Revitalization of Rivers in India Draft Policy - Isha Guru Jaggi Vasudev

Revitalization of Rivers In India
Draft Policy Recommendation
CANOPY MANAGEMENT
• Remove root stock sprouts and low lying branches nearer to ground to facilitate
easy cultural operations.
• Remove overlapping, intercrossing, diseased, dried and weak branches in old
trees to get good sunlight and aeration.
• Carry out judicious pruning of the internal branches during August –
September, once in three years.
• Do not allow flowering up to three years by removing the inflorescences as and
when they appear.
• Retain two healthy shoots by trimming away the weak shoots among the
crowded terminal shoots during August-September annually.
• Prune back 20 cm of annual growth of the terminals immediately after harvest.
• Irrigate the field immediately after pruning to hasten buds to sprout.
PLANT PROTECTION
• Pests- sucking pests like Hopper, Leaf galls and Aphids, Mealy bug.
• To control these, spray Neem oil or neem kernel extract , followed by
spraying with Biocontrol agents like Verticillium lecanii - 0.5 - 1.0 %, which
affects all stages of these pests.
• Nut Weevil and Stem borer : spray Metarhizium anisopliae - 0.5 - 1.0 % which
affects all stages of these pests.
• Anthracnose and powdery mildew : Spray Psuedomonas fluorescence @ 0.5 -1.0
% 4-5 times starting from August –September itself at 30-45 days interval.
• Fruit fly- Use Pheromone traps @ 4-5 per acre during the Fruit development
phase
• Sooty mould- Maida 5% (1 kg Maida or starch) boiled with 1 lit of water and
diluted to 20 litres will control the incidence of sooty mould. Avoid spraying
during cloudy weather
Annexures
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