Maize
- Seeds are soaked in 2% Panchagavya for 2 h before sowing produce healthy seedlings.
- Biofertilizer (Azotobacter & Phosphobacteria) treatment before sowing at the rate of 200 gm each per 10 kg of seed
- Presoaking of seeds for 24 h helps better germination when soil moisture is low, under low temperature
- Seed treatment of maize with the fungicides captan, or etridiazole, or thiram @ 1.5 g/ kg seed, or combinations of various chemicals like captan + benodanil, or, captan + metalaxyl, or benomyl + fenaminosulf (0.75 + 0.75 g/ kg) is recommended for control of seed born diseases.