Bengalgram

Varieties

• Jyothi Matures in 100-110 days. Yield varies from 16-18q ha^-1.
• Annigeri Duration 100-110 days. Yield potential is 18-25q ha^-1.
• Swetha (ICCV 2) Kabuli type, matures in 80-85 days, yield varies from 15-16q ha^-1. Tolerant to witt. Suitable for late planting.
• Kranthi (ICCV 37) Desi variety matures in 100-110 days, yield ranges from 18-25q ha^-1. Tolerant to witt.
• ICCV 10 (Bharat) Matures in 100-120 days, yield varies from 18-25q ha^-

1. Suitable for early sowing.
2. Tolerant to wilt and dry root rot.
3. Sowing October 15^th to end of November.Soils Mete 50-60 kgha^-1.Spacindium to deep black soils
4. Seed rag 30x10cm
5. Fertilisers 20 N, 50 P2O5 kg ha-1 as basal dose
6. Intercultivation Twice at 20^th and 30^th DAS. Spray fluchloralin @ 2.5 l/ha as pre-sowing or spray pendimethalin @ 3.3 to 5 l/ha immediately after sowing or the next day to check the weeds.
7. Irrigation Rainfed
8. Pest Control

Gram Caterpillar

• Monitoring with pheromone traps to take effective control measures against early instars of the pest.
• Spraying of diflubenzuron @ 250g ha^-1 with selective insecticide such as endosulfan.
• Use Neem formulations for insect repeling (Neem oil 0.5%)
• Use bio-agents like B.t at 1.0 kg ha^-1 formulations and NPV at 500 L.E ha^-1.
• Spray at pre and post flowering stage with acephate @ 1g l^-1 or quinalphos @ 2ml l^-1 or chlorpyriphos @ 2.5ml l^-1 or thiodicarb @ 1.0 g l^-1 of water.
• Hand picking and destruction of grownup larvae reduces crop losses.

Disease control

• Wilt : Seed treatment with captan or thiram @ 2.5g kg^-1 seed. Grow tolerant varieties, ICCV 37 (Kranthi), ICCV 2 (Swetha).
• Dry root rot : Seed treatment with captan or thiram @ 2.5g kg^-1 seed. Grow resistant variety, ICCV 10 (Bharat).
• Stunt : Destruction of diseased plants. Grow resistant variety Jyothi.

Post Harvest Technology

• Storage : Properly dried un-infested produce can be safely stored in nylong bag, polythene lined gunny bag or compactly knitted gunny bag even up to a period of 180 days.
• The walls of the store room can be sprayed with chlorpyriphos @ 3ml l^-1 of water to reduce cross infestation. The gunny bags used for storage can also be sprayed with chlorpyriphos or dipped in chlorpyriphos solution and air dried.

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