1.PAG-3 (2003):
POPULAR VARIETIES DEVELOPED BY ICAR IIHR BANGLORE
2.Kashi Surbhi:
3.Kashi Dhawal:
Other States variety
CO 1, CO 2, Pusa Ujjwal, Kashi Ujawal, MAH 1, IVAG 502
Seed Rate
Time of sowing
Spacing
Soil –
Fertilizer Requirement (kg/acre)
UREA | SSP | MOP |
90 | 125 | 35 |
Nutrient Requirement (kg/acre)
NITROGEN | PHOSPHORUS | POTASH |
40 | 20 | 20 |
Irrigate the basins before dibbling the seeds and thereafter once a week.
Matured fruits can be stored over sand bed at ambient condition.
Nursery raising
1.Fruit flies: Bactrocera cucurbitae
Symptoms of damage:
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Management:
2.Pumpkin beetles: Red Beetle: Aulacophora foveicollis
Symptoms of damage:
Management:
3.Stem borer or clear winged moth: Melittia eurytion
Symptoms of damage:
Management:
4.Stem gall fly: Neolasioptera falcata
Symptoms of damage:
Management:
5.Snake gourd semilooper : Plusia peponis
Symptoms of damage:
Management:
6.Pumpkin caterpillar: Diaphania indica
Symptoms of damage:
Management:
7.Bottle gourd plume moth: Sphenarches caffer
Symptoms of damage:
Management:
8.Leaf miner: Liriomyza trifolii
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Fertigation Schedule- Ash gourd (Hybrid)
Recommended Dose: 200:100:100 kg/ha
Stage | Crop stage | Duration in days | Fertilizer grade | Total Fertilizer (kg/ha) | Nutrient applied | % of requirement | ||||
N | P | K | N | P | K | |||||
1 | Crop establishment stage | 10 | 19:19:19 + MN 13-0-45 Urea | 26.81 11.00 29.03 | 5.00 1.43 13.35 | 5.00 – – | 5.00 4.95 – | 10.00 | 5.00 | 10.00 |
Subtotal | 19.78 | 5.00 | 9.95 | |||||||
2 | Vegetative stage | 30 | 12-61-0 13-0-45 Urea | 12.28 66.00 109.00 | 1.47 8.58 50.14 | 7.50 – – | – 29.70 | 30.00 | 7.50 | 30.00 |
Subtotal | 60.19 | 7.50 | 29.70 | |||||||
3 | Flower initiation to first picking | 30 | 12-61-0 13-0-45 Urea | 12.28 44.00 115.00 | 1.47 5.72 52.90 | 7.50 – – | – 19.80 – | 30.00 | 7.50 | 20.00 |
Subtotal | 60.09 | 7.50 | 19.80 | |||||||
4 | Harvesting stage | 45 | 19:19:19 + MN 13-0-45 Urea | 26.31 78.00 97.52 | 5.00 10.14 44.86 | 5.00 – – | 5.00 35.10 – | 30.00 | 5.00 | 40.00 |
Total duration | 115 days | Subtotal | 60.00 | 5.00 | 40.10 | |||||
Total | 200.06 | 25.00 | 100.00 | 100 | 25 | 100 |
*75% RD of Phosphorus applied as superphosphate = 469 Kg/ha.
1. 19:19:19 = 53 kg/ha
2. 13:0:45 = 199kg/ha
3. 12:61:0 = 25 kg/ha
4. Urea = 351 kg/ha
1.Nitrogen
Deficiency Symptoms
Correction Measure
2.Potassium
Deficiency Symptoms
Correction Measure
3.Magnesium
Deficiency Symptoms
Correction Measure
4.Manganese
Deficiency Symptoms
Correction Measure
Symptoms
Management
Symptoms
Management
3.Mosaic: PRSV/CMV
Symptoms:
Management
Varieties : 30 – 35 t/ha
Hybrids : 80-90 t/ha
Crop Growing districts – Erode, Coimbatore, Villupuram
Major markets in Tamil Nadu -Periyar Vegetable Market, Koyambedu, Chennai Natchipalayam vegetable market, Coimbatore
Preferred Varieties and hybrids – Co 1 and Co 2