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                             जिसको हिंदी में सैनिक कीट के नाम से जानते हैं, अभी हाल ही  में यह कीट मक्का  में अत्यधिक नुकसान पहुँचा रहा हैं l                               सैनिक कीट की पहचान, जीवन चक्र व क्षति –   इसके जीवन चक्र में चार अवस्थाएँ होती हैं- अंडा लार्वा- लट प्यूपा- कोष एडल्ट - इसे मॉथ और पतंगा के नाम से भी जानते हैं l                          ...

                             Pumpkins are a member of the Cucurbitaceae family, which includes squash, Watermelon, cucumbers, muskmelons, and gourds. Individual plants produce both male and female flowers, and fruit size varies from 5 to 30 kilograms, depending on variety. However, seedless varieties will require pollinators. Fruit shape and appearance are quite varied, ranging from round to cylindrical and a single color to various striped patterns on the fruit surface.                               SOIL AND CLIMATE Pumpkins grow best...

                    Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea) is a cool season crop, and a bit sensitive to its climactic conditions compared to other cole relatives crops like broccoli, cabbage, kale, turnips, and mustard. This sensitivity to weather and environmental conditions forces cauliflower prone to numerous growing problems. Normally the problem will be related to curd formation or head formation.                         Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea) like other crops has two phases of growth — a.  Vegetative phase and b. reproductive phase. Vegetative growth phase is initial stage...

                                           Leaf curl virus [Gemini virus], mosaic virus and TOSPO [tomato spotted wilt virus] are deadly viral infections which invade green chilies and red chilli crops. Prevention is better than cure is the only mantra farmers can follow to protect the chilli crops from these deadly viral infections.                  Many of the viral infections are spread from plant to plant is at young growing stages before the age of 25 days and this...

                      Ginger Zingiber officinale Rosc. (Family: Zingiberaceae) is an   herbaceous perennial, the rhizomes of which are used as a spice. India is a leading producer of ginger in the world and during 2012-13 the country produced 7.45 lakh tonnes of the spice from an area of 1. 56 hectares.                       Ginger is cultivated in most of the states in India. However, states namely Karnataka, Orissa, Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Gujarat together contribute 65 per cent to the country’s total...