Quinoa (Keenwah) ki production technology Dr.Ashraf Sahibzada

Quinoa (Keenwah) ki production technology Dr.Ashraf Sahibzada

1. Land selection: A well drained sandy loam soil is considered best for the sowing of quinoa br 2. Land preparation: Ploughing followed by planking br 3. Seed rate: 6 -8 kg seedacre br 4. Sowing method: Flat sowing (45 cm row to row distance)Ridge sowing (75 cm row to row distance) br 5. Sowing season: October to March br 6. Fertilizer requirements: N, P, K (125: 65: 0) kg per hectare br 7. Water requirements: 3-4 irrigation on ridge sown 2-3 irrigation for broadcast sown crop br 8. Intercultural: Pre-emergence herbicide application, hand pulling or weeding for controlling narrow and broad leaf weeds br 9. Insect pest management: Insects, rodents and bird attack at the field emergence stage to protect from seed loss and physical damage to young seedlings Absolutely no pesticide is needed because of self repellent of the plant to insect and pests br 10. Harvesting: At the yellowing and wilted appearance of the stem and leaves; nail dented grain stage br 11. Threshing: Using narrow sieve for the regular wheat thresher.


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Uploaded: 2015-04-28

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