Production Under Different Irrigation Treatments:Investigating The Germination And Early Growth

Rana Shahzad Noor (), Fiaz Hussain and Muhammad Umair
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Rana Shahzad Noor: Department of Agriculture, Biological, Environment and Energy Engineering, College of Engineering, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China
Fiaz Hussain: Faculty of Agricultural Engineering & Technology, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi 46300, Pakistan.Author-Name:Abu Saad
Muhammad Umair: Faculty of Agricultural Engineering & Technology, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi 46300, Pakistan.

Science Heritage Journal (GWS), 2020, vol. 4, issue 1, 43-45

Abstract: Maize (Zea mays) is one of Pakistan’s most important cereal crops and is widely used both for human consumption and for livestock feed. Seed germination, its morphological growth and yield depends on irrigation sequence. Rainfall is the only source of irrigation in Potohar region, Rawalpindi which mainly restrained sustainable agricultural practices. Therefore, a study was planned to investigate the effect of different irrigation frequencies (1-day, 3-days and 5-days interval) on germination and early growth of maize at Koont research station, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi during 2019 and 2020 crop seasons. The results elucidated that the continuous application of enough moisture via irrigation in 3-day interval enhance relatively higher (50%) percentage of germination followed by one day interval (43.75%). The enough moisture at five-day interval enhanced germination performance (68.75%). No significance effect was found on number of maize seedlings emergence while a considerable variation was observed on their emergence date, that the early emergence of maize seeds was enhanced in 1-day interval. As irrigation frequency decreased from 1 to 5 days interval, seedling emergence was delayed significantly (p

Keywords: Maize (Zea mays); Irrigation frequency; Germination; Early growth. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.26480/gws.01.2020.43.45

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