RECOMMENDED AGRONOMICAL PRACTICES ON SELECTED CULTIVATED CROPS

Dr.Vimal Pratap Pandey and Dr.R.A.Singh

N.D.U.A.&T. Kumarganj, Faizabad-224229 (U.P.) India
Corressponding authors E-Mail:vimal2724@gmail.com
No

CROP

BOTANICAL
NAME

ALT.
(masl)

COMMON
SPACING
(m x m)

RATES (Kg/H)

YIELD (T/H)

SEED

FERTILIZER
-VARY
WITH
SOIL

AVER
AGE

POTENT
IAL

PLANT
POPUL
ATION

POLLINATION
TYPE

MONTHS TO
MATURE

Coffee
arabica

Coffea arabica

900 2000

2.7 x 2.7

Seedlin
gs

20kg FYM
120CAN/UREA
100 DAP/NPK

0.65

2.5

1,330

Self

3648 after planting

7 - 9 after flower

Coffee
robusta

Coffea
canephora

1,000 1,500

3.3 x 3.3

Seedlin
gs

1,075

Cross

3 - 5 after planting
7 - 9 after flower

Tea

Camellia
sinensis

1,200
2,200

0.9 x 0.6;
1.2 x 0.9

Cuttings

20kg FYM
120CAN/UREA
100 DAP/NPK
80 NPK 25:5:5

1,550
made
tea

3,500
made
tea

5,000
-9,760

24 fro stumps and 48

for seedlings Plucking
intervals 5 7 days

Cashew nut

0 -750

12x12

0.5

69

Cotton

600
1,200

0.9x0.3 on flat
beds
0.9x0.38 on
ridges

Seedlin
gs
25

FYM 20kg/m2

Anacardium
occidentale
Gossypium
barbadense

TSP- 250
CAN/SA/UREA
125 - 250

1.5

37,000
29,000

80% Open
20% Self
80% Open
20% Self

36- 48 after planting

8 - 9 after flowering
6

Tobacco

Nicotiana
tabacum

900 1,200

1x0.6

1.2

350 NPK
6:20:18

2.5

16,600

Self

3-4

Sugar cane

Saccharum spp

600
1,200

Double row
space 1.5 m
0.6 between
canes

cuttings

TSP-65

100
of
cane

200 of
cane

6,000

6-8

Pyrethrum

Chrysanthenum
cinerariaefolium

2,400

0.6x0.3 on
ridges

slipts,
transpla
nts

100-200 TSP
250-500 CAN in
nursery

0.75
(1.4%
pyrethri
n)

1.7 (2%
pyrethrin)

55,000

Open

Sisal

Sisalana agave

0 1,800

Double rows
pace 3 4m
0.75-1.0
between plants

Seedlin
gs

CAN-100
TSP-125

12

25

4,700

24

No

CROP

BOTANICAL
NAME

ALT.
(masl)

Maize

Zea mays

0-2,500

10

Sorghum

Sorghum vulgare

0-2,500

11

Paddy

Oryza sativa

0-1,200

12

Ground nuts

Arachis hypogea

100- 2000

13

Cowpeas

50 1,500

14

Beans

15

Sunflower

16

Sesame

Vigna
inguiculuta
Phaseolus
vulgaris
Helianthus
annuus
Sesame indicum

17

Bulrush millet

18

Finger millet

19

Wheat

20
21

COMMON
SPACING
(m x m)

0.75x0.3& 0.9x0.3
one plant/hole
0.8x0.5
2 plant/hole
0.8x0.3 tall variety
0.45x0.2 dwarfs
0.2x0.2transplant
0.35x0.35 direct

RATES (Kg/H)

YIELD (T/H)

MONTHS TO
MATURE

FERTILIZER
-VARY
WITH
SOIL

AVER
AGE

POTENT
IAL

25

120 DAP
125 TSP
250 UREA

1.75

44,45050,000

Open

3-6

5 hand
2.5 drill

50-100 UREA
50-100 TSP
150-300 TSP
175 UREA
CAN 300
75-125 TSP

0.7

Open

3-6

2.5

41,200
111,000
250,000
82,000

Open

4-6

0.5
nuts
0.2

2 nuts

133,000
200,000
66,667

Cross & self

4- 6

Cross & self

3-4

0.5

Cross & self

3-6

Open

5-6

0.3

1.2

Self

3-6

1.5

Open

2.5 - 4

20-50

65 TSP
60 SA
60-80 DAP

167,000
200,000
37,000
44,444
166,667
55,556
4,000
100,000
250,000
400,000
250,000
400,000
30,000
-35,000
50,00056,000
1,6002,500
9,00010,000
100,000

