Farm Operations for December 1996

摘要

For late sown wheat, prefer to sow short duration varieties like PBW 373, Raj 3765, PBW 138 and PBW 226. (i) For the control of loose smut of wheat, treat the seed with Bavistin/Agrozim/Derosal/ Benor/J. K. Stein/Sten 50/Provax @ 2.5 g/kg or Raxil @1 g/kg seed or with Vitavax @ 2 g/kg seed. (ii) For the control of root rot, foot rot, seedling blight, black tip and black spot of glumes, treat the seed with Captan or Thiram @ 3 g/ kg seed. Captan and Thiram treatment should not be done earlier thanone month of sowing as it affects seed germination, (iii) For the control of ear-cockle disease put wheat seed in ordinary water and agitate vigorously for a few minutes. Ear-cockle galls will float to the surface. These may be skimmed off with an ordinary sieve and burnt.