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Medicinal Crops

Shatavari is widely found in peninsular India

Shatavari grows extensively in India upto an altitude of 1400m

Roots are the economically important part of Shatavari

Benefits of Shatavari:

Shatavari is a thorny climbing shrub with a woody stem

Its Leaves are reduced to minute scale and spines

Shatavari fruits are globular and purplish black

Its roots are succulent and tuberous

No major challenges have been reported.

Shatavari is on the verge of extinction due to its multiple benefits

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
Vegetative Stage	Biofuze	3 ml / liter of water - Repeat sprays at a interval of 2-3 weeks as per pest attack	Foliar Application	Reduces population of sucking pests

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