Green gram

Land Preparation
Give the soil two to three ploughing to get a fine tilth. Planking should be done after each ploughing.
Seed rate and spacing
Seed rate: Kharif season : 8-9 kg/acre summer season: 12-15 kg/acre. Spacing: 30 X 10 cm
Intercultural operation
35 days after sowing (DAS) is the weed competition key time. There should be two to three hand weedings. The herbicide Fluchloralin (Basalin) @ 1.5 kg per hectare or Triuralin @ 800 ml per hectare is advised. Weeds develop rapidly when tillage operations are ineffective, raising cultivation costs and lowering crop production.
Crop nutrition management
Crop nutrition management
Irrigation Management
It is a rainfed crop, therefore little irrigation is needed. This crop needs excellent drainage since it is extremely susceptible to water logging. In the summer, five to six irrigations are needed. It is necessary to irrigate often every 12 to 15 days. Irrigation is crucial during early pod filling and late flowering.
Weed management
35 days after sowing (DAS) is the weed competition key time. There should be two to three hand weedings. The herbicide Fluchloralin (Basalin) @ 1.5 kg per hectare or Triuralin @ 800 ml per hectare is advised. Weeds develop rapidly when tillage operations are ineffective, raising cultivation costs and lowering crop production.
Climate & soil

An environment that is warm and humid is ideal for growing green gram. A moderate rainstorm and temperatures between 25 and 35 degrees Celsius are both necessary. It may be grown on a variety of soil types. It performs best when grown on loamy to sandy-loam soils that have good drainage.

Insect pest management

Gram pod borer: Helicoverpa armigera

  1. It is advisable to undertake deep summer ploughing.
  2. Place 5 pheromone traps per hectare.
  3. quinolphos insecticide, 2ml per lit of water should be sprayed

Spotted pod borer: Maruca testulalis

It is necessary to use Phosalone 0.07% (625 ml/ha of spray fluid). Application of insecticides should be avoided when the activity of coccinellid predators (both grubs and adults) is observed.

Blue butterfly: Lampides boeticus

Neem oil 2% or Emamectin Benzoate 5%SG 220 g/ha should be used.

Leaf hopper -  Empoasca kerri

Spray Methyl Demeton 750 ml in 700–1000 L of water per hectare on the affected crop.

Whitefly – Bemisia tabaci

Spray of Methyl demeton 25 EC 500 ml/ha or Dimethoate 30 EC 500 ml/ha should be done per ha. Spray fluid should be 250 l.

Plant diseases management

Anthracnose    

  1. It is recommended to apply Carbendazim 2g/kg to the seeds.
  2. Destroy and remove plant waste.
  3. It is advised to use Mancozeb 2g/lit or Carbendazim 0.5g/lit as a spray.

Rust

At the beginning of the disease and 10 days later, apply Mancozeb 1000g or wettable Sulphur 1500g/ha.

Cercospora leaf spot

At the beginning of the disease and 10 days later, apply Mancozeb 1000g or Carbendazim  500g/ha.

Powdery Mildew

  1. Spray NSKE 5% or Neem oil 3% twice with a 10-day gap between applications from disease incidence.
  2. 10% Eucalyptus leaf extract should be sprayed both at the beginning of the disease and 10 days thereafter.
  3. Spray 500 g of Carbendazim, 1500 g of wettable Sulphur, or 500 ml of Propiconazole per ha at the beginning and 10 days after the onset of the disease.

Yellow Mosaic

  1. It's important to cultivate resistant varieties.
  2. Treatment of seeds with 5 ml/kg of dimethoate (or) imidacloprid.
  3. installing 12 yellow sticky traps per hectare.
  4. Remove the diseased plants for up to 45 days.
  5. Spray Thiamethoxam 75 WS 1g /3 lit, Dimethoate 30 EC 500 ml/ha, or Methyl Demeton 25 EC 500 ml/ha, as needed, and repeat after 15 days.
Harvesting & post-harvest management

When 85% of the pods are completely developed, the crop should be harvested. It is necessary to separate and clean seeds effectively after threshing.