Weekly Report of
Farmer’s Call Centre
February 28-05 March
2011
Crop Production
A total of 64 calls were received from 28th, February -5th, March2011. Highest (8) no. of calls
are received from Anantapur. Medak and Kurnool each 6 , Mahaboobnagar 5. Karimnagar, Warangal,
Nizamabad Nellore and Vizianagaram and each 4, Nalgonda, Guntur, Krishna and E. Godavari. Each 3,
W. Godavari 2, Khammam, Adilabad , Kadapa , Chittoor, and Prakasham each 1. Details of calls are
mentioned below.
S.No
1
Crop
Paddy (22)
district
Query
Karimnagar
Weed control in
Main field
Krishna
East Godavari
Kurnool -3
Warangal-3
Mahaboobnagar-2
Vizianagaram
cold injury
management
West Godavari
Karimnagar
Mahaboobnagar
Medak-4
Krishna
Fertilisers
Nalgonda Anantapur
Water mgt. in SRI
1
Suggestions
Suggested to broadcast 1.5
litres of butachlor 50% or 500
ml Pretilachlor or 500 ml
Anilophos mixed with 25 kg
sand at 3-5 DAT or
Oxydiargyl @ 30 g/acre at 46 DAT by maintaining a thin
film of water. Suggested Post
emergence application of
Pyrazosulphuron
ethyl
(Saathi) @ 80 g/acre at 15
DAT or Cyhalofop - P- Butyl
@ 250 ml/acre at 12-15 DAT
or 2, 4 D- Sodium salt @ 400
g /acre in 200 l of water at 2025 DAT Suggested not to let
out and allow water from and
in to the field for two days.
Correct Zn deficiency by
spraying ZnSo4 @ 2 g/lit
water. Suggested to drain
water in the evening hrs.
Water. However, cold tolerant
varieties have to take up
during rabi season..
Suggested to apply 225 kg
SSP, 27 kg MOP as basal and
160-170kg Urea in 3 equal
splits at basal, tillering and at
Panicle initiation in thin film
of water. Similarly Suggested
to apply 20kg znso4/acre as
basal. Suggested to mix neem
cake @ 10 kg/50 kg urea to
increase
its
efficiency.
Advised to wait for 7-10 days
for decomposing the paddy
stubbles.
Advised to irrigate and drain
the water in SRI vari method
of paddy cultivation keeping
the soil moist at field capacity
2
Maize (6)
Nalgonda
Abnormal growth in
patches
Guntur-2
Krishna
Khammam
Fertilisers
Chittoor
Weed control
Guntur
Weed control (post
emergence)
3
Wheat (1)
Anantapur
Weed control
4
Jowar (2)
Prakasham
Weed control
Adilabad
sowing time
2
level with no standing water
for enhanced tillering
On enquiry farmer informed
that due to irregular fertilizer
application there is abnormal
growth in paddy at isolated
places .It is suggested to cut
over grown leaves without
affecting the bootleaf .
Suggested to apply fertilizers
@ 100 kg Nitrgen, 24kg
phosphorus and 20kg potash
per acre. Nitrogen is to be
applied in four equal splits at
basal and three splits at 15-20
days interval.Whole P2O5 at
basal and potash in two times
at basal and 60-65 DAS
Suggested to spray Atrazine
0.8 -1.0 kg/acre immediately
after sowing in optimum soil
moisture with 200 l of spray
fluid
and
to
follow
intercultivation
with
cultivator at 30 - 45 DAS
As there are no recommended
post emergence.herbicides in
Maize., It is advised to go for
intercultivation which will
help to control weeds as well
as earthling up to the plants.
Informed to spray 1litre
pendimethalin or Alachlor
1litre
as
pre-emergence
immediately after sowing or
Isoproturan @ 75g or Topic
60 g/acre as post-emergence
at 30-35 DAS
Suggested to spray Atrazine
0.8 kg/acre immediately after
sowing in optimum soil
moisture with 200 l of spray
fluid
and
to
follow
intercultivation
with
cultivator at 30 - 45 DAS .For
controlling Striga Ammonium
sulphate @ 50g.or Urea @
200g/lit water may be sprayed
as post emergence spray .
Suggested to sow in the
month of January as summer
crop
5
6
Green
gram (6)
Red gram
(2)
Mahaboobnagar
Kurnool
Nalgonda
East Godavari
Medak
Sowing time
Mahaboobnagar
fertilizers
Anantapur
Imp.packages
Kurnool
Flowering at harvest
7
Black gram Nellore
(1)
8
Sesame (5)
9
Sunflower 2 Anantapur
Cuddapah
10
Cotton (8)
11
Sugarcane
(6)
Nizamabad-3
Karimnagar
Vizianagaram
Varieties
Weed control
Varieties and sowing
time
Poor seed filling
Anantapur-2
Nellore-3
Kurnool
Varieties
Warangal
Anantapur
Fertilizers (rabi)
Vizianagaram
Time of sowing
3
Suggested to sow the crop in
the month of JanuaryFebruary as summer crop .
suggested to go for LGG
460.450,WGG 37,TM-96-2,
ML 267 and MGG 295 etc
Advised to apply 50 kg D A P
per acre at the time of land
preperation .
suggested varieties are LRG
30,41 ,MRG 66, ICPL
85063,87119,84031 and PRG
100etc seed rate 3-4 kg in
kharif and 6-8 kg/acre in rabi
season ,sow the crop in JuneJuly and Oct, in kharif and
rabi respectively .
Suggested to harvest the pods
and maintain the flowering .
Suggested to spray Alachlor
or pendimethalin 1-1.25 @ l
l/acre within 24 hrs of sowing
in optimum soil moisture.
Post emergence weed control
with Fenoxy prop ethyl 250
ml/acre or Quizalapop ethyl
@ 400 ml/acre with 200 l of
spray fluid /acre at 20-25
DAS in optimum soil
moisture
advised
to
sow
from
December 15th to January
15TH with Swetha, Rajeshwari
and Hima
Suggested to spray one
percent Boran on opened
flower and advised to do hand
pollination in the morning
hours.
Suggested to go for summer
cotton in January under
assured irrigation condition
with variety Krishna.
