Expert Advisory Details

Advisory related to Sugarcane & Maize

Sugarcane: Check black bug especially on ratoon crop by spraying 350 ml Dursban/Lethal/Massban/Goldban 20EC (chlorpyriphos) in 400 litres of water per acre. Direct the spray into the leaf whorl.

Maize: Do not allow the rain water to stand in the main maize crop as this crop is highly sensitive to standing water and promotes bacterial stalk rot.

• Apply second dose of nitrogen (37 or 25 kg per acre, respectively for the long and medium/short duration cultivars) at knee high stage.
• Control maize borer by spraying 30ml Coragen 18.5SC in 60 litres of water per acre. Trichogramma, a bioagent can also be used as recommended by PAU.
• To manage fall armyworm on grain crop, sprayCoragen 18.5SC @ 0.4ml per litre water or Delegate 11.7sc (spinetoram)@0.5ml per litre or Missile 5SG (emamectin benzoate) @0.4g/litre using 120 litres of water per acre for crop upto 20 days old. For effective control direct the nozzle towards the whorl.
• On fodder crop sprayCoragen 18.5SC @ 0.4ml per litre water. Don’t harvest fodder till 21 days after insecticide application.