Maize Yield Performance Under Planting Patterns and Row Spacing in Semi-Arid Zone of Pakistan-Mardan
Shakir Ali1, Zia Ul Haq1, Abdul Malik1, Tariq Mahmood Khalil1,2* and Ijaz Ahmad Khan3
1Agricultural Engineering Department, University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan; 2Office of Research, Innovation and Commercialization, University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan; 3Department of Weed Science and Botany, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
*Correspondence | Tariq Mahmood Khalil, Agricultural Engineering Department, University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan; Email:
[email protected]
Figure 1:
Precipitation, mean maximum and minimum temperatures at the research site, Mardan.
Figure 2:
Soil sampling and texture analysis.
Figure 3:
Field preparation and plots making.
Figure 4:
Sketch of five different planting patterns.
Figure 5:
Schematics of randomly assigned treatments replicated three times.
Figure 6:
Measuring plant height and leaf area.
Figure 7:
Effect of planting pattern and row spacing on days to 50% seedling.
Figure 8:
Effect of planting pattern and row spacing on plant height.
Figure 9:
Effect of planting pattern and row spacing on leaf area.
Figure 10:
Effect of planting pattern and row spacing on grain yield.
Figure 11:
Effect of planting pattern and row spacing on biomass yield.