• 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 apply lime at 2 t /ha as basally.
• Broadcast 750kg of enriched FYM and form Broad Bed Furrow (blackcotton soil) or compartmental bunding (red soil).

• Soak the blackgram seeds in 1/3 volume of 100 ppm ZnSO4 (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 (OR)
• Coat the seeds with TNAU Vidhai Amirtham @ 10 ml/kg of seeds

• Use of certified seeds is recommended
• Seed Rate : 20 kg / ha
• Treat the seeds with fungicide carbendazim @ 2g/kg of seed (OR) Biocontrol agents Trichoderma asperellum @ 4g/kg of seed (OR) Bacillus subtilis @ 10g/kg of seeds.

Carrier Based Formulation: Treat the seeds required for one hectare with 600 g each of biofertilizers viz., Rhizobium and Phosphobacteria , using rice gruel, shade dry for 30 minutes before sowing.

• Carrier Based Formulation: Treat the seeds required for one hectare with 600 g each of biofertilizers viz., Rhizobium and Phosphobacteria , using rice gruel, shade dry for 30 minutes before sowing.
• Liquid Formulation: Treat the seeds required for one hectare with 125 ml of each biofertilizers viz., Rhizobium , and Phosphobacteria , shade dry for 30 minutes before sowing. Note: First treat the seeds with Biocontrol agents and then with Rhizobium . Fungicides and biocontrol agents are incompatible.

Liquid Formulation: Treat the seeds required for one hectare with 125 ml of each biofertilizers viz., Rhizobium , and Phosphobacteria , shade dry for 30 minutes before sowing.

Note: First treat the seeds with Biocontrol agents and then with Rhizobium . Fungicides and biocontrol agents are incompatible.

• Sow the seeds by seed drill or dibbled at 25 x 10 cm Spacing
• Use of mechanised seed drills is also recommended

• Apply fertilizer as per STCR ‐ IPNS recommendation (OR)
• Adopt blanket recommendation. a. Soil test crop response based integrated plant nutrition system (STCR ‐ IPNS recommendation for specific yield target

• Soil : Mixed black calcareous (Perianaickenpalayam series) Yield target: 0.9 ‐ 1.0 t ha -1
• FN = 10.84T‐0.39 SN
• FP 2 O 5 = 7.23T‐1.00 SP
• FK 2 O = 5.20T‐0.04 SK

• Note: FN, FP 2 O 5 and K 2 O are fertilizer N, P 2 O 5 and K 2 O in kg ha -1 , respectively;
• T is the yield target in q ha -1 ;
• SN, SP and SK respectively are available N,P and K in kg ha -1 , respectively and
• FP 2 O 5 = 7.23T‐1.00 SP
• ON, OP and OK are the quantities of N, P & K supplied through organic manure in kg ha-1, respectively;

Entire quantity of NPKS applied as basal in the last plough.

• Entire quantity of NPKS applied as basal in the last plough.
• Before sowing apply 5 kg of TNAU MN mixture for pulses /ha as enriched in FYM at 1:10 ratio incubated for 30 days at friable moisture. * Note:Apply sulphur through gypsum if phosphorus is not applied as single Super Phosphate

Before sowing apply 5 kg of TNAU MN mixture for pulses /ha as enriched in FYM at 1:10 ratio incubated for 30 days at friable moisture.

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

• Pre‐emergence (PE) application of pendimethalin at 0.75 litre /ha followed by one hand weeding or mechanical weeding on 20‐25 DAS.
• Apply PE herbicides 3 days after sowing using Knapsack sprayer fitted with flat fan nozzle using 500 litres of water for spraying one hectare. * Note:At the time of herbicide application enough moisture should be present in soil

Apply PE herbicides 3 days after sowing using Knapsack sprayer fitted with flat fan nozzle using 500 litres of water for spraying one hectare.

Apply TNAU Pulse wonder @ 5 kg/ha as foliar spray during peak flowering stage.

• Apply TNAU Pulse wonder @ 5 kg/ha as foliar spray during peak flowering stage.
• Spray should be given during early morning or late evening using Knapsack sprayer with 500 litres of water for one hectare.

Spray should be given during early morning or late evening using Knapsack sprayer with 500 litres of water for one hectare.

• Foliar spraying of 2% KCl + 100 ppm Boric acid during dry spell as amid season management practice (OR)
• Foliar spray at 500 ml/ha of PPFM (Pink Pigmented Facultative Methylotroph) at terminal water stress condition. (OR)
• Foliar spraying of 0.5% chitosan is act as an anti‐transparent.

Harvesting the plants after attaining physiological maturityie.,Grain colour changing from green to black and leaves turn yellow colour and starts shedding of leaves or 80% of the pods are matured.

• Harvesting the plants after attaining physiological maturityie.,Grain colour changing from green to black and leaves turn yellow colour and starts shedding of leaves or 80% of the pods are matured.
• Over maturity may result in shattering.
• Harvested crop should be dried on threshing floor for few days and then threshed.
• Threshing can be done either manually or by trampling with tractor.
• Dry the seeds to 8 - 9 per cent moisture content.

Over maturity may result in shattering.

Harvested crop should be dried on threshing floor for few days and then threshed.

Threshing can be done either manually or by trampling with tractor.

Dry the seeds to 8 - 9 per cent moisture content.