Location 

Astha, Nanded District, MS

• Field sanitation and destruction of stubbles .

• Use of a single recommended variety/hybrid and synchoronized sowing of treated seeds (imidacloprid @ 7 g/kg seed).

• Planting of Maize and Cowpea on borders for conservation of predators and parasitoids. Planting of Setaria spp. after every 9th row of cotton as bird perch. 

• Installation of Pheromone traps (@1/10 ha)  against bollworms. 

• Release of egg parasitoids (Trichogramma chilonis) at appropriate time coinciding with the egg laying by bollworm

• Spray of HaNPV 250 LE/ha followed by second release of Trichogramma or NSKE 5% 

• Need based spray of ecofriendly insecticides/fungicides

Panihari, Sirsa district, Haryana

• Cultivar: H 1098

• Neem seed powder  extract @ 12.5 kg /ha.+ Beauveria bassiana @ 1.25 kg./ha.  

• Alphamethrin @ 500 ml/ha.+ Confidor @ 100 ml/ha.  

• Neem seed powder  extract @ 12.5 kg /ha.

• Quinalphos @ 2.250 l/ha.

• Neem seed powder  extract @ 12.5 kg /ha.+ B. bassiana @ 1.25 kg./ha.

• Neem seed powder  extract @ 12.5 kg  /ha.+ B. bassiana @ 1.25 kg./ha.

Mansa, Punjab

• Early maturing, short duration, tolerant to CLCV and pests like LD 327, LH 1556, Ankur 651,Ganga Kaveri 151 and Whitegold. 

• Sida, Abutilon, Dhatura, Ageratum and other weeds were destroyed in and around the cotton crop areas. 

• Growing of okra, moong, arhar etc. in and around cotton fields avoided. 

• Deep ploughing, application of heavy rauni irrigation, use of N (30 kg / acre for varieties and 60 kg/acre for hybrid and (12 Kg P2O5 / acre) as per recommendations based on soil tests. 

• Crop sowing during April 15 to May 7 using 4 kg seed / acre for American cotton varieties; 3 kg seed / acre for arboreum cotton and 1.5 kg /acre for hybrids. Spacing of 67.5 cm from line to line and 45 cm from plant to plant and 67.5 x 75 cm was adopted for varieties and hybrids respectively. 

• First irrigation one month after sowing and thereafter manual thinning.

• Hand weeding/tractor drawn cultivator.

•  Regular surveillance of insect pests on crop was carried at twice a week

• Need based applications of pesticides. (i) Confidor 200 SL @ 100 ml (ii) Acetamiprid 20 SP @ 50 g (iii) Thiomethoxam 25 WG @ 100 g/ha for jassid. 

• Trichogramma chilonis (local strain) was released @ 1,50,000 per ha at 7 days interval during July to September.

Pigeonpea

Location 

Hotala, Nanded, MS 

• Variety - BSMR-736

• Field Sanitation 

• Installation of pheromone traps 

• Shaking of plants 

• Spray of HaNPV & Spray of crude neem extract 

• Prior to sowing, soil application of Trichoderma harzianum @ 10 g in 1 kg of FYM for controlling the pigeonpea wilt.

•  High yielding variety with pest/disease tolerance. 

• Sowing of pigeonpea crop in ridges for suppression of Phytophthora disease.

• Installation of pheromone traps @ 10/ha.

• Erection of bird perches @ 25/ha for facilitating predation of Helicoverpa larvae. 

• Neem oil 2% -1 spray. Two applications of NSKE 5% in September and October 

• Spray of Ha NPV @ 500 L.E. (1.5 x 1012 POB) / ha in September and October. Spray of endosulfan @ 2 litre/ha

Gulburga, Karnataka

• 10-12 cart loads of FYM per acre was applied before sowing.

• Varieties: ICP-8863 (Maruthi), WRP-1 (Trishul), ICPL-87119 (Asha). 

• Seed hardening with 2% CaCl2 to mitigate drought. 

• Sowing operations was completed before 15th July.

•  Mixing of Jowar/Mesta seeds 250 g/ha with Redgram seeds, which acts as live bird perches. 

• Installation of pheromone traps @ 5/ha to monitor the pest.

• Erecting the branched twigs @ 20/ha acts as bird perch.

•  Shaking of plant & manual collection. 

• Spray with ovicide like Thiodicarb 75 WP or Methomyl40 SP @ 300 g/ha or Profenopos 50 Ec @ 2 L/ha of water. 

• Spray with 5% Neem seed kernel extract or 2 lit/ha of commercial Neem formulations (1500ppm Azadirachtin). 

• Spray with HaNPV @ 250 LE/ha. Spray with Quinalphos 25 EC or 2 lit. Endosulphan 35 EC/ha.

Chickpea  

Chhajpur, Haryana

Sirsa, Haryana

 Jaipur, Rajasthan

Hotala, Nanded, MS 

• Seed treatment (Trichoderma 4g/kg seed + Vitavax 2g/kg seed + Rhizobium) 

• Intercropping 

• Dead bird perches 

• Pheromone traps @ 2/ha HaNPV @ 250 LE/ha Neem seed extract 5% Endosulfan - Need based