Seedbeds should be sterilized by burning maize stalks to control damping off diseases (Pythium, Fusarium, Phytophthora, Rhizoctonia spp.) and nematodes.
mabedi a mbewu akuyenera kuyeletsedwa potentha mapesi ndi moto kuopesa kufala kwa matenda monga:  (Pythium, Fusarium, Phytophthora, Rhizoctonia spp.) ndi tizilombo