रोपाई के लिए पौध की उम्र: सामान्यतः जब पौध 25-30 दिन पुरानी हो जाए तथा उसमें 5-6 पत्तियां निकल जाए तो यह रोपाई के लिए उपयुक्त होती है। यदि पौध की उम्र ज्यादा होगी तो रोपाई के बाद कल्ले कम फूटते है और उपज में कमी आती है और यदि पौध की उम्र 35 दिन से अधिक हो गई हो तो उसका उपयोग रोपाई के लिए नहीं करना चाहिए।
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It is one of the five major food grains of the world after Rice, Wheat, Maize, and Barley. Millions of poor people in the semiarid tropics regions of Africa and Asia depend on sorghum as their staple food. In addition, fodder and stover are fed to millions of animals providing milk and meat for man
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The importance of Jute in our economy hardly needs to be emphasized. It is one of the major foreign exchange-earners. Exported as manufactured goods and as raw fiber, it earns foreign exchange of around 3,000 million rupees per annum.
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Sunn-hemp is also raised as a green manure crop. If a sun hemp crop is grown for green manuring purposes, the crop is turned under with a soil inverting plough when the plants are about six to eight weeks old. It adds about 40-60 kg of nitrogen per hectare to the soil on its decomposition.
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It is a grain crop of lesser importance. It is a highly drought-resistant crop, and it is also capable of withstanding waterlogging conditions. It is generally grown as a rainfed crop. Sawan grains are consumed just like rice. Barnyard millet is also used in making rice pudding (kheer).
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Groundnut ranks first place in India as an oil seed crop. Groundnut oil is important in vegetable oil (vanaspati ghee) production. Groundnut seed contains about 45 % oil and 26 % protein Groundnut whole kernel is highly digestible. It is, in the first place about as concentrated a portion of food as money can buy, one gram supplies 5.8 food calories.
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Castor is an important commercial oilseed crop; its seeds contain 45-47% non-edible oil. Due to its deep root system, drought hardiness, and quick growth, it has an important place in the cropping systems of dryland agriculture in semi-arid zones of India.
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Finger millet can be grown on soils ranging from very poor to very fertile. It thrives best on well-drained loam or clay loam soils.
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