Varieties
JG-11, Phule G 95311 (K)

Date of sowing

• Rainfed    :  Last of week of Sept. to 1st week of Oct. 
• Irrigated   :  2nd fort night of Oct. to 1st week of Nov. 

Spacing
30 x 10 cm   (line sowing)

Seed treatment

• Seed priming (soaking of seed for 4-5 hours in water)
• Seed treatment with Trichoderma (6g/kg) and Vitavax (Carboxin) (1g/kg)
• Seed treatment with Rhizobium culture one packet (200 g)/10 kg seed

Weeding

• Pre-emergence spray of Pendimethalin @ 1.0-1.25 ai kg/ha
• One hand weeding if required

Irrigation

One irrigation at pod initiation stage

Fertilizer application

• 15-20 kg N, 40 kg P2O5, 20 kg S, 1.0 kg Ammonium Molybdate and 5 tons FYM/ha.
• Spray of 2% urea/DAP at flowering stage (70 DAS) and 10 days thereafter

Plant Protection  

Pest monitoring

• Installation of Pheromone traps 5-6 traps/ha (6 male moth catches/night).
• Trap crop of marigold
• Installation of bird perches - 30 - 40/ha (Remove bird perches at the time of maturity)
• Spray of NSKE 5%/NPV 250 LE/ Indoxocarb 500 ml/ha

Harvesting

• Mature in 3 - 7 months and the leaves turn brown/yellow during maturity
• For dry seeds, the plants are harvested at maturity or slightly earlier by cutting them close to the ground or uprooting
• The plants are stacked in the field for a few days to dry and later the crop is threshed by trampling or beating with wooden flails
• The chaff is separated from the grain by winnowing.

Yield

400-600 kg/ha