Pomegranate is being cultivated in about 5 thousand hectares in Balotra, Rajasthan. Hundreds of farmers left conventional farming and began pomegranate cultivation below horticulture. However, now bacterial blight has come on pomegranate cultivation. For the second consecutive yr, because of Tikdi illness, the farmers cultivating pomegranate are shedding sleep. This time the farmers try to avoid wasting their crop from this illness. Seeing the rising concern of the farmers, now the Agriculture Department has additionally develop into alert. Agricultural scientists performed a survey with their workforce.
There is big demand for Balotra’s pomegranate in overseas international locations
Actually, final yr, heaps of rotten pomegranates had been piled up on the Budhiwara, Jagsa, Padru street. Due to this bacterial blight, the pomegranates bought stained and their high quality additionally decreased, because of which the merchants refused to purchase them. After this, the crop was pressured to be bought at very low costs. There is a requirement for Balotra’s pomegranates in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Gulf international locations. There can be an amazing demand for pomegranates from right here in Maharashtra and Bengal. The farmers right here promote it in personal markets. The merchants additionally examine their pomegranate gardens and resolve the value.
Agricultural scientists performed crop survey
Last yr, the rain attributable to the Biparjoy cyclone and the cloudy climate for a very long time led to the onset of Tikri illness and as a result of farmers not having the proper details about this illness, the crops had been affected on a big scale. After the crop was broken final yr, this time the Agriculture Department is alert about bacterial blight (Tikri illness). Along with gathering details about the illness in these villages, the division can be telling the measures to forestall it. The agricultural scientists of the Horticulture Department and Agriculture University Jodhpur are constantly inspecting the pomegranate gardens. During the inspection, the outbreak of Tikri illness and Cercospora leaf spot illness was present in pomegranate.
Advice for spraying these medicines
Scientists suggested to spray Streptomycin Sulphate 0.5 grams per liter and Copper Oxychloride 2.5 grams per liter for prevention of Tikdi illness (Bacterial Blight). Along with this, to forestall leaf spot illness (Sarcospora Leaf Spot), farmers had been suggested to spray Tebuconazole Diaphen Conazole 1 ml per liter or Propiconazole 1 ml per liter or Hexaconazole 1 ml per liter or Carbendazim and Mencozab 2 grams per liter or Tebuconazole plus Triflexo Astrobin 2 grams per liter.
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