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Commonly Recommended Pesticides for important Fodder Seed /
Fodder crops in India
Sr.
No.
Crop Chemical name Herbicide
/Fungicide
/Insecticide
For controlling
Recommended doses
1 Maize Atrazine
Herbicide
Annual grasses and
broad leaf weeds
1.0 - 1.5 Kg / ha
pre-emergence (1-2 DAS
*
)
Pendimethaline
Herbicide
Annual grasses and
broad leaf weeds
1.0 - 1.5 Kg / ha
pre-emergence (1-2 DAS)
Thiram 75 % WDP
or Carbendazim or
Vitavax
Fungicide
Seed borne diseases (for
seed treatment)
2.5 gram / Kg of seed
Dithane M-45
(Mancozeb)
Fungicide
Leaf Blight/Downy
Mildew diseases
2-3 Kg / ha
2 Sorghum Atrazine
Herbicide
Annual grasses and
broad leaf weeds
1.0 - 1.5 Kg / ha
pre-emergence (1-2 DAS)
Pendimethaline
Herbicide
Annual grasses and
broad leaf weeds
1.0 - 1.5 Kg / ha
pre-emergence (1-2 DAS)
Carbendazim /Thiram
dust
Fungicide
Seed treatment to
control seed borne
diseases
2.5 gram / Kg of seed
Imidacloprid WS or
Thiomethoxam 25
WSC
Insecticide Shoot fly
Seed dressing @ 3g / Kg
seed
Imidacloprid
Insecticide Shoot fly / Army worm
/ Cut worm / Sorghum
midge / Stem borer
@ 0.5 ml / litre of water
3 Pearl
Millet
Atrazine
Herbicide
Annual grassy and broad
leaf weeds
1.5 Kg / ha pre-emergence
1-2 DAS
Thiram 75 % WDP
or Carbendazim or
Vitavax
Fungicide
Seed borne diseases (for
seed treatment)
2.5 gram / Kg of seed
4 Cowpea Pendimenthalin or
Trifluralin
Herbicide
Annual broadleaf and
grassy weeds
1.0 Kg / ha as pre-
emergence 1-2 DAS
Tricoderma viridae Bio-fungicide Root rot disease
5 gram / Kg of seed
Carbendazim/ Thiram
dust
Fungicide
Root / Collar rot diseases
(seed treatment)
2.5 gram / Kg of seed
Imidacloprid
Insecticide Leaf eating insects/
aphids
0.5 - 1.0 ml / litre of
water as foliar spray
5 Lucerne
and
Berseem
Tricoderma viridae Bio-fungicide Root/stem rot disease
(seed treatment)
5 gram / Kg seed
Carbendazim /Thiram
75 % dust
Fungicide
Seed borne disease
(seed treatment)
2.5 gram / Kg of seed
Hexaconazole /
Tebuconazol
Fungicide
Foliar fungal diseases
such as rust, leaf spots
and mosaic diseases
0.5 ml / litre of water
6 Oats
and
Barley
Pendimethalin
Herbicide
Annual broad leaf weeds 1.0 – 1.5 litre / ha
Metsulfuron Methyl
Herbicide
Annual broad leaf weeds 1 packet (10 gram) / acre
Carfentrazone
Herbicide
Annual broad leaf weeds 1 packet (4 gram) / acre
Vitavax or
Carbendazim or
Thiram
Fungicide
Seed borne fungal
diseases (seed
treatment)
2.5 gram / Kg of seed
* Day after sowing