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Medicinal Crops
Medicinal Crops
Makoi is also known as Black Nightshade
It is native to Eurasia and was introduced in America, Australia and South Africa.
Its parts can be toxic to livestocks and human.
Makoi parts are used in traditional medicines
It is an annual weed that grows up to 60 cm tall.
Makoi is cultivated throughout dry parts of India, majorly in Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
The whole Makoi plant is economically important.
Benefits of Makoi:
Makoi is a common herb or short lived perennial shrub
It reaches a height of 30-120 cm
Its Leaves are ovate to heart shaped with wavy or toothed edge with long petiole
Makoi flowers and fruits are arranged in umbelliform
Flowers have greenish to whitish petals, recurved when aged, surrounded by bright yellow anthers.
Makoi fruits are berries which are dull black to purple coloured. In some genotypes, berries when ripe turn red
The major challenges involve Biotic and Abiotic causes.
Crop Stage | Products | Dosage | Method Of Application | Benefits |
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Inorganic fertilizer | Geoxol.COM | 15 kg / hectare / application with basal fertilizer, if soil organic carbon (more than / equal to 0.5%) and bulk denisty (less than or equal to 1.6 g / cm3) | Soil Application | Rejuvenates soil for sustainable growth of crops |
Organic fertilizer | Mycoxol4G | 500 g / hectare / application, if soil pH (less than / equal to 7.5) and available P (more than / equal to 15 kg / ha) | Soil Application | Reduces incidence of soil borne diseases, improves availability of phosphorous and other micronutrients |
Vegetative | PeakMAX | 1000 ml / hectare / application | Foliar Application | Improves vegetative growth and reduces disease pressure |
Vegetative | Privid | 1200 ml / hectare / application | Foliar Application | Promotes vegetative growth |
Pre flowering | Silixol OSA | 1200 ml / hectare / application | Foliar Application | Promotes vegetative growth |
Pre flowering | PeakMAX | "1000 ml / hectare / application " | Foliar Application | Reduces disease pressure |
Flowering | Silixol OSA | 1000 ml / hectare / application | Foliar Application | Improves accumulation of secondary metabolites |
Deficiency of Iron | Nutrin Fe 12% | 650 g / hectare / application, if soil Fe (less than 4.5 ppm),repeat application is recommended based on deficiency. Suitable for foliar sprays for crops grown on all types of soil. | Foliar spray | Corrects Iron deficiency |
Deficiency of Iron | Nutrin Fe EDDHA 6% | 2.5-5.0 kg / hectare / application, if soil Fe (less than 4.5 ppm),repeat application is recommended based on deficiency. Suitable for calcerous soils with pH above 7.5 | Soil application | Corrects Iron deficiency |
Deficiency of Boron | Nutrin Boron 20% | 650 g / hectare / application, if soil Fe (less than 25 ppm),repeat application is recommended based on deficiency | Foliar spray | Corrects Boron deficiency |
After 15-20 days of crop establishment | Mycoxol 4G | 500 g/hectare/application, if soil pH (less than or equal to 7.5) and availble P (more than 15 kg/ha) - if fertigation is available | Soil application | Reduces incidence of soil borne diseases, improves availability of phosphorous and other micronutrients |
After 15-20 days of crop establishment | Mycoxol Granules | 10-20 Kg/ha/application, depending upon soil properties - if crop is on flood irrigation | Soil application | Reduces incidence of soil borne diseases, improves availability of phosphorous and other micronutrients |
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