Evaluation of Maize Genotypes for Yield and Yield Attributes in Chitwan, Nepal

Abstract

M aize (Zea mays L.) is an important cereal crop after wheat and rice in the world (Khan et al., 2019). It belongs to Poaceae family. The word maize was originated from Spanish word 'Maiz' and it is domesticated variant of teosinte (Zea mexicana). Maize was domesticated first by natives of Mesoamerica. In Mexico, more diversity of maize has been reported (Khan et al., 2019). In 2018, maize had 1147.62 million tons production all over the world and in Asian region it had 361.56 million tons production. Asian region shares 31.51% of the total maize world production. Nepal produced 2.47 million tons maize Abstract | The yield attributes of maize, open pollinated varieties and hybrids were compared to the local varieties in Nepal, as the adoptability of these cultivars will cause variations in maize productivity. A total of 10 maize genotypes were evaluated in randomized complete block design with three replications during summer

Agronomic and Economic Performance of Rain-Fed Maize (Zea mays L.) Production under Varying Sowing Dates and Multinutrient Fertilizer Levels in Shire Area, Northern Ethiopia

“…A lower average relative yield increase (4.03%) was recorded from a shift of 200 to 300 kg•ha −1 multinutrient fertilizer application level, indicating that the application of the multinutrient fertilizer beyond 200 kg•ha −1 is not expected to cause signifcant effects on maize yield. A similar efect of nutrient application levels on maize yield and its components was reported by [6,8,[50][51][52][53].…”

Varietal characterization of different hybrid variety of maize in Lamjung, Nepal

“…This result was similar with Neupane, B., Paudel, A., &Wagle P. (2020) who reported that signi cant variation is observed in number of leaves due to hybrid maize variety. Similar result was obtained in(Devkota, 2020) and (Neupane, B., Paudel, A., &Wagle P. 2020) Bastola, et al, (2021). also observed the signi cant divergences among deferent genotypes of maize in number of leaf per plant.…”