[PDF] Top 20 20. Phenology and growth traits response of maize (Zea mays L.) genotypes to semi-arid conditions

... crop, maize produced maximum dry matter among grain cereal crops ...Generally maize requires water in the range of 500-800 mm from sowing till harvesting ...% maize crop is grown under irrigated and ... See full document

... [17]. Maize residue, with a C:N ratio averaging 52 [18], decomposes fast when conditions of drivers of decom- position such as rainfall, temperature and soil micro- organisms are ideal ...some maize ... See full document

... physical conditions, soil amending materials called “soil conditioners” are added to the ...their growth and ...the growth of plants (Norton and Rhoton, ...for growth of underground part of ... See full document

... hybrid maize breeding is identification of elite inbred lines with high gca for use as parents for developing hybrids that are superior to existing ones (El-Hosary, ... See full document

... as part of screening insecticides for pests, evaluated the efficacy of Sauveur 62 EC for the management of fall armyworm (FAW) on maize. Sauveur 62 EC is a binary insecticide, comprising Acetamiprid 32g/L ... See full document

... shoot traits in selected maize genotypes for tolerance to low nitrogen stress and to understand the morphological changes that take place in the plants under nitrogen stress ...in response to ... See full document

... The current observations were in confirmation with the findings of [25] who reported similar results in their study on maize genotypes. On the other hand moderate estimates of genetic advance expressed as ... See full document

... four maize genotypes, which were collected from Maize Improvement Project, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri and used for research ...of maize genotypes along with their pedigree ... See full document

... increasingly acidic from before planting to the second cycle of cropping ECEC and phosphorus level also reduces from before planting to the second cropping cycle. For the organic matter, Nitrogen, Potassium and Sodium ... See full document

... U.S. maize germplasm base and listed some of the more promising sources of exotic germplasm—Coastal Tropical Flint, Tuxpeño, Tuson, Tiquisate Golden Yellow, Cuban Flint, Chandelle, Haitian Yellow, and the ETO ... See full document

... Mean squares value showed significant (P≤0.01) variation among the maize hybrids for days to tasseling (Table 2). Shah et al. and Abdulla et al. [9, 10] also reported significant (P ≤ 0.01) differences for days to ... See full document

... Maize is called “King of cereals” because of its productivity potential compared to any other cereal crop. Being an exhaustive crop, it has very high nutrient requirement and its productivity is closely depends on ... See full document

... seed growth, germination and crop production (Narwal, ...crop growth different parts of same weed have different allelopathic effect (Aziz et ...is maize (Zea mays L.). ... See full document

... of maize leaves at all Aluminum levels was delayed compared to control plants ...in growth has been reported previously in a number of crops such as Buck Wheat (Shen et ... See full document

... on maize crop which proved beneficial and salubrious in enhancing all physiological and yield parameters of maize crop and also gave a good response in term of number of grain rows per ...on ... See full document

... the traits, over the environments, exhibited significant differences among environments, genotypes and genotype × environment interaction (Table ...differential response of genotypes over the ... See full document

... by maize is very important to N economy and yield improvement in agri- cultural production systems ...hybrids maize with greater NUE ...from maize organs to grain showed a trend of blade > stem ... See full document

... in maize and to identify parents with desirable genetic effects. Seven maize parents having forage value along with fodder maize variety African Tall were utilized to produce 21 hybrids through ... See full document

... of genotypes in the present study and hence, representing wide spectrum of variability (Table ...for traits studied being in the range of ...3). Genotypes classified according to their high per se ... See full document

... Basic knowledge on the genetic potential of base populations, either per se or in crosses are important information in breeding programs for the development of outstanding cultivars. The diallel mating scheme has been ... See full document