodhpur hos developed
technology for sond dunes stobilizotion. This technology involves the following
Shifting sand dunes
ste ps :
. Protection from the biotlc interference,

. Estoblishment of micro-wind breoks (mulching) on the dune surfoce
io reduce sond movement, ond
. A{forestotion of treoted dunes.
PROTECTION FROM BIOTIC INTERFERENCE

Due to high humon ond livestock populotion, whotever vegetotion grows
on the dunes is either horvested by the inhobitonts or grozed by onimols.
This leods to borren dunes. These oreos must be protected from biotic
pressure. On the dunes ongle-iron-borbed wire fencing is most effective.
Sand dunes stabilization through
micro-wind breaks
ESTABLISHMENT OF MICRO-WIND BREAKS
The locolly ovoiloble brushwood moteriols should be e{fectively used

for construction of windbreoks. The brushwood moteriols should be buried
upside down o.n the dunes, keeping one feet height on the dune surfoce
in porollel rows or in o chess boord design. The brushwood of following
bushes con be used:
. Senio (Crofo/orio burheo)
. Bui (Aervo persico)
. Kheep (Lepfodenio pyrotechnico)
. Thorns o{ Bordi (Ziziphus nummulorio), ond
. Khejri (Prosopis cinerorio)
Soil ond Woter Monogement
AFFORESTATION OF DUNES
After construction of micro-wind breoks, these dunes must be revegetoted
by suitoble grosses/creepers/trees or shrubs, sown on the leeword side
of micro-wind breoks. Some the grosses/creepers/trees suitoble for offorestotion
of dunes ore:
Grasses Sewan (Lasiurus sindicus), Anian (enchrus ciliarisl. Murat lPan icu n tu rgidu n ).
Creepers Tumba tCitrullus colosynthes\. Kachri Gucumus sp.)
Trees/shrubs Israeli babul (,A.caci,a tortilis), Nubica (Acacia nubira), Kumat Q4cacia senegal),
Bhu-bavali U. jaquimontii\.Bavenosa U. baumosa\. Angrezibabul lProsopisjuliJlora).
Phog6alligonum polygonoidest. Botdi lziziphus n ummularia\. Nni (Clerodmdrum
phlomoidis).
Acacia senegal - a lree suitable for

afforestation of dunes
GUIDELINES FOR REVEGETATION
Sow gross ond creeper seeds directly. ln cose of trees/shrubs, tronsplont
nursery-roised 5 month old seedlings. Trees should be plonted ot o spocing
of5x5m.
It is necessory to follow oll these operotions os o time-bound octivity.
li is recommended thoi fencing work should be completed by the end of
June, the micro-wind breoks estoblishment should be done before July,
i.e. onset o{ monsoon. Tree-shrub nursery should be roised in Februory
or Morch ond tronsplonting of trees/shrubs should be done ot the onset
of monsoon. By proper odoption of the obove steps, it is possible to
effectively stobilize the dunes.
YIETD AND OTHER ADVANTAGES

Once the irees ore estoblished, the under-storey of gross/creepers
stort to regenerote, ond ofter 15 yeors of estoblishment, the wood yield
of Acocio forii/is is expected between 33 to 53 t/ho. Recently, the CAZRI {ar mors details c$nt{tt:{:
hos olso developed technology of gum extroction {rom A. tortilis, thus it Director
wos possible to horvest obout 400-500 gm of gum from eoch tree. Centrql Arid Zone Reseorch
lnstitute (ICAR)
This technology got o very wider occeptonce by the Stote Governmenl Jodhpur 342 003
Forest Deportmeni for community porticipotory monogement ond stobilizotion
of sond dunes.
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RECTAfUIATION OF ATKALI SOITS

OF INDO.GANGETIC PLAINS
Alkoli soils (olso colled sodic) contoin sufficient omount of exchongeoble
sodium (ESP), more thon 15o/o to couse soil dispersion ond increose in
the soil pH (>8.5), thereby odversely offecting both the physicol ond
nuiritionol properties of the soil. This olso brings signi{icont reduction in
crop growth. The conductivity of the soil soturotion extroct is usuolly less
thon 4 dSmr. Highly deterioroted olkoli soils moy hove pH os high os
,l0.2.
Neorly 28 lokh hectores oreo is offected by sodicity ond ore primorily
A barren vast stretch of alkali
affected areas spreod in the lndo-Gongetic olluviol ploins in the stotes of Horyono,
Punjob, Utior Prodesh ond ports of Bihorond Rolosthon. The centrol soil
Solinity Reseorch lnstituie (CSSRI), Kornol hos developed on economicolly
vioble, environmeni friendly ond sociolly occeptoble pockoge of reclomotion
technology.
RECTAMATION TECHNOLOGY
Reclomoiion of olkoli soils bosicolly requires portiol or complete removol
o{ exchongeoble Sodium ond its replocement by Colcium. This con be
occomplished in mony woys depending on locol conditions, ovoiloble
resources ond the kind of crops to be grown on the recloimed lond. lf the
cultivotor con spend very little for reclomotion ond is wiiling to woit for
mony yeors before he con get on economic crop yield, reclomotion con
be occomplished simply by growing rice during khorif seoson followed
by o robi crop (wheoi), olong wiih ihe incorporotion of formyord/green
monures.
However, to obtoin reosonobly quick soil reclomotion ond economic

crop yields cropping must be preceded by:
. Applicotion of o chemicol omendment preferobly gypsum in required
quo ntity.
' Thereofter leoching for removol of solts, mostly sodium sulphote, derived
from the reoction of the omendment with the olkoli soil.
' Adoption o{ rice-wheot-dhoincho (sesbenio ocu/eoto) os green-monuring

cro p.
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Proper lond leveling is o must for initioting the reclomotion. Provide

sirong bunds on oll sides o{the form to control ingress of woterfrom
the odioining oreos. The on-form development works should be done
in eorly summer before on-set of roins. Do not go in for deep ploughing.
Gypsum (Colcium Sulphote), is by for the most commonly used soil

omendment. Though mony other soil omendments (sulphur, sulphuric
ocid, colcium chloride, oluminium sulphote, etc.) could olso be used Gypsum application
but these ore more expensive ihon gypsum ond therefore, uneconomic
to use. Press mud from sugor foctories using sulphitotion process
con olso be used for reclomotion of sodic londs. lron pyrites is still
onother promising omendment provided it contoins obout minimum
of 8% woter-soluble sulphur.
The omount of omendment must be opplied bosed on soil onolysis.
However, 12-15 tonnes of gypsum per hectore (which is only 5O% of
gypsum requirement of O-,l5 cm soil) is sufficient enough to recloim
upper l5 cm soil depth of o htghly deterioroted soil (pH os high os
10.7) for successfully growing rice-wheot in rototion. About 25o/oless
gypsum moy be opplied by opplying l0-15 t/ho FYM olong wirh
gypsum. Solt toleront rice vorieties (CSR-10, CSR-l3, CSR-22) ond
wheot (KRL l-4, KRL 19) con olso be grown successfully by using
gypsum @ 25o/o gypsum requirement.
The omendment should be uniformly opplied in whole fteld ond thoroughly

mixed within the top l0 cm soil, followed by ponding
of irrigotion/
roin woter for obout I 0-15 doys to promote leoching ond creote
better soil ionic environment.
A{ter the excess woter hos disoppeored ond the lond hos been properly
cultivoted ond fertilized, rice should be tronsplonied without puddling,
ensuring 3 to 4 seedlings per hill ond mointoining 15 to 20 cm distonce
between the hills. Roise nursery on good soil. The crop should be
monoged os per the normol crop monogement proctices. As for os
possible, reclomotion should stort with rice os the first crop. Wheot,
borley ond berseem ore the best choices for continuing the reclomotion
process during robi seoson. Recommended crop vorieties should be
plonted ot the oppropriote time. lt is desiroble to go in {or o green-
monure crop during summer, which besides improving soil physicol
conditions con olso sove obout 60-70 kg/ho of Nitrogen in the following A first crop of rice after reclamation
rice crop.
Selected Agriculiu ro I Technologies A Compendium
. While growing wheot crop during robi seoson, ensure thot there is
no stognotion of stonding woter. Apply llght but frequent irrigotion
(totol quontity of irrigotion woter remoins the some).
OTHER MANAGEMENT TIPS

Efficient, bolonced ond integroted nutrient monogemeni is on integrol
port of reclomotion of sodic londs. Therefore, to sustoin productivity during
ond ofter reclomotion the following recommendotions must be proctised:
. These soils ore highly deficient in orgonic motter ond Nitrogen. During
the first few yeors ofter reclomotion, crops ore fertilized with obout
25o/o more Nitrogen compored to recommended dose for normol
soil. Split opplicotion of Nitrogen through ureo (1/3rd os bosol, l/
3rd eoch ot 2l ond 45 doys crop growth) should be given. ln rice,
bosol dose of ureo should be opplied be{ore puddling under pre-
submerged conditions to reduce ommonio volotilizotion losses ond
to enhonce Nitrogen use efficiency.
. Apply 251o 40 kg Zinc Sulphote per hectore to rice for first few yeors
ond ihen it should be opplied on soil test bosis.
' Formyord monure, orgonic residues ond green monures help in increosing
the productiviiy. lt is extremely imporiont io integrote the use of orgonic
resources ond chemicol omendments.
' Though sodic soils initiolly ore high in ovoiloble phosphorus, both
rice ond wheot require phosphorus fertilizotion @ 22 kg P/ho ofter
4-5 yeors, when ovoiloble phosphorus comes down to criticol soil
test volue i.e. l2 kg/ho io sustoin productiviiy ond to mointoin soil
fe rti I ity.
. Mointoin submerged conditions during rice ond well droined conditions

during wheot/borley/berseem to ovoid woter stognotion ond domoge
to the crops, by ensuring light ond frequent irrigoiions.
SOURCES OF GYPSUM AVAILABILITY
Gypsum is being morketed by the Lond Reclomotion ond Development

Corporotions estoblished in mony Stotes. The formers con contoci the
Stote Deportments o{ Agricultune os well. The oddresses of o few firms
supplying gypsum ore oisc Eiven below. This is in no woy is o recommendotion
of ony porticulor source.
Soil ond Woter Monogement
Gpups*ssm Sarpp$yfxrg F$rs:es :
l. The Fertilizer Corporotion of lndio Ltd., Poonto A Rood, Jodhpur

(Ro iostho n).
2. J & K Minerols Ltd., Mining Deportment, House No.33, Block'B'

