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Crops | |
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Name of the crop | |
| Mustard | ||
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Botanical name | |
| Brassica juncea L. Czerni & Cassan | ||
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Cultivation | |
| Irrgated | ||
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Climate | |
| Grown in winter season optimum temperature = 20 0C – 25 0C | ||
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Methods of sowing | |
| Drilling | ||
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Spacing | |
| 45 X 15 cm | ||
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Soil | |
| Well drained moisture retentative soil (Loomy soils) | ||
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Crop duration | |
| 90 – 100 days | ||
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Varieties (Recommended) | |
| a)Varuna , b) Pusa bold | ||
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Package of Practices | |
| Land preparation | One ploughing and 3 to 4 harrowing | |
| Sowing time | Mid October to November | |
| Seed treatment | Thirum or Captan @ 2 g/kg seed | |
| Interculturing | Thining upto 15 days of sowing and One hand weeding after 25 days of sowing | |
| Irrigation | Irrigation at 20 – 25 days interval | |
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Care during nursery | |
| Nil | ||
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Seed rate | |
| 5 – 6 kg/ha | ||
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Plant protection measures | |
Plant protection measures against aphids, mustered saw fly, and red pumkin beetle should be undertaken spraying with endosulphan @ 0.05%, or monocrotophos @ 0.05% or Cypermenthrin @ 0.03% Disease control spraying 0.2% Dithane M – 45 to control white rust and Downy mildew |
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Fertilizer dose | |
| 90 kg N : 45 kg P2O5 : 45 kg K2O per hectare | ||
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Harvesting | |
The crop should be harvested when the pods mature & turn yellowish brown.Harvesting done by cutting the plants close to ground by sickle |
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Yield | |
| Range | 6 to 13 q/ha | |
| Additional points | It offers good scope for diversification of cropping patterns in winter season in the Konkan region of Maharashtra, because of less water requirement and short direction. Oil % = 30 – 48% |
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