Ludhiana: Cultivation of maize crop is
recommended in spring, summer and winter seasons. PAU experts Dr
Surjit Singh, Dr Jasbir Singh Gill and Gurpreet Kaur said the crop
could be successfully grown in August for profitable grain yields. Dr
Singh said after an intensive research, the university had approved
the successful cultivation of August-sown maize for grain purpose. So
to ensure desirable profits from August sown maize the following
recommendations should be adopted to obtain good yields.
The experts have recommended three varieties of
maize- PMH 1, PMH 2 and JH 3459 for August sowing. The average yield
of these varieties is 21,18 and 17.5 quintals per acre, respectively.
Among these varieties, PMH-1 takes 115 days, while the other two
varieties mature in 100 days. As the sowing time succeeds towards the
end of August, crop duration increases gradually due to fall in
temperature near maturity. About 8 kg seed is sufficient for one acre
and the seed should be treated with bavistin/agrozim/derosel.
The crop should be harvested when colour of cobs
turns brown but the plant leaves are still green. The cob can be
shelled with thresher when there is 15 per cent moisture is grains.
Workshop at PAU
Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) will be
organising a research and extension specialists workshop on Rabi crops
on August 18 and 19 in the university. Officials of the department of
agriculture, Punjab and extension functionaries of the PAU working at
its outstations, Krishi Vigyan Kendras and different departments on
the main campus will attend the workshop.
Experts will share new findings and
recommendations on crop production, protection, post-harvest handling,
mechanisation, marketing, etc. The event will discuss the “Package of
Practices for Rabi crops” and gather feed back from field-level
functionaries. — TNS
