ENVIORNMENT,AGRICULTURE AND MANAGEMENT

Nutrient   Deficiency We   know   that   elements   are   essential   for   plant   growth,   especially   during   the   vegetative   period.  Even so  in   the   case   of   potassium   needed   in   all   stages   of  development.   Fertiliser   application   and   crop   management   are   the   practices   we   have   to   undertake   for   good   plant   health.   Potash   is   one   of   the  important nutrients   in   determining   the   size   of   leaf   and   the   no   of   leaves   at   any   given   time   during   the   plant   growth  period.   There   is  an  intensive   uptake   of   potash ...

Nutrient deficiency symptoms Nutrient deficiency symptoms often confuse most of the field officials in recognising and maintain plant health by offering correct recommendations.Sound understanding of nutrients and its uptake for necessary plant metabolism functions is very much needed on this occasion to rectify the deficiency.So I placed four photographs for further clarification and discussion but not well identified because of limited participation.I confused this symptom with Iron, Sulphur, Magnesium or nitrogen. My analysis reached conclusion and ruled out the options of Fe, S, Mg and agree as follows by seeing the visual symptoms on the plant.I could not analyse soil test and plant tissue results for accuracy because of the time constraints and difficulty to obtain the result in the short period of time. NITROGEN DEFICIENCY                    The leaves become pale green at all stages of plant growth.The midribs, reddish ...

Tomato potato psyllid - Plant Biosecurity CRC

           A FRUITFUL EXTENSION MANAGEMENT IN AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT The Marketing of farm produce is a very difficult process to undertake without a proper market platform. The market always twines towards a puzzled destination where the farmer has to lose his valuable produce without getting the marginal price. The road of the journey of farm produce starts from farm to market which includes the burden of production and marketing. During the process of production to the marketing, there are a lot of expenses a farmer has to bear for sell his produce and make a profitable income. Farmer's priority to sell off farm produce is to fetch a good fair income or get the average expense for the cultivation he undertaken in last season. In addition, he also wants to find what he will have to expense for current marketing (production expense and marketing expense). The transportation, marketing and farming expenses want to be regained from such a market wher...