Agriculture
Crop Protection :: Pulses :: Greengram
 
Weed management
  • Pre‐emergence (PE) application of pendimethalin at 0.75 litre /ha followed by one hand weeding or mechanical weeding on 20‐25 DAS.

  • Apply PE herbicides 3 days after sowing using Knapsack sprayer fitted with flat fan nozzle using 500 litres of water for spraying one hectare.


    *Note:At the time of herbicide application enough moisture should be present in soil

Weeding with power weeder
Foliar spray
  • Apply TNAU Pulse wonder @ 5 kg/ha as foliar spray during peak flowering stage.

  • Spray should be given during early morning or late evening using Knapsack sprayer with 500 litres of water for one hectare.


TNAU Pulse Wonder
Drought mitigation
  • Foliar spraying of 2% KCl + 100 ppm Boric acid during dry spell as amid season management practice
                             (OR)
  • Foliar spray at 500 ml/ha of PPFM (Pink Pigmented Facultative Methylotroph) at terminal water stress condition.
                             (OR)
  • Foliar spraying of 0.5% chitosan is act as an anti‐transparent.
Harvesting:
  • Harvest the pods at physiological maturity (30 days after the 50 per cent flowering) when the colour of 80% of the pods turns black.
  • Over maturity may result in shattering.
  • Keep harvested crop for drying in threshing floor.
  • Threshing can be done either manually or by trampling with tractor.
  • Dry the seeds to 8 - 9 per cent moisture content.