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%
