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Season and Varierties
| District/Season |
Month |
Variety |
All Districts
North-East Monsoon |
Oct - Dec |
CO 2 |
Yield Potential and Quality Characters
| PARTICULARS |
CO 2 |
| Parentage |
Selection from Kangayam local |
| Duration (Days) |
Perennial |
| Green fodder yield (t/ha/year) |
45 |
Quality characters |
| Dry matter (%) |
28.50 |
| Crude protein (%) |
6.88 |
| Crude fibre (%) |
34.60 |
| Phosphorus (%) |
0.26 |
| Calcium (%) |
0.58 |
| Manganese (ppm) |
56 |
| IVDMD (%) |
55.47 |
Crop Production:
PREPARATORY CULTIVATION
1. Preparatory Cultivation
- Plough 2 to 3 times to obtain a good tilth and form beds and channels .
2. Seed rate/Rooted slips requirement
- 6-8 kg/ha or 40,000 Nos. of rooted slips/ha.
3. Spacing
4. Manures and fertilizers
- a. Basal.
- b. FYM - 5 tonnes/ha.
- c. NPK- 25: 40: 20 kg/ha.
5. Other Managements
- Since it is a pasture grass, it grows with the rainfall received over seasons.
Crop Protection:
- Phadka Grasshopper : Hieroglyphus spp.
- Rice grasshoppers : Oxya sp
- Tobacco grasshopper : Attractomorpha crenulate
Symptoms
- Defoliation, clipped foliage .
Identification of insect pests
| Eggs |
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Egg pod |
Adult
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Hieroglyphus nigropletus: Shiny greenish yellow with three black lines on head and thorax. |
Oxya sp
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Blackish brown stripe on lateral surface of the body. |
Attractomorpha crenulate
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Green pubescent, antenna light pink. |
Management
- Deep ploughing and keep bird perches.
- Growing attractive green tall grass or lush green plants as border trap crop.
- Baits containing the protozoan Nosema locustae.
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