Chick pea

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Suitability of the variety for the area – agroclimatic zone

Irrigated conditions in entire Punjab state

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Selection of field/land preparation

Well drained light to medium textured soils are favourable. Prepare the land  free from clods and weeds.

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Seed treatment (Recommended chemicals with doses)

Seed inoculation with Mesorhizobium + Rhizobacterum culture @ one packet each per acre seed

--Captan@3g or Bavistan @2g per kg seed against blight and wilt ., Rovral @ 2.5g per kg seed against BGM - Rhizobium and fungicide can be applied simultaneously

Termite: Treat the seed before sowing with Chlorpyriphos 20 EC @ 10 ml/kg seed. Use 180 ml insecticide by diluting it in half litre water. Dry the seed in shade before sowing.

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Sowing time

October 25 to November 10

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Seed rate/sowing method, line sowing with row to row and plant to plant distance/ direct sowing

15-18 kg per acre; Seed drill

Spacings: 30 x 10 cm

After rice harvest,particularly heavy textured soils, sow the crop in raised seeds (2 Rows on 67.5 cm wide raised bed)

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Fertilizer doses  with timing

6 kg N (13 kg Urea), 8 kg P₂O₅ (50 kg SSP) – Drill all fertilizers at sowing

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Weed control –chemicals with doses and timing

-Two hoeings at 30 and 60 days after sowing.

- Pre-plant application of  Treflan 48 EC @ 1.0 litre /acre.

Do not give planking after sowing.

-  Pre-emergence (within two days of sowing) spray of    Stomp 30 EC @ 1.0 litre /acre.  Use 150-200 litre of    water/acre

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Diseases and pest control – chemicals with doses and timing

Ascochyta blight : 3-5 sprays of Propiconazole 25 EC @ 100 ml/acre at 10 days interval or Indofil M-45 or Kavach @360g/acre in 100 litres of water at 15 days interval on appearance of disease

-Botrytis gray Mold : one spray of Indofil M-45

@350g/acre or Baytan/Bayleton @200g per acre in 100-120 litres of water on appearance of disease

Gram pod borer: Spray Spinosad 45 SC @ 60 ml/acre or indoxacarb 14.5 SC @ 200 ml/acre or Decis 2.8 EC (deltamethrin) @ 160 ml/acre in 80-100 litres of water per acre at the start of pod formation and repeat after two weeks, if necessary.

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Irrigation schedule

Sow the crop after heavy rauni irrigation. Give one irrigation between mid December and mid January depending upon date of sowing and rainfall. Do not irrigate the crop if it is sown after rice particularly on heavy soils as flat sowing. Irrigation can be applied on such soils if the crop has been sown on raised beds.

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Harvesting

Harvest crop when pods are mature (About 159 days)

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Quality characteristics of the variety, if any

Protein content 20-22%

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Expected yield of the variety

6.5 to 8.0 q/acre