Maize stem borer (Chilo partellus) is one of the major threatening global pests of the maize crop. Lets know deep about this insect. _x000D_ Egg: - Eggs are flat oval...

Suck the juice from leaf whorl and later from the tassels of the plants. As a result, there may be an adverse effect on the production of anthers. Spray Verticillium...

Initially they feed on weeds grown on field boundaries and later enter into the field and feed on leaves of the plants. On higher infestation, they defoliate the plants....

Different species of birds can damage and feed the developing cobs on maize. Install reflective ribbon around the field and also inside at proper interval in the field...

If population is observed after germination of crop, spray spinatoram 11.7 SC @ 10 ml or chlorantraniliprole 18.5 SC @ 3 ml or thiamethoxam 12.6% + lambda cyhelothrin...

There will be a great economical loss, if the infestation is observed at the beginning of the crop. Give three sprays of Beauveria bassiana 1.15 WP (2 x 106 CFU/ g)...

Give seed treatment with cyantraniliprole 19.8% + thiamethoxam 19.8% FS @ 6 ml per kg of seed. If population is observed after germination of crop, spray spinatoram...

Birds feed the developing seeds from the cobs at the milking stage. Generally, boundaries rows are more affected by birds. The reflective ribbons (slightly twisted)...

By creating a hole and feeding the growing seed at the milky stage, this larva enters the cob. Very few larvae can be economically damaging. Therefore, by spraying...

Fall armyworms majorly impacts the maize crop in the United States and its outbreak has been observed in Southern India since June last year. This pest caused serious...