i. R

emov

al o

f wee

ds fr

om fi

eld

and

clea

ning

of b

unds

. ii.

Li

ght t

rapp

ing.

iii

. Sp

ray

chlo

rpyr

ipho

s 20

EC @

ml/l

iter o

f wat

er a

t 45

DAT

. D

ISEA

SES

– R

ice

Blas

t Sy

mpt

oms:

Le

aves

sym

ptom

s firs

t app

ear

as sm

all f

leck

s. In

old

er le

aves

they

rem

ain

Circ

ular

but

on

youn

g le

aves

the

y en

larg

e up

to

cm

(Spi

ndle

shap

ed).

C

ontr

ol M

easu

res

i. Se

ed tr

eatm

ent w

ith A

gros

an G

N o

r car

bend

azim

@

2g/k

g se

ed.

ii.

Spra

y Ba

visti

n @

1g/

litre

of w

ater

. iii

. Sp

ray

Dith

ane Z

-78

@ 2

.5g/

litre

of w

ater

. Sh

eath

blig

ht

Sym

ptom

s: Le

sions

on

shea

th o

f low

er le

aves

nea

r the

wat

er li

ne.

Con

trol

Mea

sure

s i.

Spot

spra

ying

of c

arbe

ndaz

im 1

g/lit

re o

f wat

er

ii.

Dra

in-o

ff ex

cess

wat

er, a

void

floo

ding

and

del

ay a

nd

redu

ce to

p dr

essin

g of

nitr

ogen

fert

ilize

rs to

che

ck.

Brow

n sp

ot

Sym

ptom

s: Le

aves

spo

ts va

ry i

n siz

e an

d sh

ape

from

min

ute

dots

to

circ

ular

, eye

-sha

ped

or o

val l

esio

ns.

Con

trol

Mea

sure

s i.

Seed

tre

atm

ent

with

Agr

osan

GN

or

carb

enda

zim @

2g

/kg

seed

. ii.

Sp

ray

man

coze

b @

2.5

g o

r car

bend

azim

@ 1

g/lit

er o

f wat

er o

r iii

. D

ithan

e Z

-78

@ 2

g/lit

re o

f wat

er.

Blac

teri

al le

af b

light

Sy

mpt

oms:

Yello

w t

o str

aw c

olou

red

strip

es w

ith w

avy

mar

gin,

gen

eral

ly o

n bo

th e

dges

of

the

leaf

, ra

rely

on

one

edge

. C

ontr

ol M

easu

res

i. Sp

ray

man

coze

b 2.

5 g

or c

arbe

ndaz

im 1

g/li

ter o

f wat

er.

larv

ae

Prep

ared

by:

Dr.

Deb

asis

h B

orah

, Su

bjec

t Mat

ter

Spec

ialis

t (A

gron

omy)

M

adhu

mita

Son

owal

Bor

a, S

ubje

ct M

atte

r Sp

ecia

list (

Plan

t pro

tect

ion)

Pu

blis

hed

by:

Dr.

Deb

asis

Sas

mal

, Pro

gram

me

Coo

rdin

ator

I/C

, KV

K L

ohit,

Nam

sai

Dis

tric

t, U

nder

ICA

R- N

atio

nal R

esea

rch

Cen

tre

on Y

AK

, D

iran

g (A

runa

chal

Pra

desh

) Ph

one

no: 0

3806

200

100

& 2

2238

1, e

-mai

l: PC

KV

KL

OH

IT@

gmai

l.com

T

yped

and

des

igne

d by

: Md.

Zia

ur R

ahm

an, P

rogr

amm

e A

ssis

tant

(Com

pute

r)

