Seed production of fingermillets

Seed production of Finger millet (Eleusine

coracana)

• Land requirement: red, light red, sandy loam &

well drained alluvial loams

• Land preparation: 2-3 times plowing, harrowing

& leveling.

• Seed & sowing: direct seeding or transplanting.

For Transplanting: 5-6kg/ha & for direct sowing:

9-10kg/ha.• Fertilizer: NPK: 50:50:50 kg/ha before

sowing. 50kg N/ha 30 DAT.

• Transplanting: Transplant 25 days seedling.

R-R: 20cm & P-P: 12-13cm.

• Irrigation & interculture: for light soil 8

days interval & for heavy soil 15 days interval.

Hand weeding upon requirement.

Plant protection measure: insects are root

grub, stem borer, leaf hopper, cut worm, aphid.

• Diseases are foot rot, seedling blight, baslt.

Apply methyl parathion, phosphamidon,

diethoate, Mancozeb, Zineb, carbendazim.

• Isolation: 3m

• Rouging: 2-3times (before flowering,

flowering & seed formation).

Harvesting & threshing: harvested as they

mature. Dry on threshing floor & threshing by

manually or by threshing machine. Dried to

less than 12% moisture & then stored in a cool

dry place.

• Seed yield: 12-15 qt/ha.

Components Standards for each class

Foundation

seed

Certified

seed

Pure seed (minimum) 98.0 % 98.0%

Inert matter (maximum) 2.0 % 2.0

Other crop seeds (maximum) 10/kg 20/kg

Off-types (maximum) 0.1 0.5

Weed seeds (maximum) 10/kg 20/kg

Germination (minimum) 70% 70%

Moisture percent (maximum) 12.0% 12.0%