Suggested to apply 80 kg
urea, 60 kg S S P and 30 kg
M O P /acre for cotton raised
in rice fallows.
Suggested to take up the crop
in the month of March under
assured irrigation.
12
Kurnool
Recent released
Varieties
East Godavari
Medak
Nizamabad
Vizianagaram
Weed control
General (3) Anantapur
Crops for fallow soils
West Godavari
weedicide and
insecticides spray
Karimnagar
Weed control in waste
land
4
Varieties released in 2010 are
Swathi, Bharani and vishakha
etc
Suggested to spray 2-4 D
sodium salt 80% 1800 and
Gramoxone 24% 1 l/acre in
between rows with protective
hood at 20 and 60 DAS
Suggested crops viz: maize,
groundnut,
black
gram,
vegetables,
sugarcane,
watermelon, fodder Sorghum
and forage Bajra etc under
irrigated dry condition.
advised to spray weedicide
and
insecticides
independently
Spray Glyphosate @ 7-10
ml/lit, water, wait for 15-20
days and prepare the land for
sowing. Weedicides (Glycil)
does not have residual effect
on subsequent crop
Crop Protection
Calls received in crop protection were 103 during the week 28-5 March, 2011. Calls were
received from Warangal-11, West Godavari-10, Nellore-10, East Godavari-8, Krishna-7, Guntur-7,
Karimnagar-7, Nalgonda-7, Anantapur-6, Visakhapatnam-4, Mahbubnagar-4, Cuddapah-3, Kurnool-4,
Medak-3, Khammam-3, Srikakulam-2, Vizainagaram-2, Nizamabad-2, Prakasam-1, Ranga Reddy-1 and
Adilabad-1 districts. Details of the calls received are mentioned here under :
S.No
1.
Crop
Rice (77)
District
Ananthapur
East Godavari (3)
Warangal
Ranga Reddy
Karimnagar (2)
Nellore
West Godavari
Mahbubnagar
East Godavari (3)
Khammam
Nalgonda (2)
Visakhapatnam
West Godavari (2)
Nellore
Srikakulam
Nellore
Cuddapah
Pest/disease
BPH
Suggestions
Suggested to spray acephate
@ 1.5g or imedacloprid @
0.3g thiomethoxam or @ 0.2
g/l or buprofegin @ 1.5 ml/l
water.
Stem borer
Suggested
to
spray
chlorpyriphos @ 2.5ml/l or
cartap hydrochloride @ 2 g/l
of water
Leaf folder
Visakhapatnam
Leaf eating caterpillar
Warangal
Nalgonda (2)
Karimnagar
Nellore
Rodent control
Guntur
Kurnool
Grain storage
Warangal (6)
Nalgonda (2)
Blast
Suggested
to
spray
chlorpyriphos @ 2.5 ml/l or
cartap hydrochloride @ 2 g/l
of water
Suggested to spray acephate
@ 1.5g/l or chloropyriphos
@ 2.5ml/l of water
Advised to take up control
measures on community
basis
by
all
farmers.
Suggested poison baiting
with rice brokens (96 parts) +
sweet oil (2 parts) + zinc
phoshide / bromodialone (2
parts) by placing 10-15g of
the above bait in packets @ 1
packet/live burrow
Suggested to spray malathion
@ 20 ml/l on the bags before
filling and @ 10ml/l of water
on the godown walls in
addition to keeping of
aluminium phosphide tablets
(Celphos) @ 1 tablet /ton
seed.
Suggested
to
spray
tricyclazole @ 0.6 g/l or
5
Karimnagar (4)
Medak (3)
Visakhapatnam
West Godavari
Khammam
Guntur
Nellore (2)
Krishna (2)
Ananthapur
Vizainagaram
Nellore (3)
West Godavari
Stem borer + Blast
Warangal
BPH + Blast
Krishna (2)
West Godavari
Nalgonda
Sheath blight
West Godavari
Sheath rot
Adilabad
East Godavari
Stem rot
Nellore
False smut
Mahbubnagar
West Godavari
Warangal
Warangal
Zinc deficiency
Mahbubnagar
Maize (3)
Neck blast
Krishna
Nizamabad
2.
isoprothiolane @ 1 ml/l of
water
Krishna
West Godavari
Nizamabad
Zinc deficiency +
BPH
Suggested
to
spray
isoprothiolane @ 1 ml/l or
kasugamycin @ 2.5 ml/l of
water.
Suggested to spray cartap
hydrochloride @ 2g/l or
phosphomidon @ 2 ml/l of
water + tricyclazole @ 0.6g/l
or isoprothiolone @ 1 ml/l of
water
Advised
to
spray
imidacloprid @ 0.25ml/l +
tricyclozole @ 0.6g/l of
water
Suggested
to
spray
validamycin @ 2 ml/l or
hexaconazole @ 2 ml/l of
water
or
Pseudomonas
fluorescence @ 6g/l of water.
Suggested
to
spray
carbendiazim @ 1g/l of water
Suggested
to
spray
validamycin or hexaconazole
@ 2ml/l of water
Suggested
to
spray
carbendazim @ 1.5 g or coc
@ 3g /l of water.
Suggested to spray zinc @
2g/l of water
Suggested to spray zinc @
2g/l and imidacloprid @
0.25ml/l of water, seperately
Compatibility of Urea + Advised not to mix urea and
Chloropyriphos
chloropyriphos
Brick kiln pollution
Advised to complain to local
Agricultural officer
Leaf blight
Suggested
to
spray
propiconazole @ 1 ml or
propineb @ 1 g/l of water.
Stem borer
Suggested
to
spray
chloropyriphos @ 2.5 ml/l
6
Srikakulam
3.
Ragi
4.
Greengram Kurnool
Prakasam
(4)
Kurnool
Guntur
5.
Blackgram
(3)
Guntur
Kurnool
Guntur
6.
Redgram
(2)
Guntur
Anantapur
7.
Chickpea
East Godavari
8.
Groundnut
(3)
Khammam
Visakhapatnam
West Godavari
thrice at weekly intervals and
apply carbofuron 3G granules
@ 3-4 kg/acre in whorls.
Stem borer
Suggested
to
spray
chloropyriphos @ 2.5m/l or
quinalphos @ 2ml/l or
acephate @ 1.5g/l of water
YMV
Suggested to spray triazophos
@ 2 ml/ l water followed by
neem oil @ 5 ml/l of water.
