Integrated Pest Management

•  Insect Management 

•  Disease Management 

•  Weed Management 

•  Nematode Management 

•  Nutrient Disorder Management 

•  Resistant Varieties Information

•  Natural Enemy Information

•  IPM Modules

Agronomic Practices

Field Preparation

• 1 ploughing and 1 harrowing, level the field with patta or leveller and remove weeds.
• Care should be taken to do ploughing once in every two to three years.
• In termite endemic areas, apply lindane 1.5% kg/ha before last harrowing.
• If the field is having weed problem then stale seed bed technique can be used.

• Let a heavy flush of weeds emerge and be destroyed with herbicide before sowing the crop, without any tillage on it.

• Most of the weeds seeds germinate from the top 5cm of soil surface in about a weeks time, these weed seedlings can be destroyed either with a contact herbicide or by shallow type tillage implement like a spike tooth harrow.

• In stale seed bed technique depending upon the availability of time and resources one or two flushes of weeds can be destroyed before planting of the crop.

Seed & Sowing

• Treat seed with 1 g Carbendazim + 2g of Thiram or 3 gms of thiram fungicide per kilogram of seed.

• Treat the seed with 5 g Rhizobium culture per kg seed.

• After treatment, keep it in shadow and sow thereafter immediately.

Harvest

• When pods turn black and are matured then harvesting should be done.
• To avoid shattering losses it is advised to harvest the crop in early hours.
• Over maturity of the crop will lead to shattering losses at the time of harvest.