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Open research and field notes from agronomists, students and farmers

Dr. S. Patil · Agronomist 6 min read · 11d

Cutting Early Blight losses by 40% with a 10-day alternating spray calendar

Across 42 trial plots in Nashik and Ahmednagar, alternating Mancozeb 75% WP (2 g/L) with Chlorothalonil at 10-day intervals reduced defoliation from 61% to 22% compared with a single-molecule schedule. Resistance pressure fell sharply, and the pre-harvest interval of 7 days was comfortably respected. Farmers who added a spreading adjuvant on sandy soils saw a further 8% improvement in leaf coverage.

#TomatoBlight#SprayCalendar#ICAR

Ananya Deshmukh · Student Researcher 4 min read · 15d

Soil organic carbon in black cotton soils: what 3 years of green manure did

Sunhemp incorporated before the Kharif sowing lifted organic carbon from 0.52% to 0.78% over three seasons. Water-holding capacity improved measurably, and fungicide requirement dropped by one spray per season because canopy humidity stabilised.

#SoilHealth#OrganicFarming

Ramesh Jadhav · Progressive Farmer 3 min read · 20d

Drip + mulch on Nashik grapes: my water bill and downy mildew both fell

After switching from flood to inline drip with silver-black mulch, water use per acre dropped 46%. Because foliage stayed dry, downy mildew sprays came down from nine to five per season. The MahaDBT subsidy covered most of the installation cost.

#NashikGrapes#DripIrrigation