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Wheat can be grown on all types of soils except water logged and highly deteriorated alkaline soils. Well drained medium textured loamy soil is the best. For durum wheat medium to fine textured soils are best suited.

Grams and lentils.

1-2 irrigations.

4-5 irrigations.

Row spacing for Raya is 30 cm and thinning of the crop is done after three weeks of sowing by keeping the spacing 10 to 15 cm.

Raya is best suited for medium to high rain fall areas. It can grow in nearly all types of soils.

Correct answer is Gypsum.

Field is prepared by ploughing 2 to 4 times followed by planking every time. Raya can be sown by using zero till drill without ploughing.

Gobhisarson is best suited for medium to heavy rainfall areas. All types of soils are suitable for growing the crop.

Requirement of fertilizers for barley is 25 kg nitrogen, 12 kg phosphorus and 6 kg Potash per acre. Apply Potash after getting tested the soil Drill all the fertilizers at the time of sowing.

Insect which can attack barley is aphid. Diseases of barley are – stripe disease, covered smut, yellow rust etc.

Broad leaf weeds like Bathu can be controlled by applying 2, 4-D or algrip, Jaundhar (wild oats) by isoproturan or avadex BW and gullidanda by Puma Power or topic.

Crop is ready for harvesting when pods mature and become yellow. Harvested crop should be stacked. Threshing is done after a week of cutting the crop.

Well drained medium textured soil is best suited for sunflower. Salt affected soil is not suitable. 

Oats can be grown in all types of soils except waterlogged and alkaline soils.

3-4 irrigations including Rauni (pre-sowing irrigation)

Time of sowing for oats is from second week of October to last week of October. Row spacing is 20 cm. It can be sown by using zero till drill without ploughing.

Depending on rain, 1 to 2 irrigations are required for lentil. If one irrigation is to be applied, apply it after six weeks of sowing. But if two irrigations are to be applied then first water is given after 4 weeks and second at flowering stage or pod formation is given.

Generally, one irrigation is required for grams. This irrigation should be applied between mid December to last January but never irrigate before sowing.

Generally, there is no need of hoeing. But if there is problem of weeds then hoeing should be done. 3-4 irrigations including Rauni are required.

When heads turn yellowish brown at lower surface and disc starts drying up, crop is ready for harvesting. Harvested sunflower should be threshed immediately after harvesting.

First hoeing should be done after 2-3 weeks of the emergence of weeds. After that hoeing should be done after 3 weeks. Use stomp to control weeds.

1. Improved varieties: VJM 201, PL 426, PL 807.
2. Climate: Barley require cool climate during initial stage (i.e. during early growth) and at maturity it required warm and dry weather: Barley can be grown in low rainfall areas.
3. Time of sowing: 15 October to 15 November.
4. Row spacing: For timely sowing 22.5 cm and for late-sown and rainfed condition 18 to 20 cm.
5. Irrigation: 1-2 irrigations are required.

First irrigation should be done after one month of sowing of sunflower. After that, irrigation should be done at intervals of 2-3 weeks. During summer in the months of April-May irrigations should be done at intervals of 8-10 days. At the flowering stage and at soft and hard dough stages of crop, irrigation application is must. Total 6-9 irrigations are required for sunflower.

PDG – 4 and PDG – 3.

552, BG 1053.

GSC 6, GSC 5.

Correct answer is 45 cm

Correct answer is India

Two thousand hectare.

Correct answer is Rajasthan

1. True

2. True

3. False

4. True

5. True

Correct answer is Rajasthan

About 50 days after sowing.

Second fortnight of October.

Kamal Bunt, yellow rust.

Correct answer is Berseem

Correct answer is Raya.

Correct answer is Basalin.

8 – 10 kg per acre.

1. 40

2. Zinc

3. Rusian federation

4. Broad

5. Oats

(b) Clover (Berseem)

Correct answer is (c) 2 kg

When heads turn yellowish brown at lower side and discs start drying up then the crop is ready for harvesting.

2-3 quintals per acre.

12 to 15 kg per acre.

Rice-lentils, Cotton-lentil, groundnut-lentil.

PSH 996, PSH 569, Jawalamukhi.

Rice/maize – Potato – sunflower, Rice – Toria – sunflower, Cotton sunflower, Basmati – sunflower.

50 kg nitrogen, 25 kg phosphorus and 12 kg potash per acre.