Pigeonpea ( Kharif)

Area	1.0 Acre
A. Inputs Required:
Seed	6-7 kg
DAP	40.0 kg
Sulphur	8.0 kg
Ammoniun molybdate	400.0 g
Urea	6.0 kg
Rhizobium Culture	1 packet (200 g) /10 kg seed
Tricoderma	200 gm
Vita vax (Carboxin)	30.0 gm
NSKE	14.0 kg
Indo sulphan	500ml
Indoxacarb	200ml
NPV	100 LE
Pendimethalin	500 g ai
Pheromone traps	2-3 no.
FYM	2 tons
B. Technology / Layout
Varieties	ICPL-87, GT-101, BDN-2, Vaishali, GT-1, Baras
Date of sowing	2nd fort night of June to 1st fort night of July/ onset of mansoon
Spacing	75cmx25cm for medium duration and 60cmx20cm for early duration
Seed Treatments : Seed treatment with fungicides like Thirum/ Captan /Carbendazim @ 3.0 gram / kg seed Seed treatement with rhizobium culture @ one packet per 10 kg seed.
Fertilizer Application : 20 kg N:40 kg P2O5:20 kg K2O:20 kg S: 25 kg Zn SO4/ha as basal application
Weeding : Two hand weedings at 25 and 45 DAS or application of pendimethalin/ alachlor/ metalachlor @ 1.5 kg/ha followed by one hand  weeding at 45-60 DAS.
Irrigation: Pre- sowing and in absence of rains at flowering and pod development stage
Protection measures: Management of Pigeonpea Diseases Wilt: seed treatment with Carbendazim + Thiram or Carbendazim @ 2g/kg seed. Intercropping of Pigeonpea with sorghum. Phytophthora blight: Ridge sowing and good drainage. Avoid sowing of pigeonpea in low lying fields. Seed treatment with Metalaxy1 @ 4 g/kg seed. Foliar spray of Metalaxy1 + Mancozeb (0.3%) in standing crop to minimize the disease. IPM : summer Ploughing, Nutrients 20:40:20:20::N:P:K:S kg/ ha, intercropping -maize/sorghum/groundnut, pheromone trap / ha 10, Bird perch / ha-50, spray of NSKE 5%, spray of HaNPV 500 LE/ ha, Bacillus thuringiensis @ 1000 gm/ ha, Seed treatment -Trichoderma-2g/kg seed, Borer-spray of chlorpyriphos 0.02% Endosulphan 0.07%/ Protenophos/Methomyl 500 gm/ha/Acephate or Indoxacarb or Monocroto phos 0.04%/spinosad 100 ml/ha Pod Fly & Pod Bug: Dimethoate 0.03%,  Pod borer Complex: Dimethoate 0.03%/Fenvalerate 0.02%/Monocrotophos 0.04%,/ cypermethrin 0.004%