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Sustainability in Rainfed Maize ( Zea mays L.) Production Using Choice of Corn Variety and Nitrogen Scheduling

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  • Aakash

    (Department of Agronomy, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, College of Agriculture, Indore 452 001, Madhya Pradesh, India
    Department of Agronomy, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, Uttar Pradesh, India)

  • Narendra Singh Thakur

    (Department of Agronomy, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, College of Agriculture, Indore 452 001, Madhya Pradesh, India)

  • Manoj Kumar Singh

    (Department of Agronomy, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, Uttar Pradesh, India)

  • Lalita Bhayal

    (Department of Agronomy, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, College of Agriculture, Indore 452 001, Madhya Pradesh, India)

  • Kamlesh Meena

    (Department of Agronomy, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, Uttar Pradesh, India
    Krishi Vigyan Kendra (Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research), Deoria 274 506, Uttar Pradesh, India)

  • Sharad Kumar Choudhary

    (Department of Agronomy, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, College of Agriculture, Indore 452 001, Madhya Pradesh, India)

  • Narendra Kumawat

    (Department of Agronomy, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, College of Agriculture, Indore 452 001, Madhya Pradesh, India)

  • Ram Kumar Singh

    (Department of Agronomy, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, Uttar Pradesh, India)

  • Udai Pratap Singh

    (Department of Agronomy, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, Uttar Pradesh, India)

  • Shrish Kumar Singh

    (Department of Agronomy, Tilak Dhari Post Graduate College, Affiliated to Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University, Jaunpur 222 002, Uttar Pradesh, India)

  • Pratik Sanodiya

    (Department of Agronomy, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, Uttar Pradesh, India)

  • Ajay Kumar

    (Department of Agronomy, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, Uttar Pradesh, India)

  • Anurag Kumar Singh

    (Department of Agronomy, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, Uttar Pradesh, India)

Abstract

Interestingly more than 50% of the world’s area is rainfed and approximately 80% of maize is cultivated under rainfed condition where selection of cultivar and management of nitrogen have major impact on production. The aim of this study was to evaluate the growth, phenology, yield and quality parameters of maize as influenced by variety and nitrogen scheduling under rainfed condition. For this, a field experiment having two factors was laid out in a factorial randomised block design and replicated three times. The first factor was variety, i.e., V 1 (JM 216) and V 2 (JM 218), and the second was six nitrogen scheduling, i.e., N 1 to N 6 , in which nitrogen splitting was done based on 30-years of average rainfall data. Variety JM 218 and N 5 [40 kg N as basal followed by ( fb ) 2 splits of 40 kg N and 38.8 kg N at 30 and 52 days after sowing (DAS) and 1% N foliar spray at 40 DAS] nitrogen scheduling were found promising under rainfed situation because it recorded maximum value of growth parameters, yield attributes, grain yield and quality parameters (protein, mineral and dickson quality index). Thus, it can be inferred that JM 218 and N 5 nitrogen schedule would be a better choice than alternative options.

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  • Aakash & Narendra Singh Thakur & Manoj Kumar Singh & Lalita Bhayal & Kamlesh Meena & Sharad Kumar Choudhary & Narendra Kumawat & Ram Kumar Singh & Udai Pratap Singh & Shrish Kumar Singh & Pratik Sanod, 2022. "Sustainability in Rainfed Maize ( Zea mays L.) Production Using Choice of Corn Variety and Nitrogen Scheduling," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(5), pages 1-19, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:5:p:3116-:d:765837
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    1. Janka Vanschoenwinkel & Steven Passel, 2018. "Climate response of rainfed versus irrigated farms: the bias of farm heterogeneity in irrigation," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 147(1), pages 225-234, March.
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