Sikkim. Maize. Ginger. vegetables. Kharif

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1 Sikkim By the end of first week of September 2005, the crop situation in the State is satisfactory. Paddy, cardomom and ginger crops are badly affected in Linkey and Deeri in Pakyoung subdivision due to land slides and continuous rain. The State has received normal rainfall during monsoon season. Rice is at flag leaf initiation stage. Maize is at harvesting stage. Late sown potato is at tuber maturity/early harvesting stage (high hills). Ginger is at late vegetative stage. Minor pests and diseases incidences are reported in large cardamom. Maize The crop is at harvesting stage and in satisfactory condition. Give good and strong support to the plants so that the plants do not fall down during strong winds and heavy rains. Continue harvesting matured cobs on bright sunny days. Harvested crop should be dried properly and store safely from insect and rodents. Ginger The crop is at late vegetative stage and in satisfactory condition. Ginger is badly affected in Linkey and Deeri in Pakyoung subdivision due to land slides and continuous rain. Monitor the crop for the occurrence of pests and diseases and diseased plants should be rouged out. Provide drainage in the drains between 1 foot high crop beds, to avoid water stagnation and to prevent rhizome rot disease during spells of rain. Weeding may be done on non-rainy days. There was deficient rainfall during last week and there are chances of rainfall at a few places only in the State for the next two days. Under these circumstances, apply required irrigation to the crop to bring the soil moisture to its field capacity. Kharif vegetables Kharif vegetables are at harvesting stage and in satisfactory condition. Avoid using pesticides as the crops are now at harvesting stage. Continue harvesting on bright sunny days.

2 Orange Rice The crop is at fruiting stage and in satisfactory condition. New planting is continued. In case of new planting, the triangular/rectangular pits already dug should be filled with 15 kg organic manure and compost mixed with soil in equal ratio and seedlings planted upto the level of extricated roots and allowance made for enough air and sunlight, otherwise the plants would be prone to diseases. Planting may be continued on non-rainy days. After planting, proper drainage must be provided to avoid water stagnation in the field. Deshooting/debugging of newly planted and 1 to 4 years old trees up to a basal height of 40 to 50 cm to be done at monthly intervals. There was deficient rainfall during last week and there are chances of rainfall at a few places only in the State for the next two days. Under these circumstances, apply required irrigation to the crop to bring the soil moisture to its field capacity. The crop is at flag leaf initiation stage in high hills and in satisfactory condition. The crop is badly affected in Linkey and Deeri in Pakyoung subdivision due to land slides and continuous rain. Water level 3-4cm should be maintained to enable maximum tillering as in the case of insufficient water, tillering would be less and facilitates excess growth of weeds. Potato (seed crop) Late planted potato is at maturity / early harvesting stage (in high hills) and the crop is in satisfactory condition. Weeding to be done properly on non-rainy days. Large Cardamom The crop is at capsule maturity stage and in satisfactory condition. The crop is badly affected in Linkey and Deeri in Pakyoung subdivision due to land slides and continuous rain. Rouging of chirke and foorkey affected plants may be done at regular intervals and destroyed by burning. One round weeding may be done in plantations for easy movement of pollinators for getting higher yields on non-rainy days. Overhead pandals may be erected in sucker 50% shade. There was deficient rainfall during last week and there are chances of rainfall at a few places only in the State for the next two days. Under these circumstances, apply required irrigation to the crop to bring the soil moisture to its field capacity. Rabi vegetables This is proper time of sowing rabi vegetables Select pretreated, healthy and certified seeds of winter vegetables and sown in well prepared and appropriate nursery beds in the vegetable garden on non-rainy days. Organic manure/compost should be applied on non-rainy days in the garden.