Secior C, Gondhinogor, Jommu, J & K. Fctr mare details e()ntact:
Director
3. Hinduston Copper Ltd., PO. Khetri Nogor, Roiosthon. Centrol Soil Solinity Reseorch
4. Bikoner Gypsum Ltd., Bikoner, Rolosthon. lnstitute (ICAR)
Kornol 132 00]
5. The Himoloyo Stone ond Lime Co., Rishikesh, (Dehroduin), D.P
6. Akhil Lime ond Minerols, 4-Roio Rood, Dehrodun, D.P
PITCHER IRRIGATION
TECHNOLOGY FOR VEGETABLE
PRODUCTION IN ARID AREAS
Woter being o scorce resource/ iis conservolion strotegies would ploy o
very dominoting role in ochieving higher produciion levels with limited
woier. As ogriculture in the orid ond semi-orld regions hos to depend
upon soline groundwoier, o number of indigenous techniques hove been
developed ond recommended. One such technique odvocoted by the
Centrol Soil Solinity Reseorch lnstitute (CSSRI), Kornol is the pitcher irrigotion.
The pitchers recommended for use ore commonly mode by the villoge
ortisons. The pitcher irrigotion hos been oppropriotely nomed to highlight
the bosic component of the system, the pitcher. lt is on ordinory eorthen
pitcher commonly used in rurol oreos to cool woter during the summer
seosons. Unglozed pitchers, eoch of 5-8 liter copocity would be oppropriote
for use.
STEPS IN INSTATTATION
l. Mork the locotions of the pitchers on the form oreo. Instoll pitchers
ot o wider distonce for creeping crops while distonce is kept less for
erect type crops.
At eoch locotion dig o circulor pit ot leost 60 cm deep ond o{ 90 cm

diometer. Keep seporotely the soil dug out from the pit.
Breok the soil clods completely (to less thon

'l cm diometer) ond mix
enough formyord monure ond bosol dose of iertilizers (phosphorus
ond potosh). Also odd soil omendment for reclomotion if needed.
Pitcher irrigation is useful for vegetable Apply Nitrogen olong with irrigotion woter through the pitchers. Ploce
production
this mixture o{ the soil in the pit to give ot leost o depth of 30 cm.
4. Ploce the unglozed pitcher ot the center of the pit. Use the dug out
ond the mixture to fill the remoining portion so os to coverthe whole
spoce from the bottom to the neck of the pitcher. ln cose of heovy
soils, o thin loyer of sond is olso ploced oround the pitchers. Top the
mixture thoroughly to ensure good contoct beiween the soil ond the
Soil ond Woter Monogemenl
pitcher. ln the obsence of o good contoct, ihe woter will either not
flow out of the pitcher or the flow will be irregulor.
5. Fill the pitcher with cleor woter. Roinwoter could be used ofter filtering
through o sond filter.
6. After 2-3 doys of {illing ihe piicher, sow ot leost 6-8 seedlings/seeds
oround the pitcher. The seeds or seedlings should be equidistont from
the pitcher ond olso from eoch other. The ideol locotion forthe seeds/
seedlings is iust outside the outer boundory of the pitcher woll. Stort
fllling the woter ot pre-determined intervol (optimum schedule moy
be 2 doys for soline ond 3 doys in cose o{ fresh woter).
WATER REQUIREMENT
W*fen r*q$"Eircffieet* Bffi the pitcl'eer Er*"Egm*E*at f*attreEqnse

d*pends trFsst:
. Number of pitchers per ho
. Type o{ crop grown
. Avoiloble quolity o{ woter ond the filling schedule.
An eorly filling schedule should be odopted with soline woter os compored

to fresh woter. The woter requirement in o 3 doy filling schedule is obout
holf o{ ihe doily filling schedule. The woier requirement could be os low
os 2.8 cm/ho lo 12.5 cm/ho os the number of pitchers/ho increose {rom
800 to 5000. Thus woter requirement moy not exceed o moximum of 2
irrigotions equivoleni in the surfoce irrigotion method. These colculotions
ore with on ossumption ihot the crop is o{ three ond o holf to four months
durotion with o moximum replenishmeni rote ol 2.5 liters/doy.
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Keep the mouth of the pitcher closed to prevent sunlight to enter the
pitcher so thot olgoe formotion ond growth is minimized.
Use only cleor woter for filllng.

. Properly dry the pitchers before storing.
YIETD
A lorge number of crops con be grown through piicher irrigotion technique.
It is more useful for vegetobles ond horticulturol crops. Creeping types
of crops con be grown with lesser number of pitchers. The yields of severol
crops, when fresh woter wos used to irrigote the crop ore given below.
Even grope ond tomoto could be estoblished well.
Yidd of Various Crops With f resh Varer (EC = S. 5 dS/m)
Crop Yield {lg/ptteher) Cmp Yield tKg/Pitcherr
Watermeion 1 1.3 Tomato 5.8
Muskmelon 7.4 Cauliflower 5.2

A good crop of grapes through Pitcher Bottle gourd 2t.5 Brinjal 5.1
irrigation
Bitter gourd 75 Cabbage 4.8
Ridge gourd 4.5 Radish 8.0
Cucumber (Kakri) 14.0 Grapes 3.5
USE OF SATINE WATER IN PITCHERS

The vegetoble crops ore quite sensitive to solts. ln most crops soline
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woter of 2-3 ds/m con only be used except for chillies, where woter of
J{lH::]r,-::# 4.5 ds/m could olso be used. Through pitcher irrigoiion iechnology,
most of the crops con be grown with woters hoving EC > 5 ds/m, except
ridge gourd ond gropes. Couliflower could be grown even with o soline
woter of l5 ds/m by odopting improved crop production opprooches.
Saline water irrigation through

earthen pitcher ECONOMTCS
The totol cost with 2,500 piichers per hectore is obout Rs r l,2oo with
the vorioble cost of Rs 9,640 per seoson. Benefit-cost rotio through pitcher
irrigotion is obout 3 for tomoto crop ond more thon 2 for most of the
Ftsr more eleiails contact: other vegetobles. This is o simple technology, ond the economic viobility
Director of the technique omong others depends upon the life of the pitcher.
Centrol Soil Solinity Reseorch
lnstituie (ICAR)
Unlike surfoce ploced pitchers, buried pitchers tronsmit the woter into
Kornql I 32 00,] the soil ond piicher woll does not oct os on evoporoting surfoce. Thus,
no solts get occumuloted on the piicher woli.
ENRICHED COMPOST
PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
Most of the lndion soils ore deficient in Phosphorus ond olso ore under
continuous cropping. The yeorly removol o{ Phosphorus is more ihon its
oddition. lf the iroditionol technology of compost moking is improved in
terms of nutrients content, it con help in minimizing nutrient depleiion to
o greoter extent. The lndion lnstiiute o{ Soil Science (llSS), Bhopol hos
developed phospho-com post/N - en riched phospho-com post tech nology.
ln this technique, phosphote solubilising microorgonisms (Aspergi//us owomori,
Pseudomonos sfroifo, ond Bocillus megolerium), phosphote rock, ond
bio-solids ore used to enrich monuriol volue compored to FYM ond ordinory
com post.
. The phospho-compost ond N-enriched phospho-compost ore prepored

by windrow method ond in the pits prepored for NADEP compost.
. For the production o{ one ton of phospho-composi, 1900 kg orgonic/
vegetoble wostes/sirow,200 kg cow dung (on dry weight bosis), ond
250 kg phosphote rock (18% P2O5) ore used.
. The compost becomes reody for field opplicotion wiihin 90-l0O doys
period.
. The phospho-compost contoins 2-3% P2C-s.
Since there is multi-nutrient deficiency in lndion soils, the llSS, Bhopol

hos olso developed N-enriched Phospho-compost technology to enrich
monuriol volue, porticulorly Sulphur ond Nitrogen content of the compost.
For this odd Nitrogen os ureo @ 0.5-l o/o (w/w) ond Pyriies @ I O% (w/w)
to the composting mixture. The N-enriched phospho-compost normolly
contoins 1.4-1.6%o N ond 15-20 C: N rotio
For more details cofitact:
Direcior
ECONOMTCS lndion lnstitute of Soil
Science (ICAR)
The cost of supplying one Kg of super phosphote through phospho- Nobi Bogh, Berosio Rood
compost is oround Rs 9 os compored to Rs l6-17 supplied through Bhopol 462 038
Single Super Phosphote or Diommonium phosphote.
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UREA TREATMENT OF POOR

QUALITY ROUGHAGES
Cereol strows of wheot, poddy, oots, borley ond stovers like sorghum,
bo jro, etc. ossume speciol significonce os ihese constitute the lorgest
proportion of roughoge (obout 80o/o), ond most of the livestock subsist
on such fodders olone. The voluntory intoke by onimols of cereol strows
ond stovers is olso low. Thus the onlmols fed on such strows suffer from
molnutrition. The Notionol Doiry Reseorch lnstitute (NDRI), Kornol hos
developed o technology of ureo treotment of roughoges.
STEPS OF UREA TREATMENT

Urea treatment of poor quality
roughages 1 Toke -l00 kg of strow or stovers ond put them on the cemented/
pokko floor.
2. Toke the fertilizer grode ureo @ 4 kg.
3. Dissolve the Ureo (a kg) in 20 30 liters o{ woier ond mix it till it

completely dissolves.
4. Sproy the ureo solution with ony sproyer on strow lot.
5 Mix Ureo solution ond sirow thoroughly with hond fork (obout 5-6
turnings).
6. stock under the plostic sheets/gunny bogs cover to hove onoerobic

condition ond ollow it to reoct for obout 3 weeks.
7. Toke the strow out from stock.
Give2 to 3 turnings so thot excess o{
ommonio gets evoporoted in ihe otmosphere.
B. The colour of the strow is chonged from yellowish to dork brown
during the reoction time. Treoted strow is reodyto use os onimolfeed
for livestock.
Fr*ss*?E*rts
Uniformly sproy ureo solution on strow Iots ond thoroughly mix.
' Provide complete onoerobic condition for better reoction while stocking
the treoted strow.
Animol Sciences
' Precoutions should be token to sove the treoted moteriol from roins
etc.
. Keep the children owoy from the stock to ovoid the e{fect of ommonio
on their heolth.
FEEDING
The treoted moteriol serves os mointenonce roiion. However,
supplemeniotion of concentrote mixture os well os green fodder will improve
the per{ormonce of the producing onimols especiolly loctoting onimols.
The treoied strow con be fed to growing colves, producing ond non-
producing odult onimols of cottle, buffoloes, goots ond sheep. The treoted
strows become so{t ond more plioble, ihus increose its polotobility, ond
increosed voluntory consumption of strow.
The onimols fed on such treoted strows should be provided with sufficient
quontity of common solt ond commerciolly prepored minerol mixiure.
The supplementotion of vitomins moy olso be beneficiol, which con be
supplied through commerciol preporotions or by feeding 2-3 kg green
{odder per doy per onimol. The treoted moteriol con be fed to ony ruminont
onimols hoving more thon six month's oge. The chonge in colour of the
treoted strow hoppens due to reoction of the chemicol with strow ond
does not offect strow quolity.
ADVANTAGES
. The ingredients ore reodily ovoiloble in the morket.
It is not hozordous during the process/treotment of roughoges.
The Ureo gets converted into ommonio ond then ommonio reocts
with fibre to complete the reoction.
Being o source o{olkoli it helps in breoking the Iignocelluloses bonds

ond thereby increoses the digestibility of the energy producing components.
The digestibility of orgonic moiier ond crude {ibre olso increoses leoding
to higher omount of ovoiloble energy to the livestock.
It increoses protein content by two to three times.
The Ureo treotment of strows does not couse ony polluiion problems.
The Ureo-treoted strow does not creote ureo toxicity in the onimol.
. This treotment olso octs os preservotive thus minimizing the strow

spoiloge.
For mare details contact:

