Programmes conducted

OFT

Demonstration

1

Onion

Low yield due to

- Excess vegetative growth

- Poor keeping quality

- Improper fert. management

- Pest & disease problems

- Fertigation based on soil testing

- Use of more organic fertilizers

- Foliar fertigation

- IPM

- Irrigation management

- Storage structure

- Fertilizer management as per soil testing

- Foliar fertigation

- Use of Suphali and other botanicals

- Use of thrips

- Vermicompost use

- IPM

 INM

- Onion crop nutrition

- Production technology of onion for storage

2

Tomato

Low yield due to

-          Insects and diseases

-          Flower drops

- Integrated Crop Management,

- Avoiding moisture stress,

- Balanced hormonal application

- Use of foliar grade based nutrition

- Use of trichoderma and paecilomyces for Integrated Disease Management

Integrated Disease Management, INM, Soil testing based nutrition

3

Grapes

Poor yield and quality due to

- Imbalanced nutrition

- poor soil

- wilt & mealy bugs thrips attack

- Petiole based nutrient management

- Balanced nutrition

- Soil condition

- Use of biopesticides

- Use of soluble & spray grades

- Use of soluble grade K for improving quality

- Petiole based nutrient management,

- Use of trichoderma, paecilomyces and verticilium as foliar applicaton

- Care and management of virus in April and October pruning

- Use of biopesticides and botanicals in grape vine

4

Guava

Poor yield and quality, leaf brouzing

Integrated Nutrient Management

Use of vermicompost vermiwash Fe & Zn

Use of vermicompost

INM in guava, Management of Bahar treatment

5

Pome- granate

Poor yield and quality, wilt, nematode, delayed flowering

Use of balanced nutrition, IPM, NPM

- Use of supplementary P & K before bahar treatment

- Spray and soluble grades

IPM, INM

Management of bahar, INM