B-52 A Gold is a tall hybrid reaching 240 cm, featuring a semi-loose tassel, purple anthers, and purple silks. With yellow semi-flint grains and a maturity period of 100 days, it offers excellent adaptability in both Kharif and Rabi seasons.

Plant Height in CMS	240
Ear Height in CMS	105
Days to 50 % Pollen	54
Days to 50 % Silk	56
Maturity (days to 50% dry husk)	100

Tassel	Semi loose
Glume	Green with purple tinge
Anthers	Purple
Silk	Purple
Grain Color	Yellow
Grain Texture	Semi flint
Period of Sowing	Kharif & Rabi

Everything You Need To Know About Maize

Maize can be successfully grown in areas receiving annual rainfall more than 600 mm with equal distribution. Maize need bright sunny days for active photosynthesis and rapid growth. Recommended prebasal FYM 5-8 ton / Ac

Seed of Planting

Seed Rate / Ac 8Kg
Spacing (Row x Plant) 60 x 20 - 25 cm

Fertilizer Management

NPK / Ac 80 : 30 : 20
Apply N in three equal split at basal, knee height & flowering stages, apply total P as basal dose and apply K in two equal splits at basal & flowering stages.

Irrigation Management

Total water requirement: Irrigation at 6 to 10 days interval is recommended based on available soil moisture. Avoid excess moisture during first month of sowing.
During Critical stages like germination, flowering and grain filling moisture stress can be reduce yields up to 30 – 60 %.
Pre-emergence Herbicide: Spray Atrazine 1.0 kg / Ac. 3 to 4 gram / 1 Ltr of water as pre-mergence 1 – 2 days after sowing.

Manual weeding

Crop should be free from weeds, practice, inter cultivation with bullock drawn blade harms followed by earthling up.

Pest and Disease control

Major pest: Fall army worm. Stem bores
Control Measures Farmers must take up foliar spray of insecticides like chloripyriphos @ 2.5 ml / Ltr, or cypermotherin @ 1 ml / ltr. Proclaim @ 0.5 gm / Ltr of water at 12 – 15 days after sowing. Whorl application of carbofuran 3g or phorate 5 mg granules @ 5 to 7 granules per loaf whorl at 25 days after sowing.

Major Diseases