ECONOMTCS
Director
National Dairy Research Feeding treoted strow os bosol rotion for both growth ond milk production
Institute (ICAR)
con reduce the ollowonces of concenirote mixture by 25o/o, without lowering
Karnal 132 001
down the productivity of the onimols.
UREA MOLASSES LIQUID DIET
(uMrD) FOR LIVESTOCK
ln mony poris of the country, noturol colomities like floods ond droughts
ore recurring feotures, which hove odverse effeci on ogriculturol production
in generol ond on livestock production in porticulor. Survivol of livestock
ot minimum cosi, using olternote/possible feeding strotegies is the primory
oim during such odverse circumstonces. Due to the inoccessibility ond
tronsportotion difficulties of bulky moteriol, the ovoilobility of troditionolly
used feed/fodder becomes unossured.
Molosses being rich in energy ond sulphur, ond hove high bulk density
con be used os potentiol drought/scorciiy feed ofter supplementing deficient
nutrients viz., protein, minerols ond vitomins required for essentiol body
processes. The lndion Veterinory Reseorch lnstitute (lVRl), lzotnogor hos
stondordized ureo molosses liquid diet (UMLD) for feeding os survivol
rotion to growing cottle ond buffoloes {or Ionger durotion.
MATERIATS REQUIRED
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. Molosses 84 kg
' Protein pellets 10 kg

. Ureo 3 kg
. Minerol mixture 2 kg
. Phosphoric ocid 1 g, ond
. Vitomin supplement (Vitoblend), 25 g/100 kg
CIsrs?ituents
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Deoiled mustord coke, 23
Mustord oil coke I I

Selected Agriculturol Technologies A Compendtum
Crushed iowor groin, 10
Molosses, 10
Guor cormo, 9
Cotton seed meol, B
Deoiled ground nut meol, Z
Rice polish, 6
Wheot bron,4
a Molt sprout, 3
a
Moize gluten, 3
Deoiled rice bran, 2
Minerol mixture, 2
Common soli, 2
PREPARATION
To prepore UMLD, Ureo is mixed in the molosses ond left overnight in
o plostic trough. Next morning, it is shoken well ond other ingredients
ore mixed.
ADVANTAGE
It con be used os o survivol rotion during scorcity like floods/droughts.
Director
Indian Veterinary ECONOMICS
Research Institute (ICAR)
Being o survivol diet, UMLD con sove lives of millions of precious
lzatnagar 243 122
livestock. However, the cost of the feed is obout Rs 25Olq u into l.
UREA AMMONIATED NEEM SEED
KERNET CAKE FOR TIVESTOCK
Neem Seed Kernel Coke (NSKC) is o protein rich by-product of Neem oil
industry, ond is eosily ovoiloble. lt wos hitherto utilized os fertilizer-cum-
pesticide only. The coke os such wos not used for onimol {eeding due to
the presence of bitter ond toxic iriterpenoids (ozodirochtin, solonin, nimbin,
nimibidiol, etc.). Further, even when the Neem seed kernel coke is fed,
besides being unpolotoble, it is hormful to onimols ond offect growth,
mole reproductive system ond overoll per{ormonce. The lndion Veterinory
Reseorch lnstitute (lVRl), lzoinogor hos developed technology of treoting
ihe coke with {ertilizer grode ureo ond converting it into o wholesome
subsiiiute of conventionol oil cokes in the concentrote mixtures of vorious
species of livestock.
MATERIATS REQUIRED
. Fertilizer grode Ureo
. Neem seed kernel coke
PREPARATION PROCEDURE
I . Toke fertilizer grode Ureo @ 2.5 kg/quintol of Neem seed kernel.
2. Sook NSKC in on oirtight contoiner hoving solution contoining fertilizer
grode Ureo (2.5o/o w/w) ot the rote of lport of NSKC: 1.2 ports oi
ureo solution for 5 to 6 doys with intermittent stirring.
3. Sun dry the ensiled coke ond ground it for incorporotion into concentrote
mixture o{ vorious species of livestock.
Decorticate/Dehull the Neem Seed and

Solvent Extract to Recover Oil to obtain NSKC
&dwcsrf*g*s
. Ureo ommonioted, sun-dried ond ground NSKC is suitoble to feed
coitle ond bu{folo colves, growing lombs ond kids ond broiler poultry
ond robbits without ony detrimentol effect.
. Ureo ommonioted neem seed kernel coke provides o wholesome protein

rich substitute to spore costly ond scorce vegetoble protein sources
in the livestock feed.
For more details contact: ECONOMICS

Director Besides reducing the cost of conventionol oil coke used in concentrote
lndion Veterinory Reseorch
lnstitute (ICAR) mixture of livestock by 30 lo it con olso mitigote the shortoge of
45Yo,
lzotnogor 243 122 protein rich {eeds to overcome the demond ond supply of scorce ond
coslly oil cokes.
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FRESHWATER PEARL CUTTURE

Peorl is o noturol gem ond is produced by o mollusc. While the demond
o{ peorls in lndio ond elsewhere is increosing, due io over exploitotion
ond pollution, their supplies from noiure hove reduced. lndio is importing
o lorge quontity of cultured peorls every yeor from the internoiionol morkets
io meet ihe domestic demond. The Centrol lnstituie o{ FreshwoterAquoculture
(CIFA), Bhubneshwor hos developed technology of freshwoter peorl culture
from common freshwoter mussels, widely distributed in {reshwoter hobitots
throughout the country.
Generolly o noturol peorl is of smoll size ond irregulor shope. A cultured
peorl is olso o noturol peorl, the only difference being the humon intervention
in surgicol implontotion of o live montle gro{t ond nucleus for hostening
Freshwater pearl culture
peorl {ormotion to the desired size, shope, colour ond lusture. ln lndio,
three species of commonly ovoiloble freshwoter mussels viz., Lomme/idens
morginolis, L. corrionus ond Porreysio corrugolo con be used to produce
good quolity peorls.
TECHNOLOGY
ln noture, o peorl is{ormed when o foreign porticle viz., piece of sond,
insects eic. by chonce enters into the body of mussel ond the mussel con
not throw thoi out ond insteod mokes o shiny cooting on ihe porticle
loyer by loyer. This simple phenomenon is being exploited in peorl culture
proctices. As o {orming proctice, the {reshwoier peorl culture operotion
involves six moior steps sequentiolly:
. Colleciion of mussels,
. Pre-operotiveconditioning,
. Surgery,
. Post-operotive core,
. Pond culture, ond
. Horvesting of peorls.
#*EEcqEecr *$ ffiasss*Es
The heolthy mussels should be collected monuolly from the freshwoter

bodies like pond, river etc. ond kept in buckets or contoiners hoving
woter. The ideol mussel size to be used for peorl culture should be of B-
l0 cm.
Fr*-*p*rsEve **nd i*i**rE r*g
The collected mussels should be kept in crowded condition in coptivity

(1 mussel/liter of woter) with oged iop woter for pre-operotive conditioning
{or 2 to 3 doys. This pre-operotive condiiioning helps in weokening of
odducior muscles for eosy hondling during surgery.
iWe*eseE Surgcry
Depending on the ploce of surgery, the implontotion is of three types
viz., montle covity implontotion, montle tissue implontotion ond gonodol.
The key row moteriols required during the surgicol implontotions ore
beods or nuclei, which ore usuolly mode from mollusc shell or other
colcoreous moteriols.
Montle covity implontctfion: ln this procedure round (4-8 mm diometer)

or designed (imoges of ony shope) beods ore inserted into the montle
covity region of mussel (skin Iike structure covered on eoch side of the
body of mussel) ofter opening the two volves (without cousing iniury to
mussels ot both ends) of onimol ond seporoting corefully the moniles of
onierior sides {rom the shell by help of surgicol set. lmplontotion could
be done in monile covities of both the volves. ln cose of implontotion o{
designed beods core should be thot the design portion foces the montle.
After plocing the beods in desired ploce the gops creoted during implontotion
should be closed by pushing the montle onto the shell.
Montle fissue imp/o ntotion: Here the mussels ore divided into two groups;
the donor ond the recipient mussels. The {irst siep in this procedure is
preporotion of groft (smoll pieces of montle tissue). This is done by preporing
o montle ribbon (o strip of montle olong the ventrol side of the mussel)
{rom o donor mussel, which is socrificed, ond cutting thot into smoll
pieces (2 x 2 mm). The implontotion is done on recipient mussels, which
ore of two types viz., non-nucleoted ond nucleoted. ln the former, only
the groft pieces ore introduced into the pockets creoted ot the inner side
of posterior polliol montle present ot the ventrol region of the mussel. ln
the nucleoted method, o groft piece followed by o smoll nucleus (2 mm
diometer) is introduced in the pockets. ln both the procedures core should
Fisheries
be token thot groft or nucleus does not come out of the pocket. lmplontotions
could be done ot montle ribbon of both volves.
Gonodol implontotion: This procedure olso involves preporoiion of

gro{ts similor to montle tissue method. First o cut is mode ot the edge of
the gonod of the mussel. Then o gro{t is inserted into the gonod followed
by nucleus (2-4 mm diometer) so thot the nucleus ond groft ore in close
contoct. Core should be ihot nucleus touches the outer epitheliol loyer
o{ the gro{t ond the intestine is not cut during ihe surgery.
Fes6-*persgve e*r*
lmplonied mussels ore kept in post-operotive core unit in nylon bogs
for l0 doys with ontibiotic treotment ond supply of noturol food. The
units should be doily exomined ond deod mussels ond the ones ihot
reiect the nucleus should be removed.
F**td *uEEa*re
After post-operotive core the implonted mussels should be stocked in

the ponds by keeping them in nylon bogs (2 mussels per bog) ond honging
from bomboo or PVC pipes ond ploced in ponds ot one meter depth.
The mussels ore cultured ot stocking density of 20,000-30,000/ho. The
ponds should be periodicolly feriilized with orgonic monure ond inorgonic
fertilizer to sustoin the plonkton productivlty. Periodicol checking of mussels
with removol of deod ones ond cleoning of bogs should be corried out
throughout the culture period ol 12-18 months.
Fe*rl *4srvesf
The mussels should be horvesied ot the end of the culture period. The
individuol peorls con be token out {rom the montle tissue or gonod of For more details cantact:
the Iive mussels. The mussels ore socrificed in cose of montle coviiy method. Director
The products obtoined through different surgicol implontotion methods Centrol lnstitule o{
Freshwoter Aquocu liu re
vory. ln the montle covity method these ore shell oitoched holf round, in Ko uso lyogongo
montle iissue method os unottoched, smoll irregulor or round peorls; Bhuboneshwor 751 002
while in gonodol method os unottoched big irregulor or round peorls.
SFI MIMP FARNNI NG THCH NOLOGY
Since oges shrimp culture os o troditionol octivity is being procticed. lt
wos only in eorly nineties ihot modem scientific shrimp forming goi o
boosi ond since then o phenomenol exponsion hos been ochieved. Presently,
hordly 15% o{ the totol poientiol brockish woter oreo ovoiloble in the
country (oboui I .7 lokh ho) is under shrimp {orming. During 2OOi-2002,
lndio exported cultured shrimps worth Rs 3,500 crores, which constituied
85% of the totol shrimps exported {rom the country. The Centrol lnstituie
of Brockishwoter Aquoculture (CIBA), Chennoi hos developed scienti{ic
shrimp forming technology with good monogement proctices {or sustoinoble
produciion of shrimps from the culture systems. However, shrimp culture
technology ond the system of culiure depends on severol foctors like:
. Sitechorocleristics,
. Design of shrimp forms,
' Pond preporotion,

