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Name of the crop |
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Soyabean |
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Botanical name |
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Glycine max (L.) Merill |
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Cultivation |
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Under rain fed |
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Kharif |
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Under Irrigated |
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Summer |
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Climate requipment |
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Optimum temperature requirement = 28 0-300C |
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Method of sowing |
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Drilled |
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Spacing |
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a) 30 X10 cm. b) 45 X 15 cm. |
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Depth of sowing |
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2.5 to 3 cm |
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Soil |
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Medium black, Alluvial, Saline alkaline soil with good drainage condition. |
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Crop duration |
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90 - 125 days |
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Varieties (Recommended) |
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| Cultivars |
Duration (days) |
Season |
| MACS – 13 |
90 –100 |
Kharif |
| Macs – 124 |
110 – 115 |
Kharif |
| Macs – 57 |
110 – 115 |
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Package of Practices |
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| Land preparation |
One ploughing and two to three harrowings |
| Sowing time |
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| a) Kharif |
15th June to 15th July |
| b) Summer |
Before 15th February |
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Seed treatment |
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| a) Rhizobium |
@ 250 G Rhizobium culture per 10 – 15 kg seed |
| b) Chemical |
2.5 g carbendizem (Bavastin) per one kg seed. |
| Interculturing |
One hoeing after 15 – 20 days of sowing and one hand weeding |
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Care during nursery |
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Nil |
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Seed rate kg/ha |
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60 - 80 kg/ha |
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Plant protection |
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Insects |
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The major pests are caterpillar Spodoptera’ Pod borer. |
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Control Measures |
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Monocrotophos (0.05%), or Dimethoats (0.05%) or Cypermenthrin (0.005%) as and when needed |
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Diseases |
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The major disease are Bacterial blight, Anthracnose, Leaf spot. Downymildew, Rust, Rots, Mosaic. |
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Control Measures |
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Mancozeb (0.2%), Maneb (0.1%), Zineb(0.2%) |
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Fertilizer dose |
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30 kg N: 60Kg P2O5 : 40 kg K2O at the time of sowing. |
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Harvesting |
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Signs : Leaves turn yellow, Pods dry and turn yellow. Moisture percent 12 – 14%
The plant are cut closer to ground by sickle. |
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Yield |
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Variety |
Yield |
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MACS – 13 |
20 - 24 ( Kharif) |
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MACS – 124 |
25 – 30 (Kharif) |
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MACS – 57 |
25 – 30 (Summer) |
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Additional points |
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| Oil percent |
18 – 20 per cent |
| Protein percent |
40 – 42 percent |
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