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Introduction to Agriculture         Notes prepared by: Aqleem Abbas




   adaptation         Seed bed       Sowing  Seed rate  Method       weeding       yield    diseases  control   varieties
                      preparation    time                 of sowing
   Wide range of      4 to 5 times   Irrigate  Irrigate    Broadcast   1 to 2      For      Rust      Vitavax,  Saleem
   climate and soil.   plow and is   area     100 to120  Line par    weeding is    rainfed   Smut     banlet    2000,
   Soil loam or clay   followed by 1-  15nov-  kg per     or drill   enough. after  1000 to   Loose             haider
   loam               2 planking.    15 dec.  hectare     and khora  1st irrigation  1500 kg  smut,             2000,
                      Farm yard      Rainfed  For         method.    for effective   per    flag                inqilabi,
                      manure 10-15   area 15  rainfed 60  khora      weed          hectare.   smut              Khyber,
                      tons/hec       oct to   to 80 kg    method is  control.      From     and                 bakhtawar,
                      NPK            16 nov.  per         old one.   First         irrigate   partial           margala,
                      135,80,00 for           hecater     Drill is   irrigation is   area   smut.               fatha
                      irrigated.                          better     done after 2   2000 to                     sarhad,
                      80,40,00 for                        because    to 3 weeks of  3000 kg                     pirsabaq
                      rainfed. All                        decrease   emergence.    per                          Rainfed
                      phosphorous                         labor      Than growth  hectare.                      varieties
                      is applied at                       cost.      root          National                     Bamon,
                      sowing while                        Avoid      initiation.   is                           suleman,
                      nitrogen is                         seed       Than at       2780kg                       bard 1,
                      split half. Half                    wastage    tillering     per                          bard 2.
                      at first                                       stage. Than   hectare.
                      irrigation                                     at boot stage
                      while half at                                  (spike
                      second                                         development
                      irrigation.                                    stage ), than
                      Potash is                                      at earing or
                      applied 60-80                                  anthesis
                      kg per hectare.                                stage. Than
                                                                     milk stage
                                                                     than
                                                                     harvesting at
                                                                     15 april to 15
                                                                     may at plain
                                                                     areas while
                                                                     in hilly areas
                                                                     it is done at
                                                                     june or july
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