Groundnut

1.  Seed treatrnent

• Seed treatment with Mancozeb @ 3g / kg of seed
• For Root grub control, seed treatment with Chlorphyriphos @ 6ml / kg seed
• For PSND control, Imidacloprid @ 2ml / kg seed (particularly for Anantapur)
• For Stem rot, Trichoderma viride @4 gm/kg seed
• Soil application of Trichoderma viride @ 2kg+180 kg FYM+20 kg Neem cake
       incubated for 10 days / per acre. (should be applied 3 years continuously).

2.   Plant Population
Maintenance of optimum plant population of 33 plants / sq. mt

3.  Weed control
Pendimethalin @ 1 liter / ac as pre-emergence weedicide within 72 hours after sowing

4.  Plant protection : Control of PSND

• Border crops such as Bajra, Maize & Jowar (4 rows) should be maintained to
       control PSND with application of nitrogen when moisture is available
• For control of PSND, removal and destruction of weeds such as Parthenium,
       which acts as alternate host for the virus
• Intercropping with Redgram (7:1)
• Avoid growing, of Marigold and sunflower in the vicinity of Groundnut fields