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Proceedings of Workshop on area expansion of oilseeds

Workshop On Area expansion of sunflower and sesame in non-traditional area (ZONE II)

 

Chairman   : Dr K. S. Varaprasad, Director, IIOR

Co-Chairman: Dr S.K. Roy, Zonal Project Director i/c, ZPD, Zone II

Rapporteur: Dr. G.D. Satish Kumar, Senior Scientist, IIOR

 

 

Apropos to the Annual Group Meeting of AICRP, sunflower held at OUAT, Bhubaneshwar, a workshop was organized at ZPD, Zone II on 09.06. 2015. It was attended by KVK representatives from Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal. Dr. G.D. Satish Kumar presented the potential districts for the three states, yield potential of improved technologies and the Best Management Practices (BMPs) to be demonstrated in farmers’ fields for area expansion. Dr. K.S. Varaprasad, Director, IIOR has elaborated on the commitments given to the PMO office regarding the area expansion of sunflower and sesame. Discussions were held on the modalities of demonstrations, seed requirement and budget. The following decisions were arrived:

 

  1. In Jharkhand, the demonstrations will be conducted on sesame, in Bihar it will on sunflower and in West Bengal it will be on sunflower and sesame.
  2. The KVKs are requested to prepare a status paper providing the details of oilseeds in general and sunflower and sesame perse, which will serve as baseline data.
  3. One training (two days) will be organized on oilseed production technologies for three states at ZPD, Kolkata in the last week of July for the extension workers of selected KVKs in collaboration with IIOR.
  4. The Director Extension of each state will conduct two training programmes of two days duration for extension officers, extension workders and input dealers.
  5. A multi location trial will be conducted in West Bengal by Nimpith Centre based on the requirements of the state. ZPD will coordinate the trial.
  6. The suitable cultivar of sunflower and sesame for each district identified by IIOR will be supplied to the respective states and districts. IIOR will bear the cost of seed.
  7. Funds will be transferred to ZPD, Kolkata and they in turn will release the funds to the KVKs as per the approved programme.
  8. The allotment of demonstrations is as per the details provided below:

 

State District/Crop Area (ha) Season Cultivar Budget
Bihar Sunflower
KVK, Araria 10 Rabi

2015-16

DRSH-1 Seed will be provided by IIOR
KVK, Madhepura 10
KVK, Purnea 10
KVK, Saran 10
KVK, Supaul 10
Total 50
Jharkhand Sesame
KVK, Chatra 20 Kharif 2015 GT-2 Rs. 5000/ha (total Rs.5,00,000) Seed will be provided by IIOR and amount will be deducted.
KVK, Gumla 20
KVK, Lohardaga 20
KVK, Palamau 20
KVK, Simdega 20
  100
West Bengal Sunflower
KVK, 24 North Paraganas 5 Rabi 2015-16 KBSH-41/KBSH-53 Only seed will be provided by IIOR
KVK, Bankura 5
KVK, Dakshin Dinajpur 5
Nadia 10
Purulia 20
Uttar Dinajpur 5
  50
Sesame
Hooghly 10 Summer 2015-16 GT-2 Only seed will be provided by IIOR
Howrah 10
Murshidabad 10
30
Grand total 230

 

The FLDs as decided during the Annual Group Meeting at OUAT, Bhubaneshwar will be conducted as per the technical programme. The details are provided below

Allotment of FLDs and training programmes for 2015-16
State Centre Hybrid FLDs Training
Punjab Ludhiana PSH-996 50 1
Bihar Dholi DRSH-1 20
West Bengal Nimpith KBSH-53/LFSH-1 50 2
Karnataka Bengaluru KBSH-53 50 1
Raichur RFSH-130 40 2
Tamil Nadu Coimbatore CO-2 20
Maharashtra Akola LFSH-1 20
Latur LFSH-1 20 1
Andhra Pradesh Chittor DRSH-1 50 1
Prakasam DRSH-1 20
IIOR DRSH-1 60
Total 400 8

 

All the centres have to conduct demonstrations with the following best management practices.

1 Selection of site Select a site where sunflower was not grown previously 3 seasons, well drained soils
2 Initial soil fertility status Analyze initial soil fertility status
3 Seed Hardening Soaking the seeds in water for 12-14 hrs
4 Seed treatment Imidaclorpid 6 g/kg; Metalaxyl 3 g/kg (Region II)
5 Biofertilizer Azospirillum/Azatobacter + Phosphobacteria
6 Genotype Latest released hybrid of the centre/region
7 Organics application 5 t/ha FYM/Compost
8 Seed rate & spacing 2 kg/acre; 60×30 cm
9 Integrated Weed Management Pre-emergence application of Pendimethalin 1 kg a.i/ha         one IC+HW at 30 DAS
10 Thinning & Maintaining optimum plant population 10-12 DAS retain one seedling/hill
11 Planting method Ridge sowing in Vertisols

Flat sowing by earthingup

11 Soil test based NPK+S+ limiting micronutrient Based on STCR equations developed for the centre/region
12 Boron spray 0.2% Boron spray (borax ) at ray floret opening stage
13 Protective irrigations Apply need based irrigations during critical stages
14 Plant protection Adopt IPM based module (Pheromone traps; biopesticides)
15 Harvesting & Threshing Mechanical threshers
16 Area 1.0 acre

 

 

 

 

List of participants :

 

SL.NO. NAME DESIGNATION CONTACT NO. EMAIL ID
1 Dr.K.S.Vavaprasad Director,ICAR-IIOR
2 Dr.S.K.Roy ZPD-II 8902443733 zpdkolkata@gmail.com
3 Dr.P.P.Pal ZPD-II zpdkolkata@gmail.com
4 Dr.F.H.Rahman ZPD-II zpdkolkata@gmail.com
5 Dr.G.D.Satish Kumar IIOR 7386451601 gd.satishkumar@icar.gov.in
6 S.S.Lakshman RAKVK ICRP-SUNFLOWER 9433474608 lakhsmanshyam_ss@yahoo.co.in
7 Dr.Ashok Kumar Simdega, Representative DEE   BAU Ranchi 9431711339 simdegakvk@gmail.com
8 Dr Sudipta Banarjee Howrah, Representative DEE   BCKV 9933600268 sudiptaextn@gmail.com
9 Dr.Mithilesh Kr. Roy Madhepura, Representative DEE   BAU Bhagalpur 9473035244 madhepura.kvk@gmail.com
10 Dr.N.J.Maitra Nimpith, KVK South 24 Pgs 9434437053 njmaitra@rediffmail.com
11 S.K.Samui Nimpith, KVK South 24 Pgs 9474025525 samui.sks@gmai.com
12 Dr.Shyamali Das Bankura, WBCADC KVK 9433556880 Cadckvk@gmail.com
13 Mrs.SomaGiri North 24 pgs. , Representative DEE   WBUA FS 9007896498 kvkashoke@gmail.com
14 Dr Kiranmoy Barui KVK Hoogly , Representative DEEBCKV 9433376122 kironmaybckv@gmail.com

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