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Table 5. Grain yields (t/ha) of maize varieties evaluated at low altitude. 8unIner 1990.
Varieties Chitwan SUrkhet Nepalganj Mean
Rampur 1 1. 74 2.20 2.66 2.20
Rampur Comp. 2.08 2.08 3.63 2.60
Arun 1 1.99 1.67 2.81 2.16
Arun 4 2.15 2.05 3.81 2.67
Arun 2 1.91 1.72 3.73 2.45
Farmers' local 2.11 1.91 2.38 2.13
F test (at 0.05~
level of signif.) NS •• ••
c:v ~ 15.5 22.41 7.25
LSD (0.05) t/ha 0.395 0.227
Table 6. Grain yields (t/ha) of varieties evaluated at mid to high altitude. Khunaltar, Lumle,
Kavre and Pakhribas.
Varieties 1987 1988 1989 1990 Mean
Manakamana 1 3.27 4.11 4.47 4.72 4.14
Manakamana 2 3.96 4.52 4.65 5.67 4.70
Khumal Yellow 3.85 4.12 3.92 3.31 3.SO
Ganesh 2 4.33 4.34 4.61 4.43
Farmer's local 2.76 4.19 3.77 4.38 3.77
Table 7.
Yield performance (t/ha) of maize varieties evaluated in hill research stations.
Varieties Lumle Pakhribas
1990 1991
Kakani Yellow 5.24
Ganesh 4.57
Arun 1 3.67
Arun 2 3.51
Arun 4 3.23
Manakamana 1 3.94
Manakamana 2 3.28
Khumal Yellow 3.06
Rampur 2 3.55
Rampur Comp. 2.92
Pool 9A 4.37
Local 3.58
4.57 5.35
4.30 4.59
3.59 4.01
3.91 4.11
2.10 5.00
4.05 5.10
3.67 3.95
4.88 5.93
2.03 5.78
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