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Maize in Bangladesh<br />

Table 3. Yield and yield components as influenced by hybrid maize varieties (MLT site Jhenaidah,<br />

Jessore during 2001-2002).<br />

Varieties Days to<br />

maturity<br />

Plant<br />

height<br />

(cm)<br />

Ear<br />

height<br />

(cm)<br />

Length of<br />

cob<br />

(cm)<br />

No.of<br />

grains/<br />

CMS933072 148b 237.32a 118.60a 16.36a 477a 35.58a 9.61a<br />

BHS9902 151a 220.6a 100.60b 14.50b 454ab 33.36b 8.47b<br />

BHM-1 141d 181.36b 105.64ab 14.44b 439b 33.92b 8.52b<br />

Pacific-1 144c 209.32ab 96.76c 14.46b 466a 34.98a 8.53b<br />

F-test ** ** ** ** ** ** **<br />

cob<br />

100 grain<br />

wt.(g)<br />

Grain<br />

yield<br />

(t/ha)<br />

Table 4. Days to maturity, yield & yield attributes of different hybrid maize (ARS, Rangpur, 2001-<br />

2002).<br />

Variety Days to<br />

maturity<br />

Plant<br />

height<br />

(cm)<br />

Plants/m 2 Grain/cob 100- seed<br />

weight (g)<br />

Grain<br />

yield (t/ha)<br />

BARI hybrid maize-1 155b 183.2c 5.09b 405 37.3c 8.11c<br />

CMS933072 154b 222.9a 5.13b 503 41.9a 9.37ab<br />

BMS9902 148c 198.8b 5.31a 529 31.3d 8.60bc<br />

Pacific 11 161a 187.7c 5.29a 422 40.0a 9.65a<br />

CV(%) 0.8 3.3 2.4 4.9 3.6 8.8<br />

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