Vol. 6, Issue 5 (2018)
Influence of age of seedling and varieties on dry matter, yield, quality and economics of transplanted rabi maize
Author(s): VJ Patel, VN Chudasama, PS Panchal and Priya K Patel
Abstract: Field experiment was conducted at College Agronomy Farm, B. A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agriculture University, Anand during 2015-2016 to study the influence of age of seedling and varieties on dry matter, yield, quality and economics of transplanted rabi maize. The experiment was consisted of two varieties viz., Gujarat Maize 3 (GM 3) and High Quality Protein Maize (HQPM 1) and five age of seedling viz., 14, 21, 28, 35 and 42 day old seedling. Results revealed that the highest dry matter accumulation (30.59 g plant-1), dry root biomass (6.54 g plant-1), grain (2447 kg ha-1) and straw yield (3728 kg ha-1.) were recorded under variety V2 (HQPM 1). Protein content (11.53%) of grains was recorded significantly the highest under variety V1 (GM 3). Among all the age of seedling, treatment A5 recorded significantly the highest dry matter accumulation (31.25 g plant-1) and lodging per cent (2.16) while treatment A2 recorded significantly higher root length (cm), dry root biomass (g plant-1), harvest index, protein content, grain yield (2963 kg ha-1), straw yield (4210 kg ha-1), net realization (Rs. 11094 ha-1) and benefit cost ratio of 1.39 as compared to treatment A5. Among all the treatment combinations, treatment combination V2A2 recorded significantly higher grain (3405 kg ha-1), straw yield (4887 kg ha-1), net realization (Rs. 26246 ha-1) and benefit cost ratio (1.91) as compared to rest of the treatment combinations.
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VJ Patel, VN Chudasama, PS Panchal, Priya K Patel. Influence of age of seedling and varieties on dry matter, yield, quality and economics of transplanted rabi maize. Int J Chem Stud 2018;6(5):2854-2857.
