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Safed Musli

Crop Category

Medicinal Crops

Applicable Product

Description

Safed Musili is an indigenous plant and is used in Ayurvedic and Unani medicine as a “Rasayan” or “adaptogen”.

It is found in tropical wet forests in peninsular India

Safed Musli is cultivated in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan

Taxonomic Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Lilales
Family: Liliaceae
Genus: Chlorophytum
Species: borivilianum, attenuatum

Economically Important Part

Roots and leaves are economically important in Safed Musli

Benefits of Safed Musli:

Safed Musli is used as an aphrodisiac
Safed Musli is used in the treatment of rheumatism

Conditions for Cultivation

Safed Musli is a herb with sub erect leaves and a tuberous root system

Leaves are long slender growing in rosette, arising from a thick fleshy rhizome

Flowers are white colored, small in size and borne in panicles.

20-25 flowers are borne per flowering stick and these appear profusely in the month of July

Seed are light weight and are very small

Safed Musli is propagated vegetatively

Major Challenges

No major challenges have been reported

Crop Schedule

Crop Stage	Products	Dosage	Method Of Application	Benefits
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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