How to Grow Sun Flower ?

Preparation of Soil

Sunflower adapts relatively well to a wide variety of soil types. Traditionally, sunflower cultivation has been limited to soils where the clay percentage varies between 15 and 55 %, In other words sandy loam to clay soil types. At present the major planting areas are in soils with a clay percentage of less than 20 %.
Well drained sandy loams, black soils and alluvial soils are suitable. Water logged areas should be avoided.
Primary cultivations, such as ploughing with a mouldboard plough or chisel plough, are suitable. The following characteristics of soils will limit successful sunflower production and should be avoided: Sunflower is very sensitive to wind damage in the seedling stage and for this reason, cultivation on light-textured soils susceptible to wind erosion, should be avoided unless wind erosion is being combated successfully. Sunflower is very sensitive to waterlogging. Sunflower is very sensitive to high aluminium levels and should not be planted in soils with a pH lower than 4,6.

Sowing

Normally sunflower can be planted from the beginning of November until the end of December in the eastern areas and until mid-January in the western areas,
Seed rate: Rainfed: 2.5 kg/acre Irrigated: 2 kg/acre Maintain a single seedling/hill at 10-15 days after germination. Spacing: 45 x 30 cms for light soils and 60 x 30 cm for heavy soils. Sowing time: Rainfed: September – 1st fortnight of October Irrigated: November
Summer: 15th January to 1st week of February Supplemental Pollination: Effective pollination can be achieved by maintaining two bee hives/acre. Supplemental hand pollination on alternate days preferably in morning hours for 2 weeks should be done wherever bee activity is low.

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How to Grow Chilli ?

Preparation of Soil

Light to medium heavy soil with good drainage is required.
Chilli is planted in well pulverized and leveled field.
Sowing

Sowing time- Kharif: June- July, Rabi: Sep- Oct and Summer- Jan- Feb
Seed Rate- 120 gm/ acre or 300 gm/ hectare
Spacing- 45X60 cm or 60 X 75 cm depending upon soil fertility & agronomic practices

Fertilizer application

Before transplanting , apply NPK 40:30:30 per acre and make light ridges and transplant
Periodic top dressing of MOP and Ammonium sulphate is recommended @ 20 kg & 10 kg.

Irrigation

Irrigate once in 4- 5 days depending on weather & soil conditions
Chilli crop is very sensitive to excess water but to some extent it can tolerate drought.
Heavy soils or in heavy rainfall areas proper drainage should be provided to withdraw excess water.

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How to Grow Okra

Preparation of Soil

• Growing okra requires well-drained soil that’s neither over fertilized nor over watered.
• Well drained, sandy soils are preferred. Addition of manure or other organic material is usually beneficial on such light-textured soils. Okra grows best in neutral to slightly alkaline soils, pH 6- 6.8.

Sowing

• Okra seed numbers approximately 8,000 per pound. Use approximately 3 Kg seed/acre. Plant 1 inch deep, 4-6 seeds/foot of row. Thin to desired spacing when plants are 3 inches tall. Germination many be enhanced by soaking seeds several (4-6 hours) hours or overnight immediately before planting. The seed will need to be surface dried for mechanical planting.
• Spacing should be 30X45 or 20X60 cm. Tall or spiny cultivars require wide spacing.
• Growers interested in early fresh market or in short growing season areas may find it profitable to transplant. Sow seeds in 2-inch pots or cell-packs, 3 seeds per pot, 1/4 inch deep, 4-5 weeks ahead of transplanting. Thin to 1 plant per pot or cell.

Fertilizer application

• Two weeks before sowing, apply 10 tonnes of FYM/acre ( 25 Tonnes/ha).
• Apply NPK 40:30:30 per acre before sowingof seeds. 3.After 30 days apply 20 kg of N/acre . Nitrogen should be given in form of Ammonium sulpahate.

Nuziveedu Seed Testing Laboratory Accredited by ISTA

A team of two members – Ms. Florina Palada and Ms. Rita Zecchinelli form ISTA (International seed Testing Association) had visited our Seed Testing Laboratory located at Kompally on 24th January for the purpose of auditing.

Later on 2nd June 2014, our laboratory has been accredited by ISTA. Mrs. M. Rajani and her team consisting of 10 members had successfully completed the ISTA accreditation audit and she is the only and first lady in INDIA to get the laboratory certified by ISTA.

Ours is the 5th laboratory in India that is accredited by International seed Testing Association (ISTA).

Some Key Facts of Paddy

Rice is a universal crop and It is grown in all the continents except Antarctica, occupying 150 million ha, producing 573 million tons paddy with an average productivity of 3.83 tonnes/ha. Its cultivation is of immense importance to food security of Asia, where more than 90% of the global rice is produced and consumed.

