INTRODUCTION:-
Ø Maize is one of the most versatile emerging crops with wide adaptability to various agro-climatic conditions
Ø Maize is the third most important food crop in India after paddy and wheat.
Ø Maize is cultivated in all the states of the country for different types of crops throughout the year eg:- cereals, green fodder, sweet corn, baby corn, pop corn
Ø Maize serves as a basic raw material
Ø As an ingredient in thousands of industrial products including starch, oil, protein, alcoholic beverage, food sweetener, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, film, textile, glue, package and paper industry etc.
Feeding as food in poultry farming
1] Sowing time –
Kharif – June to July
Rabi – October to November
Zaiyad :- February to March
2] Seed rate – 6.5 to 7 kg per acre
3] Spacing – 60 cm × 25 cm
4] Irrigation – Weekly Interval as per requirement
5] Fertilizer application (per acre)
FERTILIZERS | Per acre | |
Basel | 30 DAS | |
FYM | 15 t/ acre | – |
Urea [46-0-0] | 60 Kg | 40 Kg |
DAP or SSP | 40 Kg | 20 Kg |
MOP | 40 Kg | 20 Kg |
Zn |
| 10 Kg |
Solutions
| Days | Stage | Solution | Potential Disease | Potential Pest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 – 20 | From sowing to plant Establishment | Bavistin Captan in 1:1 ratio @ 2 to 3 g/kg of seed. Katra Nano NPK 19-19-19 @ 200 gm per acre + Micronutrient containing Microgold 2g/Lit water + Saaf powder (Carbendazim 12% Mancozeb 63%WP) @ 2g/Lit of water + Acetamipride 20% @ 1gm/Litre | Seed and Seedling rot | White fly, aphid |
| 30 – 45 | Vegetative growth stage | Katra Nano Mono Ammonium Phosphate (12-61-0) @200 gm/acre + Flamingo (Emamectin Benzoate 3% Thiamethoxam 12% SG) 0.5 to 1 g/Lit of water + Fungus-G 1.5 gm/Lit of water | Leaf blight, downy mildew | White fly, stem borer, caterpillar |
| 55 – 65 | Tasseling and Silking Stage | Katra Nano NPK Potassium Nitrate 13-0-45@200 gm per acre + Zincotec (Zinc Oxide 39.5%) @ 2 ml/Lit of + water Banalarva (Emamectin Benzoate 5% SG) 4 gm/10 Ltr of water + Bayer Foliar (Tebuconazole 25.5%) @ 1-1.5 ml / l water | Powdery Mildew, Leaf Blight | White fly, fall army worm, stem borer green mosquito, caterpillar |
| 80 -85 | Milking Stage | Katra Nano Potassium Phosphate 0-52-34@200 gm per acre + Bayer Vigo (Tetraniliprole 200 sc) @100gm per acre + Neem extract Azadirachtin 1000 ppm EC 1.7 ml/Lit of water | Cercospora, Stem Rot | Stem fly, fall armyworm |
| 100 – 115 | Maturity stage | Flamingo (Emamectin Benzoate 3% Thiamethoxam 12% WDG) 0.4 – 1 g/Lit of water + Prosper @ 2-5 ml/Lit of water + Neembean 1000 EC 1.7 mL/L of water | Downy mildew, leaf blight | Termites, leaf borer, semilooper |