3 Tamil Nadu Sugarcane (Early/Mid/Late season) By the end of first week of September 2005, the crop situation of the State is satisfactory. Sugarcane is at grand growth stage. Rice (Kar/ Kuruvai/ Sornavari) is at vegetative/ panicle initiation/milky stages, respectively. There are chances of rainfall at a few places only in the State for the next two days. There are chances of mm assured rainfall only for the next week. Under these circumstances, apply irrigation to the crop, if required, to bring the soil moisture to its field capacity. Early (Dec-Jan) and mid (Feb-Mar) season crops are at grand growth stage. Late (Apr-May) season crop is at active vegetative stage. The crops are in satisfactory condition. Remove dried leaves on 150th to 210th day. Do double line propping with trash twist at the age of 210 days. Partial earthing up may be done on non-rainy days. flowering/pegging stage and in satisfactory condition. Continue sowing on a non-rainy day and adopt 140 Kg kernel/ha as seed rate for rainfed crop and 125 Kg/ha for irrigated crop. Seed treatment with Trichoderma 4gm per Kg of seed before sowing. Apply 400 kg/ha on 40-45th day of sowing (June-July sown crop) on a non-rainy day. This is the time for sowing sorghum and ragi. Early sown crops are at maturity Pulses (Black gram and Green gram) Millets (Sorghum/Ragi) Groundnut This is the time for sowing rainfed groundnut. Early sown crop is at stage and in satisfactory condition. Continue sowing on a non-rainy day and adopt 10Kg seed rate per Hectare for sorghum. Adopt Kg seed rate per Hectare for ragi and 10 Kg seed rate per hectare for sorghum Seed treatment with Trichoderma 4gm per Kg of seed for ragi before sowing. Seed treatment with 2 gm per Kg of seed for sorghum before sowing. Apply 12.5 kg/ha MN mixture as basal on a non-rainy day. This is the time for sowing black gram and green gram. In some places, the crops are at active vegetative stage and in satisfactory condition. Continue sowing on a non-rainy day and adopt 20 Kg seed rate per hectare. Seed treatment with Trichoderma 4 gm per Kg of seed before sowing.

4 Rice (Kar/Kuruvai / Sornavari) Cotton The crop is at vegetative/panicle initiation/flowering stage and in satisfactory condition. There are chances of mild occurrence of brown plant hopper, leaf folder, stem borer, green leaf hopper, ear head bug, gundhi bug. Monitor the crop for the poests. Top dressing Nitrogen to be done in 3 split doses at active tillering, panicle initiation and at heading on a non-rainy day. Pest surveillance to be made for earhead bug in early sown crop. Apply Quinalphos or Carbaryl first during flowering on a non-rainy day and second a week later. Due to recent showers, there may be chances for disease outbreak. Monitor the crop for disease incidences and take up plant protection measures. Summer cotton crop is at harvesting stage and in satisfactory condition. Continue harvesting the crop on bright sunny days. Uttar Pradesh By the end of first week of September 2005, the crop situation of the State is satisfactory. East U.P received normal rainfall and west U. P. received deficient rainfall during the monsoon season. Kharif vegetables are at sowing/ vegetative stage. Sugarcane is at active vegetative/cane formation stage. Oilseeds are at vegetative/flowering stage, Mango is at active growth stage, stage, pulses are at vegetative/flowering and rice are at seedling/early vegetative stage. Pests and diseases incidences are reported in sugarcane, rice, vegetable. Rainfall has occurred at Banda, Ballia, Ambedkar Nagar, Gazipur, Jaunpur and Kheri districts in east UP and Jalaun and Lalitpur in west UP and rainfall is expected in isolated places in the state. Apply light irrigation to the crops in the above mentioned districts. Apply irrigation in the remaining districts of the state to bring the soil in field capacity level. Kharif and Summer vegetables Kharif vegetables are at sowing/vegetative/flowering/harvesting stage. Summer vegetables are in harvesting stage. The crops are in satisfactory condition. Continue weeding, hoeing in kharif vegetables on non-rainy days. Weeding, hoeing plucking and marketing of ladyfinger may be done. Attack of leaf eating caterpillar is reported in ladys finger. Spraying solution of 2ml/lit to control leaf eating caterpillar in ladys finger. Transplantation of cauliflower, tomato, chilli, salen etc. may be done. To control rotten disease in Ginger use chestnut compound. Weeding hoeing may be done in the crop of Turmeric alongwith topdressing of 1/3 amount of Nitrogen.

