मक्‍का के रोग Tag

04 Mar

Posted at 05:27h in Protected farming
Parthasarathy. S., Ramalingam. K and Sivakumar. S. S 5 views

भारत में मक्का फसल के 8 प्रमुख रोग In India, the area of land given to maize ranks fifth after rice, wheat, sorghum and pearl millet. In grain production maize holds fourth position over pearl millet.  The 61 diseases of maize recorded so far are considered to constitute the major constraints, limiting production. The major diseases are: four foliar diseases, two pre-flowering and three post-flowering stalk rots, four downy mildews and two sheath diseases. Information on ear, cob and kernel rots, and smut and virus diseases is presented. Four major approaches of disease management in the Indian context are outlined and the most appropriate one is considered to be host resistance. Adoption of...

25 Mar

Posted at 04:31h in Crop disease
Meena Shekhar 6,211 views

मक्का की फसल में फूल आने के बाद की तना गलन या सटॉकरोट बीमारी और उसके प्रबंधन की वि‍धि‍यॉं। Post flowering stalk rot (PFSR) of maize is an important disease in India. It is a ‘complex’ disease – as more than one pathogen is involved- caused by Fusarium verticillioides, Macrophomina phaseolina and Harpophora maydis. Yield loss is directly affected by premature plant death or by reduced kernel filling and lodging, resulting up to 100 percent loss. The disease symptoms manifest after flowering and gets severe under moisture stress/ high soil temperature conditions. Being soil borne, its transmission occurs through contaminated seeds, biological culture, infected crop residue and movement of agricultural equipmnts, therefore the...

15 May

Posted at 07:54h in Crop disease
Sharad Shroff 9,370 views

मक्का के 5 प्रमुख रोग और उनका प्रबंधन Maize (Zea mays L. ssp. mays) known in many countries as corn or mielie/mealie, is a grain domesticated by indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica in prehistoric time The leafy stalk produces ears which contain seeds called kernels. Though technically a grain, maize kernels are used in cooking as a vegetable or starch. In India, maize is grown in a wide range of environments, extending from extreme semi-arid to sub-humid and humid regions. The crop is also very popular in the low- and mid-hill areas of the western and northeastern regions. Broadly, maize cultivation can be classified into two production environments: (1) traditional maize growing areas,...