Maharashtra: 7000 hectares of cotton crop affected by blight due to rain
2025-07-31 11:44:17
Maharashtra: Impact of rain: 7000 hectares of cotton crop affected by blight disease, agriculture and...
Cotton fields in many parts of Paithan taluka have been affected by blight disease. Cotton is cultivated in 55,600 hectares in the taluka and today 7,000 hectares of cotton crop is at risk of being affected by this disease. This situation arose after heavy rains in Marathwada.
Farmers had grown cotton crop using expensive seeds, fertilizers and pesticides. But due to lack of water for a long time, the temperature of the soil increased. If it rains at such a time, the trees get shocked. This causes the trees to dry up. The leaves fall. Later the trees die. These symptoms have started appearing within 36 to 48 hours of rain. Therefore, there is a possibility of huge loss in production.
Farmers should drain out excess water from cotton fields as soon as possible. As soon as the water returns, they should do weeding and harvesting. 200 grams of urea, 100 grams of white potash (00:00:50 fertilizer), 25 grams of copper oxychloride should be mixed in 10 liters of water and the prepared solution should be given to each tree in the amount of 100 ml. Or, one kg of 13:00:45 fertilizer, 2 grams of cobalt chloride, 250 grams of copper oxychloride should be given to the trees in the amount of 100 ml in 200 liters of water. Then the soil near the tree should be pressed with the foot. As soon as it is noticed that the trees have started drying, this measure should be taken within 24 to 48 hours.
This will prevent further damage. Also, the measures taken by the Agriculture Department should be adopted. Cotton in more than one and a half lakh hectares of area in Marathwada including Paithan has been affected by blight disease. In view of this, farmer leader Jayaji Suryavanshi has demanded a panchnama of cotton damaged by the outbreak of this disease in Marathwada including Paithan. A team of the agriculture department has been formed to meet the farmers in view of the blight disease. This team is visiting the dam and guiding the farmers and agricultural research experts are also included in it, said Taluka Agriculture Officer Vikas Patil.
