Relationship between lodging, morphological characters and yield of varieties of maize (Zea mays L.)

1978 ◽  
Vol 91 (3) ◽  
pp. 633-638 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. U. Remison ◽  
Dele Akinleye
Keyword(s):  
Zea Mays ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Zea Mays L ◽  
Growing Season ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Growing Seasons ◽  
Basal Internode ◽  
Ear Height ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Rainforest Zone

SummaryField experiments were carried out in the early and late growing seasons in the rainforest zone of Nigeria to find out the relationship between lodging, morphological characters and yield of maize.Morphological characters associated with lodging were plant height, ear height and length of basal internode. There was a negative correlation between lodging and yield. Much of the lodging recorded, especially in the early growing season, was due to weak stems. Earliness, diameter of stem and leaf area had no relationship with lodging.

Relationship of stalk morphology and chemical composition to lodging resistance in maize (Zea mays L.) in a rainforest zone

1985 ◽  
Vol 104 (2) ◽  
pp. 429-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. A. Esechie
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Composition ◽  
Zea Mays L ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Laboratory Studies ◽  
Lodging Resistance ◽  
Basal Section ◽  
Basal Internode ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Rainforest Zone

SummaryField and laboratory studies were carried out in 1981 and 1982 to investigate the relationship of stalk morphology and chemical composition to lodging resistance in maize in the rainforest zone of Nigeria.Morphological characters correlated with lodging were plant height, diameter and length of basal internode, thickness of rind and weight of 5 cm basal section. Lodging was negatively correlated with grain yield, and with the percentages of total nonstructural carbohydrate, protein and potassium in the stalks. Premature stalk senescence and rot were common in varieties susceptible to lodging. Lodging had no relationship with leaf area and number of days from sowing to flowering.

QTL Identification for Plant Height and Ear Height Based on SNP Mapping in Maize (Zea mays L.)

2013 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 549 ◽  
Author(s):  
De-Bo ZHENG ◽  
Xiao-Hong YANG ◽  
Jian-Sheng LI ◽  
Jian-Bing YAN ◽  
Shi-Long ZHANG ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Zea Mays ◽  
Plant Height ◽  
Zea Mays L ◽  
Snp Mapping ◽  
Ear Height ◽  
Qtl Identification

scholarly journals Rattail fescue (Vulpia myuros) interference and seed production as affected by sowing time and crop density in winter wheat

Weed Science ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Muhammad Javaid Akhter ◽  
Per Kudsk ◽  
Solvejg Kopp Mathiassen ◽  
Bo Melander
Keyword(s):  
Winter Wheat ◽  
Grain Yield ◽  
Seed Production ◽  
Yield Components ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Growing Season ◽  
Sowing Time ◽  
Growing Seasons ◽  
Crop Density ◽  
Wide Range

Abstract Field experiments were conducted in the growing seasons of 2017 to 2018 and 2018 to 2019 to evaluate the competitive effects of rattail fescue [Vulpia myuros (L.) C.C. Gmel.] in winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and to assess whether delayed crop sowing and increased crop density influence the emergence, competitiveness, and fecundity of V. myuros. Cumulative emergence showed the potential of V. myuros to emerge rapidly and under a wide range of climatic conditions with no effect of crop density and variable effects of sowing time between the two experiments. Grain yield and yield components were negatively affected by increasing V. myuros density. The relationship between grain yield and V. myuros density was not influenced by sowing time or by crop density, but crop–weed competition was strongly influenced by growing conditions. Due to very different weather conditions, grain yield reductions were lower in the growing season of 2017 to 2018 than in 2018 to 2019, with maximum grain yield losses of 22% and 50% in the two growing seasons, respectively. The yield components, number of crop ears per square meter, and 1,000-kernel weight were affected almost equally, reflecting that V. myuros’s competition with winter wheat occurred both early and late in the growing season. Seed production of V. myuros was suppressed by delaying sowing and increasing crop density. The impacts of delayed sowing and increasing crop density on seed production of V. myuros highlight the potential of these cultural weed control tactics in the long-term management programs of this species.

MEASUREMENT OF EVAPORATION FROM SOIL BENEATH CROP CANOPIES

1983 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. K. WALKER
Keyword(s):  
Zea Mays ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Leaf Area ◽  
Energy Supply ◽  
Zea Mays L ◽  
Growing Season ◽  
Soil Core ◽  
Crop Cover ◽  
Intact Soil Core ◽  
Intact Soil

Evaporation rates beneath maize canopies were measured using an intact soil core technique. Early in the growing season evaporation rates were periodically high (4.0 mm∙day−1) following rain, but declined rapidly. At full crop cover, when energy supply normally limits evaporation, significant differences in evaporation were detected between canopies with leaf area indices of 3.0 and 4.0. Key words: Evaporation measurement, energy supply, Zea mays L., leaf area, soil evaporimeter, lysimeter

scholarly journals Effect of nitrogen fertilization on metabolisms of essential and non-essential amino acids in field-grown grain maize (Zea mays L.)

