Section 3 (Crop Management)
Section 3 (Crop Management)
Section 3 (Crop Management)
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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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