Evolving strategies for enhancing wheat production with special reference to

management of yellow rust and karnal bunt

LAND USE PATTERN

Proposed Cropping Pattern of Rabi 2014-15

Area, Production and Productivity Under wheat in state

S.N. YearWheat

Area Production Productivity

1 2012-13 358132 854645 23.86

2 2013-14 358310 908069 25.34

3 2014-15 347758 654147 18.81

4 2015-16 (Target) 358310 925345 25.80

Area :ha Production : MT Productivity:Qtl./ha

Source: Rabi Compaign-2015-16

Wheat Varieties to be proposed for distribution in 2015-16

S.N. Name of crop/variety1 VL-6162 VL-8023 VL-8294 VL-8925 VL-9076 HS-5077 HS-4908 UP-25549 UP-2572

10 UP-256511 UP-252612 UP-262813 PBW-64414 PBW-55015 DBW-1616 DBW-1717 DPW621-50

18 WR-544

19 HD-2967

20 HPW-349

Seed Replacement Rate (%)

Crop

Year

2012-13 2013-14 2014-152015-16 (Target)

Wheat 32.25 33.01 35.88 38.00

Yellow Rust Infected/ Treated Area under Wheat in Uttarakhand

SN Items 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

1.Total area

under wheat371225 369209 358132 358310 347758

2. Infected area 394.18 69.30 NIL 12.075 11.59

3. Infected varietyPBW-343, 502 & traditional

PBW-343, 373, UP-2338 & traditional

NIL

PBW-343, 154, & Local

PBW-154,550,507

HD-2967,UP-2572, Local

4.Level of intensity

Low to medium

Low NIL Trace to lowTrace to low

5. Treated area 394.18 69.30 NIL 12.075 11.59

Area- in ha.

Strategies for Management of Yellow rust and Karnal bunt of Wheat

Establishment of control room and task force at District and Directorate level for monitoring of the diseases.

Establishment of Pest Surveillance committee at District and block level.

Promotion of recommended Resistant varieties and discouragement of susceptible varieties

Regular monitoring and surveillance in coordination with SAU and KVK scientist

Assurance & Timely availability of recommended fungicides. Awareness through electronic media, SMS (Farmer portal), daily

newspaper , Farmer’s Training & Meetings Distribution of Pamphlets to the farmers through Farmers Fair &

Training Distribution of Management of Yellow rust Cards to the farmers.

*Incidence of Karnal bunt in different districts of Uttarakhand during 2014-15 crop season

DistrictsTotalsamp

les

No. of infected samples

No. of disease

free samples

% infected Samples

No. of samples in different range of infection

Percent rejectionBelow

0.25%0.26-1%

1.1- 5%

5.1-10%

1.Udham Singh Nagar

(a)Pantnagar 1279 146 1133 11.42 145 1 0 0 0.08(b) Kashipur 122 06 116 4.92 4 2 0 0 1.63(c) Bajpur 438 50 389 11.39 47 3 0 0 0.68(d) Khatima 87 15 72 17.24 14 1 0 0 1.15(e) Sitarganj 94 05 89 5.32 5 0 0 0 02.Dehradun 105 52 53 49.52 29 14 9 0 13.333.Haridwar 129 62 67 48.06 47 12 03 0 11.624.Nainital (Kotabagh) 224 112 102 54.46 89 32 01 0 14.73

Total 2497 458 2021 382 65 13 0

* Data received from GBPUAT, Pantnagar

The maximum Karnal bunt incidence (54.46%) was recorded in Nainital followed by Dehradun (49.52%), Haridwar (48.06) and Udham Singh Nagar (17.24).

Availability of Fungicides (Kg. / Litre)

S.N. Name of Fungicides Availability

1 Propiconozole 25EC 2497

2 Zineb 75WP 3129

3 Mencozeb 75% wp 9714

4 Carbendazim 50 WP 40

5 Thiram 75 WP 1227

Extension Programme

Yellow rust Pamphlet

Yellow rust Card

Extension Programme

Yellow rust Pamphlet

Seed Treatment Pamphlet

Extension Programme

Survey and Survellience of Yellow Rust in Crop Season

Wheat crop is monitored during the crop season by the State Government of Uttarakhand, Department of Agriculture, scientists of Pantnagar University, VPKAS Almora & CIPMC, Dehradun will have coordination with them regarding the possible occurrence of yellow rust so that timely measures are taken to avoid losses to the crop. Vigilance will be kept for yellow rust in the foot hills through extensive monitoring starting from early December onwards. If disease is spotted, the farmers should be immediately advised by for taking up recommended spray schedule. For Surveillance & Monitoring of Rust the Pest Control Advisory Committee is constituted at Block & District Level.

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