Management

Yield Potential and Quality Characters

Crop Production:

PREPARATORY CULTIVATION

• Plough 2 to 3 times to obtain a good tilth and form beds and channels .

• 6-8 kg/ha or 40,000 Nos. of rooted slips/ha.

• 50 x 30 cm

4. Manures and fertilizers a. Basal. b. FYM - 5 tonnes/ha. c. NPK- 25: 40: 20 kg/ha. 5. Other Managements Since it is a pasture grass, it grows with the rainfall received over seasons. Crop Protection: Phadka Grasshopper : Hieroglyphus spp. Rice grasshoppers : Oxya sp Tobacco grasshopper : Attractomorpha crenulate Symptoms Defoliation, clipped foliage . Identification of insect pests Eggs : Egg pod Adult : Hieroglyphus nigropletus: Shiny greenish yellow with three black lines on head and thorax. Oxya sp : Blackish brown stripe on lateral surface of the body. Attractomorpha crenulate : Green pubescent, antenna light pink. Management Deep ploughing and keep bird perches. Growing attractive green tall grass or lush green plants as border trap crop. Baits containing the protozoan Nosema locustae.

• a. Basal.
• b. FYM - 5 tonnes/ha.
• c. NPK- 25: 40: 20 kg/ha.

5. Other Managements Since it is a pasture grass, it grows with the rainfall received over seasons.

• Since it is a pasture grass, it grows with the rainfall received over seasons.

Crop Protection:

• Phadka Grasshopper : Hieroglyphus spp.
• Rice grasshoppers : Oxya sp
• Tobacco grasshopper : Attractomorpha crenulate

Symptoms

• Defoliation, clipped foliage .

Identification of insect pests

• Deep ploughing and keep bird perches.
• Growing attractive green tall grass or lush green plants as border trap crop.
• Baits containing the protozoan Nosema locustae.