. Stocking,
. Woter quolity monogement, etc.
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Undertoke o thorough study of the site with reference to meteorologicol

foctors (wind, temperoture, light, roin, humidity etc.,), locotion foctors
(tides, woves, currents, occessibility, prior uses, grodients etc.,), soil quolity
(soiltexture, topogrophy, nutrient ond microbiol content, leochoble toxins),
woter quolity (physicol, chemicol ond biologicol) ond sociol, legol, ond
economic ospects.
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The form con either be open or o closed system. lf su{ficient good

quolity woter is reodily ovoiloble, it is simpler to hove low cost open
systems. However, if the source woter is of poor quolity, pre-treotment/
sedimentotion is required io be undertoken in reservoir ponds. ln lorger
forms, Ef{luent Treotment Ponds ore essentiol.
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It is on essentiol componeni of shrimp form monogement ond is corried
out io remove the occumuloted metobolites of the eorlier culture, eliminotion
of pests ond predotors, enhoncement of the nutrient stotus of woter, ond
growing noturol food orgonisms. This comprises of :
' Drying of pond bottom
' Sediment removol

. Tilling/ploughing/roking
. Liming
' Woter intoke
' Chlorinotion/dechlorinotion
. Fertilizotion/monuring
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The stocking of the pond with hotchery reored, diseose free ond high
quolity shrimp seed will ensure o successful culture. lt is recommended
to hove o stocking densiiy of 6-l O/m2lor susioinoble production in improved
troditionol ond semi-intensive systems of culture.
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Another esseniiol component of the shrimp pond monogement is woter

quolity monogemeni. Nutrients ond orgonic wostes produced in shrimp
culture ponds consist of solid motter (moinly uneoten feed, foecol motter
ond phytoplonkton) ond dissolved metobolites (moinly ommonio, phosphote,
corbon dioxide, nitrites ond nitrotes). ln order to mointoin these within
ihe toleroble limits, the following methods should be odopted:
. Woler exchonge
. Aerotion
Scientific farming
' Applicotion of chemicols/pro-biotics to improve woter ond soil quolity
FEED AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT

The growth of the shrimp essentiolly depends on the quolity of feed
used. lt is recommended to go in for compounded feeds, fulfilling the
nutritionol requirements of the shrimps ot different stoges of growth, ond
with good occeptobility, digestibility ond FCR. Since more thon 5o% of
the recurring expenditure is on feed, its monogement in o shrimp form is

of greot importonce. While over {eeding will leod to nutrient looding,
under feeding will result in poor growth of the cultured shrimps. Hence
feeding rote ond feeding {requency should be reguloted using feed check
troys.
Heolth Monogement ploys very importoni role to prevent the occurrence

o{ diseoses in the cultured shrimps. Since diseose monifestotion is o complex
interociion oi shrimp, pothogen ond environment, holistic monogement
opprooch involving the following processes need to be odopted.
. Undertoke continuous monitoring of the heolth of the shrimps using
ropid diognostic techniques.
Exclude pothogens from the culture ponds by proper woier monogement
Different grades of shrimp feed
ond preventing the entry of corriers of pothogens.
Use prophyloctic treotments ond use o{ probiotics to exclude hormful
bocterio from the pond ecosystem
Use non-specific immuno siimulonts to enhonce the immune response

of the shrimps
Avoid environmentol stress by proper woter ond soil monogement
following bio-ougmentotion ond bioremediotion meihods.
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This is extremely essentiol in lorge forms to reduce ihe nutrient looding
in the source woter. For the forms obove 5 ho, effluent treotment ponds
ore essentiolly needed.
HARVESTING AND MARKETING

Horvesting ond morkeiing of the produce from shrimp forms ls relotively
eosy os the processors or their ogents reodily ogree to collect it ot the
form site.
CAPITAT INVESTINENT AND RETURN

ln order io construct o 5 ho form, Rs l5 to 20 lokhs will be needed
depending on the soil chorocteristics, distonce ond elevotion of the site
with reference to the source woter. Recurring Expendiiure of o 5 ho form
will be oround Rs l2 to l6 lokhs per onnum. The cost o{ produciion is
'l20 to I 60 per kg o{ shrimp.
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Fisheries
By following proper monogement proctices, ii is possible io produce

from o 5 ho {orm, l0 tonnes of shrimp, of o form gote price of Rs 30
lokhs. lt is expected io eorn on on overoge, o net profit of Rs 2 lo khs per Director
Centrol Institute of
ho, by complete odoption of the recommended proctices. Brockishwoter Aquocu ltu re
(tcAR)
75 Sonthome High Rood
RA Purom
Chennoi 600 028
SH RIMP ]{ATCH ERY TECH NOLOGY
Presently obout 1.70 lokh hectores of brockish woteroreo is undershrimp
forming with o seed requirement of obout l2-15 billion post lorvoe,
which is being met by obout 237 commerciol shrimp hoicheries hoving
instolled copocity of I I .4 billion post lorvoe. lt is estimoted thot by 2020 eo,
the oreo under shrimp forming moy be neorly double, leoding to o demond
of 30 billion post lorvoe onnuolly. Hence there is on enormous scope for
estoblishment of commerciol shrimp hotcheries in the country.
The quolity o{ the seed ploys o very importont role in shrimp seed
production or hotchery technology os the shrimps do not moture ond
spown under coptive conditions. The eorly lorvolforms being purely morine,
very much need mori ne environment for growth ond survivol. Hotchery
iechnology there{ore, oims to provide the lorvoe, conducive environment
with stoble woterquolity ond proper quontiiy of quolity {eed. The Centrol
lnstitute of Brockish Woter Aquoculture (CIBA), Chennoi hos developed
pockoge of proctices for shrimp hotchery technology. Bosed on production
copocities, the shrimp hotcheries ore clossi{ied os bockyord, medium,
ond lorge scole hotcheries.
It is recommended thot the ideol sites for shrimp hotchery ore those
thot ore locoted:
. Neo r co lm seocoost.
. Awoy from ony freshwoter/brockish woter inflow.
Woter quolity porometers like solinity, temperoture ond pH ploy importonl

role in success{ul operotion of o hotchery. Mony contominonts ond pollutonts
like pesticides ond heovy metols should be well within the sofe levels {or
Hatchery produced shrimp post larvae the lorvoe os shown below:
Parameters Tolerable Limit Optimal Levels
Temperature ("C) 1 8*36 28*32
Salinily (ppt) 26-34 30-34

pH 7-9 8-8.4
Dissolved orygen (ppm) >3 >4

Ammonia-N (ppm) < 0.1 < 0.01
Nitrite-N (ppm) < 0.1 < 0.01

Fisheries
INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS
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a brood stock mointenonce
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spowning/hotching
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live-{eed culture (phytoplonkton/zooplonkion), ond
post lorvol reoring
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. Assured seowoter supply system consisting o{ woter intoke, pumps,
settlement ond treotment tonks, reservoir, filtrotion units, ond distribution
pipelines to vorious systems.
. Air-supply system consisting of oir blowers ond distribution system.
. Tonks of dif{erent copociiies for moturotion, spowning, hoiching, lorvol
reoring, olgol culture, Artemio hotching ond post lorvol reoring.
. Sheds io house the differenl systems.
. Anolyticol loborolory {or woter quolity ond heolth monogement.
Since the Shrimp hotcheries moy hove vorying post lorvol production
copocities-ronging {rom 2 to 200 million per onnum, the copocities of
obove-meniioned items of ln{rostructure will proportionotely vory occording
to the production copocity.
MANAGEMENT OF HATCHERY
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To get cleon ond cleor woier withoui ony suspended porticles ond
hormful pothogens, requires settlement of the pumped woter, chemicol
treotment with chlorine, de-chlorinotion, filtrotion through ropid sond
filters ond biologicol filters, UV {iltrotion for olgol culture ond lorvol reoring.
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Mointoin pure culture o{ dioioms ond unicellulor olgoe, moss culture A small scale shrimp hatchery
of diotoms ond olgoe, hotching of ortemio cysts, preporotion of suspension

diet ond ortificiol feed.
Schedille of water quality and feed management
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Proper lorvol reoring is very importont for lndion conditions os ihere

hod been on outbreok of white spot virus diseose. seed being one o{
the moior source of this virus ond verticol tronsmission of the virus hos
been estoblished, ihe hotcheries should invoriobly odopt the following
precoutiono ry principles :
. Screen wild spowners ond broodstock for virus.
' Treot wild ond induced motured spowners with formolin to remove
the externol pothogens.
. Wosh ond treot eggs with formolin.
' Wosh ond treot of nouplii with formolin before stocking in lorvol reoring
to n ks.
. Apply probioiics in the lorvol reoring tonks.
' screen oll the feed used in the hotchery for virus/bocierio
' screen post Iorvoe of 5 doys (PL5) for white spot virus before tronsfer
to nursery tonks.
' Acclimotize the post lorvoe to the pond solinity conditions in the nursery.
The obove recommended schedule is o generolized one. Vorious hotcheries

odopt the some occording to the conditions of the source woter, woier
treotment methods followed ond ovoilobility of live feed. Some of the
hotcheries even use odditionol feed iiems such os Spirulino powder, Artemio
Fisheries
floke diets, commerciol micro-encopsuloted diets, etc..
CAPITAT INVESTMENT AND RETURN
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The copitol investment depends on the production copocity of the hotchery.,
the seo woter quolity ond the ovoilobility of shrimp spowners. A hotchery
of ten million copociiy costs obout Rs 2O-25 lokhs, while for o 200 million
hotchery copocity the cost is obout Rs 80-1 00 lokhs. The recurring expenditure
for production of one million post lorvoe (P120) is obout Rs 'l .5 lo 2.0
lokhs depending on the cost of spowners.
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Depending on the demond during stocking seoson, the cosl of seed ot Director, Centrol Institute o{
the hotchery vories between Rs 300 to Rs 600 per thousond post lorvoe. Brockishwoter Aquoculture
(lcAR)
Hence, on on overoge, sole price of Rs 4.0 to 4.5 lokhs per million of
post lorvoe con be expected. The expected profit morgin depending upon R A Purom
the monogement copocity is in the ronge of Rs 2-3 lokhs per million post Chennoi 600 028
lorvoe produced.
HATCHERY TECHNOLOGY FOR
FRESHWATER PRAWN
The giont freshwoter prown, Mocrobrochium rosenbergii (scompi) is o
highly volued delicious food ond commonds very good demond in both
domestic ond export morket. Due to its fost growth rote, high morket
demond, otiroctive price ond its compotibility to grow with corps, it is
fost becoming one o{ the most importont cultured species in ihe inlond
oquoculture system in the couniry. This species con olso be cultured in
low soline brockish woter oreos (solinity < 10 dS/m) ond con be culiured
either olone (monoculture) or os o polyculture in combinotion with corps,
tilopio ond chonos. li is olso o suitoble species {or incorporotion in the
poddy cum fish culture. Culture of {reshwoter prown con be corried out
in eorthen ponds, cement cisterns, pens or in coges. However, most of
the operoiions ore being corried out in eorthen ponds.
The Centrol lnstitute of Freshwoter Aquoculture (CIFA), Bhuboneshwor,