Advised to go for tolerant
varieties.
Sucking pests
Suggested
to
spray
dimethoate @ 2ml/l of water
or thiomethoxam @ 0.2 g/l or
chlothianidin @ 1.5 /l
followed by neem oil @ 5
ml/l of water.
Flea beetles
Suggested
to
spray
chloropyriphos @ 2.5ml/l or
quinalphos @ 2ml/l of water
YMV
Suggested to spray triazophos
@ 2 ml/ l water followed by
neem oil @ 5 ml/l of water.
Advised to go for tolerant
varieties.
Rust + Powdery mildew Suggested
to
spray
tridemorph @ 1ml/l of water
Seed storage
Advised to spray malathion
@ 10ml/l of water on the
godown walls and also mix
flyash and folidal dust with
seed to avoid storage pest
infestation
Pod borer
Suggested
to
spray
chloropyriphos @ 2.5ml/l or
acephate @ 1.5g/l of water
Helicoverpa
Suggested
to
spray
chloropyriphos @ 2.5m/l or
acephate @ 1.5g/l of water
Leaf webber + white fly Advised to spray acephate @
1.5g or monocrotophos @
1.6ml /l of water
Aphids
Suggested
to
spray
dimethoate @ 2 ml or methyl
-o-demeton @ 2 ml/l of water
followed by neem oil @
5ml/l of water
Collar rot/root rot
Suggested to seed treatment
@ carbendazim 2g/kg seed
followed by spraying of
7
9.
Sunflower
(2)
Anantapur
Leaf spots
Anantapur
White fly + Leaf spots
10.
Sesamum
Cuddapah
Spodoptera
11.
Castor
Mahbubnagar
Leaf spot
12.
Cotton (3)
Ananthapur
Guntur
Leaf curl
Cuddapah
Mealy bugs
13.
Sugarcane
Vizainagaram
Whip smut
14.
Chillies
Krishna
Twig blight
8
propiconazole @ 1ml/l of
water or soil drench with
carbendazim @ 3 g /l of
water
Suggested
to
spray
propiconazole @ 1 ml/l or
propineb @ 1 g/l of water
twice at weekly intervals.
Suggested
to
spray
Triazophos @ 2ml/l +
dithane M-45 @ 2g/l of
water.
Suggested
to
spray
chloropyriphos @ 2.5ml/l or
acephate @ 1.5g/l of water
Suggested to spray dithane
M-45 @ 2g or clorothalonil
@ 2g /l of water
Suggested
to
spray
thiomethoxam @ 0.2 g/l or
acetampride @ 0.2 g/l of
water followed by neem oil
@ 5 ml/l of water.
Suggested
to
spray
chloropyriphos @ 2.5ml/l or
dimethoate @ 2ml/l or
prophenophos @ 2ml/l of
water.
Suggested to collect and
destroy the whip smut
effected clumps and spray
propiconazole @ 1ml/l of
water.
Suggested
to
spray
difenconazole @ 0.5 ml/l or
iprobenfos @ 1 ml/l or
amistar @ 1ml/l of water.
Horticulture
Total 145 queries were received from Feb 28th to 5th March 2011. Calls received were from
Guntur-28, Warangal-13, Prakasam-11, Chittoor-10, Krishna-10, Mahabubnagar-9, Karimnagar-8,
Ranga Reddy-7, Anantapur-7, Kadapa-7, Nalgonda-6, Khammam-5, Medak-5, Adilabad-4,
Visakhapatnam-4, West Godavari-4, Nellore-3, Kurnool-2 and Nizamabad-2. Detailed report pertaining
to all crops from various districts is furnished here under.
S.No
1.
Crop
Fruits (52)
Sweet orange (8)
District
Query
Suggestions
Nalgonda
Anantapur
Mahabubnagar
leaf miner
Advised to spray either
Monocrotophos 1.6 ml
or Dimethoate 2 ml or
imedachloprid 0.5 ml
per lit of water for
control of leaf miner.
Suggested to spray
either dicofal 2.7 ml or
water soluble sulphur 3
g or properzyte (omet) 1
ml per lit of water for
control of mites.
Summer season requires
close
irrigations.
Suggested to irrigate
individual plant with
double ring method so
that water may not
directly come in to
contact with plant base.
Informed that sudden
changes in atmosphere
and damage to roots due
to digging or inter
cultivation or due to
chemical changes in
plant may also cause
fruit drop. Suggested
not
to
do
any
intercultural operations
at plant base during
initial stages of fruiting
and to spray 10 mg of 2,
4- D per lit of water.
Suggested to apply 3.25
kg of Urea + 2.2 kg SSP
+ 670 grams of MOP
per year per plant.
Advised to apply the
fertilizers in two splits
i.e. at Dec-Jan and
Mites
Irrigation
Nalgonda
Anantapur (2)
Prakasam
Flower/Fruit drop
Prakasam
Fertilizers
9
Mango (21)
Krishna (3)
Prakasam
Mahabubnagar
Krishna
Visakhapatnam
Chittoor
Krishna
Chittoor (2)
Guntur
Karimnagar
Nalgonda
Khammam
Chittoor
Chittoor (4)
Karimnagar
June- July.
Suggested to spray
either
imedachloprid
0.3 ml or hostathion 2
ml or dimethoate 1.5 ml
per lit of water.
Stem borer
Suggested to remove
dried/affected twigs and
reomove the caterpillar
from the hole with an
iron wire and destroy it.
Later
pour
methyl
parathion 1 ml per lit of
water solution or petrol
or aluminum phosphide
tablets in to the hole
and cover with mud.
Irrigation
Informed that young
plants have to be
irrigated once in 3 days
for 6 months where as
fruiting plants should
not be exposed to water
stress. Plants have to be
irrigated once in 25-30
days
after
fruit
formation and one more
time 30 days later and
also
after
harvest.
Suggested
to
stop
watering one month
before harvest
PM
Suggested to spray
water soluble sulphur 2
g or kerahane1 ml mico
butanil 1 ml belatane 1 g
per lit of water for
control of PM
Flower/fruit drop
Informed that adverse
climatic
conditions
some times may cause
flower drop. Suggested
to spray planofix 2 ml
per 10 lit of water.
