Chandi - Watermissionmp.org

Agroecological setting• Climate: Hot dry sub humid• Physiography: kemore satpuda hills• Soils: Deep loamy to clayey mixed red and black soils (Vertic Inceptisols-60%; Inceptisols-25%;Ustalf/ Ustolls- 15%)• Annual rainfall: 724 mm• Potential evapotranspiration: 1453 mm• Moisture availability period: 150-180 daysSoil and water conservation• Broad bed furrow• Contour farming• Inter-plot water harvesting• Raised bed and sunken systemCrop management• Varieties: T-397, Jawahar - 7 (Utera/ Rainfed) Jawahar - 17, Jawahar - 552 (JLS (J) - 1), Kiran, T-397,R-552, Sheetal, Triveni, Jawahar-23, LMH-62, RL-993, Jawahar-1, Padmini, JLS-9, J-23• Seed rate: 25 to 30 kg• Planting pattern: 25 cm• Integrated Nutrient management 40 kg N + 30 kg P205 /ha.• Some other important practices:• The fertilizer should be applied at sowing, preferably with Dufan (seed cum fertilizer drill below theseed)• Sowing in the last week of September and in the first week of October• Rice (early)- linseed• Cowpea (fodder)-linseed• Soybean-linseed• Blackgram/ greengram - linseed + chickpea/ mustard• Linseed + Safflower• Time of sowing: first fortnight October• At the time of sowing appropriate soil moisture should be ascertained in the field provide protectiveirrigation• Seed treatement with Bavistin@1.5 g/kg of seed/ Thiram3 g/kg of seed / Topsin - M @ 2.5 g/kg seedIWMP-I , JAWA,REWAecosake32