Maize Products
PACKAGE OF PRACTICES
Ideal soil for cultivation: Red sandy loam to medium black soils with good drainage facilities are preferable. Maize does not come up well in saline, alkaline and waterlogged soils.
Land Preparation: Prepare the field by ploughing the land 2-3 times with a mouldboard and then crush the clods using a rotavator to bring the soil to fine tilth. Add FYM or compost at the rate of 10 Ton/Acre during last ploughing and level the land.
Sowing time :
Kharif: June- July
Rabi: October–November
Seed Rate : 8-10 kg/acre
Spacing :
Row to Row– 60 cm
Plant to plant– 20 cm
Plant Population–31000 –33000 plants/ acre
Dose of Fertilizer :
Apply N:P:K in the ratio of 70:24:25 kg/acre- Kharif
Apply N:P:K in the ratio of 85:35:35 kg/acre- Rabi
Season Kharif Rabi
Common land N P K N P K
Basal dose 20 24 10 30 35 15
1st Top-dressing (25-30 DAS) 25 - - 25
2nd Top dressing (55 60 DAS) 25 15 30 25
Irrigation Schedule
Stage | Requirement
Sowing Time (0-15 days) | Light Irrigation
Knee height (30 - 35 days) | Critical stage
Tasseling & Silking (50 - 70 days) | Most critical stage
Seed setting (80+ days) | Moderate
•Excessive water stagnation can be harmful to the crop.
Weeding
Type of weed | Type of herbicide | Herbicide Name | Dosage | Time of Application
Broad leaf weed | Pre-emergent | Atrazine 50% WP | 400 gm in 200 lit of water | Immediately after sowing
Broad + Narrow leaves | Post -Emergent | Tembotrione 34.4% SC | 115 ml in 200 lit of water| 30 days after sowing
Or
Topramezone(33.6 % SC)
•After 30-35 days crop is to be intercultivated and earthing up should be done.
CROP PROTECTION:
Control and management of Maize pest
Pest | Symptom | Mechanical control | Chemical Control
Fall Army worm | Leaf damage, Whorl damage | Installation of pheromone | Emamectin Benzoate
5% SG – 4g/10 lit
Chlorantraniliprole
18.5% SC – 3g/10 lit
Stem Borer | Withering and drying | Light Trap |Carbofuran 3G @ 17 kg/acre
of Central shoot- Dead Heart
Aphids | Suck the sap from plants | Yellow andblue sticky traps | Dimethoate 30 EC
100 ml in 100 lit of water
Diseases of maize and their management
Disease | Chemical Control Measures
Downy Mildew | Seed treatment -Metalaxyl @ 6g/kg
Spray - Metalaxyl+Mancozeb @2.5g/lit
Turcicum Leaf Blight | Spray Mancozeb @ 2g/lit
Maydis Leaf Blight | Spray Mancozeb @ 2g/lit
Brown Spot | Spray Metalaxyl @ 5g/lit
Stalk rot | Soil drench with Captan at basal internode @ 1g/lit
Late Wilt | Spray Azoxystrobin @ 3g/lit
Rust | Spray Mancozeb @ 2g/lit
Harvesting of crop: The physiological maturity could be identified by looking for a black-layer at the base of kernel. Harvesting at low moisture content (15 -20%) and storing in dry condition increases the longevity of grains in storage.
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