Maize: LG 36814

Suitable for high yield environments in Rabi Season

Recommended Geography

Rabi sowing areas of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana , Bihar, West Bengal , Madhya Pradesh , Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh , Jharkhand, Assam , Chhattisgarh & Odisha

Key Features

• Suitable for close spacing sowing
• Earliness – Early to harvest
• Highly consistent and stable
• Attractive orange yellow color grain
• Excellent cob uniformity
• Stalk Rot (PFSR) Tolerance
• Good heap appeal
• Capacity of Producing productive double cob in wide spacing

Selection of Hybrids

Select the best and High yielding Rabi Hybrid suitable for respective location

Selection of Lands and Preparation

• Select the levelled suitable heavy or light soil with good water holding capacity and proper drainage to avoid excess of water stagnation.
• Follow the sowing method either Flat bed (Bihar) or ridge and furrow (Odisha, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh) or line sowing / Zero tillage (Coastal AP) or Paired row Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra based on respective local practice
• Space recommendation for Bihar : row to row 50cm and plant to plant 18cm
• Space recommendation for Andhra & Telangana :
  • For Zero tillage : row to row 60cm and plant to plant 20cm-22.5cm
  • For line sowing : row to row 60cm and plant to plant 20cm
• Space recommendation for Madhya Pradesh & Maharashtra : row to row 60cm and plant to plant 20cm

Application of Organic Fertilizers

• Application of farm yard manure at 6-8 ton per acre

On Farm seed treatment

• Treat seed with Cyantraniliprole 19.8% + Thiamethoxam 19.8% FS @ 6 ml/kg seeds. Seed treatment protects against Fall Army Worm (FAW)at early crop stage and helps to maintain plant population.

Sowing

• Sowing will plan between November to December.
• Always take shallow depth sowing depth for good germination but sandy soil needs to increase the depth of sowing.
• Maintain Good moisture level for better seed gemination.
  

Note:

• Application of Zinc sulphate should not be mix with DAP or any other fertilizer.
• 5Kg of Zinc sulphate should be mix with 8-10Kg of soil and apply for 1 acre of field.
• Application of Micronutrients 5kg/acre is essential if soil was deficient of micronutrients
• For better crop establishment at initial stage, recommend to apply 19:19:19 @ 1% solution (1 kg per 100 L of water) at 20days from the date of sowing.
• Soil testing is recommended to understand residual nutrition and to apply fertilizers accordingly based on the test results.

Weeds Management and Inter cultivation:

• Application of Pre-emergent Herbicide is essential to protect from weeds at early stage: Atrazine (50% WP) @ 400-800 gms/acre based on the weed intensity
• Atrazine & Surfactant spray can be applied as per specific company instruction.
• Need to protect the crop by manual weeding followed by earthing up for better protection from weeds.  
• If there is a difficulty in Manual weeding then go for post emergent herbicide: Tembotrione (Laudis) @ 150ml/Acre  or Topramezone (Tynzer) @ 30ml/acre  (Use the instruction recommended by the specific company).

Critical stages for Irrigations:

• Seedling stage
• Knee-height stage
• Flowering stage
• Grain filling stage
  Note: In case if the soils are heavy, irrigation should be light & frequent. However, adjust the number of irrigations based on environmental conditions.

Pest Management: (Major pest: Fall Armyworm (FAW) & Stem Borer)

• For control of Fall Armyworm: Spray of Spinetoram (Delegate) @ 200 ml per acre in 200 L of water. For better control of FAW always spray the chemical to Whorl of corn plants .
• Stemborer: Thiamethoxam 12.60% +Lambda-Cyhalothrin 09.5% ZC (Alika 247 ZC) ,Dosage to be as per company instruction

Disease Management: (Major Disease: TLB-Turcicum leaf blight)

• For Control of TLB :
• Seed treatment with T. harzianum (6 g/kg of seeds)
  +
• Azoxystrobin 18.2% + Difenoconazole 11.4% SC =Amistar Top 1 ml per Liter
  
  Apply at flowering stage or early symptom appearance for maximum effectiveness

Harvesting:

• Check the black layer formation in grain before harvest
• Harvest at <25% moisture in grain and later dry at proper condition to reduce the grain moisture level