Table 3 Agronomic package followed under different test crops.
Operation | Maize | Wheat |
|---|---|---|
Tillage | Ploughing with cultivator (2 times), Double discing (1 time) and planking | Ploughing with cultivator (2 times), Double discing (1 time) and planking |
Seed treatment | Thiram was used. Application rate was 2 g per kg seed | Thiram was used. Application rate was 2 g per kg seed |
Variety/Hybrid | Pusa Jawahar Hybrid Maize 1 | HD 3086 |
Seed rate | 22 kg/ha | 100 kg/ha |
Weed management | Application of Pendimethaline as pre-emergence (1 l a.i./ha) + one hand weeding 22 days after sowing | Pre-emergence application of Pendimethaline @ 1 l a.i./ha + 75% Sulfosulfuron & 5% WG Metsulfuron@40 g a.i./ha |
Insecticide | Emamectin benzoate 5 SG (0.4 ml/l) was used for management of fall army worm | – |
Fungicide | – | – |
Harvesting | Physiological maturity | Physiological maturity |