Paddy is the second highest worldwide production after maize (corn).
Paddy is a globally produced, milled and traded staple food.
About 35 million metric tons of Paddy annually is traded internationally.
Paddy is the most important grain for human consumption.
Medium and short grain Paddy contains amylopectin which is the waxy starch.

How To Grow Tomato ?

Preparation of Soil

• Tomato is grown in many types of soils from sand o heavy clay. A well-drained, fairly light fertile loam with a fair moisture holding capacity is ideal for growing a good crop of tomato. Good texture of the soil is of primary importance. Even poor and medium quality land produces good early crop, if managed properly.
• Tomato crop prefers a soil reaction ranging from pH 6.0 to 7.0. In acidic soils, liming was beneficial.
• Tomato is planted in well pulverized and leveled field.

Sowing

• About 400 to 500 g seeds are normally needed for raising crop in one hectare. The seed quantity varies with season and region of cultivation.
• In North India for spring-summer crop, the seeds are sown in late November and transplanted in second fortnight of January. In area where frost does not occur, only one sowing is done in July-August with transplanting in August-September. For autumn crop in North India, seeds are sown in July-August and transplanted in August-September. In hilly areas, seeds are sown in March-April with transplanting in April-May.
• Seed treatment with hydrogen peroxide (0.2 to 0.6 percent) for 2 to 4 days at 21°C gave an early emergency of seedlings by 7 to 8 days and also yielded 22.8 percent higher yield.
• Tomato is normally planted in raised beds of 60 to 75 cm width.

Fertilizer application

• Apply FYM at 20-25t ha-1 and fertilizers 100N, 50 P2O5, 50 K2O kg ha-1
• Per ha 150 kg N, 25kg P2O5 and

Irrigation

• Frequency of irrigation depends on the nature of the soil.
• Light soils need frequent (weekly) irrigations than heavy soils (10-15days).
• Plants should not be subjected to stress during flowering.
• Double ring method of irrigation is ideal. Drip irrigation greatly economises the irrigation water.

Crop Management

• Pest – Shoot and fruit borers- Spray carbaryl 50 W.P @ 2.5g l-1 quinalphos @ 2.0ml l-1 or endosulfan @ 2.0 ml l-1 or monocrotophos @ 1.6ml l-1 or carbaryl @ 3.0g l-1. Repeat the spraying on need basis.
• Spray dimethoate @ 2.0ml or methyl-o-dememton @ 2.0ml monocrotophos @ 1.5ml or triazophos 1.5ml l-1 of water.
• Diseases- Damping off (Tomato) -Raise the nursery in raised seed beds. Treat the seed with thiram or captan @ 3g kg-1. Drench the bed with bordeaux mixture 5ml or coper oxychloride @ 3g l- Early blight (Tomato)
  
  Spray mancozeb @ 3g l-1 twice at 15 days interval.
  
  Little leaf of brinjal (MLO disease)
  
  Remove and destroy the infected plants.

Harvesting, Storage and Drying

• The harvesting of fruits can be done at an interval of 5 days during the morning hours to prevent the weight loss.
• Yield: 20 – 25 t/ha
• For long distance transport, the fruits are harvested at the mature green stage when the cream colour starts at the bottom. Tomatoes for local and near by markets are harvested at the breaker or ripe stage when the blossom end turns pinkish or reddish. At the fully ripe stage, the surface is pink or red and this is suited for canning purposes. The fruits are to be cleaned, sorted and graded. The fruits are then packed in wooden boxes or cartons.

Reach Beyond The Expectations - Nuziveedu Seeds

Given the large farming done in India Nuziveedu Seeds supply a major quantity of seed required by the farmer to produce more to feed the growing population. Therefore to meet the requirement and to increase marketing channel efficiency we have strategic multiple distribution network as follows

•     Own distribution network
•     Subsidiary distribution network
•     Partners(Co-partners and co-marketers) distribution network

By investing in multiple distribution network we are much close to farmers. Therefore we are in a much more better condition to cater our customer needs. Given that the large fragmented customer base as their needs are different, we take proper care to serve their needs and to satisfy each and every customer.

We also take personal interest to take care of our channel partners (distributors and dealers) for the proper functioning of distribution network.

Nuziveedu Seeds equally treat our global customer and understand their need based on different agro-climatic, agronomic practices and food habit and supply right product in right quantity and right place. 

How to Grow Jowar

Preparation of Soil

Soil- Well-drained, light to medium soils are suitable.
And is to be thoroughly ploughed. Small size graded channel cum bund could be of use for conservation of soil moisture.

