95 PAU Kisan Club members attend monthly training camp
Ludhiana, July 4
In an effort to promote crop diversification and expand the adoption of agriculture-related enterprises, the PAU Kisan Club called upon its members to act on the advice of PAU experts and save the state from being deficit in natural resources. As many as 95 farmers participated in the monthly training camp of the club, organised at PAU today.
Dr Harpreet Kaur while sharing the agronomic practices for the successful cultivation of pulses, said that pulses cultivation was a viable option for diversification due to enhanced productivity and profitability.
Recommending the sowing of maash varieties including Mash 883, Mash 114 and Mash 338 upto the first week of July, she advised sowing irrigated crop in the submontaneous region from July 15 to 25. Mosaic tolerant varieties of moong, namely ML 1808, ML 2056 and ML 818 should be sowed during the second fortnight of July, she suggested.
“For moong, apply 11 kg urea and 100 kg single superphosphate and for maash, apply 11 kg urea and 60 kg single superphosphate at the time of sowing. Treat the sowing with recommended rhyzobium culture for higher yield,” she added.
A Senior Extension Specialist (Plant Pathology) Dr Amarjit Singh and Senior Entomologist Dr KS Suri elaborated on the disease and pest management in kharif crops such as stem borer in rice, foot rot of basmati rice, whitefly in cotton, fall armyworm in maize and tobacco caterpillar in pulses.
Dr Manoj Sharma, in-charge, Plant Clinic, apprised the farmers of the plant disease diagnosis by the clinic, which could check and avoid the yield, productivity and economic losses at large. Farmers from across the state bring plant samples infected with diseases or pests and thereafter these samples are diagnosed, leading to suitable control measures for the plant protection, he added.
Dr Ramandeep Singh, director, School of Business Studies, shared with the farmers that agribusiness was flourishing in Punjab due to it being an additional source of income for the agricultural entrepreneurs.