Self

3-6

Self

3-6

non

3-6

non

3-6

non

9-20

non

6-24

Self &

3-7

35-45
65100
68
90
60
75
70
60
8
12
3-4

100
2,500
100 2000
100
1,500
4001,800
500 2,000

Triticum

1,5003,000

0.05x0.25 hand
drill

50200

65 TSP
60 SA

1.5

Sweet potatoes

Ipomea batatas

0-2,700

0.3 x 1

vines

20

Solanum
tuberosum
Musa species

1,5003,000
0-2,500

7.5

30

15

35

23

Cassava

0-1,500

10

60

24

Pigeon peas

Manihot
esculenta
Pisum sativum

0.3x0.6
0.3x0.75
3x3
4x4
1x1
1.2x0.9
0.2x0.5

2,0002,500

22

Round
potatoes
Banana

45-80 DAP
50 75 TSP
60-100 DAP
60 80 TSP
100-250 DAP
80-200 TSP
35-40 TSP
75-125 TSP

1.5

2.5

1,500-

POLLINATION
TYPE

SEED

0.5x0.15
0.9x0.15
0.75x 0.2 spreading
0.5x0.2 upright
0.5x0.1
0.6x0.1
0.9x0.3
0.75x0.3
0.6x0.1 one plant
0.6x0.3 two plants
0.8x0.3 tall variety
0.45x0.2 dwarfs
0.05x0.25 hand
drill

Peniisetum
typhoides
Eleusine
coracana

PLANT
POPUL
ATION

3-9

Sucke
rs
cutting
s

25-

75-125 TSP
80 NPK
75-125 TSP
80 NPK
100 TSP
350 CAN
50 75 TSP

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Soybeans

Glycine max

26

Chick peas

Cicer arietinum

CROP

BOTANICAL
NAME

No

3,000
100
2,500
700-1,200

0.1x0.6
0.15x0.5
0.25x0.45

ALT.
(masl)

COMMON
SPACING
(m x m)

50
40100
30-45

80 NPK 75 DAP
80 NPK, 80 DAP
45-60 TSP
50 DAP

Oil palm

Alaeis
guineensis

0-1,000

8.8x7.6 (triangular
spacing)

seedlings

28

Citrus

Citrus sinensis

0-1,000

7.5 - 9 x 7.5 - 9

Seedlings

30

Avocado
Mango

Persea
americana

1,0003,000

8x5

Mangifera indica

0-1,500

10.5x10.5

Seedlings
Seedlings

31

Pawpaw

Carica papaya

0-1,000

2.7x2.7

Seedlings

32

Pineapples

Anana comosus

0 - 1,000

0.6 x 0.6

suckers

33

Cabbage

500-2,500

34

Simsim

Brassica
oleracea
Sesame indicum

0.2-0.3
kg/ha
3-4

35

Tomatoes

36

Egg plant

37

Onions

Lycopersicon
esculentum
Solanum
melongena
Allium cepa

0.75x0.6
0.4x0.5
0.6x0.1 one plant
0.6x0.3 two plants
0.75x0.5
0.9x0.6
0.8x0,5
1x0.8
0.1x0.3;
0.1x0.4

38

Okra

Hibiscus

0.3x0.6

100
1,500
0-2,000
0-2,500
500-1,500
0-1,000

2.7

0.7

1.8

RATES (Kg/H)
SEED

27

29

1.7

0.5 kg/ha
0.5
4.5

YIELD (T/H)

130,000
167,000
80,000100,000
PLANT
POPUL
ATION

Cross
Self &
Cross
Self &
Cross
POLLINATION
TYPE

4-7
4-6

MONTHS TO
MATURE

FERTILIZER
-V
A
R
Y
W
IT
H
S
OI
L
30g per plant
1SA: 1TSP:
1K2SO4:
2MgSO4
mixture

AVER
AGE

POTENT
IAL

70kg/
bunch/
year

240kg/
bunch/ye
ar

150

cross

36-48

100gm/plant
DAP/TSP at
nursery stage

20

45

Self &

36-48

100gm/plant
DAP/TSP at
nursery stage
100gm/plant
DAP/TSP at
nursery stage
100gm/plant
DAP/TSP at
nursery stage

120,000
178,000
250

100

2500

1,370

Open/
wind

9-16

80-100
DAP/UREA
200 SA
5gms/hole
50 75 TSP

40

55

27,800

non

12-16

20

40

0.3

1.2

80 DAP
75 CAN
75 DAP
80 CAN
80
DAP/CAN
60 UREA
75 DAP

25

60

20

40

7.5

10

1.8

22,00042,000
166,667
55,556
18,00026,000
12,50025,000
250,000
333,000
56,000

13

open/insect

Self &

48-60

open/insect

10

25

90

Self &

36-48

open/insect

2.5-4
Self

3-6

Open

2.5-4

Open

2.5-4

Cross

3-5

Cross & self

2-3

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Carrots

esculenta
Daucus carota

500-2,000

Drill

4.5

40

Cucumber

Cucumis sativus

0-1,000

1.2x1.5

2.5

41

Water melon

Cucumis melo

0-1,000

1.2x1.5

2.5

80 CAN
75 DAP
80 CAN
100-200
NPK
(4:16:4)
100-200
NPK
(4:16:4)

1.5

15

12

300,000
450,000
4,0005,000

Cross & self

2-3

Cross & self

2-3

4,0005,000

Cross & self

3-4