Take care of your crop`s health too.
Crop health is of paramount importance to agriculturists i.e, farmers; thus, keen and consistent monitoring of crop health helps to improve maximum yield and profit for farmers cum harvest time. To look at crop health monitoring as governed by just one or two aspects, however, is a serious mistake. Every year the number of crops lost globally due to insects is likely to increase by 10% to 25% per degree of global surface warming. It is advisable to take a holistic approach to be adopted; in other words, more factors need to be monitored than just pestilence and disease.
A crop “sugarcane” was examined and the results so found using our resourceful mobile application “Sat2Farm”, developed by our team of experts to benefit the society and comes handy for use:
| Sugarcane | |
| Disease | Solution |
| Orange Rust | Spray Tridemorph 1.0 litres or Mancozeb 2.0 kg/ha. Use dithane M 45 @ 2 g/lit for one spraying. Application of triazole or strobilurin or pyraclostrobin fungicide @ 3 g/ lit of water. |
| Sugarcane mosaic virus | A potential host such as Aphid for the virus should be controlled in the field and surrounding areas. Spray Imidacloprid 17.8 SL, 1ml/litre of water in bright sunshine |
| Orange Rust | Spray Tridemorph 1.0 litres or Mancozeb 2.0 kg/ha. Use dithane M 45 @ 2 g/lit for one spraying. Application of triazole or strobilurin or pyraclostrobin fungicide @ 3 g/ lit of water. |
| Bacterial Leaf Scald | No chemical control is present as of now. |
Clearly, a coalescence of the right knowledge and the proper technology is a must in measuring and monitoring crop health metrics. Farmers must always be kept aware of the in-situ health of their crops and must be prepared to address any problems with solutions.