5 Sugarcane The crop is at active vegetative / cane formation stage and in satisfactory condition. There is chance of attack of Pyrilla, Top borer, Mealy bug, White fly, Red rot during this month. Attack of Agola borer is reported. Spray solution of Endosulphan 30 EC 1.25 lt/ha to control Agola borer Earthing up may be done to prevent lodging of canes. Summer Oilseeds These crops are at vegetative/ flowering stage and in satisfactory condition. Weeding, hoeing & watering may not be done in the crop of Groundnut but it should not be done at the time of Pigging. Weeding, hoeing & watering as per requirement may be done in the crop of soyabean and Til alongwith top dressing of nitrogen. Mango New plants are at active growth stage. There is chance of attack of Anthracnose, Gummosis during this month. Apply mixture of coppersulphate 250 gm, zinc sulphate 250 gm, Borex 125 gm, and slag lime 100gm to control Gamosis disease in Mango. Pulses This crop are at vegetative/flowering stage and in satisfactory condition. Weeding, hoeing and thinning work may be done in the crop of Urad and Moong. Rice The crop is at seedling/vegetative stage. There is chance of attack of Green leaf hopper, White backed plant hopper, Stem borer, Brown plant hopper, Grass hopper, Gundhi bug, Leaf folder, Army worm, Case worm, Rice bug, Whorl maggot, Semilooper Rice blast, Brown spot, Bacterial leaf Blight, Sheath blight during this month. Maintain 2.5 to 3.0 cm water level in transplanted paddy fields. Sprayin Chloropyriphos 20EC at the rate of 2-3 lit. per hec.to control white ant. Spray solution of 5kg zinc sulphate and 20 kg urea after dissolving in litre of water to control Khaira disease Postpone spraying solution of 2-4 D-Sodium salt at the rate of 625 gm. per hectare after dissolving in litre water after 20 days of sowing to control weeds.

6 Uttaranchal By the end of first week of September 2005, the crop situation of the State is satisfactory. So far the State received normal rainfall during the period. Apple is at fruit maturity/ harvesting stage; mango is at vegetative and sugarcane at cane formation stage. This is the time of planting of mango and litchi in the pits. Rain has occurred in Almora, Chamoli, Champawat, Garhwal Pauri, Udham Sing Nagar, Uttar Kashi and rain is expected at few places over the states. Apply light irrigation in the crop grown in these districts. Apply irrigation to the crops in the remaining districts of the state to bring the soil to its field capacity. Apple Apple is harvesting stage and the crop is in satisfactory condition. Continue harvesting. Litchi This is the time for planting new seedlings. Continue planting of new seedlings Mango The crop is at vegetative stage and is in satisfactory condition. Undertake planting of new seedlings. Attack of shoot gall maker is reported. Undertake spray for mango shoot gall maker on non-rainy days. Sugarcane The crop is at cane formation stage. Monitor crop for shoot borer. Earthing up and tying of shoots of crop should be completed. Bhindi The crop is at fruiting stage and is in satisfactory condition. Continue harvesting. Monitor crop for pest and diseases.

7 Ginger The crop is at rhizome formation stage and is in satisfactory condition. Monitor crop for soft rot. If rhizome rot disease is observed undertake drenching for control of rhizome rot. Millets/ Amaranthus The crop is at vegetative / flowering stage and in satisfactory condition. Monitor Amaranthus crop for leaf webber. Cucumber/ Smooth Gourd The crop is at fruiting stage and in satisfactory condition. Continue harvesting matured crops. Rice The crop is at heading stage and in satisfactory condition. Monitor crop for bacterial leaf blight and blast. Take up control measures as per recommendation, if required. Maintain 5-7 cm water level in the rice field. West Bengal So far Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Gangetic West Bengal received normal rainfall during monsoon season. Sugarcane is at vegetative / cane formation stage, Jute is at vegetative / early harvesting stage. Aus rice is at harvesting stage. Aman rice, Soybean, maize and groundnut are at vegetative stage.

