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	Bahar, MAL-13, NDA 1
Date of sowing	1-15 July
Spacing	75cmx25cm
Ridge planting	Row to row 80cm, (for late) 60 cm (for early)
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: Deep summer Ploughing Use of resistant varieties like MAL 13, Narendra Arhar-1 or Amar. Seed treatment with Carbendazim (2g kg-1 seed) and others. Sterility mosaic: Use of resistant/ tolerant varieties like Bahar, Narendra Arhar-1, MAL-13, Amar, Azad and Sharad (in pre rabi).  Foliar spray of Kelthane, Metasystox or Dimethoate @ 0.1% at first notice of the symptoms. Phytophthra blight: sowing of pigeonpea on ridge or raised beds and avoid pigeonpea cultivation in low lying fields. Seed dressing with Metalaxy 4 g kg -1seed or T.Viride @ 8g kg -1seed. Intercropping of pigeonpea with urdbean, mungbean, groundnut, soybean, cowpea also helps to reduce the disease. Foliar speay of Metalaxy1 + Mancozeb (0.3%) has been found effective in minimizing the disease. Alternaria leaf blight: Two foliar spray of Mancozeb or Iprodione (Rovral) @ 0.25 on first appearance of symptom and at 10 days interval. 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%