Leaf Webber
Suggested to spray
either Chloropyrephos
2.5 ml or Nuvan 1.5 ml
per lit of water for
control of leaf Webber.
Leaf
hoppers/Suity Informed
that
leaf
mould
hoppers suck the sap
and there by the
Thrips
10
Watermelon (17)
Adilabad
Nalgonda
Season
Mahabubnagar
PM
Guntur
Irrigation
Guntur
Karimnagar
Caterpillar
Mahabubnagar
Anthracnose
Guntur (2)
Mahabubnagar
Fertilizers
Warangal
Mahabubnagar (2)
Kadapa
Sucking pests
11
inflorescence
looks
likes burnt and young
leaves and twigs also
get affected. Honey like
Secretions from hoppers
is also seen on the plant.
Suggested to spray
Monocrotophos
@
1.5ml or imedachloprid
0.3 ml per lit of water
one after other 2times
with 10 days interval
also advised to spray
starch by dissolving 2
kg in 3-4 lit of hot water
and later mixing with
100 lit of water 4-5
days after first spray for
control of suity mould.
Informed that season for
watermelon is over. The
crop can be sown from
Dec 2nd week to Jan
first week.
Suggested
to
spray
Dinocap or tridemarf
1ml per lit of water.
Informed
that
depending
on
soil
moisture and season
once in 4-5 day
irrigation is required in
summer season.
Suggested
to
spray
quinalphas 2 ml or
dichlorovas 1 ml per lit
of water after harvesting
of fruits.
Suggested to spray
carbendazim 1 g or
COC 3g per lit of water
Advised to apply 4-5 t
of FYM + 200-250 kg
of SSP + 27-40 kg of
MOP and 87 kg of Urea.
Urea has to be applied
in two equal splits i.e. at
time of planting and 25
days later.
Suggested to spray
dimethoate
2ml
or
acephate 1.5 g per lit of
Coconut
Anantapur
Karimnagar
Guntur
Ranga Reddy
water.
Rhino beetle
Papaya
Khammam
Fertilizers
Citrus
Mahabubnagar
leaf miner
Banana (3)
Karimnagar
Visakhapatnam
Guntur
Weed control
12
Advised to keep the
orchard free of FYM
heaps, and apply 100 g
of neem cake or powder
with 150 g of sand in
the leaf whorl at the
plant top every 3
months
and
also
advised to drench the
heaps if present with 1 l
of metaryzim solution/1
cubic
meter
heap.
Informed to use one
Rhino lure pheromone
trap per 5 acre orchard.
Advised to apply 10kg
of FYM 12kg of neem
cake along with 500
grams of Urea, 1.6 kg
of SSP and 850 grams
of MOP per year. The
fertilizers have to be
applied once every 2
months, i.e. 6 times in a
year.
Advised to spray either
Monocrotophos 1.6 ml
or Dimethoate 2 ml or
imedachloprid 0.5 ml
per lit of water for
control of leaf miner.
Informed
that
incorporation of cowpea
in to soil at flowering
stage will improves soil
fertility and checks
weed
growth.
Suggested to spray 2 lit
of butachlor or 1 lit of
alachlor
1li
to
pendimethalin in 200 lit
of water before weed
emergence. Weeds that
emerge at later stages
(40-50 days) can either
be removed manually or
with
the
same
weedicide
@
half
dosage.
Zn – Def.
Season
2.
Vegetables (80)
Chilly (40)
Guntur
Prakasam (3)
Medak
Warangal
Midge
Nellore
Cercospera leaf spot
Guntur
Prakasam
PM
Warangal
Fertilizers
West Godavari
Flower drop
Warangal
Adilabad
Die back/Fruit rot
13
Advised to spray zinc
sulphate 5 g + 0.5 ml
gum per lit of water.
Informed
that
depending on type of
variety banana can be
sown through out the
year. How ever planting
between April- Aug is
better, and potti pacha
arati and pedda pacha
arati
varieties
are
planted during rainy
season from June to
Sept.
Advised
to
spray
triozophos 400 ml or
marshal 400 ml per acre.
Also Suggested to spray
chloropyrephos
500
ml/acre 7 days after first
spray if necessary
Suggested to spray
mancozeb 2.5 g or
bavistin 1 g or saff 2 g
per lit of water.
Suggested to spray
water soluble sulphur
3g or kerathane 1 ml
per lit of water for
control of PM.
Advised to apply 10 t of
FYM + 260 kg Urea +
150 kg SSP + 80 kg
MOP
per
acre.
Suggested to apply N
and K fertilizers in 3
equal splits 30 days
after transplanting with
3 weeks time interval.
Informed that adverse
climatic
conditions
some times may cause
flower drop. Suggested
to spray planofix 2 ml
per 10 lit of water also
advised
to
spray
micronutrient mixture 5
g per lit of water.
Suggested to spray
either
propeconazole
Tomato (7)
Guntur
Medak
Fertilizers
Anantapur
Adilabad
Season
Kadapa
Krishna
Twig blight
Guntur
West Godavari
Khammam (3)
Prakasam
Warangal (4)
Nizamabad (2)
Krishna (2)
Mahabubnagar
Nellore
Kadapa
Guntur (2)
leaf curl
Kadapa
Downward curl
Kadapa
Wilt
Krishna
White flies
Virus disease
14
200 ml or difenconazole
100 ml per acre in 200
lit of water.
Advised to apply 10 t of
FYM + 260 kg Urea +
150 kg SSP + 80 kg
MOP
per
acre.
Suggested to apply N
and K fertilizers in 3
equal splits 30 days
after transplanting with
3 weeks time interval.
Informed that chilly for
kharif is sown in July
Aug months
Suggested to spray COC
30 g + 1 g of
Streptomycin in 10 lit of
water.
Advised
to
spray
diafenthiuron @ 1.5 /l or
spinosad @ 0.75 ml or
fipronil @ 2 ml/l of
water.
Informed that viral
disease has no chemical
control. Suggested to
apply carbofuran or
fipronil granules 6-8kg
per acre to control
vectors like aphids,
thrips etc that transmit
the disease.