8 Grondnut/ Maize The crops are at early vegetative / vegetative stage and in satisfactory condition. Undertake intercultural operation on a non-rainy day to keep the field weed free. Postpone the same in costal districts of Gangetic West Bengal as rain / thundershower is likely to occur at many places over these districts. Apply first split dose of nitrogenous fertilizer to maize crops on a non-rainy day. Postpone the same in costal districts of Gangetic West Bengal as rain / thundershower is likely to occur at many places over these districts. Keep watch for pest and diseases. Apply recommended plant protection measures, if required. Soybean Aus and Aman Rice Jute The crop is at vegetative stage and in satisfactory condition. Undertake intercultural operation on a non-rainy day to keep the field weed free. Postpone the same in costal districts of Gangetic West Bengal as rain / thundershower is likely to occur at many places over these districts. Keep watch for pest and diseases. Apply recommended plant protection measures, if required. Aus Rice is at harvesting stage and in satisfactory condition. Withdraw water from the field days before harvesting. Continue harvesting of matured crop on bright sunny days. Postpone the same in costal districts of Gangetic West Bengal as rain / thundershower is likely to occur at many places over these districts. Aman Rice Aman Rice is at vegetative stage and in satisfactory condition. There is chance of attack of Brown Plant Hopper, Case Worm, Stem Borer, Bacterial Leaf Blight, Brown Spot, Sheath Blight during this month. If noticed, apply recommended plant protection measures on a non-rainy day. Apply remaining dose of nitrogenous fertilizer to the crops on a non-rainy day. Undertake intercultural operation on a non-rainy day to keep the field weed free. Postpone application of fertilizer and plant protection measures and intercultural operation in costal districts of Gangetic West Bengal as rain / thundershower is likely to occur at many places over these districts. Maintain 5 7 cm water in the field. Jute is at vegetative / early harvesting stage and in satisfactory condition. There is a possibility of incidence of attack of hairy caterpillar. If noticed, apply recommended plant protection measures on a non-rainy day. Undertake intercultural operation wherever crops are at vegetative stage to keep the field weed free on a non-rainy day. Postpone application of plant protection measures and intercultural operation in costal districts of Gangetic West Bengal as rain / thundershower is likely to occur at many places over these districts. Continue harvesting of matured crop. Jute crop should be harvested at the small pod stage to get optimum yield and good quality of fibre. Retting is most important single factor responsible for producing fine quality of jute fibre. The bundle prepared for retting should be submerged by putting weight of concrete slabs, bricks, stone or dry log. Use of mud, clods, banana stem and freshly cut logs as materials for weight should be avoided.

9 Sugarcane The crop is at active vegetative / cane formation stage and in satisfactory condition. There is a possibility of incidence of attack of Stem borer, Pyrilla and Top shoot borer insects and Red rot and Whip smut diseases during this month. Monitor the crop for red rot disease. Affected plant may be uprooted and burnt. At the initial stage of infestation spray Carbendazim 1 gm / lit of water twice at 15 days interval. 500 gm powder and 500 lit of water will be required to spray per acre of land. Collect diseased whips carefully in a bag and burn them. Avoid ratooning and collection of seed canes from infected crop. Spray Endosulphon 2ml or Quinolphos 1.5 ml or Linden 2 ml / lit of water to control stem borer. Spray Malathian 2 ml / lit or 1 ml / lit of water to control Pyrilla. Apply Endosulphon 2ml / lit of water to control top shoot borer. Sugarcane should be provided with mechanical support to prevent lodging. During the growth period of the cane old and dry leaves should be removed. Undertake intercultural operation to keep the field weed free on a non-rainy day. Postpone application of plant protection measures and intercultural operation in costal districts of Gangetic West Bengal as rain / thundershower is likely to occur at many places over these districts.

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