Pest/Disease management
▪ Selection of tolerant variety (Ranga, Rasmi, Roma, Suroma)
▪ Leaf blotch and rhizome/ root rot can be controlled by Trichoderma harzianum along with neem cake @1 kg/bed
▪ Spraying of Neem gold (0.5%) or neem oil (0.5%) is effective to control the shoot borers (21-days interval during July-October)
▪ To control the nematode neem cake with the bioagents like Pochonia chlamydosporia can be beneficial.