Freshwater prawn
hos developed o vioble hotchery technology for the production of high
quolity seed ond {or toble size prown production. The technology involves:
. Coptive generotion of high quolity Broodstock in eorthen ponds,
. Semi-closed, two phose cleor woter lorvol reori ng, ond
. High density reoring o{ post-lorvoe.
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The odvonced iuveniles, weighing more thon 5 grom should be stocked
@ 1-2/m2, by keeping mole to femole rotio of 1: 4, in well prepored
eorthen ponds. The prowns should be fed with speciolly formuloted broodstock
diet (crude proiein 38%, lipid 8%), twice doily @ o{ the prowns
10o/o
weight for the first two months ond subsequently ot the rotes of 2-5% ol
the biomoss. The ponds should be monitored ond monoged on o regulor
bosis to mointoin optimum woter quolity. The prowns ottoin moturity in
2-3 months. Thereofter, {emoles beoring odvonced embryos ore collected
{rom these ponds regulorly {or the seed production purpose.
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Two-phose cleor woter technology is suitoble for lorvol reoring for non-
coostol hotcheries. This technology moy be odopted ofter suitobly modifying
Fisheries
os per locotion specific requirements olso. The steps involved in the lorvol
reoring technique ore:
. Heolthy mother prowns (beoring grey eggs on their pleopods ond
weighing more thon 50 grom should be selecied {rom the brood
stock pond/tonk ond disinfected for thirty minutes with 0.3 ppm Copper
Sulphote or 30 ppm formolin.
. Moiher prowns ore then stocked @.l00-l 50 g/m2 (2-3 number of
50 grom femole) in brockish woter (solinity < 5r/r) ond reored till
hoiching. Tonks should be checked doily for oppeoronce of lorvoe.
. Once hotching occurs it moy continue for 24-48 hours. The spent
femoles should be removed from the tonk ond releosed bock to the
brood stock pond.
' The solinity of the lorvol reoring medium is then increosed to 12o/o
ond the reoring is continued in the some ionk.
. During the first phose, the lorvoe (olso colled os Stoge I or Zoeo l)
should be stocked in conicoltonks ot o high density (200-400 lorvoe
per litre). About 50% of the medium is usuolly exchonged every other
doy with fresh medium of identicol solinity. The lorvoe ore reored for
10-12 doys in this phose.
' In the second phose, the odvonced lorvoe should be stocked oi the
rote of 50-80 per litre of medium in lorge cement tonks of o greoter
surfoce oreo ond reored till metomorphosis. About 5oo/o of the medium
should be exchonged every other doy.
. The freshly hotched Artemio nauplii should be given os live food to
the prown lorvoe,4-5 times per doy in the eorly stoges (Stoges ll to
V orVl). During Ioier stoges it con be given once during lote evening
in combinotion with wet lorvol feed which is usuolly given during doy
iime. The brine shrimp naupliiore fed to the prown lorvoe @ 5 to 50
nauplii per lorvo per doy. About 2 kg of Artemio cysts is required to
produce one lokh post-lorvoe.
. Wet lorvol feed (egg custord, minced fish/mollusc {lesh; protein level
of more thon 50%) is fed @50 200 1tg/larva/day depending on the
lorvol stoge. The wet ieed is given during doy time.
. The lorvol reoring tonks should be cleoned doily by siphoning off
excess food porticles ond metobolic woste from the tonk bottom. This
should be done o{ter stopping oerotion, preferobly in the evening
hours before exchonge of woter ond introduction of live food (Arfemio
nauplii).
Doily monitoring of woter temperoture,

Iflarer remperarure 29-J1.c
solinity, pH ond dissolved oxygen levels
should be corried out to mointoin ihe salinity r0-13v"
woter quolity oi optimum level for pH 7.0-8.5
successful seed production os per the Dissolved oxygen >5 ppm

given porometers. Nirrite < 0.1ppm
The oppeoronce of f irst post-lorvo is Ammonia NH,-N < 0.1ppm

usuolly observed 20 doys ofter hotching,
normolly between 22 and 32 doys (ot 28-32C) ond 9Oo/o lorvoe
metomorphose within next l0 doys.
The post-lorvol production normolly ronges from 35-40 per litre ond
the cycle losts for 35 to 40 doys.
. The post-lorvoe ore groduolly occlimotized to freshwoter ond reored
ot high densiiies (2000-5000/m2) for I O-.l5 doys in horchery. The
post-lorvoe should be fed on {ormuloted diet @100yo of the biomoss
doily. After o week or o fortnight, the post-lorvoe ore suitoble for
stocking in grow-out ponds.
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The technology oims ot o sustoinoble production of to tonnes
prown/ho/crop. The technology involves on initiol nursery phose o{ two
months followed by o grow-out phose of six months. Prown culture technology
includes the following steps:
Preporotion of pond,
Erodicotion of competitors ond predotors,
Fertilizotion of pond with orgonic ond inorgonic monures,
Provision of hide ouis,
Stocking of ponds with iuveniles,
. Feeding,
. Monogement of woter quolity,
' Pond oerotion,

. Sompling o{ prowns for growth meosurement,
. Diseose control, ond
' Horvesting.
ln the nursery phose hotchery produced post-lovoe should be reored

for two months in well-prepored eorthen nurseries (0.02 to 0.1"/ho)
Fisheries
@ 20-50/n2. The post-lorvoe need to be fed twice doily with formuloted

pellet diet in crumble form @ 25-50o/o of the biomoss. Aeroiion should
be provided from on oerotor for obout 8 hours doily. The ponds ore
monitored ond monoged on o regulor bosis to mointoin optimum woter
quolity.
The nursed iuveniles, weighing neorly one grom should be horvested

from the nurseries ond stocked in well prepored eorthen production ponds
@ 4-6/m2. The prowns ore fed doily wiih formuloted pellet diet (2-3
mm size) @ 10% o{ the biomoss initiolly ond then reduced to 3o/o of the Harvested prawn from grow out ponds
biomoss ot the end of the culture period. Doily monitoring of criticol
woter quolity porometers such os dissolved oxygen, pH, ond temperoture
is essentiol to prevent ony loss o{ stock due to poor woter quolity.
For more d.et*ils ontttcl:
Phyioplonkton bloom ond decoying woste moteriols ore usuolly the
Director
moin reosons for dissolved oxygen depletion in prown ponds. Regulor Centrol lnstitute of
monthly sompling with cost nets orsmoll mesh seine nets should be done Brqckishwoler Aquoculture
to ossess growth of the prowns. After four months, prowns thot ochieved (rcAR)
morketoble size (more thon 30 grom) ore removed by using o seine net R A Purqm
of suitoble mesh size. Selective horvesting should coniinue once every Chennoi 600 028
3-4 weeks for onother 3-4 months ond finolly the pond moy be horvested
by complete droining of woter.
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tOW COST GREENHOUSE

The greenhouse technology is one of the surfoce covered culiivotion
technologies, in which o structure is constructed in different shopes suiting
the locol environmentol condiiions of the oreo. The All lndio Coordinoied
Proiect on Applicotion of Plostics in Agriculture hos developed technology
of constructing low cost green houses. The bosic structures ore conslrucied
using bomboo/wood/Gl pipe for low cost greenhouses. These structures
ore covered with o clodding moteriol of ultro violet (UV) stobilized low
density polyethylene plostic sheets, which ollow only short wove length
light to poss through it ond it is opoque for long wove rodioiions.
A typical low cost Green House The short wove rodioiions ore helpful for crop production ond therefore
ore ollowed to foll either on crops or soil surfoce, ond get reflected os
long wove rodiotions. These ore then ollowed to remoin within the greenhouse
thereby, enhoncing the inside iemperoture.
RAW MATERIATS
Bomboo/wood/Gl pipe ond UV stobilized film (200 p). Normol corpentry
tools ore needed for its construction.
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The cost of construction vories os per cost of row moteriol i.e. bomboo/
wood/Gl pipe for different locotions. The totol cost vories from Rs BO-
I50/m2. The iechnology is best suited for grgwing of o{f-seoson vegetobles/
flowers ond nursery. Depending upon the crop, itwos possible to ochieve
2 to 5 times more productivity ond olso B-21 doys eorliness. Higher
benefit cost rotio wos found for Copsicum-Cobboge-Green
onion, Tomoto*
Peo-Tomoto, chilli (nursery)-Chilli, ond spinoch (one cut) -Broccoli-
Sweet Pepper crop sequences.
F7r more details conttlct:
D irector AVAITABILITY
Centrol lnsiitute o{ Posi
Horvesi Engineering ond Necessory design is ovoiloble from Proiect Coordinotor, AICRP on Applicotion
Technolosy (ICAR), PO. PAU
Ludhiono 141 004 of Plostics in Agriculture, Centrol lnstitute on Posi Horvest Engineering
ond Technology, Puniob Agriculturol University Compus, Ludhiono (puniob).
tAC SCRAPPER CUM GRADER
Loc scropper cum groder is o mochine developed ot the Centrol Institute
of Post Horvest Engineering ond Technology (CIPHET), Ludhiono for scropping
ond groding the stick loc obioined from the trees, to minimize the humon
drudgery involved in the troditionol process.
TECHNICAL SPECI FICATIONS

The mochine comes in two vorionts of 20 kg/hour ond 50 kg/hour copocities
ond is eosily scoloble os per the requirements of the user. The scroper
cum groder hos been tested successfully ond extensively in the loc growing Lac scrapper cum grader
oreos by the lndion Loc Reseorch lnstitute, Ronchi. li comprises of:

. A frome
. Feed hopper
. Scropping rollers
. Rotor
. Crusher ond on oscilloting groder (to seporote the loc inio three distinct
grodes, which con be used directly by the loc processing industry io
monufocture di{ferent products).
The mochine is power operoted with o moximum copocity of 50 kg/
hour of stick loc processing, which is fifty times foster thon the trodiiionol
monuol process of scropping. Under field conditions, it hos been found
suitoble to scrop ond grode the stick loc of oll the molor ond minor host
plonts into three grodes, up to 20 mesh,20-30 mesh ond >30 mesh
size.
PRICE
A 20 kg/hour copocity mochine costs neorly Rs 30,000, while the cost o{

50 kg/hour copocity is Rs 50,000.
For msre details contact:

AVAITABITITY
Director The mochine is ovoiloble from the Centrol lnstitute of Post Horvest Engineering
Centrol lnstituie of Post ond Technology, Ludhiono os per the requirements of the user.
Horvest Engineering ond
Technology (ICAR), PO. PAU,
Ludhiono 141 OO4
TRACTOR DRAWN PNEUfT,IATIC
PTANTER
Atroctordrown pneumotic plonter hos been designed bythe Centrol lnstitute
of Agriculturol Englneering (CIAE), Bhopol for plocemeni of seeds ot desired
depth ond spocing in the soil for o better crop siond ond higher production
ond productivity. The pneumotic plonting concept is bosed on the suction
principle, in which on ospirotor is used to develop suction pressure in the
metering chomber o{ the pneumotic disc. A few seeds ore held ogoinst
the orifice hole mode on the periphery of seed metering plote due to suction.
The seeds remoin ottoched ot the hole till it reoches io o position where
the suction pressure is cut off. As soon os the suction pressure is cut off,
the seeds foll on the soil surfoce due to grovity.
Tractor drawn pneumatic planter
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Number of rows: Adjustable 6,4, and 2 rows and optional 10 rows.
Seed metering: Pneumatic disc suction principle.
Suitability for crops: Rapeseed mustard, soybean, sunflower safflower, groundnut, pigeon
pea, cotton, maize,wheal, pea and okra, etc.
Planting spacing: Row spacing and hill spacing in a row are adjustable as desired.
Special provisions: Provision for inter row and check row planting.
Power source requirement: 35 H.P Tractor for operation.
Capacity 0 5-0.5 halh (2 m tool bar).

