Wheat Growers Advised To Ensure Timely Irrigation To Crop

MULTAN, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 16th Dec, 2018 ) ::Wheat growers have been advised to ensure timely irrigation to their crop for getting maximum yield.

Assistant director agriculture information Naveed Asmat Kohloon said that growth period including tillering stage, booting stage, milking stage and dough stage were important and there should be proper irrigation at these stages, otherwise, wheat crop could face issue of low yield, said a press release.

Farmers should irrigate wheat crop after 18 to 25 days of cultivation.

The second important phase of crop is time to boot stage, it usually appeared after 80 days and farmers should irrigate crop, he said. If there is scarcity of water at this time, it would affect pollination process, which would lead to less grains, he added. Fourth and fifth irrigation spell should be initiated after 125 to 130 days of cultivation, he suggested. Grains could be weak in case there is shortage of water at this stage, he said adding that the farmers should be very careful regarding irrigation timing for wheat crop.