Wheat Eighth to ninth week practices

• Apply 20-25kg/ha nitrogen for better growth and development of wheat crop.

Irrigation should be given after the application of fertilizer because of this will help faster uptake of fertilizer.

Stripe Rust (Yellow)

Symptoms: 

Mainly occur on leaves then the leaf sheaths and stem. Bright yellow pustules (Uredia) appear on leaves at early stage of crop and pustules are arranged in linear rows as stripes. The stripes are yellow to orange yellow.

Management of Stripe Rust (Yellow)

Chemical Control:

• Foliar spray with Mancozeb 75 WP OR Zineb 75 WP @ 2 g/lit of water OR Thiophanate Methyl 70 WP @ 1 g/lit of water OR
• Propiconazole 25 EC @ 1 ml/lit of water OR
• Tebuconazole 25 EC @ 1 ml/lit of water