Expert Advisory Details

Maize Advisory from PAU

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, spray Coragen 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 spray Coragen 18.5SC @ 0.4ml per litre water. Don’t harvest fodder till 21 days after insecticide application.