Tillage practices and effect of sowing methods on growth and yield of maize crop
2007
Memon, S.Q.,Allama Iqbal Open Univ., Islamabad (Pakistan). Dept. of Agricultural Sciences | Mirza, B.B. | Mari, G.R.
An experiment was carried out during 2004 in order to assess the effect of tillage on soil physical properties and growth and yield of maize under different sowing methods. The maize variety Akbar was planted on clay loam soil under three different sowing methods as follows: ridge, drilling and broadcasting using RCBD. The best agronomic characters were obtained when using ridge sowing (seed emergence 89%, plant height 155.1 cm, weight of hulled dry cob 177.67 g, de-hulled dry cob 127.53 g, seed index 198.26 g, grain yield 6.35 t/ha), the second best was seed drilling. Ridge sowing also led to higher soil moisture content but to lower bulk density and soil strength than the two other methods tested.
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