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Maize Yield Performance Under Planting Patterns and Row Spacing in Semi-Arid Zone of Pakistan-Mardan

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: tariqkhalil@uetpeshawar.edu.pk 

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.

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Sarhad Journal of Agriculture

September

Vol.40, Iss. 3, Pages 680-1101

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