2010 ◽  
Vol 56 (No. 12) ◽  
pp. 574-579 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Lošák ◽  
J. Hlušek ◽  
R. Filipčík ◽  
L. Pospíšilová ◽  
J. Maňásek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Zea Mays ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Zea Mays L ◽  
Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle ◽  
Essential Amino Acids ◽  
Isoleucine Leucine ◽  
N Dose ◽  
Limiting Amino Acid ◽  
Nitrogen Rates

In two-year field experiments, nitrogen (N) in the form of urea (0, 120 and 240 kg N/ha) was applied to grain maize (Zea mays L.) hybrid KWS 2376. The two-year mean content of total grain N at harvest was 1.54%. The highest N dose reduced most of the 17 amino acids (AA) analysed in the grain compared with the other treatments. Possible reasons for this could be an adverse effect on the tricarboxylic acid cycle or deficiency of carbon skeletons for the assimilation of NH<sub>4</sub><sup>+</sup> into amides and amino acids. The content of the limiting amino acid lysine was not influenced by N fertilisation, with a mean two-year content of 2.02 mg/g DM. Taking into account the differences in fertilisation, the effect of the year was seen in the maximal accumulation of amino acids serine, proline, methionine, threonine, arginine and lysine. Increasing rates of nitrogen reduced the accumulation of asparagine and glycine, and, on the contrary, increased the accumulation of tyrosine. Nitrogen rates have a significant effect on the maximal accumulation of valine, isoleucine, leucine, phenylalanine, histidine, cysteine and alanine and appeared as early as after the first increased rate of nitrogen (120 kg N/ha).

Effect of Different Cytoplasms on Oil, Fatty Acids, Plant Height, and Ear Height in Maize ( Zea mays L.) 1

Crop Science ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. L. Garwood ◽  
Evelyn J. Weber ◽  
R. J. Lambert ◽  
D. E. Alexander
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Zea Mays ◽  
Plant Height ◽  
Zea Mays L ◽  
Ear Height

scholarly journals The relationship between genetic and physical distances in the cloned a1-sh2 interval of the Zea mays L. genome.

1994 ◽  
Vol 91 (17) ◽  
pp. 8268-8272 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Civardi ◽  
Y. Xia ◽  
K. J. Edwards ◽  
P. S. Schnable ◽  
B. J. Nikolau
Keyword(s):  
Zea Mays ◽  
Zea Mays L ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Differential Selection on Rhynchosporium secalis During Parasitic and Saprophytic Phases in the Barley Scald Disease Cycle

2006 ◽  
Vol 96 (11) ◽  
pp. 1214-1222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathew M. Abang ◽  
Michael Baum ◽  
Salvatore Ceccarelli ◽  
Stefania Grando ◽  
Celeste C. Linde ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Field Experiments ◽  
Direct Evidence ◽  
Growing Season ◽  
Microsatellite Analysis ◽  
Rhynchosporium Secalis ◽  
Disease Cycle ◽  
Growing Seasons ◽  
Parasitic Fitness ◽  
Moderately Resistant ◽  
Parasitic Phase

Competition among eight Rhynchosporium secalis isolates was assessed during parasitic and saprophytic phases of the disease cycle in field experiments conducted at two locations and over two growing seasons. The eight isolates were inoculated onto six barley populations exhibiting varying degrees of resistance. Microsatellite analysis of 2,866 isolates recovered from the field experiments showed significant, and sometimes opposite, changes in the frequencies of R. secalis genotypes during the growing season (parasitic phase) and between growing seasons (saprophytic phase). Isolates that showed the most complex virulence in greenhouse seedling assays had the lowest fitness in the field experiment. Significant differences in isolate fitness were found on different host populations and in different environments. Selection coefficients were large, indicating that evolution can occur rapidly in field populations. Although inoculated isolates had the lowest overall fitness on the moderately resistant landrace cv. Arabi Aswad, some isolates were more virulent and consistently increased in frequency on this landrace, suggesting a risk of directional selection and possible erosion of the resistance following its widespread deployment in monoculture. These results provide the first direct evidence that R. secalis pathogen genotypes differ in their saprophytic ability and parasitic fitness under field conditions.

Postemergence control of quackgrass [Elytrigia repens (L) Nevski] with DPX-79406 in corn (Zea mays L)

1994 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 375-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. E. Reidy ◽  
C. J. Swanton
Keyword(s):  
Zea Mays ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Significant Interaction ◽  
Growth Stage ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Zea Mays L ◽  
Optimum Dose ◽  
Corn Yield ◽  
Leaf Stage ◽  
Elytrigia Repens

Laboratory and field experiments were established to determine the optimum dose and timing of postemergence applications of DPX-79406 for quackgrass control. Four node quackgrass rhizome fragments from each biotype were grown under controlled conditions. At the three-to-four-leaf stage, quackgrass plants were sprayed with DPX-79406 and evaluated for control. A significant response of quackgrass biotypes to DPX-79406 was evident only at lower doses. In the field, quackgrass was effectively controlled by all doses of DPX-79406. Significant growth-stage effects were observed for quackgrass shoot and rhizome dry weights in the year of application and in the year following application. There was a significant interaction between year and growth stage. In 1990, quackgrass biomass was greater when DPX-79406 was applied at the two-to-three-leaf stage of quackgrass than at the four-to-five-leaf stage. In 1991, however, the opposite occurred. Within a growth stage, the 6.25 g ha−1 dose was as effective for controlling quackgrass as 18.5 g ha−1, in both years of the study. In 1991, significant decreases in corn yield were observed for DPX-79406 doses of > 12.5 g ha−1 applied at the four-to-five-leaf stage of quackgrass. For all the variables studied, DPX-79406 doses of 6.25–12.5 g ha−1 resulted in consistent control of quackgrass. Key words: DPX-79406, nicosulfuron, rimsulfuron, quackgrass, Elytrigia repens, corn, Zea mays

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