Learn about how to control pests of sugarcane! 1. Sugarcane Leaf Hopper: Pyrilla Perpusilla Walk. (Homoptera- Fulgoridae): This is a serious pest of sugarcane and it prefers the board leaved succulent variety as the food plant. Both the adults and nymphs are voracious feeders which ingest the sap from the underside of leaves. This results […]
How to Control Pests of Sugarcane? | Agriculture
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How to Control Pests of Spices? | Agriculture
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Learn about how to control pests of spices! 1. Turmeric Skipper: The turmeric plant is damaged by the caterpillars of the skipper butterfly which fold the leaves and feed from within. It is widely distributed in India and several other countries. The adult skipper butterfly is purplish black with white spots on the wings. Antennae […]
How to Measure Evapotranspiration (ET)? | Agriculture
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In this article we will discuss about how to measure evapotranspiration in crop plants. The concept of PET was given by Thornthwaite (1948) who defined it as evapo-transpiration from a large vegetation covered land surface with adequate moisture at all times. According to Dalton (1882), Evaporation is a function of the difference in the vapour […]