Input details used for different farming practices in sugarcane
Recommended Chemical
Particulars Package of Organic farming Natural Farming Farming/
Practices Farmers Practice
Seed Carbendazim-250 g Azospirillium -10 Beejamruta- -
treatment with + kg+PSB-20 kg ha-1
quantity Urea-250 g +
Chlorpyriphos-250
ml
Nutrients management (Soil application and foliar application)
Sugarcane 250:75:187.5 kg N: Nutrient were Ghanajeevamrutha 250:75:187.5 kg N:
P2O5: K2O ha-1 supplied equivalent @ 1500 kg ha-1 in P2O5: K2O ha-1
Applied as a basal to recommended two equal splits @ Applied as a basal
FYM: 6.0 t ha-1 dose of Phosphorus 500 kg ha-1 at FYM: 6.0 t ha-1
-1
(75 kg P2O5 ha ) sowing and 1000
through kg ha-1 @ 30
vermicompost @ 8.8 DAS.
t ha-1. Jeevamrutha was
Mulching @ 5 t ha-1 applied on crop
and soil once in
15 days @ 500 l
ha-1 .
Plant As per the package For insect pest Prescribed natural As per the local
protection of practice management farming practices followed
measures recommendations Organic formulations formulations like by the farmers.
adopted to like Commercial Neemastra (30 ml/
control the Neem oil (1500ppm) lit ), Brahmhastra
pests and (3 ml/lit), (30 ml/ lit), Agni
diseases Beauveria bassiana asthra (30 ml/ lit)
Metarhizium rileyi For disease
Lecanicillium lecanii management
(3.5-4 g/ lit) Shunti ashtra and
For disease Huli majjige were
management used.
Pseudomonas
fluorescence (3.5-4
g/ lit) and other
organic
recommended
formulations were
used.