Varieties : 8.0 kg / ha
Hybrids : 2.5 kg / ha
Apply FYM @ 25 t / ha as basal before last ploughing.
Apply 2 kg/ha of Azospirillum and 2 kg/ha Phosphobacteria by mixing with 50 kg of
FYM.
Apply 75 % total recommended dose of super phosphate ie. 469 kg / ha as basal.
Form raised beds of 120 cm width at an interval of 30 cm.
Install the drip irrigation with main and sub main pipes and place lateral tubes at the
centre of the each bed at an interval of 1.5 m.
Place the drippers in lateral tubes at an interval of 60 cm and 50 cm spacing with 4
LPH and 3.5 LPH capacities respectively.
Before planting, wet the beds using drip system for 8-12 hrs.
Sowing to be done at a spacing of 90 x 45 x 45 cm in the paired row system, using
ropes marked at 45 cm spacing.
Spray Oxyflourfen at 0.15 kg ai / ha or Fluchloralin @ 1.0 kg ai / ha or Metolachlor
@ 0.75 kg a.i / ha as pre emergence application on third day of sowing.
Gap filling to be done at 7th day after transplanting.
Crop
stage
Duration
in days
Fertilize
r grade
Total
Fertilize
r (kg/ha)
Nutrient applied % of requirement
N P K H P K
Sowing to
plant
establishm
ent
10 19:19:19
+MN
13:0:45
Urea
26.30
5.50
25.65
7.50
11.10
29.48
5.00
–
–
5.00
5.00
–
10.00 5.00 10.00
Subtotal 20.00 5.0 10.0
Flower
initiation to
flowering
30 12:61:0
13:0:45
Urea
16.39
88.88
144.52
1.97
11.55
66.48
10.0
–
–
–
40.0
–
30.0 10.0 30.0
Subtotal 80.00 10.0 40.0
Flowering
to fruit set
30 19:19:19
+MN
13.0:45
Urea
26.30
55.55
103.87
5.00
7.22
47.78
5.0
–
–
5.00
25.0
–
30.0 5.00 30.0
Subtotal 60.00 5.0 30.0
Alternate
days from
picking
30 12:61:0
13:0:45
Urea
8.20
44.44
72.26
0.98
5.78
33.24
5.0
–
–
–
20.0
–
30.0
–
–
5.00 30.0
Subtotal 40.00 5.0 20.0
Total
duration
100 200.0 25.0 100.0 100 25 100
75% RD of Phosphorus applied as super phosphate = 469 kg/ha.
1. 19:19:19 = 54 kg / ha
2. 13:0:45 = 200 kg / ha
3. 12:61:0 = 25 kg / ha
4. Urea = 350 kg / ha
Pests
Fruit borers Integrated pest management
Set up pheromone trap @ 12 / ha.
Collect and destroy affected fruits.
Release egg parasitoid, Trichogramma chilonis @ 1.0 lakh / ha.
Release 1st instar larvae of green lace wing predator
Chrysoperla carnea @ 10,000/ha.
Release Chelonus blackburnii and Bracon brevicornis at 1000
adult each /ha at fortnight interval thrice from flower initiation
Spray Bacillus thuringiensis @ 2 g/l or spray any one of the
following insecticides:
Insecticide Dose
Azadirachtin 0.03 % 5.0g / l.
Azadirachtin 5 % Neem
Extract Concentrate 5.0ml /10 l.
Buprofezin 70 DF 5.5 ml/10 l.
Emamectin benzoate 5 SG 3.0g /10 l.
Malathion 50EC 3.3ml/10 l.
Pyridalyl 10 EC 1.0ml / l.
Quinalphos 20 AF 1.5ml / l.
Quinalphos 25 EC 8.0ml /10 l.
Leaf hopper Treat the seeds with imidacloprid 48 FS or 70 WS @ 7g / kg or
Thiamethoxam 70 WS @ 2.8g / kg of seed. Apply/ spray any
one of the following insecticides.
Insecticide Dose
Azadirachtin 0.03 WSP 5.0 g /10l.
Azadirachtin 5% Neem Extract
concentrate 5.0 ml /10l
Dimethoate 30 EC 2.0 ml /l.
Imidacloprid 17.8 SL 2ml/10l.
Imidacloprid 70 WG 0.7g /10l.
Malathion 50 EC 1.25 ml /l.
Thiamethoxam 25WG 1.0 g /10l.
Methyl demeton 25 EC 1.6 ml / l.
Quinalphos 25 EC 1.0 ml / l.
Aphid
Acetamiprid 20 SP 1.5g/10l.
Dimethoate 30 EC 2.0 ml /l.
Malathion 50EC 1.25 ml /l.
Tolfenpyrad 15EC 2.0/l.
Red spider Mite
Whiteflies
Dicofol 18.5 EC 2.7 ml/l.
Quinalphos 25 EC 2.0 ml/l.
Spiromesifen 22.9SC 8ml/10l.
Azadirachtin 0.03 WSP 5.0 g /10l.
Methyl demeton 25 EC 1.6 ml /l.
Thiamethoxam 25WG 2.0g/10l.
Yellow vein mosaic
Spray azadirachtin 0.03 WSP @ 5 g/10l or methyl demeton 25 EC @ 1.6 ml/l or thiamethoxam 25 WG @ 2 g/lit to kill the insect vector, whitefly
Powdery mildew
Dust sulphur @ 25 kg / ha or spray dinocap @ 2 ml / l or tridemorph @ 0.5 ml / l or
carbendazim @ 1 g / l or wettable sulphur @ 2 g / l or triademephon @ 0. 5g/l
immediately after noticing the disease and repeat after 15 days if necessary
Crop Growing districts: Vellore, Salem, Coimbatore, Dindigul
Major markets in Tamil Nadu: Periyar Vegetable Market Koyambedu, Chennai Gandhi Market, Oddanchathiram Natchipalayam vegetable market, Coimbatore
Grade Specification: Light green or dark green, hairy or tender smooth surface, 5-ridged and remain tender for a longer period, medium length.
Seed treatment with Trichoderma viride (4g/kg) and Pseudomonas (10 g/ kg)
Soil application of Pseudomonas and Trichoderma (each 2.5kg/ha)
Soil application with neem cake @250 kg/ha
Maize as border crop against movement of whiteflies/ Liriomyza
Use of yellow sticky traps
Periodical removal of yellow vein mosaic virus infected plants
Helicoverpa and Earias adult monitoring with pheromone traps
Trichogramma release after each brood emergence of Helicoverpa and Earias
Application of neem oil formulations 10000ppm @1% / neem seed kernel extract (5%)