Suggested to spray
dicofol @ 5 ml or
wettable sulphur @ 3
g/l of water followed by
micronutrient mixture
@ 5 g/l of water
Suggested to drench 3 g
of COC per lit of water
at plant base and to
reduce
N
fertilizer
application.
Suggested to spray
triazophas 2 ml per lit of
water.
Chittoor
Weed control
Ranga Reddy
Bacterial wilt
Guntur
Adilabad
Early blight
Ranga Reddy
Nursery management
Ranga Reddy
Fertilizers
15
Informed that weedicide
like pendimethalin 1.25
lit or alachlor 1 lit or
metrabuzin 300 g in 200
lit of water per acre has
to be sprayed before
transplanting.
Also
advised
to
spray
metribuzin 15 days after
planting if necessary.
Informed that Bacterial
wilt has no chemical
control
measures.
Hence suggested to
select
seeds
from
healthy plants and also
to dip the seedlings in
100 PPM (100mg/liter
of water) streptomycin
solution
before
transplanting.
Advised to spray 3 g of
Captan or Mancozeb
per lit of water 3-4
times with 15 days
interval for control of
early blight.
Advised to soak the
seed at 60 degree C for
5-10 minutes before
sowing. Raise 1x4x0.6
m size 8-10 nursery
beds. Sow the seed at
10 cm distance and 11.5 cm deep. Mulch the
seed with rice husk or
polythene sheets after
germination
(7-10
days).
Drench
the
nursery with COC 2.5
g/lit of water during 2-3
weeks time and also to
apply
carbofuran
granules @ 100 g/40 sq.
m nursery. Also advised
to
spray
2
ml
Dimethoate + 1 b
Bavistin/ lit of water 23 days before pulling
20-30 days old nursery.
Suggested to apply 6-8
tons of Farm Yard
Ranga Reddy
Season/Varieties
Guntur
Early blight.
Guntur
Fruit/Shoot borer
Onion
Warangal
Thrips
Bitter guard (7)
Nellore
Weed control
Brinjal (3)
16
Manure along with 150
kg of SSP + 40 kg of
MOP + 104- 130 kg of
Urea per acre. Advised
to apply N fertilizer in 3
equal splits at 30, 45
and 60 days after
sowing.
Informed that Brinjal is
sown in the months of
Jan-Feb as summer
vegetable. Crop that
sown at later stages may
not grow well due to
high
temperatures.
Hence advised to go for
Kharif crop in June-July
months. Also Informed
that
Bhagyamathi,
shyamala,
gulabi,
pusapurple
cluster,
pusapurple long and
pusa
kranthi
are
varieties cultivated in
our state, among which
shyamala and gulabi are
suitable for telangana
region.
Advised to spray 3 g of
COC
or
2.5g
of
Mancozeb
or
carbendazim 1 g per lit
of water 2 times with 10
days interval for control
of early blight.
Suggested to spray
carbaryl
3g
or
quinalphos
or
profenophos 2 ml per lit
of water 2 times after
harvest of fruits with 10
days interval
Suggested to spray
Fipronil
2ml
+
Mancozeb 3 g per lit of
water 2 times at 10 days
interval
Informed that weedicide
like pendimethalin 1.25
lit or alachlor 1 lit or
metribuzin 300 g in 200
lit of water per acre has
Guntur (4)
Krishna
Fertilizers
Caterpillar
Ridge guard (6)
West Godavari
Medak
Fertilizers
Guntur
Weed control
Warangal
Season/Varieties
Nalgonda
Fruit fly
Guntur
White flies
17
to be sprayed within 48
hours after sowing
Suggested to apply 6-8 t
of FYM + 200-250 kg
of SSP + 27-33 kg of
MOP and 70-87 kg of
Urea. Advised to apply
N- fertilizer in two
splits at 25-30 days
after
sowing
and
flowering/fruit
formation stages.
Suggested to spray
quinalphas 2 ml per lit
of water after harvesting
of fruits.
Suggested to apply 6-8 t
of FYM + 200-250 kg
of SSP + 27-33 kg of
MOP and 70-87 kg of
Urea. Advised to apply
N- fertilizer in two
splits at 25-30 days
after
sowing
and
flowering/fruit
formation stages.
Informed that weedicide
like pendimethalin 1.25
lit or alachlor 1 lit or
metribuzin 300 g in 200
lit of water per acre has
to be sprayed within 48
hours after sowing
Informed that summer
crop can be sown till
end of February. Also
informed that Jagithyal
long, jaipur long, arka
sujatha, arka sumeeth
along with hybrids like
surekha,
sangevani,
mahima, N.S-3, N.S401 and 403.
Suggested to spray
endosulphan 2 ml per lit
of water and also to
keep poison baits of 100
ml malathion + 100 g of
sugar or jaggery in 1 lit
of water at plant bases.
Suggested to spray
triazophas 2 ml per lit of
Cucumber (2)
Bhendi (7)
Cluster bean (4)
Ranga Reddy
Sucking pests
Guntur
Weed control
West Godavari
Karimnagar
Weed control
Guntur
Chittoor
Varieties/Fertilizers
Ranga Reddy
Karimnagar
Medak
Anantapur
Sucking pests
Guntur
Season
Prakasam (2)
Flower drop
Pod borer
18
water.
Suggested to spray
dimethoate or acephate
1.5 g per lit of water.
Informed that weedicide
like pendimethalin 1.25
lit or alachlor 1 lit or
metribuzin 300 g in 200
lit of water per acre has
to be sprayed within 48
hours after sowing
Informed that weedicide
like pendimethalin 1.25
lit or alachlor 1 lit in
200 lit of water per acre
has to be sprayed within
24-48
hours
after
sowing.
Suggested to select
resistant varieties like
Arka Anamica, Arka
Abhaya.
Also
Suggested to apply 6-8 t
of FYM + 150 kg of
SSP + 40 kg of MOP +
104 kg of Urea per acre.
Advised to apply N
fertilizer in 3 equal
splits in last plough, 30
the and 45th day of
sowing
Suggested to spray
dimethoate or acephate
1.5 g per lit of water.
Suggested to spray
carbaryl
3
g
or
malathion
or
profenophas 2 ml per lit
of water from flowering
period.
Since summer season is
over advised to go for
kharif
cultivation.
Advised to plant in
June- July months.
