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    Feb 24th, 2023

    Mannargudi: Dr. Raja Ramesh, Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology, Vamban National Crops Research Center, Prof. and Head Dr. Yuvaraja told the farmers about high yield cultivation techniques in sesame crop: Masipatta in Thanjavur and Trichy districts of Cauvery delta and Chitraippattam in Tiruva Rur district. Sesame is grown as a subsistence crop. DMV 4 DMV 5, DMV.6, DMV. 7, S.B.R. 1, VRI. 1, VRI. High yielding varieties like 2 are suitable for cultivation. The DMV.7 variety is 80 to 85 days old. It gives a yield of 920 kg per hectare at death. Contains 80 percent oil content. SV. PR. 1 is a type of white sesame. 75 to 80 days old. It gives a yield of 800 kg per hectare. Contains 53.8 percent oil content. Sandy alluvial, loamy soils are suitable for sesame cultivation. The clods in the soil should be broken and leveled well. Two kilos of sesame seeds are enough for one acre. Four grams of Trichoderma viridii per kg seed; After 24 hours of sowing, 500 grams of 'Azebas' should be mixed with cold rice porridge and the seeds should be mixed in the mixture and allowed to dry for half an hour. When there is sufficient moisture in the field, the seeds should be sown in rows by plowing once or by spreading the seeds mixed with 20 kg of sand on the surface of the land. Then plow again or cover the sprinkled seeds by pulling the film. To control weeds, on the 3rd day after sowing, when the field is wet, fluchloralin should be sprayed at the rate of 1.2 liters per acre mixed with sand. Followed by 30 - 35 days one hand should be taken. The plants should be removed on 15th and 30th day after sowing and the crop population should be maintained at 11 plants per square meter. As there is a possibility of manganese micronutrient deficiency in rice barren sesame crop, to overcome this deficiency, 2 kg of manganese sulfate salt should be mixed with 20 kg of sand per acre and sprinkled evenly on the soil after sowing the seeds. In sandy places with water availability, the crop is likely to grow well by making drains in the middle of the field. Crop growth can be improved by adopting the irrigation system in clay soils. The dead sesame should be watered after sowing and on the 7th day after sowing. In the important periods of sesame crop i.e. the 5th leaf season of the crop, the time of budding, flowering period, the period of fruit formation and the time of maturity of sesame seed, the yield will be higher if water is irrigated. When cultivated as a dead crop, 14 kg of fertilizer, 9 kg of nitrogen and 9 kg of ash i.e. 30 kg of urea per acre. 56 kg of single super phosphate and 15 kg of potash fertilizers should be applied. Before sowing the dead sesame crop, the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University sesame micronutrient mixture should be mixed with 50 kg of well-fertilized manure at the rate of 110 per acre for one month and then applied. Sesame harvesting symptoms are when 25 percent of the leaves fall from the bottom of the plant and the pods and stems turn brown. Agriculture professors Raja Ramesh and Yuvaraja said this.


    Source: www.dinakaran.com/news_detail.asp?Nid=841851
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