Abstract:
A field experiment was accomplished in the Agronomy Field of Sher-e-Bangla
Agricultural University, Dhaka during the period from November, 2017 to April,
2018 to study the effect of alternate furrow irrigation on maize varieties.
Maize
varieties viz. V
1
(PSC - 121), V
2
(Yungnuo-3000), V
3
(BHM-12), V
4 (BHM-13)
and Irrigation application: I (conventional irrigation), IA (Alternate furrow
irrigation) were used in this experiment arranged in Randomized Complete
Blocked Design (RCBD) with three replications. Data on different growth and
yield attributes were taken in which all the treatment showed significant
variations. Among variety, tallest plant height (234.7 cm), cob breadth (15.9 cm),
grain yield/ cob (106.8 g), grain yield/ hectare (8.9 t), chaff weight/cob
(11.6 g),
shell weight/cob (25.3 g) were found from V
1
(PSC - 121) whereas minimum in
variety V
3
(BHM-12) and for irrigation application, maximum cob
bearing node
(9.07), cob grain number (359.5), cob length (15.5 cm), grain yield/hectare (8.1
t) found in conventional irrigation application. Maximum
yield per hectare
(10.05 t) were found in V
1
I and minimum (4.85 t) in V
3
IA. In view of overall
performances, variety V
1
with conventional irrigation
application has potentiality
for maize production.
Description:
A Thesis Submitted to
The Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka
In partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE (M.S.)
IN
AGRONOMY