Sowing

Rabi: September/October under rain-fed conditions early around the middle of September is the ideal time for planting. if soil moisture is available planting can be extended up to the first week of October. compaction of soil immediately after sowing will help in proper emergence and establishment of seedlings.

Seed Rate :3 kg/acre
Sowing Time – June-July (onset of monsoon) for Kharif and October-November for Rabi.
Spacing: 45 cms x 15 cms

Fertilizer application

During the last plough four tons FYM/acre can be applied.
20 kg N, 15 kg O2 P5 and 12 kg K2 O/ acre as basal dose and 15 kg N/acre as top dressing at 20-30 days after sowing.
Under irrigation fertiliser dose can be increased to 80N and 40 P kg/ha. N should be applied in two splits, 50% at sowing and 50% as top dose at 30 days after sowing.
If Zn deficiency is observed on standing crop spray ZnSo4 0.2% (2g/lit) twice or thrice at weekly intervals.

Irrigation

For successful crop, even under rainfed condition, one irrigation on 45 days after sowing is essential.
For irrigated crop, weekly irrigation for light soils and once in 15 days for heavy black cotton soils is recommended.
Irrigation at flowering and grain filling stage is essential for a better harvest.

Vegetables Annul Meet

Nuziveedu Seeds conducted vegetables annual internal meet, which has reviewed the year that has gone by and future growth in vegetable segment. Our CMD Mr. Mandava Prabhakar Rao set a vision for the team and gave away awards to best performers in the division. Mr. Ramesh Viswanathan, COO, Nuziveedu Seeds, made a presentation on efficiency improvement among marketing team members. Dr. S.K. Tripathi and Mr. Herse presented a brief of the future of hybrids from R&D. Mr. D V Ranga Rao, Head – SCM and Mr. Anoop Kumar Dwivedi, National Sales Manager – Vegetables and other marketing team members participated in the event.

How to Grow - Bajra

 

 

 

Preparation of Soil

• Medium to heavy soils and light textured soils of low inherent fertility, good drainage and black soils. Crop does not tolerate soil acidity.
• The crop needs very fine tilth. It is essential to do summer ploughing by mould-board plough and after onset of monsoon the field should be harrowed twice or thrice followed by planking the field so that a fine tilth may be obtained.

Sowing

• June-July (onset of monsoon) or February to June or a summer crop after Rabi as it is short duration when compared to either jowar or maize.
• Seed Rate: 1.5 kg/acre The organo-mercurial compounds like Cerasan or Agrosan should be used @ 2.5 to 3.0 g/ha of seed to control downy mildew or green ear, smut and ergot disease.
• Row to row – 30cm solid row or may be broadcasted in level seed beds .: 45 cm x 15 cm .Thinning within 2 weeks should be compulsory. Earthing up also increases the crop growth

Fertilizer Application

• Apply four tons FYM/acre during the last plough. 20 kg N, 15 kg P2 O5 and 12 kg K2O/ acre as basal dose and 15 Kg N/acre  as top dressing at 20 – 30 days  after sowing

Irrigation

• Depending upon the nature of the soil, irrigation should be given whenever necessary.
• Bajra can withstand to drainage to some extent. In ill drained soils provision of drainage channel of one meter width for every 10 meters length of field. It can withstand drought also and lesser number of irrigations required for fodder crops.

Crop Management

• Weed Control SprayingofAtrazine@1kgai/hain 200 ltr. of water within 3 days after sowing as per emergence and on need basis. 2,4-D @ 1 kg ai/ha, 15-20 days after sowing should be sprayed.
• Downy mildew or green ear disease is prevalent in bajra growing tracts of Andhra Pradesh. Spraying of Mancozeb or Zineb @ 3g/L of water once or twice depending of the intensity of disease. Sugary diseases and ergot diseases can be controlled by spraying ziram or zineb + copper oxychloride (0.025%) two times with a gap of week days at the time of flowering.
• The damage by grass hoppers in the initial stages and by blister beetles at the time of flowering can be controlled by dusting carbaryl 4%. Early planting should be taken up to avoid infestation by shootfly. Increase the seed rate and uproot infested seedlings. Application of carbofuran or phorate @ 1kg a.i/ha.

Harvesting, Storage and Drying

• Harvesting for 2-3 times. Proper drying and staking before threshing with rollers or bullocks is advised.
• For easy separation of grain, the ear head should be dried well before threshing. Threshing may be done eitherby beating the ear heads with sticks or by trampling the ear heads under bullock’s feet. The separated grains must be cleaned, dried in sun to bring about 12-34 percent moisture.

