TIPS FOR SOYABEAN CULTIVATION TIME OF SOWING: in well-prepared field.

Always use fresh Rhizobium

culture.
May to July
Soya bean is a potential kharif oilseed/pulse crop for
SEED RATE:
Manipur which can be grown as sole or intercrop with rice
FERTILIZER MANAGEMENT:
or maize. It is suitable for hill slopes and terraces, foothills 50kg/ha seed
and well grained valley land of Manipur. Soya bean Add well decomposed FYM/compost at the first ploughing
contains 20-23% oils and 35-40% high quality protein. SPACING: and incorporate into the soil thoroughly @ 10-15t/ha.
45cm row to row and 10cm plant to plant Apply the following quantities of chemical fertilizers,
SOIL:
DEPTH OF SOWING: A. If SSP is used:
Well drained fertile loam and sandy loam soil with pH 6-
7.5 is suitable for soya bean cultivation. 3-5cm Urea: 44kg/ha
SEED RATE TREATMENT: SSP: 375kg/ha
LAND PREPARATION:
Treat the healthy seed with Thiram @ 4-4.5g per kg seed or MOP: 67kg/ha
One deep ploughing followed by 2-3 shallow ploughing with the mixture of Thiram (1.5g)+ Bavistin(1.5g) per kg
and laddering is necessary to obtain good tilth. seed before sowing to control seed borne diseases. B. If DAP is used:

LIMING: SEED INOCULATION: DAP: 130kg/ha

Soyabean seed should be inoculated with suitable strains of MOP: 67kg/ha

Soils of Manipur (both hills and valley) are acidic in nature
and require lime application. Apply 500kg of lime/ha in
furrows and mix thoroughly with the soil just before
sowing.
Rhizobium culture for better nodulation, fixation of
nitrogen, growth and development of crop.
METHOD OF INOCULATION:
Mix thoroughly the above dose of fertilizers and apply in
furrows and mix well with the soil.SSP is preferred to DAP
for oilseed crops.

VARIETIES: The soyabean seed should be moistened with little clean
water with care so as to avoid excess wetting. Pour the
Js335 - Matures in 100-115 days culture @ 2-3 packets (200g each)/50kg seed in a seed
Pusa16 – Matures in100-115days container or bucket and mix thoroughly. When the culture
MAC13- Matures in100-115days is coated over the seeds, it should be spread uniformly
Bragg - Matures in100-115days under shade for 30-40 minutes and then sown immediately
WEEDING AND EARTHING UP:
2 hand weeding at 20-25 days after sowing and 40-45 days
after sowing are sufficient to control weeds in soyabean
field.
PLANT PROTECTION MEASURES: SEED STORAGE: TIPS FOR SOYABEAN CULTIVATION
A. Insects and pest control: The soyabean grain should be dried properly before storage
To control hairy caterpillar,semi looper,leaf roller and flea to ensure that the moisture content of seeds does not exceed
beetle spray Chlorpyriphos 20EC @ 1ml/lit of water or 10%. Seed can be stored in dry bins or polythene bags in
Rogor 30EC @ 2ml/lit. About 500-600 litres of water is airtight condition. Bins should be kept on wooden racks so
required for spraying 1ha area. that it does not come in contact with the ground. Treatment
of seeds with Thiram @ 3g/kg seed is absolutely necessary
B. Disease management: when stored for seed purpose.
To control young mosaic virus(YMV) ,soyabean seed
should be treated with Thiram or Captan@ 3g/kg of seed at POTENTIAL YIELD:
the time of sowing. 25-30q/ha.
To control vector of YMV, spray Dimethoate 30EC @ 1-
1.5lit/800-1000 litres of water.
Folder No. RCM(F)-
To control pod blight, grow resistant variety like
PK472,Bragg,JS 335 and treat the seed with the mixture of Prepared and Compiled by:
Thiram (1.5g) + Bavistin (1.5g) @ 3g/kg seed before
sowing.
Dr. Lydia Zimik,
SMS (Agronomy)
INTERCROPPING:
KVK Imphal West
Soya bean (2 rows) + maize (1row) N. Arun Kumar Singh
CTO (Extension.)
Soya bean (3 rows) + pigeon pea (1row) KVK Imphal West
HARVESTING:

The crop should be harvested when all leaves become Published by:
yellow and start dropping and the stalk stand only with N. Prakash
pods. Harvesting should be done by cutting the plant Joint Director
ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Manipur KRISHI VIGYAN KENDRA, IMPHAL WEST
manually with the help of sickle. The harvested crop should Centre ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Manipur Centre
be dried for few days and when the crop is fully dried, it Lamphelpat, Manipur - 795004
should be thrashed with a stick or any convenient tool. E-mail: kvkimphalwest@gmail.com, Tel: +91-385-2410485
http://kvkimphalwest.org/
Grains are separated by winnowing.