Experts suggest these measures to protect mustard and potato from diseases in the winter season

Increasing productivity is a problem for farmers in a nation that relies heavily on agriculture. However, preventing diseases from harming the prepared crop is as important. The Agriculture Department has launched a project that would assist farmers in solving their problems while they are at home; all they need to do is complete the task.

The cold caused an upsurge in diseases.

Fungal diseases and pests have become more prevalent in potato and mustard crop plants due to the winter’s steadily declining temperatures and the fields’ growing moisture content. The Farrukhabad Agriculture Protection Department has warned the farmers in this condition and advised them to maintain their crops properly in addition to regularly checking on them. In this order, farmers will always have access to solutions via phone numbers, WhatsApp numbers, and mobile applications.

Make a note of the number.

For more information on pest and disease management in any crop, farmers may get in touch with the regional staff of the Agriculture Department, Agriculture Protection Unit at the development block level right once, according to Farrukhabad’s Agriculture Protection Officer, Satyendra Singh. In addition, you may reach them at 9452247111 and 9452257111 on their cell phones. The NPSS app will also enable you to find quick solutions to issues.

These are employed.

Azadiractin, often referred to as Neem Oil, is put to potato crops to stop pest infestations like aphids and thrips, Agriculture Protection Officer Satyendra Singh told the media. Dissolve this in 500–600 liters of water per acre, then spray 2 liters of 0.15 percent of it. Additionally, 30 percent dimethoate should be diluted with 1.5 milliliters per liter of water and sprayed for chemical control.

This is how to stop potato blight if it exists.

Blight disease has already emerged as a significant issue for both early and late potato harvests. Under the black, brown patches on the leaves and stems caused by blight disease, a layer of fungus continues to grow. In this case, 2.5 grams of 75 percent Mancozeb should be diluted with one liter of water and sprayed on them to manage them.

This technique works well for mustard crops.

One liter of 30 percent dimethoate or 2.5 liters of neem oil should be combined with 600–750 liters of water and sprayed per acre to protect the mustard crop in the district’s vast regions against aphid insect attacks. Mustard leaves may get scorched by leaf spot disease. Two kilos of 75 percent Mancozeb should be diluted with 600–750 liters of water and sprayed on each acre to manage this.