Dr. N V Naidu of Agriculture University visits NSL Seeds’ facility

Dr. N V Naidu, Director of Seeds, Acharya NG Ranga Agriculture University, Hyderabad visited NSL Seeds’ Kothur plant recently. Mr. S R M Prasad, GM, Supply Chain Management, NSL Seeds, gave them

an understanding of plant activities. Dr Naidu, has seen the cob drying activity, processing activity through Cimbria machine and online packing activity etc. Mr. Prasad taken the visitors though the conditioned storage facilities. Dr Naidu was quite happy to see such a large infrastructure and seed conditioning activities at NSL.

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Cotton : NCS-207 Mallika Bt 2

Plant Height	:	Very Tall
Distinguishing Morphological Characters	:	Open, Big light green leaves, 2 – 3 Monopodia, 18 – 20 sympodia
Days to 50% flowering	:	50-60
Maturity Group	:	Medium
Reaction to Major Pests	:	Resistant to American Bollworm, Pink Bollwom and Spotted Bollworm Tolerant to sucking pests, Jassids and Whitefly
Petal & Pollen Colour and Spot	:	Cream petal, Yellow pollen, petal spot absent
Boll Shape & Size	:	Ovate & Very Large.
Agronomic Features	:	Responds to added fertilizers
Quality of Produce	:	Ginning 35 – 36%, Staple Length: > 32.5 mm,Strength: 21 – 24, Mic: 3.0-3.9
Reaction to Stresses	:	Suitable to varied agro-climatic conditions
Special Features / USP’s	:	Tolerance to Jassids, Wider adaptability and long staple fibre

Visit of Agricultural Scientists Team From ANGRAU

In the month of March 2014, a team Agricultural Scientists headed by Dr A Padmasree, Scientist and Head-SRTC from Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University, Rajendranagar visited Kothur plant to have a practical exposure Seed Processing and Packing. They were briefed about all the activities at the plant i.e. Cob drying facilities, Processing, Packing, Cold storage facilities and Seed Testing by Sri S R M Prasad, GM-SCM, Sri Ch Narayana Swamy, AGM-QA , Sri K Krishna Murthy, Sr Manager-Admin & Sri U Madhusudhan, Dy Manager-QA.
The team felt that it was a great experience to go through all the activities as it has given them the practical exposure of Seed Production and has gained knowledge about cob drying, storage conditioned etc.

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Visit of INCOTEC delegates to Kothur

INCOTEC delegates team including Ms. Melissa Mocking, Research Technology Specialist, Netherlands & Dr Ma

nish Patel, Executive Director, India, Ahmedabad visited Kothur plant on 5th March 2014. They were accompanied by S R M Prasad, GM-SCM & Sri Ch Nageswara Rao, AGM-P&P, who explained all the seed processing activities like Cleaning, drying, Seed testing, chemical treatment and packing.
At Kothur, Seed is coated by using various polymers, insecticides and fungicides to protect from the soil or seed born diseases. They also visited the conditioned storage unit where the seed is kept viable by maintain the required temperature and humidity. They are very much delighted with the facilities at the kothur plant.

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NSL Inaugurates Cod Drying and Conditioned Facility

NSL has inaugurated India’s biggest cob drying unit with a capacity of 1500MT in the month of February. Along with this, it also inaugurated 3800MT capacity conditioned storage facility at its Kothur plant near Hyderabad. With the new facility, NSL can dry wet cobs of about 375 MT/ day and the gas required for this purpose is generated by using maize shank as bio fuel with the help of Gasifier. It helps reducing the cost of drying to a great extent. With the help of extended conditioned storage facility, field crops can be stored for a period of 2 years and cotton for 7 years by maintaining required temperatures. The inauguration was attended by Mr. S R M Prasad, GM-SCM and Mr. Katti Laxminarsimha, GM-Projects, who performed pooja. Entire NSL family from Kothur and Kompally attended the event.

Seed Technology Trainees from ANGRAU Visit NSL

On 29th of January, a team of 30 trainees headed by Smt. J Jhansi Rani, Professor, Seed Technology Division from Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University, Rajendranagar visited Kothur plant to have a practical exposure on “Seed Quality Assurance for Better Productivity”. They were briefed about all the activities at the plant i.e Cob drying facilities, Processing, Packing, Cold storage facilities and Seed Testing by Mr. Ch Narayana Swamy, AGM-QA & Sri U Madhusudhan, Dy Manager-QA.
The team felt that it was a great experience to go through all the activities as it has given them the practical exposure of Seed Production and has gained knowledge about cob drying, storage conditioned etc.

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