crop production and related aspects to address
DESCRIPTION
Crop Production and related aspects to address. Dr.D.Jawahar, Professor and Head, Agricultural Research Station, Kovilpatti-628501. Soils are different. Soils at a distance of one foot are different Black soil, Red soil, Laterite soil Variations in clay, silt and sand WHC, CEC, pH,EC. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: Crop Production and related aspects to address](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070400/568134d3550346895d9bfb4c/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Crop Productionand related aspects to address
Dr.D.Jawahar,Professor and Head,
Agricultural Research Station,Kovilpatti-628501
![Page 2: Crop Production and related aspects to address](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070400/568134d3550346895d9bfb4c/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Soils are different
• Soils at a distance of one foot are different
• Black soil, Red soil, Laterite soil
• Variations in clay, silt and sand
• WHC, CEC, pH,EC
![Page 3: Crop Production and related aspects to address](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070400/568134d3550346895d9bfb4c/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Seed availability
• Seeds with genetic purity and physical purity
• Germination• Availability at right time• Availability at right quantity• Seed production• Class of seed• Seed storage
![Page 4: Crop Production and related aspects to address](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070400/568134d3550346895d9bfb4c/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Soil fertility
• 12.5 t/ha
• OC
• N,P,K,Ca,Mg, S, Fe,Zn,Mn,Cu
![Page 5: Crop Production and related aspects to address](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070400/568134d3550346895d9bfb4c/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Soil conservation
• Erosion– Wind
• Conduction• Convection• Surface creep
– Water• Rill• Sheet• Gully
![Page 6: Crop Production and related aspects to address](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070400/568134d3550346895d9bfb4c/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Weeds
• Perennial weeds
• Annual weeds
• Weed control– Manual
• Labour availability
– Chemical• Pre emergence• Post emergence
![Page 7: Crop Production and related aspects to address](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070400/568134d3550346895d9bfb4c/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Labour availability
• Preparatory cultivation
• Sowing
• Weeding
• Plant Protection
• Harvest – Labour saving implements
![Page 8: Crop Production and related aspects to address](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070400/568134d3550346895d9bfb4c/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Post harvest processing
• Seed storage
• Preserving seed
![Page 9: Crop Production and related aspects to address](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070400/568134d3550346895d9bfb4c/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Profit maximisation
• Mixed cropping
• Intercropping
• Organic cultivation
• Moth bean
![Page 10: Crop Production and related aspects to address](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070400/568134d3550346895d9bfb4c/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Moth bean/Dew gram
• TMV(Mb1)• Vigna aconitifolia• Bushy, runner type• Soil friendly• Cumbu mixture crop-24.8% protein- next to soy bean• Pod setting in Rabi• 930 kg/ha -65-70 days- uniform maturity• 6 kg/Ac – 30 X10 cm• Rs.60/kg sale price• Multipurpose –F3
![Page 11: Crop Production and related aspects to address](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070400/568134d3550346895d9bfb4c/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)