Overall length: 200 cm (without line markers).
0verall width: l,52 cm.
0verall height: 200 cm.
Weight: J00 kg (empty).
Hopper capacity: 10 kg each row.
PRICE
Rs 48,000 (Rupees Forty Eight Thousonds) opproximotely Director
Centrol Institute o{
AVAITABITITY Agriculturol Engineering
,l Centrol lnstitute of Agriculturol Engineering Nobibogh, Berosio Rood,
(ICAR), Nobi Bosh,
Serosio Rood
Bhopol-462 03B Bhopol 402 038
2. M/S Vinod Enterprises , 104, Sector-1, lndustriol Areo, Bhopol.
I NTEGRATE D TU Rft,IE RI C
PROCESSING UNIT
Turmeric rhizomes, ofter horvesting, need to be woshed in woterto remove
the odhering eorth. Thereofter it is boiled in woter to ochieve desired
softness, ond s,..'n dried. Subsequently it is polished to remove the ouier
dirty skin ond to improve the oppeoronce ond colour of the rhizome. A
hond operoted lntegroted Turmeric Processing Unit hos been {obricoted
by the AICRP on Post Horvest Technology, CIPHEI Ludhiono to perform
ollthe three operotions-woshing, curing ond polishing in the some unit.
TECHNICAT SPECIFICATIONS
A hexogonol drum (30 cm side of hexogon ond 60 cm length) is rested
on o stond with movoble bush orrongement. The drum is mode with
reploceoble woshing ond polishing ploies. Perforoted oluminum plotes
ore used for woshing. Plotes mode o{ inner exponded wire mesh ond
outer oven wire mesh is used for polishing operotion. The drum is rototed
inside o woter tonk ploced below the drum {or woshing. The bottom
portion of the drum is submerged inside ihe woter in ihe tonk.
WORKING
When the drum is roloted monuolly by meons of o hondle, the odhering
eorih on the rhizomes is woshed owoy ond collected in the woter tonk,
which hos o provision for dischorge of the mud woter through on extended
pipe ot the bottom of the tonk connected with gote woy volve. After necessory
woshing, the tonk is ploced over fire ond covered with o hood during
curing operotion so ihot turmeric in ihe drum is cured. During curing,
the drum needs to be rototed 3 to 4 times to ochieve uniform curing of
the rhizomes. The some drum by simply chonging the plotes is olso used
for polishing of dried turmeric. Turmeric is looded in ihe drum by opening
one of the plotes working os door. After the operotion the drum is tilted
verticolly side wise by opening the bush lock ond resied on onother siond.
Drum needs to be rototed 3 to 4 times. Turmeric is dischorged by opening
the door plote.
Agriculturol
The drum is then looded ond the bush is locked with ihe stond for
operotion of next botch. This unit con olso be used {or woshing ond
peeling of ginger by connecting wooden plonks, which ore corrugoted
inside in the drum.
Director
Centrol lnstitute of Post
AVAITABITITY Horvest Engineering ond
Technology (ICAR), PO. PAU
The mochine is ovoiloble from the Centrol lnstitute of Post Horvest Engineering Ludhiono 141 004
ond Technology, Ludhiono os per ihe requirements of the user.
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LAC CUTTTVATION (RANcrENr)

IN PALAS AND BER
Loc is on importont source of income especiolly {or the tribol populotion o{ loc
growing oreos. Po/os ond bertrees ore obundontlyovoiloble in the ploteous of
ihorkhond Stote on which formers produce loc. ln order to hove sustoinoble
loc production from those trees, the lndion Loc Reseorch lnstitute (lLRl), Ronchi.
hos developed improved iechniques for combined loc production from po/os
ond ber.
PARTITIONING OF HOST TREES

By giving proper rest
to host trees, it is possible to hove less otiock of enemy
inseci leoding to increosed loc production. Therefore, the trees should be
divided in groups ond loc cultivotion done oliernotively by giving proper rest
to trees. The ovoiloble po/os trees should be divided in two groups ond o third
group is mode of the ber lrees. Six months be{ore inoculotion, oll ber trees
ond one group of po/os trees should be pruned in April. During October-
November, the two groups of tree ore inoculoted. ln April, next yeor ori loc
crop from ber trees is horvested ond the second group o{ po/os trees ore
pruned. The loc crop on first group o{ po/os trees is left for self inoculotion in
June-July ond in October-November complete crop should be horvested.
The loc thus obioined is used for inoculotion of other group o{ po/os trees
ond the group of ber trees. lf some loc encrustoiion ore left on po/os trees ofter
horvesting, these should be left os such ond be horvested while pruning in
April. Thus on two groups o{ po/os trees, Boisokhi ond Kotki ond on ber trees
Boisokhi crop con be token regulorly.
Those of the formers hoving only po/os trees, the obove technique con be
odopted by dividing po/os trees in ihree groups.
PRUNING OF TREES
For survivol of loc insecis on host trees, presence of obundont number of
new ond succulent shoots is essentiol. The po/os trees on which loc crop is
token should be pruned in April ond oll trees of ber should be pruned in April-
N4oy. Ber tree needs pruning initiolly only once. Loler on ori horvesting con
olso serve the purpose of pruning.
Agriculturol Engineering
PRUNING CONSIDERATIONS
. Undertoke only mild pruning.
' Bronches which ore more thon 2.5 cm (1 inch) in diometer should
not be pruned.
. Bronches between 1.25 to 2.5 cm (0.5 to 1 inch) diometers should
be pruned beyond 0.5 m from its point of emergence. However, the
bronches of less thon I .25 cm (0.5 inch) diometer should be pruned
right of its point of emergence.
. Bronches which ore dry, broken or split, diseose infected should be
fully pruned.
. Undertoke pruning with o shorp kni{e, ond tree pruner by giving o
slont cut, so thot during roiny seoson roin woter does noi stognote.
INFESTATION OF HOST TREES

During october-November, pruned trees should be.inoculoted wiih heolthy
broodloc. Following ospects should be considered during inoculotion:
' One meter length of broodloc is sufficient to inoculote 25 m length
o{ new shoot. On on overoge, for o medium sized po/os ond ber
trees, 0.25-0.50 kg and I -2 kg of broodloc respectively will be required.
However, this quontity of broodloc con be voried depending tree size.
. lnoculote moture ond heolthy broodloc free from enemy insect. For
this, bronches l5-20 cm (6-8 inch) in length (weighing obout 50-
,100
g) ore filled in o bog (mode of nylon nei of 60 mesh size) ond
these bogs should be tied on the bronches of the tree.
. ln cose nylon net bogs ore not ovoiloble, treot the broodloc by dipping
in 0.05 % solution of Endosulfon (Thiodon) {or 8 to l0 minutes ond broodloc
ollowed to dry. The dried broodloc (lO0g bundle) is then tied with
nylon strings on the tree bronches in o woy thot it remoins in contoct
with the bronch. This will enoble insects to crowl on bronches of the
tree from the broodloc.
CONTROT I',IEASURES OF ENEMY INSECT

For sustoinoble production of broodloc, control o{ enemy insect is essen-
tiol. The roiny seoson crop (Kofki) is more prone to ottock. About six weeks
ofter self inoculotion, sproy 0.05 solution of Thiodon (Endosulfon) in June-
July. lf need be, second sproy moy be corried out ofter one monih of first
sproy. ln order to prepore Endosulfon solution, odd 20 ml of Endosulfon solu-

tion in I 4 liter of woter ond thoroughly mix it. This solution con be used either
for broodloc treotment or for sproy on the trees.
REMOVAT OF USED BROODTAC (PHUNK[)

Remove Phunki from the tree ofter three weeks of inoculotion; otherwise
emergence of enemy insect tokes ploce which moy spreod in the new crop.
The loc encrustotion on phunki must be removed by scroping with pruning
knife or scroping mochine ond con be oppropriotely morketed.
Different quality lac
CROP HARVESTING
For more det*ils cont&ct:
Director Ari loc from ber should be horvested by scroping in April-Moy {or morket-
lndion Loc Reseorch lnstitute ing. The horvesting of po/os crop should be under.token in October-Novem-
(rcAR),
ber when yellow spots oppeor on loc encrustotion ond loc insect storl emerg-
Ronchi 834 0.l0
Jho rkhond ing oui of the cell. Usuolly yellow spots oppeorten doys before emergence of
loc insect.
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FACITITIES AND SERVICES PROVIDED

BY CENTRALLY SPONSORED
SCHEfUIES IN AGRICULTURE
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ln order to provide on eosy occess to ogriculturol informotion for decision

support, the Government o{ lndio hos token up o moior initiotive o{ lounching
o network o{ Kison Coll Centres {or formers on 21st Jonuory,2004.Ihe
Coll Cenires ore occessible on Toll Free Telephone No. l55l ond ore
presently locoted in Delhi, Bongolore, Chondigorh, Chennoi, Hyderobod,
Konpur, Kolkoto ond Mumboi. The Centres ore monned by ogriculturol
groduotes to onswer queries reloted io weother, seeds, fertilizer ond similor
issues. These Coll Centres provide odvice in the locol longuoge ond
operote on oll seven doys in o week. While, online onswers ore ovoiloble
during the doy shi{t, the onswers ore given 24 hours of the doy. Beyond
office hours, the queries ore recorded ond responded to by post.
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The Prime Minister of lndio lounched o Kison sotellite TV chonnel on

