TRVK, Siddipet conducted Field day on nipping and foliar nutrition to enhance yields in Redgram on 28.01.2026

TRVK, Siddipet organized field day on nipping in red gram field of Sri. Kammari Swamy at Chittapur village, Akberpet Bhoompally Mandal, Siddipet (Dt) on 28.01.2026. Dr. Ch. Pallavi, Coordinator, TRVK, Siddipet explained the gathering about nipping of the terminal bud in between 45 to 60 days of crop growth stage improve the source to sink, significantly reduced the height of the plant and improve the number of primary and secondary branches girth and pods per plant. The nipping operation along with foliar spraying of micronutrient mixture @ 500 gms/acre and one critical irrigation at flower bud to pod filling stage of red gram crop has given yield increased up to 10-15 %. She suggested farmers not to apply excess fertilizers to redgram crop and manage the pest and diseases at flowering stage would helpful to increase the yield and irrigating at bud formation stage to make considerable yield increase. In this programme, Satyanvesh (MAO), 20 No. Progressive farmers participated.