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Effects of Plant Population and Fertilizer Nitrogen on Growth and Components of Yield of Maize Grown for Silage in Nigeria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

R. J. Haggar  and
D. C. Couper
R. J. Haggar
Affiliation:
Shika Agricultural Research Station, Ahmadu Bello University, P.O. Box 116, Zaria, Nigeria
D. C. Couper
Affiliation:
Shika Agricultural Research Station, Ahmadu Bello University, P.O. Box 116, Zaria, Nigeria
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Summary

Weekly measurements in a maize silage crop grown at three populations, each at three levels of nitrogen, showed that leaf area index, crop growth rate and total whole plant yield were greatest at the highest plant population (430,000/ha.) and lowest at the low population (47,000/ha.). At the former maximum yields of dry matter and crude protein occurred approximately seventy-five days from sowing, when the cob contribution was small. With wider spacing maximum yields occurred later. At the intermediate population (107,000/ha.), and with adequate nitrogen, sowing on the square was superior to sowing in wide rows. Nitrogen did not preferentially affect the relative dry matter yield of any growth component; plant population had a greater influence on total whole plant yield than nitrogen.

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Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 8 , Issue 3 , July 1972 , pp. 251 - 263
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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