2l st Jonuory,2004 so thot well tested ond eosily odopioble ogriculturol
technologies ond iechnologies which ore in the pipeline generoted by
the Agriculturol Reseorch lnstitutions ond Stote Agriculturol Universities
ore eosily tronsferred to the forming communiiy ond other stoke holders
through o very vitol medium i.e. Doordorshon. At present, the notionol
teiecost for kison chonnel is through the lndiro Gondhi Notionol Open
University coble network. The progromme is of one hour durotion ond
ironsmitied {rom 6 V tn,8-9,qu ond 5.30-6.30 pv ond 7.30-8.30 pii,l.
The progromme iikely to be {r:rther exponded to two hours to be repeoted For nrore details cofttilct:
{our times in neor f uture. Similcrly, f rom Febru ary 2004, 96 FM Stotions Joini Secretory (Exlension),
of theAll lndio Rodio ond l2 Doordorshon Kendros in the country (Hisor, Deportmeni of Agriculture
Vcrronosi, iVluzofforpur, lndore, Roikoi, jolpoiguri, Sombolpur, Shillong,
ond Cooperoiion, Krishi
Bhowon, Dr Roiendro Prosod
Dibrugorh, Gulborgo, Doltongoni ond Vioiyoworo) wiil olso hove one Rood, New Delhi
hou r og ricu ltu ro I broodcost/telecost.
Selecied Ag ricu lturol Tech nologies A Compendium
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This scheme hos been Iounched very recently to provide comprehensive

risk protection, finonciol security, incentive to odopt progressive forming
proctices, to enhonce food ond livelihood security, ond income protection
for entire produce, including produce kept for his own consumption ond
For more details contact;
other policies.
Agriculturol lnsuronce
Compony/Bonk Brqnch/ The scheme covers oll formers, loonee formers on compulsory bosis
neorest Primory Agriculture
ond non-loonee {ormers on voluniory bosis ond is operotive in 20 districts
Cooperotive Socieiy or
Agriculiure lnsuronce Co. of l3 Stotes forwheot ond rice during robi 2oo3-2004 seoson. Though
o{ Indio Ltd. the premium rote is to be chorged on octuoriol bosis, there is o subsidy
l3th Floor, Ambo Deep
Kosturbo Gondhi Morg in premium uplo 75% to smoll/morginol formers ond 50% to the others.
Connought Ploce, New Delhi The cloim becomes poyoble if the octuol income for the seoson folse
(Website : www. o icof i nd io. o rg)
short of guoronteed income.
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The NAls is being implemented os o centrol scheme in l8 stotes ond 2
Union Territories with the obiective of i) providing insuronce coveroge
ond finonciol support to the formers in the event of foilure of ony o{ the
notified crop os o result of noturol colomities, pest ond diseoses, ii) encouroging
formers io odopt progressive forming proctices, high volue inputs ond
higher technology in ogriculture, ond iii) helping stobilize form incomes
porticulorly in disoster yeors. The Scheme is ovoiloble to oll formers irrespective
of the size of their hoordings ond is compulsory for loonee formers ond
optionolfor non-loonee formers. lt covers ollfood crops (cereols, milleis
ond pulses), oil seeds ond onnuol commerciol/horticulture crops for which
post yield doto ore ovoiloble for odequote number of yeors.
For mrtre details contact: The smollond morginolformers ore provided subsidy for 5o%of premium
Generol lnsuronce ond the subsidy is phosed out over o period of five yeors. The lowest unit o{
Corporotion
of lndio or insuronce hos been identified os Grom Ponchoyot level. At the beginning
Joint Secretory, Credit of eoch crop seoson, the Siote Government/Union territory in consultoiion
Division, Deportment of
Agriculture ond Cooperotion, with the Generol lnsuronce Corporotion of lndio (GlC) notifies the crops
Krishi Bhowon, Dr Roiendro ond defines the oreos which will be covered underthe scheme during the
Prqsod Rood, New Delhi.
seoson.
Centrolly Sponsored Schemes in Agriculture
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The Scheme is implemenied through the Notionol Horticulture Development 18, Gurgoon, Horyono or
Horticulture Commissioner,
Boord ond provides for ossistonce to formers, exporters, deolers, ond Horticulture Division,
reseorch orgonizotions etc. In estoblishment of nutritionol gordens in Deportment of Agriculture
rurol oreos, distribution o{ fruit plonts ond vegetoble seeds in mini kits, ond Cooperotion,
Krishi Bhowon,
zero energy cool chombers, ond for demonstroiions. Scheme provides Dr Roiendro Prqsod Rood
for Rs 250 per mini kit per {omily, Rs 2,500 per zero energy cool chomber New Delhi, or Director ol
per school/villoge in o ponchoyot selected for the demonstrotion ond Horticulture o{ the
concerned stote.
upto Rs 5,000 per school per ponchoyot selected for demonstrotion.
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the Noiionol Plont Protection Troining lnstitute, Rojendro Nogor, Hyderobod Sioroge, NH lV Foridobod,
Horyono or
(Andhro Prodesh) is providing troining to unemployed ogriculturol groduotes
Director, Nqtionol Plont
for Post Groduote Diplomo Course in Plont Protection of l0 months, Protection Troining lnstitute,
beginning July every yeor. The nominotlons ore received through concerned Rolendro Nogor, Hyderobod,
Andhro Prodesh, or Director
Stote Government/U nion territory.
of Agriculture of the
concerned Siote
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mix of oll known pest control meosures to keep the pest populotion below For more tletails contact:
economic threshold level. The Scheme provides for populorizotion of 20 Subiect Motter Speciolist
IPM pockoges to be implemented os per locol needs. Provision hos been (Ploni Proteciion), Stote
Deportment of Agriculture ot
mode for populorizing IPM opprooch omong {orming Communities, orgonizing
the Districi Level of ihe
regulor pest surveillonce ond monitoring, reoring biologicol control ogents concerned Stote) or
for their field use ond conservotion, promoting use of bio-pesticides, Plont Protection Advisor
Directorote o{ Plont
neem bosed pesticides, bocillus bosed bio-pesticides, insect pothogen Proteciion Quorontine
os ollernotive to chemicol pesticides, iroining to moster iroiners, extension o.nd Storoge
workers ond formers, field releoses o{ loborotory reored bio-control ogents Government of lndio,
NH lV Foridobod l2l 001
for the control of pests ond issuing insect pest ond diseose situotion Ho ryo no
bulletins for ihe benefit of stote functionories ond formers.
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This centrolly sponsored scheme provides ossistonce to the Stotes for
vorious components (i) seed reloted (purchose o{ breeder seed, production
of foundotion ond certified seed, mini kits ond crosh progromme for
For more detcriLs tontact: production of seeds of pulses), demonstrotions (frontline, block ond IPM),
Directorote o{ Agriculture of improved method of irrigotion, distribution of improved {orm implements
the c,:ncerned Siote or ond plont protection equipments, distribution o{ rhizobium cultures, nutrients
Mission Director TMOP ond micro-nutrients, gypsum/pyrites ond seed treotment chemicols, ond
Division, Deportmeni of
Agriculture ond troining of formers. The scheme is being implemented on 75: 25 bosis
Cooperotion, Dr Roiendero os Centrol ond Stote shores respectively. At present, the formers who
Prosod Rood, Krishi Bhowon, toke up production of pulses in projected districts in 2B Stotes ore covered
New Delhi
under the scheme.
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scheme with provision of (o)ossistonce for production of breeder, foundotion
ond certified seed ond its distribution, (b) field ond integroted pest monogement
demonstroiions, (c) troining of formers ond exiension workers, ond (d)
distribution of plont protection equipment, woter soving devices, bio-
For more tletails contatt:
ogents ond pheromone irops. The octivities ore implemented through
Director o{ Agriculture of the
Stote Deportments of Agriculture, lndion Council of Agriculturol Reseorch,
concerned Stote or
Ag ricu ltu reCom m issioner Stote Agriculturol Universities ond Krishi Vigyon Kendros. The scheme is
Deportment o{ Agriculture in operotion in nine moior stotes of Puniob, Horyono, Roiosthon, Tomil
ond Cooperotion, Krishi
Nodu, Kornotoko, Andhro Prodesh, Mohoroshtro, Guioroi Modhyo Prodesh,
Bhowon, Dr Rojendero
Prosod Rood, New Delhi two Stotes with smoll oreos under cotton (Uttor Prodesh ond orisso) ond
two non-troditionol Stotes (West Bengol ond Tripuro).
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Director of Agriculture of the of newly releosed hybrids/high yielding vorieties ond spreod the oreo
concerned Stote or
coveroge under locotion specific high yielding vorieties/hybrids. The rice
Agriculture Commissioner,
Deportment of Agriculture mini kit progromme wos stored in 1972-73, wheot mini kit progromme
ond Cooperotion, Krishi from I974-75 ond coorse cereols mini kit progromme {rom I gl4-75.
Bhowon, Dr Roiendero
The components of the scheme ore seed mini kit distribution progromme
Prosod Rood, New Delhi
ond stote level iroining progrommes.
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The Post Horvest Monogement of oil seeds, pulses ond moize is on integrol
por+ of the strotegy for occeleroting supply of these essentiol ond vitol
lndion dietory commodities in proportion to the growing populotion. The
Scheme is being implemented under Centrol Sector since l99l ond oims
For more details cofitact:
ot integroted opprooch to step up production through scientific hondling
Director of Agriculture/
of horvest, procurement, storoge core, ond eff icient scieniif ic processing.
Director of Smoll Scole
The eligible beneficiories ore: formers groups, non-government orgonizotion, lndustries of the concerned
smoll entrepreneurs engoged in processing, cooperotives/privote processors/ Stote or Assistont
Commissioner (TMOP ond
stote governments/public sectors ond other entrepreneurs. The Ministry
,l00% M) Deportment of
of Agriculture provides gronts while the Council of Scientific ond Agriculiure ond
lndusiriol Reseorch is the nodol ogency for mobilizing the funds. The Cooperotion , 2nd Floor,
B-Wing, Jonpoth Bhowon,
interested ogencies/orgonizotions ore required to send o proposol io the
Jonpoth, New Delhi
Ministry o{ Ag ricultu re.
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For more details contdct:
Notionol Horticulture Development Boord including components of
Executive Director, Notionol
(i) introduction of new technologies, (ii) visit of progressive formers, (iii) experts Horticulture Boord, 85,
services from lndio/Abrood, (iv) technology oworeness, (v) orgonizotion/ lnstitutionol Areo, Sector i B,
porticipotion in seminors etc. (vi) Udyon Pondit, (vii) publicity, (viii) observotion Gurgoon, Horyono, or
cum study tours obrood, ond (ix) honororium to scientists for effective Horiiculiure Division,
tronsfer of technology. The scheme provides for l0O% finonciol ossistonce Deportment of Agriculture
upto Rs I O lokhs per project for produciion reloted prolects ond upto ond Cooperotion, Krishi
Bhowon, Dr Rojendro Prqsod
Rs 25 lokh to reseorch ond development efforis. Second closs sleeper Rood, New Delhi
roil/ordinory bus fores ond Rs 100 per doy per former {or o group of 30
formers is olso provided for study visits of formers.
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The scheme is {unded through the Notionol Horticulture Development
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Boord ond provides for techno -economic feosibility studies to review Horticulture Boord, 85,
the present stoius of horticulture development in porticulor oreos/stote, lnstitutionol Areo, Sector I B,
Gurgoon, Horyono or
identi{y constroints ond suggest remediol meosures, ond develop short
HorticuLture Commissioner,
term ond Iong term strotegies. Fullfinonciolossisionce is provided through Horiiculiure Division,
professionol consultonts ond the eligible promoters include Non-Governmentol Deportment of Agriculture
I ond Cooperotion, Krishi
O rgo n isotions, Associotion of Growers, Ag ricu ltu ro Prod uce f'z1o rketi n g
Bhowon, Dr Rojendro Prosod
Com m ittees/Boo rds, M un ici po I Co rporotions, Ag ro I nd ustries Corporotions, Rood, New Delhi
etc.
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For wore details contact: The scheme is implemented by ihe Notionol Horticulture Development
Boord ond provides for ossistonce upto Rs 2 crores for exponsion of
Executive Director, Notionol
Horticulture Boord, 85, existing copocity (Rs 4,000 per metric ton), subsidy @ 2sYo of the copitol
lnstituiionol Areo, Sector 18, cost of modernizotion ond rehobilitotion ond for other storoges. 5o%
Gurgoon, Horyono or
term loon is provided by bonks through Notionol Bonk for Agriculture
Horticulture Division, ond Rurol Development (NABARD) refinonce. The subsidy would flow
Deportment of Agriculture {rom Notionol Horticulture Development Boord ond operoted by NABARD
ond Cooperotion, Krishi
through commerciol/cooperotive bonks ond by Notionol Cooperoiive
Bhowon, Dr Roiendero
Prosod Roqd, New Delhi Development Corporotion (NCDC) where cooperotives seek loon from
NCDC.
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As o port of the centrol sector scheme, the Coconut Development

