Amritpani is prepared by mixing ten kg cow dung with 500 g honey and mixed thoroughly to form a creamy paste. Add 250 g of cow desi ghee and mix at high speed. Dilute with 200-lit water. Sprinkle this suspension in one acre over soil or with irrigation water. After thirty days apply second dose in between the rows of plant or through irrigation water.
How neemastra is prepared ?
Neemastra is made by crushing 5 kg neem leaves in water with 5 lit cow urine and 2 kg cow dung. This mixture is then fermented for 24 hours with intermittent stirring. After filtering , squeeze the extract and dilute to 100 lit. This can be used as foliar spray over one acre. Also useful against sucking pests and mealy bugs.
What is the purpose of seed certification ?
Seed certification is a legally recognised technique for ensuring the quality of seed production and multiplication. Seed certification is done to ensure quality of seed and propogating materials . It helps in maintaining genetic purity and genetic identity of varieties grown and distributed.
What is cap storage ?
It is a structure used for storing food grains. It involves the construction of brick pillars to a height of 14″ from the ground, with grooves into which wooden crates are fixed for the stacking of bags of foodgrains. The structure can be fabricated in less than 3 weeks. It is an economical way of storage on a large scale.
How paddy reaper harvester works ?
Gear box, ground wheels, handle, cutter bar assembly, star wheels, and gathering header assembly make up the machine. The crop should be manually harvested for a width of 0.5m along the four edges of the field and cleared from the field to make room for the machine. To deploy the machine in the field, a 2 x 1.5m area needs be manually harvested in one corner. Because the harvested crop is released on the right side of the reaper, it should always be turned to the left.
What is plant quarantine ?
Plant quarantine is defined as a restriction imposed by duly constituted authorities on the production, movement, and existence of plants or plant materials, animals or animal products, or any other article or material, or normal human activity, in order to prevent or limit the introduction or spread of a pest, or to control a pest that has already been introduced, or to avoid losses that would otherwise occur.
What is a catamaran ?
Catamaran is the most basic type of fishing craft made up of a few curved pieces of wood put together to make a floating raft, such as those found along India’s east coast. The Orissa type, Andhra type, Coromandal type, and Kanyakumari type of catamarans are all common in Indian waters.
How farmers feed lactating cows ?
Dairy cattle should be fed in such a way that there is minimal nutrient waste and optimum milk production returns. Protein supplements such as oil cakes, energy sources such as cereal grains (maize, jowar), tapioca chips, and laxative feeds such as brans (rice bran, wheat bran, gramme husk) are commonly utilised in a concentrate mixture. A mineral mixture containing all main and trace elements should be introduced at a concentration of 2%.
What is Nutriseed Pack Technology ?
The Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, TNAU, Coimbatore, created Nutriseed Pack Technology, a revolutionary way of crop production. Each plant can be established using Nutriseed Pack technology by placing a Nutriseed Pack in soil. Seed is on top with manure in the middle, and encapsulated fertiliser is at the bottom of the Nutriseed Pack. Nutriseed Pack supports each plant in the root zone in terms of optimal nutrient delivery, biological activity, and so enables plants to utilise nutrients to their maximum potential. With Nutriseed Packs, there is no waste of fertiliser nutrients.
What is genetic purity of seed ?
The amount of contamination by seeds or genetic material from other types or species is referred to as genetic purity. The purity of the seed planted determines the genetic purity of every commercial agricultural product propagated by seed. The success of hybrid seed production is dependent on the genetic purity of parental lines. Genetic purity tests are critical tools for seed producers and plant breeders.