Varieties: | NRC-2, JS 93-05, Punjab-1 and kalitur. |
Soils: | Well drained and fertile loam soils and pH 6 to 7.5. |
Temperature: | 20 to 30 degree Celsius |
Rainfall: | 500 to 1000mm annually |
Planting materials: | Seeds @ 65kgs/ha |
Cultural practices | |
Land preparation: | Deep soil cultivation and ploughing recommended. |
Spacing: | for kharif: 30 to 45cm |
Fertilizer requirement: | 25kg of N, 40-60kg P2O5 and 40kg of K2O |
Planting season: | mid-June to end June. |
Intercultural operations: | Thinning and weeding |

PEST AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT:

PEST | SYMPTOM | MANAGEMENT |
Hairy caterpillar | Brownish yellow leaves and leaves of plant appears as net. | Deep summer ploughing. Dust chloropyriphos 1.5% |
Gram pod borer | Young larvae feed on chlorophyll and flower and pods. | Spray chlorophyripos 1.5%D@1000ml/ha |
Disease | symptom | Management |
Anthracnose stem blight | Dark irregular shaped lesions on pod and stem and pods are affected with fungus. | Use mancozed@2.5g/l as spray |
Alternaria leaf spot | Dark irregular sunken areas with brown, necrotic spots on foliage | Spray with copper fungicide 2.5 g/l |
Harvesting and yield:
Shredding and yellowing of leaves indicate maturity.
Yield should be around 2000 to 2500 kg per hectare.