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What is Dasagavya?

Dasagavya

Dasagavya is an organic preparation made from ten products in the form of panchagavya and certain plant extracts. “Gavya” is the term given to cow’s products comprising of cow dung, cow urine, cow’s milk, curd and ghee, which have miraculous effects on plant growth when suitably mixed.

The Horticultural research station, Ooty, Tamil Nadu  has identified certain plant species for the temperate regions, viz., Artemisia nilagirica, Leucas asperaLantana cameraDatura metal and Phytolacca dulcamera. Dasagavya is commonly available weed plants in the district, found abundantly along roadsides and in wastelands. The plants recommended for the tropical areas are neem (Azadirachta indica), erukam (Calotrophis), Kolingi (Tephrosia purpurea), notchi (Vitex negundo), umathai (Datura metel), Katamanaku (Jatropha curcas), adathoda (Adathoda vasica) and pungam (Pongamia pinnata). Since management of these can be made best use of in agriculture, as effective agents against certain pests and diseases.

What is Rajendra Arhar – 1 and it belongs to which cultivar?

Rajendra Arhar

Rajendra Arhar 1 is the cultivar of Pigeon pea. It is suitable for upland and mechanical harvesting with 28-30 q/ha average yield. It matures within 200-245 days. It is high yielding, erect and determinate, large pod bearing zone, long green black streak pod with bolder seed than Pusa-9, resistance against sterility mosaic disease and moderately resistant against wilt.

What is Rajendra Kauni – 1 and it belongs to which cultivar?

Rajendra Kauni

Rajendra Kauni-1 is the cultivar of foxtail millet. Its average yield is 24.50 q/ha. It is erect, having light green colour leaves medium lobe, brown colour panicle, brown awns with medium attitude with height of 122- 140 cm. It matures in 81 days. It possesses high degree of resistance against leaf blast, rust, smut, brown spot, downy mildew and leaf blight. It has superior quality with high iron content (15.45 mg/100g) and zinc (5.02 mg/100g).

What is Shaktiman-2 and it belongs to which cultivar?

Shaktiman-2

Shaktiman-2 is the cultivar of wheat. Medium tall (178 cm) and has an average ear height (69.0 cm). The plant sheds pollen in 108 days in rabi season and matures within 150 days. The leaves are narrow and dark green, tolerant to rust and turcicum Leaf blight diseases. It has good level of resistance against downy mildew, leaf blight and rust. Kernels of this hybrid are white flint having high quantity of tryptophan, yield potential in rabi is 85 q/ha.

What is Shaktiman-3 and it belongs to which cultivar?

Shaktiman-3

Shaktiman-3 is the cultivar of wheat. The plants are of medium stature with broad and dark green leaves. It matures within 95 days in kharif season and 155 days in rabi season. Plants are resistance to leaf blight, downy mildew and rust. This QPM hybrid has 9.63 per cent protein in grain, 0.73 per cent tryptophan and 2.96 per cent lysine in grain protein with orange yellow flint kernels, yield potential 70 q/ha in kharif and 90 q/ha in rabi.

What is Shaktiman-4 and it belongs to which cultivar?

Shaktiman-4

Shaktiman-4 is the cultivar of wheat. The parents are of medium stature with broad, curled and dark green leaves. Plants usually bears two big cobs having semi flint grains of orange yellow colour and also a good level of resistance against major diseases and pests. It has 9.88 % protein, 0.93 % tryptophan and 3.78 % lysine in grain protein, yield potential 75 q/ha in kharif and 95 q/ha in rabi.

What is Shaktiman-5 and it belongs to which cultivar?

Shaktiman-5

Shaktiman-5 is the cultivar of wheat. It is single cross yellow hybrid. It is recommended for kharif and rabi. It belongs to medium maturity groups, grains are yellow and semi flint and it is nutrient responsive, tolerance to lodging & stay green, tolerance to frost. Its average yield is 65 q/ha (kharif) and 105-109 q/ha (rabi). It is a QPM hybrid with resistance to Maydis leaf blight, Turcicum leaf blight and stem borer.