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Name of the crop | |||||||||||||
| Sesame | ||||||||||||||
| Botanical name | |||||||||||||
| Sesame indicum L. | ||||||||||||||
| Cultivation | |||||||||||||
| Rainfed and irrigated (Rabi/ summer) | ||||||||||||||
| Climate condition | |||||||||||||
Crop
suffers due to water logging or excessive rains during early
growth. High
humility is harmful. Temperature stage – 20 –
320C |
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| Seed rate | |||||||||||||
| 3.5 to 4 kg/ha | ||||||||||||||
| Sowing time | |||||||||||||
| 15th July – Kharif, 15th Nov. to 15 December – rabi and up to Feb. 15th summer | ||||||||||||||
| Sowing method | |||||||||||||
| Line sowing at a distance of 30 cm | ||||||||||||||
| Thinning | |||||||||||||
| One thinning at 8 to 15 days after germination. | ||||||||||||||
| Weedings | |||||||||||||
| Weed based; 2-3 weedings at an interval of 15 – 20 days. | ||||||||||||||
| Manures & Fertilizers | |||||||||||||
| Fym @ 5 t/ha N@ - 50 kg/ha P2O5 @ – 50 kg/ha | ||||||||||||||
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| Harvesting | |||||||||||||
| The crops is harvested before the plants are completely dry as to prevent shattering of seeds from capsules. The plants are cut close to the ground, tied in bundles and dried for about a week in the threshing yard. The seeds are separated by beating with the sticks or by thresher. | ||||||||||||||