Greengram - VBN 6 Year of release 2023 Parentage VBN (Gg) 2 × IPM 409 – 4 Duration 70 - 75 days Season Dec. - Jan. Grain yield (kg /ha) 760 kg/ha Salient Features Early duration, synchronized maturity Moderately resistant to MYMV, Powdery mildew and Urdbean le

Use of certified seed is recommended Seed Rate : 20 kg / ha Treat the seeds with carbendazim @ 2g/kg of seed (OR) Trichoderma asperellum@ 4g/kg of seed (OR) Bacillus subtilis@ 10g/kg of seeds. Carrier Based Formulation: Treat the seeds required for one hectare

Sword bean SBS 1 is an introduction and is one of the vegetables with photo-insensitivity. It matures in 110 - 120 days. It can be grown throughout the year and gives good response to irrigation. Tender pods are ready for harvest from 75 days after sowing. As

Prepare the land to get fine tilth and form beds and channels.

Prepare the land to fine tilth and apply 12.5 t FYM/ha or composted coir pith at the time of last ploughing and form ridges and furrows. SEED RATE

Treat the seeds with any one of the following fungicides. Carbendazim or Thiram at 2 g/kg seed.

Prepare the land to fine tilth. Form beds and channels for bushy types.

Treat the seeds with Carbendezim (or) Thiram @ 2g/kg of seed 24hrs before sowing (or) with talc formulation of Trichoderma viride @ 4 g/kg seed (or) Pseudomonas fluorescens @ 10 g/kg seed.

Optimum plant population 3,50,000/ha. 2. SEED TREATMENT Treat the seeds with Carbendazim or Thiram 2 g/kg of seed 24 hours before sowing (or) with talc formulation of Trichoderma viride @ 4g/kg of seed (or) Pseudomonas fluorescens @ 10 g/kg seed.

Treat the seeds with Carbendezim (or) Thiram @ 2g/kg of seed 24hrs before sowing (or) with talc formulation of Trichoderma viride @ 4 g/kg seed (or) Pseudomonas fluorescens @ 10 g/kg seed. Biocontrol agents are compatible with biofertilizers. First treat the s

Greengram is intercropped with maize, cumbu, sorghum, redgram, cotton, castor and sugarcane. Cropping system Row ratio Maize + Greengram 1:2 Sorghum + Greengram 1:1 Cumbu + Greengram 1:1 Redgram + Greengram 1:3 Cotton + Greengram 1:1 Castor + Greengram 1:2 Sug

Field preparation Pre monsoon sowing Seed treatment Nutrient Management Weed Management

Field preparation Seed treatment Nutrient Management Weed Management

Pests of Greengram Diseases of Greengram

Soak the greengram seeds in 1/3 volume of 100 ppm MgSO 4 (1:0.3 volume of Seed Solution ratio) for 3 with intermittent stirring for uniform soaking. Dry back the seeds to original moisture content (8 - 9%) under shade. Coat the seeds with TNAU VidhaiAmirtham @

Field Preparation FIELD PREPARATION Plough the land during summer (April – May) to conserve the moisture, destroy weeds and break the clods. Repeated plough to get fine tilth taking advantages of soil moisture availability. Wherever soil crusting is a problem

Pre - emergence application of pendimethalin or pendimethalin + imazethapyr (Ready mix) at 1.0 litre /ha on 3 days after sowing followed by one hand weeding or mechanical weeding on 20- 25 DAS. (OR) Pre - emergence application of pendimethalin at 1.0 litre /ha

Use of certified seed is recommended. Seed Rate: 20 kg / ha Treat the seeds with carbendazim @ 2g/kg of seed (OR) Trichodermaasperellum @ 4g/kg of seed Bacillus subtilis @ 10g/kg of seeds Carrier Based Formulation: Treat the seeds required for one hectare with

Do repeated ploughing so that the soil is free of clods and to bring the soil to fine tilth. Levelling should be done for uniform distribution of irrigation waterand form beds and channels Wherever soil crusting is a problem, apply lime @ 2 t/ ha as basal. Wel

Apply fertilizer as per STCR –IPNS recommendation. Adopt blanket recommendation as follow Recommended Quantity of Nutrient (kg /ha) Quantity of fertilizer needed (kg /ha) Situation I Situation II N P 2 O 5 K 2 O S * MN Urea SSP MOP MN Urea DAP MOP Gypsum MN 25

Greengram - CO 8 Year of release 2013 Parentage COGG 923 X VC 6040A Duration 55-60 days Season Suitable for June – July and Sep. – Oct. Grain yield (kg /ha) 845 kg/ha Salient Features Short duration Determinate plant type with synchronized maturity Medium bold

Greengram - CO 9 Year of release 2023 Parentage CO 6 x COGG 912 Duration 65 - 70 days Season Suitable for June – July and Sep. – Oct. and April – May Grain yield (kg /ha) 825 kg/ha salient features Determinate plant type with synchronized maturity Suitable for

Green gram Growing Districts of Tamil Nadu Crop Improvement System of Cultivation Rainfed Irrigated Rice Fallow Intercropping Crop Protection Seed Production Green gram Growing Districts of Tamil Nadu Crop Improvement System of Cultivation Rainfed Irrigated Ri

Groundnut Growing Districts of Tamil Nadu System of Cultivation Rainfed Irrigated Rice Fallow Intercropping Crop Protection Seed Production Groundnut Growing Districts of Tamil Nadu System of Cultivation Rainfed Irrigated Rice Fallow Intercropping Crop Protect

Pre‐emergence (PE) application of pendimethalin at 0.75 litre /ha followed by one hand weeding or mechanical weeding on 20‐25 DAS.

Greengram - VBN 5 Year of release 2022 Parentage VBN (Gg) 2 × ML 1451 Duration 70 -75 days Average yield (kg /ha) 878 kg/ha Special features: High yielding and multiple blooming nature Non-shattering of pods Resistant to Mungbean Yellow Mosaic Virus (MYMV) and

VBN 4 Year of release 2019 Parentage 65 - 70 Duration 85 - 90 days Average yield (kg /ha) Rainfed: 916 kg/ha; Irrigated: 1251 kg/ha Salient Features Moderately resistance to Mungbean Yellow Mosaic Virus, leaf crinkle virus diseases and moderately resistance to

1. Function For automatic precision planting of seeds. 2. Specifications i. Power requirement 45 hp and above Tractor ii. No. of rows (adjustable) 2 iii. Row spacing & Depth Adjustable iv. Width 190 cm v. Coverage 2.4 ha / day 3. Cost of the unit (approx.) Rs.

1. Function For precision sowing of seeds with uniform spacing. 2. Specifications i. Power requirement 35 hp and above Tractor ii. No. of rows (adjustable) 4 - 6 iii. Row spacing 22.5- 45 cm iv. Weight 200 kg v. Coverage 3.4 ha / day 3. Cost of the unit (appro

(OR) Sowing with mechanized seed drill after harvest of rice crop.