LL––

26

/KV

K L

oh

it/2

014

26

/KV

K L

oh

it/2

014

-- 1515

D

OU

BL

E C

RO

PP

ING

OF

RIC

E A

ND

IT

S

DO

UB

LE

CR

OP

PIN

G O

F R

ICE

AN

D I

TS

M

AN

AG

EM

EN

TM

AN

AG

EM

EN

T

Kri

shi V

igya

n K

endr

a L

ohit,

Nam

sai D

ist.,

Mom

ong

Aru

nach

al P

rade

sh

Pin-

7921

02

Dou

ble

Cro

ppin

g of

Ric

e : R

ice

is th

e m

ajor

stap

le fo

od o

f Aru

nach

al P

rade

sh c

over

ing

the

larg

est

area

und

er c

ultiv

atio

n. T

o in

crea

se t

he t

otal

pro

duct

ion

the

use

of s

cien

tific

cu

ltiva

tion

prac

tices

and

int

ensif

icat

ion

in c

ropp

ing

is ve

ry u

rgen

t. In

Loh

it D

istric

t at

le

ast

2 cr

ops

of R

ice

(Ahu

- Sa

li) c

ould

be

grow

n su

cces

sfully

pro

vide

d su

itabl

e va

rietie

s an

d sc

ient

ific

man

agem

ent i

s fol

low

ed.

Var

ietie

s :

Ahu

Ric

e

: Use

see

ds o

f hig

h yi

eldi

ng v

arie

ties

for

culti

vatio

n lik

e –

Lach

it, C

hila

rai,

Gop

inat

h, L

uit

Gov

ind,

Cul

ture

-1, A

njal

i, V

anda

na, S

elec

ted

Loca

l var

ietie

s with

hig

her

yiel

d.

Sali

Ric

e

: R

anjit

, Ba

hadu

r, M

onira

m,

Piol

i, D

isang

, M

ahsu

ri, S

atya

, Ba

sund

hara

, M

anoh

ar S

ali,

Bhal

um-1

, Nav

een,

Abh

ishek

. La

nd P

repa

ratio

n : L

and

shou

ld b

e pr

epar

ed w

ell b

y pl

ough

ing/

hoe

ing.

M

anur

es &

Fer

tiliz

ers

: A

com

bina

tion

of o

rgan

ic a

nd i

norg

anic

fer

tilize

r gi

ves

bette

r yi

eld.

Com

post

or F

YM (

Gob

ar)

@10

t/h

a sh

ould

be

appl

ied.

For

sem

i dw

arf

varie

ties f

ertil

izers

shou

ld b

e ap

plie

d as

follo

ws –

How

ever

, so

il m

ay b

e te

sted

for

sele

ctin

g ex

act

dose

of

fert

ilize

rs.

FYM

(G

OBO

R)

or

com

post

shou

ld b

e ap

plie

d du

ring

land

pre

para

tion.

App

ly w

hole

SSP

, MO

P an

d on

e th

ird

of u

rea

as b

asal

dos

e. R

emai

ning

Ure

a m

ay b

e to

p dr

esse

d at

max

imum

tille

ring

and

Pani

cle

Initi

atio

n sta

ge

Seed

Rat

e

: A

hu R

ice

(Dir

ect

Sow

m)

: For

line

sow

ing

seed

s @75

kg/

ha (1

.5 K

g/20

0 sq

m la

nd) i

s to

be so

wn

at a

inte

r row

spac

ing

of 2

0 cm

. For

bro

adca

sting

seed

s sho

uld

be so

wn

@ 1

10 K

g/ha

(2.2

0 K

g/20

0 sq

m p

lot)

Sali

Ric

e : S

ow se

eds @

45

kg/h

a in

seed

bed

. Spa

cing

shou

ld b

e 20

x 1

0 cm

. Se

ed T

reat

men

t : T

reat

seed

s with

fung

icid

es li

ke I

ndof

il-M

-45

or C

apta

f or

Folta

f @

2.50

g/K

g se

ed.

Tim

e of

sow

ing

: A

hu R

ice

: Mar

ch –

Apr

il.

Sali

Ric

e :

June

- Ju

ly

Wee

ding

and

inte

rcul

tura

l ope

ratio

n :

In A

hu r

ice

wee

d is

a m

ajor

pro

blem

. So

wee

ding

with

whe

el h

oe s

houl

d be

use

d 2-

3 w

eeks

afte

r so

win

g. T

he s

econ

d w

eedi

ng s

houl

d be

don

e w

ith w

heel

hoe

or

dryl

and

wee

der

at 4

-5 w

eeks

afte

r so

win

g. I

f whe

el h

oe o

r dr

ylan

d w

eede

r is

not a

vaila

ble

man

ual

Nut

rient

R

equi

rem

ent

(Kg/

ha)

