Maize is one of the most prominent crops in India and occupies the third position after rice and wheat in the country. Although it is mainly a Kharif crop, maize is grown throughout the year in India. And as it can be grown throughout the year, Maize is emerging as a cash crop too in the country. Not to mention that it has high yield potentiality if farmed well.
Maize is referred to as the queen of cereals globally. Along with being used as a food source, maize is also used as fodder for animals. The cereal grain acts as basic raw material for thousands of industrial products including cosmetics, alcoholic beverages, oil, gum, paper, textile, film, and many more.
Farmers growing maize in India often face various kinds of problems. Lack of training for the farmer and dearth of resources are the two main issues, which give rise to many other problems in crop yield. Farmers also do not have access to good quality seeds, and they don’t use high-quality herbicides or pesticides.
It is disheartening to see that every year, maize farmers in India incur a good volume of post-harvest losses due to weeds and pest attacks when a lot of crop yield can be easily saved with the use of the right herbicides and pesticides.
Maize herbicides are the most effective for dealing with weeds and the different pests which infest the crops in the pre-emergence and post-emergence stages of cultivation. Let’s find out more about some effective pre- and post-emergence maize herbicides that can save the crop from pest infestation, thereby increasing the yield.
Post-Emergence Herbicides for Maize
Maize is one of the most prominent crops in India and occupies the third position after rice and wheat in the country. Although it is mainly a Kharif crop, maize is grown throughout the year in India. And as it can be grown throughout the year, Maize is emerging as a cash crop too in the country. Not to mention that it has high yield potentiality if farmed well.
Maize is referred to as the queen of cereals globally. Along with being used as a food source, maize is also used as fodder for animals. The cereal grain acts as basic raw material for thousands of industrial products including cosmetics, alcoholic beverages, oil, gum, paper, textile, film, and many more.
Farmers growing maize in India often face various kinds of problems. Lack of training for the farmer and dearth of resources are the two main issues, which give rise to many other problems in crop yield. Farmers also do not have access to good quality seeds, and they don’t use high-quality herbicides or pesticides.
It is disheartening to see that every year, maize farmers in India incur a good volume of post-harvest losses due to weeds and pest attacks when a lot of crop yield can be easily saved with the use of the right herbicides and pesticides.
Maize herbicides are the most effective for dealing with weeds and the different pests which infest the crops in the pre-emergence and post-emergence stages of cultivation. Let’s find out more about some effective pre- and post-emergence maize herbicides that can save the crop from pest infestation, thereby increasing the yield.
Post-emergence herbicide in maize
Weeds are very common in maize cultivation. Without applying the right kind of post-emergence herbicide to maize, it is very difficult to save the crops from weed infestation. Pests also inflict maize cultivation drastically, destroying huge volumes of the crop.
Various kinds of herbicides are available for combating the problem of weeds in the maize plant. Out of them Cornex and Sempra from the house of Dhanuka Agritech Limited need special mention. These herbicides are completely safe to use and combat the problem of weeds from the roots. Let us discuss in detail Cornex and Sempra below:
• Cornex – a powerful post-emergence maize herbicide
Cornex has a super combination of Atrazine 48% WG and Halosulfuron Methyl 5%. This post-emergence maize herbicide is systemic and selective. This broad-spectrum herbicide can effectively control the major weeds of maize plants including major broad leaf and Cyperus rotundus.
When it comes to the way of action of this herbicide, Cornex 53% WG comes with awesome translocation activity. On application, the herbicide gets absorbed through the leaves of the maize plant. After absorption, the herbicide goes downward through the phloem.
Interestingly, the herbicide is also absorbed by the roots of the weed and this moves in an upward direction through the xylem. Cornex plays a crucial role in inhibiting the synthesis of amino acids and photosynthesis of the weeds, resulting in the death of the weeds.