Boord oims ot (i) increosing production ond productivity of coconut, (ii)
bringing odditionol oreo under coconui in potentiol non-troditionol oreos,
(iii) developing new technologies for product diversi{icotion ond bi-product
utilizotion, (iv) strengthening mechonism for tronsfer of technologies, (v)
elevoting the income level o{ smoll ond morginol formers engoged in
coconut cultivotion, (vi) building sound informotion bose for coconut
industry, ond (vii) generoting omple employment opportunities for the
rurol sector. All the formers con ovoil of the focilities through the concerned
Stote Governments. The Scheme provides for production ond distribution
of quolity plonting moteriol, integroting forming proctices, technology
demonstrotion, etc. The poitern of ossistonce is ovoiloble {or production
ond distribution of plonting moteriol, exponsion of oreo under coconut,
iniegroting forming for productivity improvement, finonciol ossisionce to
coconut bosed industries @ 25% of the cost of building/plont/mochinery
or Rs 2.5 lokhs whichever is less, seiting up of pilot plonis forthe integroted
Fot' more cletails contact:
coconut processing @ 50% of the cost of building plont/mochinery or
Choirmon moximum of Rs 5 lokhs, finonciol ossistonce for introduction of Agmork/
Coconut Development
Boord, Kochi (Kerolo) ISO stondords in Coconut Processing Units @ 25% of the cost of loborotory
equipments or Rs I lokh whichever is less.
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A centrolly sponsored scheme is being implemented since lgg2-93
os o port of the oil polm development progromme corried out by the
Horticu ltu re Depo rtments/Ag ricu ltu re Depo rtments of the concerned Stote
Governments. Finonciol ossistonce is provided to the formers for purchose

of plonting moteriol (75% o{ the cost o{ seedlings with o moximum of Rs
5,400 per hectore) in moior oil polm growing stoies nomely Andhro Prodesh,
For mare details contact:
Kornotoko ond Tomil Nodu, ond ossisionce {or cultivotion cost (50% of
the cost of inputs during the gestotion period o{ 4 yeors with o ceiling of Director of Agriculture/
,l5,500 Horticulture of the
Rs per hectore odmissible upto 6 hectores for individuol former, concerned Stoie or Joint
ossistonce for drip irrigotion (50% o{ the cost for smoll, morginol, SC, Secretory, Technology
ST, Women iormers ond 35% for other cotegory o{ formers). Mission on Oil Seeds ond
Pulses, Deportment of
The scheme olso provides for ossistonce for troining, extension ond Agriculture ond
Cooperotion, Krishi Bhowon,
publicity, estoblishment ond provision for sto{f for implementotion, seed
Dr Roiendero Prosod Rood,
gordens, ond frontline demonstrotion proiects ond for leof nutrient onolysis New Delhi
loborotories, etc. to the Stote Governments.
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This centrol sector scheme is in operotion since 2000-01 with the
obiective of (i) production of quolity plonting moteriol of improved cultivors,
(ii) new plonting with seed/plonting moteriol of improved high yielding
vorieties, (iii) improving productivity through odoption of improved cultivotion
technology, plont protection chemicols, nutrienl ond woter monogement,
(iv) tronsfe.r of technology through formers porticipotory demonstroiions,
troining visits, publicity ihrough medio support, extension literoture eic.,
Direclor of Agricu lture/
ond (v) creotion o{ on-form ond post-horvest in{rostructure such os collection Horticuliure of the
centres, pockoging, tronsport, sioroge ond morketing. The ossistonce is concerned Stote or
provided for crop production, oreo exponsion, tronsfer of technology, Joint Secretory
Technology Mission on Oil
demonstrotion cum seed multiplicotion, crops of medicinol plonts, irrigotion, Seeds ond Pulses,
horticulture mochinery ond equipment, evoluotion technology, ond oliernotive Deportment of Agriculture
morketing systems. All formers in the selected districts: Adilobod (Andhro ond Cooperotion,
Krishi Bhowon,
Prodesh) Bosto r (Chhottisgo rh), Po nchmo ho | (Gu io rot), Ro nch i (J ho rkho nd),
Keonihor (Orisso), ond Almoro (Uttoronchol) con ovoil the beneiits. The New Delhi
Scheme is implemenied through the identif ied stote designoted ogencies.
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This scheme is being implemented by the Notionol Horticuliure Boord
os o centrol sector scheme ond covers high quolity commerciol horticulture
crops, indigenous crops/produce, herbs, oromotic ond medicinol plonts,
seeds ond nursery bio-technology, bio-pesticides, orgonic {oods, estoblishmeni
For more details cofltact: of horticulture heolth clinics/loborotories (for ogriculture/horticu lture/
unemployed groduoies), consultoncy seryices, bee keeping, speciol tronsport
Direclor of Horticulture/
Agriculture o{ ihe concerned vehicles, development of horticulture oncillory industries e.g. tools, equipments,
Stotes or Executive Director, plostics, pockoging, etc. The proiect provides for ossistonce of moximum
Notionol Horticulture Boord,
85, lnstitutionol Areo, Sector
of Rs 25 lokhs per project. However, for the north-eostern/tribol/hilly
1 B, Gurgoon, Horyono or oreos the moximum limit of subsidy is Rs 3O lokhs per proiect.
Hort,culture Commissioner,
Horticulture Division,
Deportment of Agriculiure
ond Cooperoilon,
Krishi Bhowon,
New Delhi
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Director of Agriculture of the This scheme wos lounched in Morch lg83 with ihe obiective of (i)
concerned Stqte or Notionol producing ond distribution of bio-fertilizers, (ii) developing stondords for
Agriculture Bonk (NABARD)
different bio-fe*ilizers ond quolity control, ond (iii) troining ond field
or Joint Secretory, Fertilizer
Division, Deporiment of demonstrotions. The Government provides non-recurring gronts upto Rs
Agriculture ond 2O lokhs to set-up bio-fertilizer production units of l5O metric ton copocity.
Cooperotion, Krishi Bhowon,
The gront is offered to Stote Deportments of Agriculture/Cooperotives/
Dr Rojendero Prosod Rood,
New Delhi (Website: http: Public Sector Undertokings of ferlilizers/Non-Governmentol orgonizotions,
ogricoop. nic. inlfert1 . htm) ond privote ogencies provided iheir proposols ore received from respective
Stote Governments. one time gront-in-oid upto Rs I .5 lokh is olso provided
for estoblishments of blue green olgoe sub-centres to produce 3o-40
tons of blue green olgoe per onnum provided the proposols ore received
through respective stote ogencies.
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These two schemes ore being implemented from 197 S-7 6 ond 1993-
Director of Agriculture/ 94 respeciively ond oim oi improving the income level of smoll ond morginol
Director of Soil Conservotion
of the concerned Stqte or formers by recloiming the potentiolly fertile olkoli soils. Grcnts ore provicied
Monoging Director for on-fcrm deveioprnent, tube well boring, soil omendment, green monuring,
Lond Reclomoiion ond fertilizers, seeds ond seecjlings. At present subsidy is ovoiioble from 50-
Development Corporotion o{
the concerned Stote 75% on use of gypsum/pyriies os soii omendment ond custom hiring
services for on-form development, lond leveling, etc.
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As o port of the centrol ossistonce to Stote plons, ihis Scheme is being

implemented since 1994_95 so os io encouroge overoll development o{
ihum oreos on woter shed bosis, recloiming ihe lond o{fected by shifting
cultivotion, ond socio-economic upgrodotion o{ Jhumio fomilies io encouroge
them i:orsettled ogriculture. The Scheme con be token up by governmenl
ond non-government orgonizotions, scieniific ond technicol institutions
For more details eofit&ct:
in the north-eostern stotes, where o minimum of 25% oreo is under shi{ting
District Nodol O{ficer
cultivotion ond 5O% ond more fomilies ore engoged in shiftlng cultivotion Wotershed Development of
os the only meons of livelihood ond ore living below poverty line. Grom the concerned district in the
Ponchoyots/y'illoge Councils/Villoge Authority/y'illoge Development Boords/ stote or Director o{
Agriculiure of the
Non-Governmentol Orgonizotions con opply for selection of woter shed concerned Stote
proiects for I 00% speciol centrol ossistonce.
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lndion Council of Agriculturol Reseorch

INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICUTTURAL RESEARCH

Compilolion ond Editing Dn. R. Pmsnm

Director (DIPA) A Cnnrnnvnnrr

Chief Production Officer V K Bnmrr

Forming is groduolly becoming technology intensive, which colls for plonned

a Pockoge of proctices for cultivotion of hybrid rice I

o Sond dunes stobilizotion 74

. Ureo treotmeni of poor quolity roughoges 84

Fresh woler peorl culture 91

PACKAGE OF PRACTICES FOR

Hylrid Crop % Yield States for which recommended for cultivatlon

APHR_I r30-135 35.4 Telaagana, Rayalaseema and uplands of coastal

MGR-I 1 10-1 15 16.2 Tamil Nadu (for May-June and September-0ctober)

KRH-I 120*125 31.4 lrrigated areas of Karnataka

cl{RH-3 125-130 37.+ West Bengal (Boro season)

Pant Sankar 115-120 g.7 Plains of western Uttar Pradesh

Sahyadri 125-r30 35.8 Konkan regjon of Maharashtra

Narendra 125-r30 24.5 Eastern Uttar Pradesh

On-form multi-locotionol evoluotion o{ hybrids releosed till 2000, showed

Selected Agriculturol Technologies . . . A Compendium 'l

Season $owing period* Planting period*

Khanf iune 1st-3rd week July 1st-i ld weeh

Kahi November 2nd-4th week December 2nd'4th week

*Sowing and transplanling time may vary slightly depending on locations/seasons.

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Since the cost of hybrid seed is higher, proper nursery monogement is

Prepore wet beds of I

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Prepore moin fields thoroughly by repeoted ploughing followed by

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Mix 2.5-3.0 kg of Butochlor in 50-70 kg of sond ond opply in one

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Recommended dose (per ha)

Green manure or Farm Yard Manure (tonne) 10-15

Chemical fenilizers* (kg)

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Sheath Blight o Val idamycin JL spray (2.5 ml per J itre) or

False smut . Chlorothalonil 75 WP spray (2 g per litre)

Sheath Rot . Carbendazim 50 V? spray ( I g per litre)

Stem borer . C^rtap spray 50 VP (0.3 kg a.i.lha) or

Brown plant hopper . lmidachloprid spray 200 SL (25 g a.i./ha\ or

Leaf folder o Cartap granules + g (0.6 kg a.i./hat or

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' Thresh os eorly os possible, preferobly o doy ofter horvest.

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Since the porenlol lines di{fer in their durotion, differentiol seeding

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