Form

Fe

rtiliz

er

(Kg/

ha)

Ferti

lizer

(K

g/bi

gha)

N

40

Ure

a 88

12

P 2

O5

20

SSP

125

17

K2O

20

M

OP

32

4

wee

ding

shou

ld b

e do

ne. I

n bo

th A

hu a

nd S

ali R

ice

2 no

s. of

wed

ding

s sho

uld

be d

one

at

20 a

nd 4

0 da

ys a

fter

sow

ing/

tran

spla

ntin

g. I

n Ah

u R

ice

appl

icat

ion

of h

erbi

cide

2,4

– D

@

0.5

to 0

.75

kg a

.i./h

a co

ntro

ls di

cot w

eeds

whe

n ap

plie

d at

2-3

leaf

stag

e of

wee

ds a

nd

sedg

es. I

n Sa

li R

ice

appl

icat

ion

of p

ratil

achl

or @

0.7

5 kg

/ha

or a

nilo

phos

is to

be

appl

ied

@ 0

.4 k

g/ha

at 3

da

ys a

fter

tran

plan

ting

for

wee

d co

ntro

l. R

aini

ng d

urin

g ha

rves

ting

is co

mm

on in

sum

mer

ric

e w

hich

, res

ults

in d

iscol

orat

ion

of s

eeds

, spr

outin

g of

see

ds. T

o av

oid

this

10 p

er c

ent

solu

tion

of c

omm

on s

alt

can

be a

pplie

d 20

-25

days

afte

r 50

per

cent

flo

wer

ing.

Nec

essa

ry

plan

t pro

tect

ion

mea

sure

s sho

uld

be ta

ken

to a

void

eco

nom

ic lo

ss.

Har

vest

ing

:

Har

vesti

ng s

houl

d be

don

e as

soo

n as

80

perc

ent o

f pan

icle

s rip

e. D

elay

in h

arve

sting

will

re

sults

in

shat

terin

g lo

ss.

Afte

r th

resh

ing,

see

ds s

houl

d be

drie

d pr

oper

ly f

or s

tora

ge.

Win

now

ing

shou

ld b

e do

ne p

rope

rly. M

echa

nica

l han

d w

inno

wer

can

be

used

for t

his.

INSE

CT

PES

TS

-

Ye

llow

Ste

mbo

rer

Sym

ptom

s:

Whi

te e

ars-

plan

ts pr

oduc

e w

hite

ear

s at e

arly

stag

e de

void

of g

rain

. C

ontr

ol M

easu

res

i.

Rem

oval

and

des

truc

tion

of st

ubbl

es a

t the

tim

e of

the

first

plou

ghin

g.

ii.

Plou

ghin

g an

d flo

odin

g th

e fie

ld is

also

ef

fect

ive

in k

illin

g th

e la

rvae

. iii

. C

lippi

ng ti

ps o

f see

dlin

gs b

efor

e tr

ansp

lant

ing.

iv

. Se

edlin

g ro

ot d

eep

trea

tmen

t in

chlo

rpyr

ipho

s 20

EC @

1m

l/lite

r of w

ater

for o

ver

nigh

t. v.

Sp

ray

chl

orpy

ripho

s 20

EC @

1m

l/lite

r of w

ater

at 4

5 D

AT.

vi.

Usin

g of

Tric

ogra

mm

a eg

gs(T

richo

card

6-8

pie

ces)

@

50,

000/

ha.

Gun

dhi b

ug

Sym

ptom

s:

D

evel

opin

g gr

ains

in

the

milk

y sta

ge c

ause

s in

com

plet

ely

fille

d pa

nicl

es o

r pan

icle

s with

em

pty

grai

ns.

Con

trol

Mea

sure

s i.

Usin

g lig

ht tr

aps,

colle

ctio

n of

adu

lts w

ith n

ets a

nd

destr

oyin

g th

e w

eeds

to re

mov

e al

tern

ate

hosts

. ii.

Ap

ply

carb

ayl 5

% o

r mal

athi

on 5

% d

ust @

25k

g/ha

. Le

af fo

lder

Sy

mpt

oms:

Whi

tish

Stre

aks a

ppea

r on

the

leav

es.

Con

trol

Mea

sure

s W

hitis

h st

reak