Maize
Herbicide application before sowing: Spray glyphosate @ 1.23 kg ai/ha before 15 days of sowing to clear weeds from the field.
Sowing and seed rate: Using multi-crop planter/zero
till seed drill with rice residue in the field for sowing of maize seeds. Maize
seed rate of 30 kg/ha was used.
Herbicide application: Spray Atrazine @ 0.5 kg ai/ha within 4-5 days after sowing to control the weeds.
Nutrient management: NPK fertilizer (120:50:50 kg/ha)
with N in three equal splits at sowing, knee-high stage, and tasseling stage. Apply
entire content of phosphorus and potassic fertilizers as basal.
Harvesting: Manual harvesting
with and no maize residues in the field.