Maize

Nitrogen deficiency

Symptoms: The leaves turn uniformly pale green colour. The oldest leaves on the bottom show yellow discolouration and subsequent necrosis proceeding from the leaf tip to mid rib.
Affect: Affected plants show stunted, sparse growth.

Solution

Product: Macrofert 20:20:20 5gm/lit
Soil/Drip: Plantex 20:20:20 5kg/acre
Benefit: Helps in vegetative growth, formation of amino acids

Phosphorous deficiency

Symptoms: Leaf margins, veins and stems show purple tints which may spread over the whole blade. Older leaves of the young plants are affected first.
Affect: The reddish discolouration is usually visible in the juvenile stage only.

Solution

Product:Fertimax 12:61:00 5gm/lit, Fertimax 00:52:34( 5-10gm/lit)
Soil/Drip: Plantex 12:61:00 5kg/acre
Benefit: Root development, winter hardness

Potassium deficiency

Symptoms: Dark green plants with chlorosis along the leaf margins developing to brown striping and necrosis. The cobs becomes narrowed and peaked.
Affect: Grains in the cob tips are only poorly filed.

Solution

Product:Fertimax 00:00:50 5gm/lit, Fertimax13:00:45( 5-10gm/lit), Fertisol 3-5gm/lit
Soil/Drip:-
Benefit: Resistance to pests and diseases,opening and closing of stomata

Calcium deficiency

Symptoms: Symptoms starts from the younger leaves. Leaf tips show light green or whitish spots or streaky lesions and are often hooked back.
Affect: Younger leaves were effected.

Solution

Product:Aquacal-3-4ml/lit, fertimax CN 5-10gm/lit, combical-3-5gm/lit, horticab 2-3ml/lit, crack gourd 2-3ml/lit
Soil/Drip: -
Benefit:Cell formation,cell elongation,cell division

Magnesium deficiency

Symptoms: Leaves show advanced interveinal chlorosis, necrotic edges. In severe cases it leads to shortening of the internodes.
Affect: Purpling of older leaves.

Solution

Product:Magmix 4-5gm/lit, zinc mag 3-5ml/lit, Fertisol 3-5gm/lit
Soil/Drip:Ferromag 5kg/acre
Benefit:Helps in photosynthesis,starch translocation

Sulphur deficiency

Symptoms: Plant shows stunted, erect growth. Seen from a distance, younger leaves are coloured uniformly pale, but when you look at them closely, it’s rather an intervenial chlorosis.
Affect: Stunted growth.

Solution

Product:Primasulf 3-4ml/lit, fertisol 5gm/lit
Soil/Drip: -
Benefit:Improves special character in crop

Boron deficiency

Symptoms: Symptoms expressed as shortening of internodal and results in transparent necrotic spots. Lack of boron deficiency will results in smaller cobs.
Affect: Death of growing points.

Solution

Product: Boron 20 1gm/lit, Potabor super-2-3gm/lit
Soil/Drip: -
Benefit:Translocation of sugars and help in pollination

Zinc deficiency

Symptoms: White to pale yellow bands in the lower half of the leaf which advance to pale brown or grey necrosis.
Affect: Pale green plants.

Solution

Product:Chelamin plus1-2gm/lit
Soil/Drip: Chelamin gold 0.5kg/acre
Benefit:Helps in activation of enzymes

Iron deficiency

Symptoms: Plants show chlorotic leaves with interveinal stripes. When the deficiency becomes severe the veins also become chlorotic and the plant growth is stunted.
Affect: Symptoms start on younger leaves.

Solution

Product:Chelafer1-2gm/lit, Agrofer-1-2gm/lit
Soil/Drip: Ferromag 5kg/acre, Ferromix-5kg/acre
Benefit:Helps in electron transport chain and helps in photosynthesis

Manganese deficiency

Symptoms: Necrosis occurs on the older or younger leaves. Cob development will be irregular, often showing empty tips or diverse kernel size, as well as bent cobs
Affect: Less tightly packed kernel.

Solution

Product:Mn-chel- 1-2 ml/lit of water or mobomin 1 gm/lit of water
Soil/Drip: Agromin soilplus-10-15kgs/acre
Benefit: It involves wide range of enzymes process inlude hormone synthesis