KH-517 Gold stands at 200 cm with a loose tassel with long branches, purple anthers, and purple silks. It matures in 100 days and produces yellow semi-flint grains, suitable for Kharif & Rabi.
- Hybrid Maize KH-517 GOLD
| Plant Height in Cms. | 200 |
| Ear Height in Cms. | 100 |
| Days to 50 % Pollen | 54 |
| Days to 50 % Silk | 55 |
| Maturity days | 105 |
| Tassel | Semi loose |
| Glume | Green with purple tinge |
| Anthers | Purple |
| Silk | Creamy to light 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 Rate / Ac 8Kg
- Spacing (Row x Plant) 60 x 20 - 25 cm
- 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.
- 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.
- Crop should be free from weeds, practice, inter cultivation with bullock drawn blade harms followed by earthling up.
- 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.
- Leaf blight, Downy mildews
- Spray of fungicides like Bavistin @ 1 gm / ltr or M-45 2 gm / ltr of water.
- Seed treatment with METALAXYL wettable powder @ 4 – 5 grams per kg of seed followed by one or two foliar sprays with METALAXYL @ 2 – 3 mg / Ltr.