Informed that adverse
climatic
conditions
some times may cause
flower drop. Suggested
to spray planofix 2 ml
per 10 lit of water also
advised
to
spray
Carrot
Kurnool
Season/Seed rate
Vegetables (2)
Guntur (2)
Suitable crops
B-spray
3. Spices (7)
Turmeric (6)
Warangal
Anantapur
Season/ Soils
Medak
Season/Varieties
19
micronutrient mixture 5
g per lit of water.
Informed that carrot is
sown from Aug to Nov
with 15 days interval so
that it can be supplied
to market according to
demand. Required seed
rate is 2 kg per acre.
And advised to follow a
spacing of 30x5 cm.
Depending on market
demand vegetables like
tomato, Brinjal, or leafy
vegetables like spinach
Amaranths etc can be
grown in rabi.
Informed that spraying
of 3 g of borax at 2-4
leaf stage increases
female flowers and
there by yields.
Informed that short
duration varieties are
sown in May last week,
medium
duration
varieties in first week of
June where as long
duration varieties in last
fortnight of June. Also
Informed that light to
heavy soils with proper
drainage facility are
suitable for turmeric
cultivation. Soils with
water
stagnation,
saline/alkaline are not
suitable.
Informed that short
duration varieties are
sown in May last week,
medium
duration
varieties in first week of
June where as long
duration varieties in last
fortnight of June. Also
Informed
that
mydukuru, tekuripeta,
CLL-326,
armur,
duggirala
erupu,
duggirala white are long
Aswagandha
4. Flower crops (4)
Crossandra (2)
Jasmine
Warangal
Intercrops
Karimnagar
Warangal
Harvesting symptoms
Prakasam
Season
Kadapa (2)
Nalgonda
Wilt.
Guntur
Season
20
duration varieties; CLI317, amruthapani are
inter mediate varieties;
where
as
kasthuri,
suguna and sudarshana
are
short
duration
varieties.
Informed that maize or
caster as inter crops in
turmeric
is
a
remunerative practice
which is followed in
Nizamabad
and
Karimnagar dists. One
row of maize for 2 rows
of turmeric or one row
of caster for 10-12 rows
of caster is practiced.
Suggested to apply
recommended doses of
fertilizers
if
intercropping
is
followed.
Informed that rhizomes
will be ready for harvest
210-270 days after
sowing. Leaves become
pale and dry and fall.
Irrigate the crop lightly
1-2 days before harvest.
Good indicator is that
plants droop to ground
when plants can be cut
up to ground level and
the rhizomes can be
digged out from ground.
Informed that the crop
is sown in July- Aug
months or in Oct- Nov
months under irrigated
conditions.
Suggested to apply
trichoderma
viridae
along with 2kg of FYM.
Also advised to drench
the soils at plant base
with 1 g of benomyl or
1 g of carbendazim in 1
lit of water for control
of wilt.
Informed that roses are
Roses
5. Others (2)
Cashew
Kurnool
Season
Visakhapatnam (2)
leaf spot/stem canker
Fertilizers
21
planted from June to
Dec. However planting
in evening hours is
more suitable.
Informed that roses are
planted from June to
Dec. However Sept-Oct
months
are
more
suitable.
Advised to spray 0.5%
bordo mixture and
strepto cyclin 250 ppm
(250 mg in 1 lit) or
bacterial 0.1% (1g in
1lit of water) on
affected plant parts for
control of bacterial leaf
spot/stem canker.
Advised to apply 250
kg of SSP and 67 kg of
MOP in last plough.
Suggested to apply 174
kg of Urea and neem
cake in 1:1 ratio 4-6
times 2 months after
planting the wines. Also
advised to apply 1 t of
gypsum per acre
Agricultural Department
A total 77 queries were received during 28th Feb-6th March 2011. Calls received were from
West Godavari 9, Karimnagar 8, East Godavari 7, Warangal 6, Chittoor, Mahaboobnagar & Nalgonda 5
each, Anantapur, Nellore & Kadapa 4 each, Medak, Prakasham, Guntur & Hyderabad 3 each,
Nizamabad & Adilabad 2 each, Kurnool & Khammam1 call each. No calls were received from 5
districts i.e. Srikakulam, Vishakhapatnam, Ranga Reddy, Vijayanagaram & Krishna. Detailed report
pertaining to all crops from various districts is furnished here under.
S.No
1.
Sector
Weather (6)
District
East Godavari
Query
To know weather
report.
Chittoor
Nanded
(Maharashtra)
Sugar cane needs
irrigation.
Nellore
To know weather
report.
Anantapur
Warangal
2.
Agriculture
(20)
Kadapa
Availability of red
gram seed.
East Godavari
Availability of
perennial cotton seed.
East Godavari
Availability of
perennial red gram
seed.
Guntur
Availability of bio
22
Suggestions
Weather is clear on
28.02.11 and for the
next 4 days.
Weather is clear on
01.03.11 and for the
next 4 days.
Weather is clear on
01.03.11 and for the
next 4 days.
Weather is clear on
01.03.11 and for the
next 4 days.
Weather is clear on
02.03.11 and for the
next 4 days.
Suggested to contact
Allapati Satyanarayana
Mobile: 9346169909 &
9246769909
and
Nageswar
rao
Marketing
manager
NRI Agri Tech Pvt.ltd.
Guntur
Mobile:
9246769959 for the
availability of red gram
Raja variety seed.
Suggested to contact
Associate Director of
Research,
Regional
Agricultural Research
Station. LAM farm,
Guntur
Ph:
0863
2524017 for details.
Suggested to contact
Associate Director of
Research,
Regional
Agricultural Research
Station. LAM farm,
Guntur
ph:
0863
2524017 for details.
Suggested to contact
fertilisers.
West Godavari
Chittoor
Nizamabad
West Godavari
West Godavari
Chittoor
Hyderabad
Hyderabad
Agricultural Research
Station
Amaravathi
Guntur
Ph:
08645
255345 & Dr.Govinda
reddy
Mobile:
9885789890 for the
details.
Tractors on subsidy.
The full cost of tractor
varies from 4 lakhs to 5
lakhs depending on
company and H.P of the
tractor. Subsidy of
Rs.45000 is given to
farmer by Department
of Agriculture.
