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Lentil

Crop Category

Pulses

Applicable Product

Description

Lentil is small, bushy, annual plant of the pea family.

Lentil may also be referred as Red Dal or Split Pea.

Lentils are widely cultivated throughout Europe, Asia, North Africa and the Western Hemisphere.

Lentil growing areas in India are Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.

Taxonomic Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Lens
Species: culinaris

Economically Important Part

Seeds and unripe pods are the most economically important part of Lentils.
Dried husk are fed to cattle.

Conditions for Cultivation

Lentil is a temperate pulse crop.

It requires a cool and dry climate.

It is sensitive to cloudy and stormy weather.

High humidity and excessive rainfall encourage vegetative growth.

Lentil is adapted to all types of soil from sand to clay loam.

It performs best in deep sandy loam soil.

Well drained soil with moderate acidic conditions gives good yield.

Major Challenges

The major challenges involve Biotic and Abiotic causes.
Biotic Causes:
- Major pest: Cowpea Aphid, Pea Aphid, Leaf Weevil, Cut Worms and Thrips.
- Major Diseases: Grey Mould, Stemphylium Blight, Ascochyta Blight, Fusarium Wilt and Rust.
Abiotic Causes
- Chlorosis
- Browning
- Necrosis

Crop Schedule

Crop Stage	Products	Dosage	Method Of Application	Benefits
Basal 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
At the time of sowing or 3-4 weeks after sowing	Mycoxol4G	500 g / hectare / application, if soil pH (less than /equal to 7.5) and availale P (more than /equal to 15 kg/ha)	Soil Application	Reduces incidence of soil borne diseases. Improves availability of phosphorous and other micronutrients
Deficiency of Zinc	Nutrin Zn	650 g / hectare / application, if soil Zn (less than 0.6 ppm), repeat application is recommended based on deficiency	Foliar Application	Corrects Zinc deficiency
Deficiency of Iron	Nutrin Fe	650 g / hectare / application, if soil Fe (less than 4.5 ppm), repeat application is recommended based on deficiency	Foliar Application	Corrects Iron deficiency
Vegetative growth	PeakMAX	1000 ml / hectare / application	Foliar Application	Improves vegetative growth and reduces disease pressure
Vegetative growth	Nutrin Combo	650g / hectare / application	Foliar Application	Fulfills micronutrient requirement
Pre-flowering	Amply5	1000 ml / hectare / application	Foliar Application	Triggers flowering
2nd flush of flowering	Amply5	1000 ml / hectare / application	Foliar Application	Triggers flowering and promotes pod formation
Pod filling	Silixol OSA	1000 ml / hectare / application	Foliar Application	Optimizes source sink relation
Pod filling	Nutrin Combo	650g / hectare / application, if pH (more than 7.5)	Foliar Application	Improves quality of seeds
Pod filling	PeakMAX	1000 ml / hectare / application	Foliar Application	Reduces disease pressure
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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