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- Title
Effect of Drought Stress and Seed Pretreatment with CCC on Yield and Yield Components of Maize Varieties.
- Authors
SOLTANBEIGI, Amir
- Abstract
In order to study the effects of drought stress and seed pretreatment of two maize varieties with Cycocel an experiment was carried out with the aim to reduce the stress on the yield of this crop during their critical growth stages. Field trials were arranged in split-split plot design and randomized complete block design with three replications. For statistical evaluation, irrigation as the main factor at four levels (complete irrigation as the control and eliminating one stage of irrigation at the beginning of stalking, tasseling and dough stages), maize var. KSC704 and KSC666 as the sub factor at two levels and application of Cycocel as the sub-sub factor at three levels (0, 0.4, and 0.8 g L-1 concentration) were created. Eliminating one stage of irrigation in stalking and tasseling stages affected the ear length, ear diameter, grain number per ear, grain number per row and ultimately the grain yield, while the drought stress at dough stage had no significant difference in the results of the experiment compared to the control group. Apart from enhancing 1000-grain weight, the use of Cycocel pretreatment affected the test results slightly and comparison of these findings with similar studies, which applied Cycocel as foliar, indicates the higher ability of foliar than the pretreatment.
- Subjects
EFFECT of drought on corn; PLANT regulators; SEED treatment; CORN yields; CHLORMEQUAT; CORN experiments; IRRIGATION; FOLIAR application of plant regulators
- Publication
Journal of Tekirdag Agricultural Faculty, 2019, Vol 16, Issue 1, p61
- ISSN
1302-7050
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.33462/jotaf.517003