Availability of sweet
Suggested to contact
corn seed.
Maize Research Station
Rajendranagar Ph: 040
24018447
for
the
availability of seed.
2009 crop
Suggested to contact
compensation.
JDA
Nizamabad
Mobile:
9505518333
for details.
Contact number of
Contact number of Joint
JDA.
Director of Agriculture,
West Godavari Mobile:
9505518080.
Crop insurance amount. Suggested to contact
MAO for details.
Cost of 20-20 0-13
Cost of 20-20 0-13
complex fertiliser.
(SPIC)50kg.bag
is
Rs.368.94 & 20-20 0-13
(FACT)50kg.bag
is
Rs.394.94
Web sites for
Suggested to visit for
agricultural
agricultural information
information.
in the following web
sites.
Dept.
of
agriculture:
www.apagrisnet.gov.in,
Acharya NG Ranga
Agricultural University
site: www.angrau.net.
Parishkaram
Farmers
Call
Centre
site
www.angrau.net/Farmer
sCallCentre.htm
Contact number of
Contact number of
DAAT Centre.
DAAT Centre, Guntur
Ph: 0863 2246048.
23
Hyderabad
Contact number of
A.O. (Tech) Guntur.
Karimnagar
Availability of Taiwan
sprayer.
Nellore
Formation of RMGs.
Chittoor
Fertiliser License
West Godavari
Maize combined
harvester.
Medak
Availability of green
gram seed.
Medak
Availability of black
gram seed.
Adilabad
Availability of green
manure seed.
24
Contact number of
Technical Agricultural
Officer, Guntur Mobile:
9505518128.
Suggested to contact
local
MAO
or
APGROS
Marketing
Executive Karimnagar
Mobile:
9948222646
for details.
15-20 farmers will form
as group. One of them
will be selected as
Convenor and another
as co convenor. They
open an SB A/C in the
local bank for collective
savings. Suggested to
contact
MAO
for
details.
To open fertiliser shop
suggested to contact
MAO with necessary
documents
through
proper channel. License
issuing authority is
ADA of the division.
Maize
combined
harvester will be given
to RMG. Suggested to
contact local MAO or
AP
Marketing
Executive,
West
Godavari,
Mobile:
9948122945 for details.
Suggested to contact
NSC, North Lallaguda,
Secunderabad Ph: 040
27732276,
27731152
for details.
Suggested to contact
Associate Director of
Research,
Regional
Agricultural Research
Station, LAM Farm,
Guntur
Ph:
0863
2524017 for details.
Suggested to contact
NSC, North Lallaguda,
Secunderabad Ph: 040
27732276 & 27731152
for details.
3.
Horticulture (13) Nalgonda
Availability of
cucumber seed.
West Godavari
Loan to construct
coconut godowns.
East Godavari
Availability of sitaphal
seed.
East Godavari
Prakasham
Availability of curry
leaf seed.
Warangal
Availability of turmeric
seed.
East Godavari
Contact number H.O.
Vijayanagaram
Mahabubnagar
Subsidy to mango
orchard.
Nalgonda
Subsidy to mango
&citrus orchard.
Karimnagar
Availability of turmeric
seed.
25
Suggested to contact
ADH
1
Nalgonda
Mobile: 9490490327 &
ADH
2
Nalgonda
Mobile:
9490490328
for details.
Suggested to contact
Coconut Development
Board Hyderabad is Ph:
040
27807303
for
details.
Suggested to contact
ADH East Godavari
Mobile:
9490490304
for details.
Curry leaf seed is
available
in
Pedavadlapudi village,
Mangalagiri
Mandal,
Guntur Dist. Suggested
to contact ADH 1
Guntur
Mobile:
9490490311 or H.O.
Mobile:
9490490379
for details.
Suggested to contact
Dr.
Lingareddy
(Nizamabad) Mobile:
9848660037 for the
availability of turmeric
seed.
Suggested to contact
H.O. Vijayanagaram
Mobile:
9490490304
for details.
Suggested to contact
ADH 1 Mahabubnagar
Mobile: 9490490324 &
ADH 2 Mahabubnagar
Mobile:
9490490610
for details.
Suggested to contact
ADH
1
Nalgonda
Mobile: 9490490327 &
ADH
2
Nalgonda
Mobile:
9490490328
for details.
Suggested to contact
Horticultural Research
Station, Kammarapalli
Nizamabad Dist. Ph:
08724
272343
for
4.
Veterinary (14)
Anantapur
Subsidy to mango
orchard.
West Godavari
Canning industry.
Kadapa
Subsidy amount for
sweet orange orchard.
Karimnagar
Mini dairy unit.
West Godavari
Hand operated milking
machine.
Nellore (2)
Establishment of dairy
farm.
Nalgonda
Fodder grass suitable
for murrah cows.
Nizamabad
Availability of azolla.
Chittoor
Contact number of
Veterinary Doctor.
26
details.
Suggested to contact
ADH 1 Anantapur
Mobile: 9490490317 &
ADH 2 Anantapur
Mobile:
9490490510
for details.
Suggested to contact
ADH (fruits) mobile:
9490490014
for
establishment
of
canning & processing
unit.
Suggested to contact
ADH Kadapa
Mobile:
9490490316
for details.
Suggested to contact
AD (AH) Karimnagar
Ph No: 0878 2240698
for details.
Full cost of hand
operated
milking
machine is Rs.10 600.
The machine weight is
18kg. Can capacity is
16 lts. It takes 3-4
minutes for milking in
cows and 6-8 minutes
for milking in buffalos.
The hand operated
milking machine is
available
with
Kusumsdhara mobile:
09448144098,09994210
295
&
e-mail:
kusumadharamaina@yahoo.com
Suggested to contact
AD (AH) Nellore Ph:
0861
2331855
for
details.
Suggested to contact
AD (AH) Nalgonda Ph:
08682
245608
for
details.
Suggested to contact
AD (AH) Nizamabad
Ph: 08462 221153 for
details.
Suggested to contact
AD (AH) Chittoor Ph:
08572 233477.
5.
Marketing
(11)
Karimnagar
Disease in sheep.
Nalgonda
Availability of APBN
slips.
Mahabubnagar
Rearing of goat.
