Salient Research Achievements

• Planting of 'Dhaincha' after wheat .
• Seed treatment with carbendazim. 
• Planting of 2-3-seedlings/ hill (only few farmers). 
• Judicious fertilizer application ( 80 N:50 P:30 K kg per ha).
• Installation of pheromone traps for YSB monitoring.
• Release of Trichogramma japonicum (2 times). 
• Spot application of Tricyclazole (for blast), streptocycline (for BLB) and carbendazim (Sheath blight).

Sarurpur Distt. Baghpat, UP 

(Pusa Basmati 1)

• Seed treatment with carbendazim @ 2.0gm/kg seed. 

• Monitoring of insect pests & diseases. 

• Release of parasitoid Trichogramma japonicum 1.5 lakhs/ha for Leaf Folder and Yellow Stem Borer after initiation of infestation. 

• Need based spray of insecticide and fungicide/bactericide (only spot application).

Tilwari, Dehradun

Dehraduni Basmati

• Dhaincha (Sesbania sp.) for green manuring 
• Seed treatment with Trichoderma 
• Judicious fertilizer application 
• Pheromone traps for YSB 
• Release of Trichogramma for YSB;
• LF Spot application of carbendazimfor blast; streptocycline for BLB Systematic monitoring

Kaithal, Haryana

• Sanitation, Field preparation (Elevated, fortified FYM [Trichoderma], neem cake etc.,).
• Mulching with Sesbania /blackgram/ greengram .
• Application of Rock phosphate. 
• Monitoring through Pheromone traps (Stem borer). 
• Preventive sprays of Trichoderma, Pseudomonas , neem oil and Herbozymes.
• Detopping, rope running, release of T. japonicum, conservation of spiders and other natural enemies.

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.

• 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

Gurgaon, Haryana

• Variety T-59. 
• Optimum sowing dates, (by 15-25th Oct.). 
• Seed treatment with Trichoderma viride @ 4g/kg seed. 
• Mechanical picking of aphid-infested twigs at initial stage of attack.

 Navgaon, Rajasthan

• Proper planning of cropping pattern for avoiding diseases from previous crop.  
• Summer ploughing to kill fungal spores and residual population of insect pests. 
• Removal of previous crops residue from the fields to check the diseases.
• Sowing Oct. 11- 25 to reduce incidence of major insect pest and diseases. 
• Apply recommended dose of fertilizers. 
• Seed treatment with Trichoderma viride @ 4g/kg seed for soil borne diseases. 
• Soil application of Trichoderma @ 1kg of Trichoderma mixed with 25 kg FYM /acre 
• Garlic extract @2% for the management of white rust and soil borne diseases.
• Spray of dithane M-45 (0.2%) for Alternaria and white rust diseases. 
• Removal of heavily disease infected plants from the field. 
• Periodical weeding helps in reducing building up of painted bug population.
• Studies to know the natural enemy complex of painted bug. 
• Conserve natural enemies 
• Apply malathion 5% dust @ 25 kg/ha if needed.

• Popular YVM resistant hybrids Sun- 40 & Makhmali.
• Sowing of sorghum/maize as a border crop.
• Yellow sticky polythene traps smeared with castor oil and Delta traps set up for white fly.
• Erection of bird perches @ 10/acre Pheromone traps for monitoring of Earias vittella installed @ 5/ ha .
• Three sprays of NSKE @ 5% for hopper, white fly and mites.
• Five releases of Trichogramma chilonis starting from 42 days after sowing at weekly interval were made.
• YVM affected plants , if any, & borer affected shoots rouged out from time to time.
• 3-4 sprays of Imidacloprid, cypermethrin, chlorpyriphos and fenvalerate insecticides.

• Nursery Raised seed bed 
• Soil solarisation
• Seed treatment with T. viride @4gm/ kg seed
• Main Field Erection of bird perches @ 10/acre
• Installation of Delta traps and yellow sticky traps for hopper and white fly Pheromone traps installed @ 5/ acre for Leucinodes orbonalis
• Soil application of Neem cake @ 250 kg/ ha along the plant rows
• Three sprays of NSKE @ 5% against leaf hoppers, aphids, mites
• Six releases of egg parasite, T. brasiliensis @1.0 lakh/ha for shoot and fruit borer
• Collection & destruction of egg masses, larvae and adults of hadda beetle Clipping of borer damaged shoots & collection & destruction of damaged fruits
• Rouged out little leaf affected plants
• One spray each of imidacloprid and cypermethrin in the crop season