Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana’s Farm Advisory Service Centre, Sangrur to the farmers Awareness raised by villagers regarding sharing of important tips to get good harvest from the current wheat crop. Camp was set up.
About 30 farmers participated in the camp. Dr. Ashok Kumar, District Extension Scientist and Incharge Farm Advisory Service Centre, Sangrur informed the farmers. Recommendation for daily weeding of fields in case of attack of grasshopper and pink bollworm. Use insecticides: If the attack is severe then 7 kg mortal/regent 0.3 g (fipronil) or one liter. Drasban 20 EC (chlorpyrifos) mixed with 20 kg clay soil per acre and watered first. Asked to spray before planting and alternatively to prevent this, 50 ml Corazan 18.5 SC (Chlorantraniliprole) should be dissolved in 80-100 liters of water and sprayed per acre with a knapsack pump. Said. Insisted on four spraying of manganese sulphate in sandy lands. He encouraged the farmers to stay away from unruly sprees.
Questions raised by farmers such as how much urea does wheat require? How to get soil tested? Should boron be added? etc.’s answers were given satisfactorily. During the camp, detailed analysis of soil test reports was done and suggestions were given to the farmers. At the end of the camp, Dr. Ashok Kumar visited the fields of wheat, pea and oilseed crops of many farmers on the spot. Solutions to the problems were explained.
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