Meeting for review of the progress of BGREI

Dr. Yogeshwar SinghJr. Sci. cum Asstt. Prof.

Rajendra Agricultural UniversityPusa, Bihar

Progress of BGREI and other crop development programmes

•Nine scientists have been assigned for this purpose

•Constraints were identified

•Suitable technologies for enhancing rice crop productivity and profitability disseminated in participatory manner

•Regular monitoring and interactions are going on

•Rabi planning and its execution is in progress

Identified Constraints & solutionsConstraints Technologies disseminatedPoor soil health Green manuring (4 lakh ha)Cultivation of traditional/low yielding cultivars

Promotion of HYV’s andHybrids (4 lakh ha) of rice

No seed treatment Proper seed treatment of their seedsTransplanting of over-aged seedlings Timely transplanting of healthy seedlingsImproper nutrient management INM and SSNM

Improper and untimely weed management

Use of suitable and appropriate dose of herbicides

Poor water management Promotion of SRI technology as per its suitability

Poor insect, pest and disease management

Appropriate insect, pest and disease management

Rabi preparedness

•Interaction meeting of scientists of RAU along with

hon’ble APC, Bihar in July, 2011 regarding rabi planning

•Rabi planning has been divided in two phase

•Phase I: Pulses and oilseeds

•Phase II: Wheat

Strategy for wheat (Rabi Phase II)

•Wheat•Technologies identified:• Land leveling through Laser leveler•Emphasis on timely sowing with appropriate high yielding varieties•Zero tillage sowing of wheat crop along with use of herbicides•INM and SSNM•Use of appropriate post emergence herbicides according to weed spp. dominancy•Promotion of “System of Wheat intensification”

Strategy for wheat (Rabi Phase II)

•Few problem of only brown rust and that to at later stage

•So no strategy for it.

•Screening of cultivars resistant to negative impact of

climate change particularly terminal heat has been

carrying out under RKVY sponsored scheme.

Strategy for pulses(Rabi Phase I)

•Pulses, oilseeds and Rabi Maize•Technologies identified:•Relay cropping of lentil or linseed for timely sowing•Pigeon pea or vegetable pea intercropping in rabi maize•Planting of pigeon pea (Bahar, Sharad and Pusa-9) on ridges•Intercropping of pigeon pea with turmeric, yambean, ginger•Seed inoculation with suitable rhizobium culture•Timely use of pre emergence herbicides

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