Traditional Practices in Agriculture FULL - ANGOC Site
Traditional Practices in Agriculture FULL - ANGOC Site
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preferred to bread loafs. Diabetic patients who are normally advised<br />
to avoid rice are safely recommended to eat Idlis.<br />
1. One hundred ml of Neem oil is dissolved <strong>in</strong> 10 litres of water<br />
and mixed with five gm of detergent powder; and sprayed to<br />
control powdery mildew <strong>in</strong> blackgram.<br />
2. Dry the blackgram seeds well under the Sun to avoid storage<br />
pests.<br />
3. Smear the blackgram seeds with castor oil to <strong>in</strong>crease the<br />
keep<strong>in</strong>g quality.<br />
4. Mix the blackgram with one kg sweet flag (Acorus calamus)<br />
powder for treat<strong>in</strong>g 50 kg of seed.<br />
5. Blackgram gra<strong>in</strong>s broken <strong>in</strong>to halves will escape from weevil<br />
attack dur<strong>in</strong>g storage.<br />
c. Greengram (Phaseolus aureus)<br />
Greengram is very<br />
similar to blackgram<br />
and cowpea <strong>in</strong> plant<br />
habit but it is more<br />
drought resistant than<br />
the latters. Its<br />
cultivation is spread<br />
all over the country.<br />
Gra<strong>in</strong>s, whole or split<br />
as dal are used as<br />
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