SEED PRODUCTION IN FODDER COWPEA
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Land Requirement
- Land should be free of volunteer plants
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- The previous crop should not be the same variety or other varieties of the same crop.
- It can be the same variety if it is certified as per the procedures of certification agency.
Isolation
- For certified / quality seed production, leave a distance of 5 m all around the field from the same and other varieties of the crop.
Seed rate : 20 kg/ha
Spacing : 60 x 20 cm
Fertilizer : Apply NPK @ 25:40:20 kg / ha as basal for the first crop.
Season : October to January
Seed grading : Grade the seeds u BSS 16 x 16 wire mesh sieve.
Fodder Cowpea
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Storage
- Short term storage in gunny cloth bag (8 - 9 months) with 9-10% moisture content .
- Medium term storage in polylined gunny bag (12 - 15 months) with 8 - 9 % moisture.
- Long term storage in 700 gauge polythene bag (more than 15 months) with 8% moisture.
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Source
The Professor and Head
Department of Seed Science & Technology
TNAU, Coimbatore-641003.
Phone:0422-6611363
Email: seed@tnau.ac.in
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