Mahabubnagar
Fodder seed.
Karimnagar
Establishment of dairy
farm.
Khammam
Fodder seed.
West Godavari
Rabbit rearing.
Anantapur
Website f or
Agricultural Market
rates.
Guntur
Market rate of cotton.
27
Suggested to contact
AD (AH) Karimnagar
Ph No: 0878 2240698
for details.
APBN-1 (Bajra Napier
grass)
slips
are
available in Fodder
Research
Station,
Rajendra nagar Ph: 040
24001706.
Suggested to contact
Scientist
Livestock
Research
Station,
Rajendranagar Ph: 040
24015011 ext.406 &
Dr. Kishan Kumar,
Farm officer Mobile:
9848066708
040
24015143 for the details
Suggested to contact
AD
(AH)
Mahabubnagar,Ph No:
08542 242291& Fodder
Research
Station,
Rajendra nagar Ph: 040
24001706 for details.
Suggested to contact
AD (AH) Karimnagar
Ph No: 0878 2240698
for details.
Suggested to contact
AD (AH), Khammam
Ph: 08742 224564 for
details.
Suggested to contact
Dept.
of
Animals
Genetics & Breeding,
College of Veterinary
Sciences,
Rajendra
nagar
Ph:
040
24012869
Mobile:
9848278345 for details.
Website of Agricultural
Market
rates
is
market.ap.nic.in (A.P)&
agmarknet.nic.in (India
wide)
Market rate of cotton in
Krosur AMC Guntur is
maximum
rate
Prakasham
Market rate of black
gram.
Prakasham
Contact number of
AMC Guntur.
Chittoor
Market rate of Jagery.
Guntur
Market rate of Black
gram.
Karimnagar
Market rate of cotton.
Anantapur
Market rate of castor
&redgram.
28
Rs.5600/q,
minimum
rate Rs.5400/q and
model rate Rs.5200/q.
Market rate of black
gram in Addanki AMC
Prakasham is maximum
rate
Rs.4500
/q,
minimum rate Rs.4400
/q and model rate
Rs.4450/q.
Contact number of
Agricultural
Market
Yard Guntur Ph: 0863
2231253.
Market rate of Jagery in
Chittoor
AMC
is
maximum
rate
Rs.2400/q,
minimum
rate Rs.1800/q and
model rate Rs.2200 /q.
Market rate of Black
gram in Repalle AMC
Guntur is maximum
rate
Rs.4300/q,
minimum
rate
Rs.4100/q and model
rate Rs.4200/q.
Market rate of cotton in
Adilabad
AMC
is
maximum
rate
Rs.5600/q,
minimum
rate Rs.5200/q and
model rate Rs.5400/q.
No arrivals of cotton in
Karimnagar AMC.
Market rate of castor in
Kurnool
AMC
is
maximum
rate
Rs.4427/q,
minimum
rate Rs.4380/q and
model rate Rs.1706/q.
No arrivals of castor in
Anantapur
AMC.
Market rate of red gram
in Kurnool AMC is
maximum
rate
Rs.3850/q,
minimum
rate Rs.3650/q and
model rate Rs.3750/q.
No arrivals of castor in
Anantapur AMC.
6.
7.
Banking (3)
Forestry (2)
Kadapa
Market rate of Cotton.
Karimnagar
Market rate of cotton.
Warangal
Market rate of
guruvinda ginjalu.
(Abrus precatorius)
Warangal
Rescheduling of crop
loans.
West Godavari
Rescheduling of crop
loans.
Karimnagar
Loan to purchase land.
East Godavari
Availability of
glyricidia seed.
Mahabubnagar
Subabul seed.
29
Market rate of cotton in
Proddutur
AMC
Kadapa is maximum
rate
Rs.4800/q,
minimum
rate
Rs.4400/q and model
rate Rs.4500/q.
Market rate of cotton in
Adilabad
AMC
is
maximum
rate
Rs.5650/q,
minimum
rate Rs.5200/q and
model rate Rs.5525/q.
No arrivals of cotton in
Karimnagar AMC.
Suggested to contact
Andhra
Pradesh
Medicinal & Aromatic
Plant Board,6th Floor
APGLI Building, Tilak
Road
,Abids,
Hyderabad Ph: 040
66364094 for details.
Farmer asked about
rescheduling of 2008
crop loan. Crop loans
taken during April 1st
to September 15th,
2009
will
be
rescheduled up to June
2011.Farmer is not
eligible for rescheduling
of crop loan.
Suggested to contact
MAO and local bank
manager for details.
Suggested to contact SC
Corporation & APCOB
Hyderabad Ph: 040
23443822 for details.
Suggested to contact
Principal
Scientist,
Agro Forestry Division,
Rajendra nagar Ph: 040
24010116 for details
Suggested to contact
Social
Forestry
Division,
Hyderabad
Ph: 040 23298112 or
Forestry
Division,
Hyderabad Ph: 040
24652424 or Principal
9.
Others (8)
Adilabad
Availability of
sprinklers under
subsidy.
Kurnool
Subsidy to sprinkler
sets.
Warangal
Solar motors.
Warangal
Contact Number of
NEDCAP.
Nalgonda
Sprinklers on subsidy.
Kadapa
Drip on subsidy.
Medak
Drip on subsidy.
Mahabubnagar
Drip on subsidy.
Scientist, Agro Forestry
Division,
Rajendra
nagar
Ph:
040
24010116 for details.
Suggested to contact
APD, APMIP, Adilabad
Mobile:
9490490226
for more details.
Suggested to contact
local MAO or APD
APMIP
Kurnool
mobile: 9490490167 for
details.
Suggested to contact
Executive
Engineer,
NEDCAP Ltd. Ph: 0870
2578613 for details.
Contact Number of
NEDCAP
Executive
Engineer, Khammam
Ph: 08742 228904.
Suggested to contact
APD APMIP Nalgonda
mobile: 9490490262for
details.
Suggested to contact
APD, APMIP Kadapa,
mobile: 9490490131 for
details.
Suggested to contact
APMIP APD, Medak
mobile: 9490490210 for
details.
Suggested to contact
APMIP
APD,
Mahabubnagar,mobile:
9490490180 for details.
Note: One call is received from Nanded (Maharashtra) regarding weather report.
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